Last week, I watched the movie, Akira. It was interesting, and when reading about it, I saw that the plot differed somewhat from the manga. It got me interested in the book, so when I saw volume 1 was a reasonable price, I snatched it up. Then I read it in two days. It's classified as a cyberpunk post-apocalyptic manga. I had to look it up, because I wouldn't know how to explain it. It's unusual.
I immediately noticed the differences with the plot. They aren't different to the point where it changes things super significantly, it just seemed like they were sorted around into a different order. Kaneda's character was the most surprising to me. He seemed to have a lot more depth in the manga than he did in the movie. I liked how involved he was in the overall story instead of mostly staying on the outside of the main conflict.
I really liked this. If I dare compare it to the movie, I'm going to lean heavily toward the manga. I understand when making a movie, you have to pick and choose what is included, but I'll give it credit for getting me interested enough in the story to check out the manga. I just found the second volume for the same reasonable price as the first one, and you know I snatched that up! Good Book!
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