Worth it my friend?... You BET! Nearly every car/truck I have ever owned has been a manual, and I learned it's magical ways when I was 13, driving a 76 CIVIC in parking lots after Sunday school. If this 16 y/o kid, and his ham fisted sister and brother can pass a drivers test with this car, YOU CAN DO IT! MMM has written an article on the subject. Search it out, and see what you think. BTW, in my experience with nearly every Japanese brand car/truck manual transmission over many years, it is VERY hard to beat a Honda... They just get it right!
Learn the ways of a MT, and actually drive a car, not steer it around.