Oh, Nii-chan

Episode 8 of Sora no Manimani was a good watch; a great watch, even. On the other hand, call me biased – the cultural festival portion of the episode was the first chapter of the manga I read, and therefore my hook into the series.

Despite having read it like three or four times before finally finding the tankoubon for volumes one and two at my local Kinokuniya, there are scenes like the one this above screencap is adapted from that I don’t remember reading. Upon further examination (tankoubon 3, chapter 16), it totally was in the original work – but as three panels that fill half a page of content, and without the classy three-second buildup the anime had.

Oh, and the kick and ensuing spin? Anime-exclusive. Great stuff.