End of the month so i'm reminded omori manga exists, i found chapter 3 here on this tweet, they also link to previous chapters
Ok so this chapter starts with Kel not finding aubrey and then the hooligans are running from the candy store lady cause they stole shit and kel follows them hoping to find aubrey. This is very different from game already but when Kel asks kim about aubrey she keeps running, so sunny throws a random ass can he found in the trash at her and it doesnt even come close (at least she stops to mock him) then kel kicks the can and headshots her (what).

(very different from game already)

Heck yea hit those girls Kel (why did that make her stop running)

(Weirdly molesty angle there)
Kim asks why should she tell when they abandoned aubrey first and then candy lady reaches and says she'll take over and hand her to the police lol.
I was expecting something different but not this much. Game Kim got away with robbing candy but Japan does NOT think stealing is cute nor quirky so of course the manga plays it very seriously, to the point Kel and Sunny feel sorry for Kim. Sunny sees Kel is sad, so he gives him some money and Kel pays for Kim and apologizes lying about her being his friend.

This manga is so cliche with it's shots and angles lol.
Kel is also clever enough to know this lets him pressure her for an answer.

Why is Kel potrayed as "unironically Cool" in this manga? Kim blushes next panel too.
They go to the church and find aubrey and ask about Basil album. She says she's protecting it from Sunny and Kel. Kel says they used to be friends, and she agrees. USED to be, not anymore. Kel gets sad and says Mari wouldn't like that. Aubrey gets pissed and calls him out. In the game she was like "mari is dead bro" but here she freaks out when mari is mentioned.

Remember this AWFUL line? Manga aubrey doesnt say it god bless.

(People be mad but i always agreed with Aubrey here. Kel is kinda of shitty friend and his entitlement is offensive)

You fucked up Kel.
This exchange goes different in the manga cause it feels like Kel actually cares while in game it felt like he doesnt give a fuck AT ALL. Manga Kel insists it's not true while game Kel gives a half assed apology.
Kel gets a much better callout here because Aubrey explicitly says kel moved on to other friends, then she bashes Sunny too but this time Kel gives the "You don't know what he's been through" and IMO it works better at the church than a random offhand mention in their first game encounter.

Okay, manga Kel is just a whole different character lol.
Kel gives a more extreme apology for "anything she wants" and he's here now. Aubrey refuses and grabs his shirt and yells, so the church people start commenting all the mean shit about her and aubrey goes away crying. Sunny then gets a flashback of his childhood with the team wand watching Aubrey cry then he does a significant change from the game.
Sunny holds aubrey's face and Kel defends aubrey from the church people.

(he didnt hug her so i dont get the symbolism here) (edit: It hit me that he's covering her ears so she doesnt hear the mean comments, lmao what a nerd)

(actually good friend kel)
Aubrey pushes sunny away and says she threw the album in the thrash. Kel says Aubrey changed but she's still the same person so deep inside he feels like they're still friends. This twists what he said in the game where Kel was implying Aubrey didnt grow up. He says they should dig every garbage in town now (why not just hers dummy).
We get a transition to omori and everyone says basil disappeared and "it's almost like something took him away" (*laugh track*). Aubrey is crying about basil and Kel encourages her saying he must be waiting for them. Hero says they'll find basil and pulls the literal world map. Kel says they should take the ladder to the moon but aubrey says Omori is afraid of heights and then the chapter ends.
TL;DR: This chapter is mostly the Kim encounter and the church scene and i (imo) find it better than the game
mostly because
i hate the church scene and everyone involved in it. The manga kinda fixes that, making both kel and sunny come across as much better human beings.
If anything this chapter highlights how badly written the game church scene was. Next chapter should definitely be the moon stage and the album recovery, i expect the stage to be shortned to only Pluto and spaceboy meeting tho. The only thing i dont like is that Sunny is going to omori without sleeping but i guess it's a sacrifice they're willing to make for pacing.