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Just watch the anime. The manga *makes more logical sense than the anime* in specific parts, but it's so smooshed together that you'll find the anime much more compelling/satisfying. The art style is OK, but I liked the "funky" feel and flavor that the anime had way more. The anime had better character development and more heartfelt swansongs when characters left the stage. This just feels rushed in a way that I wasn't expecting, since I felt like a paper-telling of the story would take the opportunity to flesh out some of the topics not covered in the anime, to give them more background, but ... none of that happened.

I had high-ish hopes for this anime, based on what I'd heard about the source material, a story about how violence only leads to more violence, and how forgiveness requires accepting loss, but was upset by what I saw as startling inconsistencies with the actions and spoken thoughts of the MC. At certain points he seemed to be some kind of 4-dim chess/tactical genius, but at others, his logic, was just incomprehensible. As for the FMC, she was annoying, but considerably more consistent in her character development (which they at least provided some justification for, near the end of the season), compared to MC. I ... think plenty of the "would-be-villain" characters were infinitely more interesting than the main ones. The music, particularly the OP, was easily the best thing about the series. I haven't read them myself, but I'm guessing the books are way better, so I'll just continue my journey there, as I don't have any hopes for a second season, especially after what I just sat through.