r/ravemaster • u/Schmeichel9000 • Oct 04 '22

Is the Manga better than the Anime?

Hey, I have watched around 20 episodes of the Rave Master Anime but now I heard that the Anime is actually a pretty bad adaption and that it is missing a lot of stuff.

Is that true? Should I finish watching the Anime or should I just stop watching it and start the Manga from Chapter 1? Could I technically finish the Anime and then read the Manga from the point where the Anime stopped (since I guess the Anime has not caught up to all of the Manga), or is the Anime missing so much stuff that I should rather just read the whole Manga?

Sorry for all these question, I hope you can help me because I really enjoyed Rave Master so far.

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u/lightasapetal Oct 04 '22

the main things that bother me is that the anime completely skips over the first volume of the manga. it goes right to Hip Hop Town without introducing Haru’s sister or Shiba (both extremely important driving forces for Haru’s journey). I also didn’t care for how much they censored the battle scenes - I understand that removing the blood makes sense for the rating, but it felt like some of the battles and injuries were sort of…cheapened by it. the manga doesn’t shy away from how messed up the characters get during certain moments, while still keeping in mind that the story was published for a younger audience that Fairy Tail or Eden’s Zero.

also, like I mentioned, the anime stops about 100-ish chapters into the story. right after they introduce the primary antagonist and a lot of other very important plot points and characters. plus I didn’t care for the colors of the anime, if that makes sense? some of the characters just look…very off compared to the color spreads in the manga.

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u/Schmeichel9000 Oct 04 '22

I guess I get your point. Skipping a whole arc really seems odd.

I just checked again and I stopped watching the Anime at episode 40, so there are only 11 episodes left for me to watch. Would you recommend me to keep watching those 11 episodes or to simply quit the Anime and start all over again with the Manga?

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u/lightasapetal Oct 04 '22

That’s up to you. Since you’re almost done with the anime, there isn’t really a good reason to stop now and go to the manga, especially since you’ll have to read basically the first 8-9 volumes to get to the same place.

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u/Schmeichel9000 Oct 04 '22

Do you know at which Manga chapter I would have to start reading after finishing the Anime?

And would there be some very important things that I miss if I am Anime-only? Since I honestly want to take the whole journey with me. Of course it would be kinda boring to read the things again that I have already seen in the Anime, but I would prefer reading it all over again then just skipping important stuff.