xZabuzax said:The anime indeed removed stuff from the manga, the differences aren't huge, but some things got removed and the worst offender for me was the Leo's chapters (the little girl that Ragna saved in the 1st episode).
1 - Leo appeared in Ch. 13.1, Ch. 13.2 and will appear again right after the anime ends in Ch. 57, Ch. 58 & Ch. 59, it's possible that they will include those missing Leo's chapter in an OVA or the beginning of S2 alongside Ch. 57,58 & 59, who knows, we won't be getting a 2nd season anytime soon though.
2 - The anime also removed the beginning of Ch. 02 which has a future Ragna holding Leo's head and protecting her head from the flies, it's a sad scene and the anime removed it which sucks.
3 - The anime removed the Superior Dragon named Baron Sierra which appeared in Ch. 03 and was replaced by a bunch of low dragons in episode 2, this change was really, REALLY stupid IMHO, I don't know why they removed Baron Sierra, he gets one shotted so he's not that important but his death will give the soldiers in episode 3 a reason to follow Ragna since they see him kill a Superior Dragon and this motivates them to fight against the Wind Dragon.
4 - The anime removed a piece of important information that happened in Crimson's flashback in episode 08 (Ch. 17), they say that
America is gone and that there's nothing left, this is important because it's another hint that Ragna Crimson is actually happening in our real world and hence, that's the reason you see cars and modern weapons in it, etc...
5 - The anime removed how Crimson was able to save Ragna from Ultimatia in episode 07 when he collapsed. When Ultimatia rewound time Crimson knew right away that Ultimatia used her triumph card and thus, he started his preparations to save Ragna, and when Ultimatia stopped time, Crimson was able to see how Ragna moved inside it and slash Ultimatia to bits, this made Crimson smile and yeah, Crimson is able to move inside the time stopping magic too so Ultimatia's ability is useless against him.
6 - The anime removed the clock in the 1st encounter of Ragna vs Kamui, the whole fight there happened in 10 seconds and the fight was displayed with a clock, it's an awesome fight that got brutalized in the anime, seriously, this fight was fucking horrible in the anime.
Etc... and just like this the anime removed more stuff but I need to go through all of it again to see the difference between them and this will take a lot of time so I won't do it but you get the idea. I advise you to read the manga from the beginning, it's better.