Difference between Manga and Anime

Insane_Hunterr said:
But why there are only 6 pages per chapter ??

SH_HEL said:
Manga is definitely 100x Better than anime, the anime also lacks the coolness which Shikimori gives and the anime also makes izumi looks like a pathetic loser

LostSpectre said:
I forgot to mention that, Shikimori's cute/cool expressions are top tier in the manga, the cool expressions in the anime are lackluster.

LostSpectre said:
Nice! I was hoping you would check it out at some point, I haven't seen any other manga impressions from (formerly) anime-only people.

The manga starts off as just a few pages per chapter, it isn't until about ch 16 that it gets up to 10 pages per chapter. The early parts of the manga (ch 4-17) are mostly just short one-off stories from the time they dated as 1st years, but some chapters have a continuation. There's more connected chapters once they start their 2nd year, but there's also a good amount of random stories in-between, like dates or just them hanging out as friends. There's quite a few longer interconnected stories in the manga, they just might be broken up by a chapter in-between, but it's not all random stories.

Now, I don't think it's working at all to try and extend and stitch together these early, shorter stories into a more coherent narrative. It all feels way too simplistic and awkward, they aren't succeeding at fleshing this out into a narrative. The first 3 chapters are only loosely connected bits that relate to school, the walk there, a classroom scene, and the walk home, that's it. They changed a bunch of stuff to make half an episode out of this, and then tossed the bowling scene into the middle. The stuff in ch 1-17, minus ch 6, and 6.1, are 1st year events, but are now changed to being 2nd year events.

Just look at how differently Izumi is portrayed as well, you aren't bombarded by his bad luck like you are in the anime, and you have a lot of early chapters of cute interactions and development between the leads, including some decent character growth as well, to get more comfortable with their characters and unique relationship. The few scenes that are covered in both mediums are easily more natural in the manga, I'm not sure if it's the dialogue, pacing, VA's, etc. that are the issue, but I can say for certain that Izumi's VA is not helping.

Oh, and at least for me, the art style feels generic/uninteresting, and the eyes are just weird. I like how animated/colorful some scenes are, but that's it.

PoisonedSandwich said:

Yeah, I definetly don't regret picking up the manga. Have been enjoying it so far :)
I still have a little bit of hope for the anime though. I think the last episode wasn't as disastrous as the first two.

SugoiDekaiOppai said:
So... I caved in and started to read the manga and by volume 5 I think the directors of anime really screwed this one up. I understand the hype readers were getting about and the frustration when it didn't pay off.

First, characters are the same but... feel different? Shikimori is cute, insecure and jelous, her coolness is more incidental and somehow doesn't feel as forced. Neither is her presence overbearing and suffocating, like i feel in the anime. She is "too good at everything", but these moments are paced way better in the manga.

Izumi's bad luck also isn't as overbearing. He still is a bit of a pussy and an airhead, but what completely saves it for me is that manga is acknowleging that this part of the story is a bit extreme case of suspension of disbelief, with his friends constantly jest him by making pretty much the same comments the fanbase is. It's stupid and manga knows it. But I also think that as volumes go, he gets more clumsy and airheaded instead of pure bad luck jinx of the beginning and I think I can enjoy him more as such.

Another thing, I think that those first 2-4 paged unconnected chapters of first volumes were absolutely bad idea to adopt as a whole starter episode. These ARE one dimensional with every one finishing with "she is CUTE", but once the arcs get longer things get substantially better. I feel those shorts are filler, intro/post credits type of material and the meat of the story is school life with friends and their family.

Tl;DR: I think director picked and/or reinforced wrong ideas/parts of the manga and paced them "too literaly", in a way that might have worked for manga, but absolutely doesn't work for a tv show. Plus, as a cherry on top, Izumi VA doesn't fit him at all.

Kahirama said:


Just curious, but who would you pick for Izumi VA?

SugoiDekaiOppai said:


I have no idea. Maybe it's not even voice, just the direction of voice acting.
I find him way to soft and "whiny". They make him sound way too girly, which I feel he's not in the manga.

He's too "uwu", god forbid :D