you know as much as an anime fanatic as i am.. i don't read manga at all.... i don't know something about actions scenes being portrayed in non-motion like manga is hard to keep my attention... i admit that the stories are generally better in manga and so is the drawing because is easier to do 1 frame then 30 a second... reading the manga just spoils it for me so i just the opposite of you guys lol.... one peice is ok i guess.. i don't really watch it.. not really my type of anime lol