Umm ... Akikan is weirder imo. DEFINITELY weirder.
That being said, I found that ep 1 was a pretty faithful adaptation of the manga - the OP had a bunch of the cast of charas cameo across the screen I recognized.
Even so, with both the manga and the first ep I still am leaning towards not actively following the series on a week-to-week basis. Maybe later on when all eps are out I might steamroll it.... Maybe.