Most anime try to be faithful adaptations of the source material and stay as true to the manga as possible. But there are times when the adaptation deviates from the original source.
No, this is not a 100th discussion about Tokyo Ghoul or The Promised Neverland, this time we’d like to look at a couple of anime series that were not as insane as the manga they’re based on.
30-year-old Daikichi attends his grandfather's funeral, where he meets a small shy girl, Rin, who turns out to be the dead man’s illegitimate daughter. Daikichi decides to adopt her, and the series explores his journey of fatherhood.
However, the anime ends before the timeskip, where Rin is a high school student who has developed romantic feelings for Daikichi. Turns out she’s not actually related to the man, and the rest of the manga explores their relationship. Which even includes Rin wanting to have a child with Daikichi. You’ll have to live with this information now, sorry.
Fuuka
This series is a sequel to Suzuka, where, by the way, we can also see an anime adaptation change as the main female lead gets pregnant in the manga and abandons her sports career.
However, Fuuka introduces some changes that are even more drastic. Fuuka is the daughter of Suzuka’s main characters. She is the female lead of the sequel manga, but it doesn’t make her immune to accidents.
Fuuka gets hit by a truck and dies in the manga, while the anime never had that. The rest of the manga explores the male lead’s trauma due to this accident.
If It's for My Daughter, I'd Even Defeat a Demon Lord (Uchi no Ko no Tame naraba, Ore wa Moshikashitara Maou mo Taoseru kamo Shirenai)
This one is very similar to Bunny Drop, as it also involves a grown-up man, Dale, adopting a young girl. But the main difference is that the girl, Latina, is also a devil.
And you guessed it right, the girl does develop feelings for her father figure in the manga. She confesses the feelings to Dale, they start a family together and have children.
You might not know this, but the anime adaptation of Violet Evergarden tones down a lot of violent and action scenes, making drama its focus. The manga includes such things as war criminals or a cult of demigod sacrificing nuns, so maybe it’s even good that the anime didn’t have that.
The anime series also makes Gilbert’s role less significant and doesn’t include his comeback and romance with Violet. The feature-length movie does have that, though, but fans are still unsure whether it was a good decision.
Bokurano
The series follows a group of children that stumble upon a small cave, where they meet a mysterious man suggesting a fun game of taking turns controlling a robot to protect the Earth against aliens.
Fans say that the anime adaptation spares its viewers much more than the manga, as a lot of darkness is toned down. On top of that, the manga ending is extremely cruel as it forces one of the pilots to kill everyone on the alternate Earth.
You wouldn't expect THAT.
Most anime try to be faithful adaptations of the source material and stay as true to the manga as possible. But there are times when the adaptation deviates from the original source.
No, this is not a 100th discussion about Tokyo Ghoul or The Promised Neverland, this time we’d like to look at a couple of anime series that were not as insane as the manga they’re based on.
30-year-old Daikichi attends his grandfather's funeral, where he meets a small shy girl, Rin, who turns out to be the dead man’s illegitimate daughter. Daikichi decides to adopt her, and the series explores his journey of fatherhood.
However, the anime ends before the timeskip, where Rin is a high school student who has developed romantic feelings for Daikichi. Turns out she’s not actually related to the man, and the rest of the manga explores their relationship. Which even includes Rin wanting to have a child with Daikichi. You’ll have to live with this information now, sorry.
Fuuka
This series is a sequel to Suzuka, where, by the way, we can also see an anime adaptation change as the main female lead gets pregnant in the manga and abandons her sports career.
However, Fuuka introduces some changes that are even more drastic. Fuuka is the daughter of Suzuka’s main characters. She is the female lead of the sequel manga, but it doesn’t make her immune to accidents.
Fuuka gets hit by a truck and dies in the manga, while the anime never had that. The rest of the manga explores the male lead’s trauma due to this accident.
If It's for My Daughter, I'd Even Defeat a Demon Lord (Uchi no Ko no Tame naraba, Ore wa Moshikashitara Maou mo Taoseru kamo Shirenai)
This one is very similar to Bunny Drop, as it also involves a grown-up man, Dale, adopting a young girl. But the main difference is that the girl, Latina, is also a devil.
And you guessed it right, the girl does develop feelings for her father figure in the manga. She confesses the feelings to Dale, they start a family together and have children.
You might not know this, but the anime adaptation of Violet Evergarden tones down a lot of violent and action scenes, making drama its focus. The manga includes such things as war criminals or a cult of demigod sacrificing nuns, so maybe it’s even good that the anime didn’t have that.
The anime series also makes Gilbert’s role less significant and doesn’t include his comeback and romance with Violet. The feature-length movie does have that, though, but fans are still unsure whether it was a good decision.
Bokurano
The series follows a group of children that stumble upon a small cave, where they meet a mysterious man suggesting a fun game of taking turns controlling a robot to protect the Earth against aliens.
Fans say that the anime adaptation spares its viewers much more than the manga, as a lot of darkness is toned down. On top of that, the manga ending is extremely cruel as it forces one of the pilots to kill everyone on the alternate Earth.
