Quote Originally Posted by Kraco View Post
The anime plot left the manga behind quite early, during the Makie incident. The manga is a bit more complicated and not nearly as smooth sailing as the anime. But the mood isn't so different, naturally, that you'd ever like the manga if you didn't care for the anime.

One external thing making me like Arpeggio more is that Kantai Collection is so stupid in comparison, despite both being centered around warship anthropomorphism.
Well, it's not like I wouldn't have liked the anime more if there was more to it. I quite enjoyed the early portions, but after half the series it really seemed like they weren't going to accomplish anything particularly on 12 episodes. So it just ended up being a waste of time.

I might give the manga a try at some point.