A Review of Afro Samurais Manga and The Differences between the Anime Manga. My Spoiler Free Afro Samurai Anime Review. https://anilist.co/review/14695 Spoilers for anime and manga. https://m.mediaamazon.com/images/I/51DUcdCb+zL.jpg Afro Samurai is an Animanga Franchise that was done in part by Gonzo Samuel L Jackson Takashi Okazaki. Takashi Okazaki is the creator the artist of Afro Samurai. Now I do prefer the Anime over the manga and well get into that but let me explain the story real quick. Afro Samurai is the story of Afro who saw his father get murdered before his eyes it is of course a revenge story. Now the person who murdered his father was Justice Justice killed his father for the number one headband which in the world of Afro Samurai the person who obtains the 1 headband is treated and looked at as a god. To obtain the number one headband you have to get the number 2 headband which almost always involves killing. Got it? Okay lets get into it. https://static0.cbrimages.com/wordpress/wpcontent/uploads/socialpost/AS2social1.jpg?q=50fit=cropw=943h=500dpr=1.5 Characters in the manga are not very different than from the anime we have Ninja Afro Jinno Justice we of course have more characters but these are the main. We also have the empty seven clan now that Im thinking about it I forgot to mention in my anime review. All the characters are still good in the manga. One thing I actually like more about the manga is the themes The story is about revenge and the anime ends with him beating Justice. In the manga it took him so long to find Justice that he was dead when he found him meaning to Afro that his entire revenge journey was for nothing which I actually prefer writingwise. Now in the anime I love the ending dont get me wrong I just really like that he took so long hes dead. Afro also kills a man at the beginning for the 2 headband he saved the guys kid and then the kid saw of course afro did the same thing that Justice did to him reflecting that he is not much better than justice at the end of the manga the kid comes to kill unlike justice Afro actually doesnt die to the kid and beats him. Now the world building is also different in the manga in the anime we dont get a ton of exploration into the 1 mountain nor did we see a lot of town where we saw the girl from his childhood. In the manga the town is almost cult like to worship the 1 and the mountain is like a city which does explain a lot of the scifi type elements in the manga/anime. https://ia601904.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?zip=/30/items/mangaAfroSamuraiv02/AfroSamuraiv02jp2.zipfile=AfroSamuraiv02jp2/AfroSamuraiv020000.jp2id=mangaAfroSamuraiv02scale=4rotate=0 Now lemme get to where I prefer the anime. The art is very good but the fights are very hard to comprehend I barely could get what was happening when reading it. A big part of why Afro Samurai is so good is because of the clear fights and great animation and you dont have that very much in this manga. Another reason why Afro Samurais anime is so good is because of the soundtrack voice acting and of course this doesnt have that. Why the VA and Soundtrack is so important is because it really sets the tone and just makes everything that much better. Soundtrack By RZA the defacto leader of The Wu Tang Clan a legendary rap group and Samuel L Jacksons Voice Acting including Yuri Lowenthal who is the dub voice actor of Sasuke from Naruto Kururugi Suzaku from Code Geass. https://occ017231722.1.nflxso.net/dnm/api/v6/9pS1daC2n6UGc3dUogvWIPMROU/AAAABTl643d5PE2dQ6sYH1MyK4RmIP8niPMgimB8wMC0dd6xOwIeeNlTpWkLBIRNBxbEkbM0Z3KJyjmEhJSTQPWxpvTIpbZMkLZZGCc4pDqa9vZ79G.jpg Welp Im pretty sure thats it. Should you read or watch Afro Samurai? It really depends what you value in fiction but definitely the anime. The animes themes are great I just liked how those 2 things were handled in the manga. The anime has a banger soundtrack animation and voice acting. Which the manga has none of. I would recommend watching the anime and if you want more read the manga. Dont get me wrong the manga is great but it isnt nearly as hype. my rating system: World Building: 9/10 Characters: 9/10 Writing: 9/10 Themes: 10/10 Art: 9/10 Fights: 5.9/10 Soundtrack: N/A VA: N/A Its nothing personal... just revenge.