The art is somehow different not that its a bad thing. Satsuki for example looks different and you cannot avoid noticing it. She looks less menacing and more cute which completely loses the gist of Satsuki. In some scenes Ryuko too does cutesy faces which is OK seeing this is a manga and the artist has limited choices to convey emotions but I just cant feel like it betrays the characters personalities. The art is nice and it makes the whole ride less unsufferable. The thing just fails at conveying some scenes the show relied on several times because it is not animated though I can concede it tries its best. Although it tries being a literal copy to the anime in what story is concerned this manga loses so much detail in comparison to the anime when usually the thing youd expect is the manga to anime conversion being lossy not its inverse. Interestingly enough it adds its own parts from time to time too. The manga just ends in a cliffhanger. After the general elections Ryuko just promises shell take all of them down. And thats it we never learn about her father about Nui about the conquering of Japans academies nor Nudist Beach. Kyruin Ragyo? Whos that? The manga never heard of her. I wouldnt even complain if the manga didnt mention or hint at those points but it does. I just ask why? To top it couldnt have chosen a worse point to end it at just before it gets real interesting. And dont remind me the way it does with a lackluster General Elections adaptation that happens so fast it could win a race. Character development doesnt happen probably due to the plot and timing problems that plague this manga. Apart from the Fighting Club part of the story the characters are static probably because the story is so badly ported. Overall it just feels... dire. The anime is good but this just doesnt do it enough justice it cant even try and finish the story. Just go watch the anime or play the game when it comes out if you want a fresh story. If I had read the manga before ever knowing the anime I wouldnt have touched Kill la Kill with a 10 foot pole because this manga sure is lackluster. It feels rushed and made on a cut budget despite the artists best efforts. Sad because it could have really expanded on Kill la Kill a world that left so many possibilities for the artist but this feels like just a product to piggyback on the animes success.