Title: More of an AU than an Adaptation
Product review: All of the characters origins and purposes were changed. As one who has owned all 6 volumes of the manga, this might as well have been a fan fiction, or an alternative universe. It's almost a shame that they share the same title. For those of you that have enjoyed the manga as I have, you'll notice more than one serious plot point has been erased or made so that it was never even going to happen. The rising action that happened in the manga was never even so much as spoken of, and while the ending was the only thing that was even remotely similar to the original, the dynamic changes will leave original fans a lot to be desired. I'd recommend the manga to anybody, not the movie.
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