its much more sad reading it, since he was dying for 10 eps it really took the sadness away. the manga is more emotional than the anime to me. and besides if you got some kind of imagination you can almost hear the characters say the things you read. also you dont need to sit through the god damn fuckin filler shit. things like that takes most emotions out of the anime. but i guess thats what its there for since the anime is originally for kids who cant read the manga...