User blog comment:Hardcore D. Mauschwitz/Anime versus Manga/@comment-3079175-20101012001842

I read the manga and watch the anime, works great for me. I like seeing how they animate the manga, and the manga makes that wait for a new episode easer to bear.

I suggest you read the manga, as there are things in it that do not get animated. The Sabo back story is coming up in the anime I believe. If they decide to animate it that is.

Any way I think you should read it, at least a few chapters a week untill you are caught up, the time skip is very interesting.