I was curious about the Frieren manga and hadn’t checked it out until today. I was looking for something else in Powell’s and happened upon the Frieren manga – only volumes 3 and 8 were in stock. I skimmed volume 3, which covered some of my favorite episodes in the anime – and I was pleased to see how closely the manga and anime aligned – in dialog, storytelling, timeline, and scene composition. I did see where the anime was superior to the manga in detail, direction, and of course, audio. Color, too. I wouldn’t mind having the manga in my library, but I really, really like the anime.