The other issue is that it ends at a pretty strange place, right before things really get interesting, and hence doesn’t feel that satisfying. What characters are feeling is a core part of the narrative and hence that diminishes the impact of a lot of the manga quite a bit. However, compared to the anime and just in general, it felt that things were being rushed through too fast and it didn’t get to convey characters emotions as well as it needed to at times. The relationship development so far is also interesting and worth getting invested in, though it doesn’t get that far. The story is also pretty interesting with decent twists to keep things moving. There’s really strong character development with a varied and interesting set The core story and strengths that were present in the anime are still here.
My overall view is that the anime was better than the manga, though I have no clue how either compare to the light novel yet. I saw the anime for this a while ago and while both the manga and anime are just adaptations of a light novel series, I can’t help but compare the two adaptations to each other.
I feel like they developed as far as they could and while it wasn’t completely boring, I just didn’t find the characters that compelling after a certain point.Tl dr: A good story with somewhat weak story telling that very clearly feels like it's ending before it gets really good. The characters are definitely the best part of this but personally, I feel like I lost interest in them after around the 5th or 6th volume. While I do think it relies waaaaay too much on the whole “Power of Friendship” trope, I feel like it’s explored in enough depth (at least for me) that it doesn’t feel like a crutch used to deus ex machina out of every situation (although sometimes it does get to be a bit much). I did not anticipate that it would take me this long to finish reading it and I’ll admit, I lost interest around halfway though but it’s still a pretty good read.
Seriously, it’s really nice to see an author take his time to end the story properly and not just go through the ending like he needs to finish it before his train arrives or something. It tied up mostly everything and left a few more things open ended. You know, in the few years I’ve been reading manga and light novels, I’ve never read an ending that’s this satisfying.
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