</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Winged Dancer @ Jan 24 2004, 01:57 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> I read both, and truthfully, I find the manga way more intense than the anime.
I&#39;m not sure I can explain why, but characters just look more... serious in the manga. For instance, when Neji tells the story of how his father died and how he got the curse seal during the manga, it was just... wow. Intense&#33; The pain&#33; The suffering&#33;&#33;
When I saw that part in the anime... well, Neji just looked way wussier.

I think its got something to do with Kishimoto&#39;s style. Instead of using the traditional shadowing style that gives the characters a kind of plastic look, the manga uses rough lines to shadow. THey suit the manga perfectly well.

Hey, I&#39;ve got an idea....
Why don&#39;t you anime-only guys go ahead and read one or two chapters of the manga? Only one will not &quot;spoil&quot; much of whats going to happen, and it&#39;d give you a chance to see the manga style in action without knowing whats going to happen beforehand. If you read just one chapter (that&#39;s 20 pages at most) and decide that you still like the anime, well, all the better for you.
But you might just find that you like the manga just as much... or even more&#33; I swear, the grass is real green on our side.

Well, whether you read the manga or not... you are in for one wild ride. Things are going to get... wow =P </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
I&#39;ve read ahead. And yeah, i must say the drawings are nice and all. It looks cool. But nope, i do feel more when i see it all happening. For me, the anime will be great in the part coming up ahead. And i think it will be more intense... One thing i feel is more intense is the fighting spirit, You feel it through the music and also the face expressions and also through hearing Naruto&#39;s or Neji&#39;s voice or whoever it is talking while fighting