Well, I have to say that my anime viewing experience is lessened as a result of reading the manga. I began reading the manga at a point where I just absolutely needed to know what was going to happen next. But, I now know what's going to happen, and the excellent animated version of the story won't be my first experience of the story. However, in defense of the manga, it's very good as far as mangas go. One of the better ones in fact, ever. It's just that anime is also one of the ones ever. So, it's hard to say. read like 10 chapters ahead of where the anime left off and try to make your decision. Personally, I wish I had shown some more will power and just sticked to the anime (again, not trying to take anything from this excellent manga, it's just my preference).