Anime vs Manga

LilyGinnyBlack said:
This was actually a really good adaptation. They stuck really close to the manga. The pacing is a bit too fast at times, but I think the anime also did a better job at presenting the information in a clear and easily understandable way. Sometimes the manga was a little confusing or unclear when it came to explaining certain things. You could easily watch the entire anime series and then pick up right around 35 or 36 (or possibly even right at the start of Volume 7, I can't recall exactly off hand). I would suggest once you get caught up on the manga to skim through the missed chapters because some of the relationships are expanded upon a bit more in the manga than they are in the anime.

I wouldn't necessarily recommend the anime OVER the manga, but rather, I think this is a really good example of where I would definitely recommend watching the anime first and then head straight into the manga where the anime finished (rather than skipping the anime entirely).