Anime and Manga Differences

This page is intended to serve as a repository of cut or added content that might affect your enjoyment of the series if you decide to pick up the manga. It will be formatted as one list and not per episode as the manga and anime have extremely differing pacing decisions.

The level of importance a piece of cut or added content is will be organized as such:


 * Ignorable: Does not have any further consequences to the story or characters beyond its immediate actions. Usually consists of character personality gimmicks.
 * Important: Valuable content to the story, plot or lore. Missing these could leave you confused.
 * REQUIRED: Absolutely integral to your full understanding of the story that cannot be ignored.

Pop quiz: Ignorable
Includes extra dialogue where the second generation kids complain about the pop quiz. The questions are math equations of first degree in the anime, of second degree in the manga.

Maru and Kiruko looting: Ignorable
They go to loot a second house where they find the dead bodies holding hands on the bed, in the anime it happens in the same house.

Maru and Kiruko talk: Ignorable
Includes dialogue between Maru and Kiruko talking about which body part they would eat if they starved.

The A-MK3 Defect: Important
Maru mentions that while the Kiru-Beam may be capable of obliterating anything, it requires thirty-seconds to fire after being switched on.

Maru and Kiruko holding the goons hostage: Ignorable
Includes a scene where Maru and Kiruko forcefully make the goons take them to their hideout. After the pair leave them alone, they complain about Maru foiling their plans to grab Kiruko from behind while she was distracted.

Maru spots Kiriko's headshot wound: REQUIRED
While drying Kiruko's hair, Maru mentions about another scar in the middle of her scalp, which is the result of the gunshot that Kiriko had suffered. Something Kiruko herself hadn't even realized.

Kiruko has a nightmare: Important
Shows a short scene where Kiruko finds herself in the operating room during her surgery.

Building the raft: Important
Kiruko says it took three days to build the raft.

Finder's fee: Ignorable
Mikura is brought to Kiruko's office by two men, one of them asks Kiruko a fee.

Guards in Tomato Heaven: Ignorable
In front and inside of Kusakabe's house there are armed guards, inside there are also two old men arguing between them.

Kiriko's fanatical fan: Ignorable
Includes a small scene after Kiriko's fan shakes Kiruko's hand, further hinting at her future identity reveal.

Maru in deep thought: Ignorable
Instead of immediately being attacked by the Ningyo upon Kiruko finishing her origin explanation, Kiruko falls asleep while Maru tries to digest what he's heard.

Ningyo attacks: Ignorable
During the Hiruko's attack, it eats two passengers fallen from the boat before chasing Maru and Kiruko. Kiruko fires all shots in the same spot on the Hiruko.

Kiruko selling a CD: Ignorable
The record shop owner tries a second time to play the CD Kiruko is trying to sell, and suggests that she remember where she gets her rare stuff.

Kiruko thinking about man-eaters: Ignorable
While the vigilante gang are looking for Maru, Kiruko realizes that all of the man-eaters that she fought before she had the Kiru-beam and Maru's ability Maru-Touch are probably still alive.

Bear situation: Ignorable
When entering the station for the water, Kiruko realizes that they're entering a trap and runs out. Instead of the vigilante bandits being inside of the station itself, Kiruko finds them in proximity of it before the bear begins chasing them.

Maru thinking about Kiruko costumes: Ignorable
While on their way to the Immortal Order, Maru spots a comic of a shinobi and immediately thinks of Kiruko wearing suggestive clothes.

Kiruko has her first period: Important
Right after Shiro's suicide, Kiruko abruptly falls limp and goes unconscious. Maru is on his way to find shelter when it is revealed that the Liviuman leader Mizuhashi is still alive and well; her second hand man's plan was to have her killed so that he could assume control over the Immortal Order. She nurses Kiruko until her cycle is over.

Mimihime sees younger Tarao: Important
Mimihime has a vision about Tokio in her suspended state petrified and younger Tarao running in the aisle.

Swim Class: Ignorable
Taka walks together with Mimihime to the swimming pool and they hold hands. When Mimihime sees Anzu, she quickly stops holding hands with Taka, and is confused as to why she pulled her hands at the sight of Anzu.

Origin of the A-MK3: Important
Extension of the origin of the Kiru-beam. An American organization partnered with the Takahara Society shows Shino the A-MK3 and demonstrates its destructive capability. Shino decides to call it the "super beam."

Kids looking for paint: Ignorable
A couple of kids ask Kiruko and Maru where they can find black paint and they suggest to the kids to stay away from Liviuman.

Earthquake: Ignorable
Includes an extended version of the earthquake scene where Maru and Kiruko mess around with each other before finding Juuichi.

Three bandits attack: Ignorable
Kiruko, Maru and Juuichi are attacked by bandits and the vehicle is damaged.

Takahara reception building: Ignorable
Features multiple extra scenes exploring the dilapidated reception building such as Kiruko reminiscing her days as Haruki and Funayama orphanage or Maru remembering his time in cram school.

People living in a house: Ignorable
Before arriving at market in Ibaraki, Kiruko is surprised to see people living in a house.

Sakota is wary of Mina: Important
Aoshima explores her new found power as the deputy director of the academy, Sakota attempts to approach her to discuss the Yamato/Maru situation but immediately backs off upon realizing she is being accompanied by a terminal of Mina.

Books for chips: Ignorable
At Ibaraki's Ministry of Reconstruction Kiruko tries to exchange books with currency.

Telephone call: Ignorable
During the telephone call from the Ministry of Reconstruction the woman repeats Kiruko's name and the part of her name "ru".

Maru and a lifebuoy: Ignorable
When Maru goes at the Ibaraki Facility to rescue Kiruko, he drops the guards at the entrance in the river, one of them screams that he can't swim and Maru throws at him a lifebuoy.

Wall switch: Ignorable
Entering the locked room in the mass filtration plant, one of the men of the Ministry of Reconstruction turns on the lights in the room.

Maru's first fight: Ignorable
Maru fights against the bandits they meet at the beginning of the series.

Juuichi's pendant: Important
The pendant that Juuichi has with him is the same that is on one leg of the Arachnid Hiruko, previously the women that tried to escape with Juuichi had the same pendant. It represents a character from a previous work by Masakazu Ishiguro.

Maru's book: Ignorable
The novel Maru is reading is Nevil Shute's On the beach.

Kiruko compiling the form: Important
At Ibaraki's Ministry of Reconstruction Kiruko first compiles the form writing "Haruki Takehaya", then a second form with only "Kiruko" as name.