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[Spike Spiegel]

I'm sitting here filling out my Previews order form for the month of July, to turn in tomorrow afternoon, and once again I find myself in need of advice on manga. Now in the past, you guys have been only marginally helpful (if you bothered to respond at all), but I've got a feeling tonight's the night you people really come through for me.

Here's the deal. I'm torn on whether or not I should order this:

Japan TPB by Buronson and Kentaro Miura

Now apart from Dark Horse's description, I know absolutely nothing about this manga. I'm familiar with Buronson's other works (Fist of the North Star), but the truth is I'm only interested in this because Miura is the artist, and because I like Berserk. But that kind of mentality can get you into trouble, as I know all too well from experience; just because a favorite artist is involved in a project doesn't mean it's not a piece of sh*t, especially when it's an early work of his. And because I'm on an excruciatingly tight budget as of late, I'd like to avoid marking myself down for a possible $12.95 turd.

So that's where you guys come in. Hopefully, one of you Berserk fans knows a little something about Miura's collaborations with Buronson, and can help me make my decision. How does it compare to Berserk? And how is Miura's artwork? I know it's a pre-Berserk project, and I'm not too keen on Miura's rougher style from early volumes of that series.

Also, a few months ago I ordered King of Wolves TPB by the same team. Is it related to Japan somehow? Did I make a mistake in ordering that too? If the answer is yes, then you can understand why I'd like to avoid compounding that error by ordering Japan.

Just looking for some info, so that I can make an informed decision. And I'd appreciate some sort of clarification by tomorrow morning, before I send my order to the LCS. If not, then I'll just take the safe route and not bother ordering it.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Zaptruder]

Naruto is better than the one you listed.

 

[Pedigree Chum]

I'm interested in an answer.

free bump.

 

[nathkenn]

Miura's artwork is a lot better in the later volumes of berserk but Fist + Berserk = whatwhatwhat?! who's read this?

 

[Raven.]

Not sure if it was this work or another, but IIRC, I think I once heard it wasn't as good as Berserk but not too bad... my memory's a bit fuzzy it was A LONG time ago I heard it, so I may be wrong.

I'd check it out first if I was you, wait till it gets to Borders, and browse the first few pages and see if you like it... or you could...

 

[Spike Spiegel]

I think... I'm going to pass. Unless one of you can convince me otherwise in the next two hours, after that I'm heading out to the LCS.

 

[Spike Spiegel]

King of Wolves was pretty good. It's a fast read, though, and I'm not convinced yet that it was worth $12.95 either. Ah well, at least I didn't order Japan too.