is the manga just gonna follow how the anime went?
It's following the novel here. The anime deviated, moving file 3 (Kisaragi) after file 4 (Space Time Man) and kicking file 5 (Rescue mission) all the way to the end. The manga has file 3, 4, and 5 in order, followed by file 6 (beach arc) and currently file 7 (Ninja cats). The next file after this will be one that was not covered in the anime. Hopefully we'll get there before the end of the year.
is the manga just gonna follow how the anime went?
I think it's gonna follow the LN more.
That seems to be true from what I've noticed, since the order of the cases matches the order shown on the TV Tropes recap page. For example, the ninja cats case is after the case in which Toriko and Sorawo rescue the US forces, but the latter was at the end of the anime, after the ninja cats case.
I got into the series through the anime, but while I enjoyed it, I personally find that the manga/light novel's order of events makes significantly more sense. I'm considering purchasing the light novels, but I might start with Volume 3 or 4 and go back to the first two later.
Anime didn't cover file 8, which is the last arc of volume 2. You really should read that in order to set up volume 3 (or file 11 specifically).
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