<em>Happiness of the Katakuris</em>is another of my faves from his crazy phase. He seems to have calmed back down again in recent years.<br/><br/>Well, the manga for Battle Royale is based off the novel like the film is. I do own the BR manga and whilst I've never read the novel, apparently the manga is more faithful to the novel and it is hella extreme... Does not pull punches. Ichi the Killer though, when I read it and got to where the Twins come in, I seriously thought about wiping my harddrive... xD (They are nothing like those kooky teddy bear ear wearing dudes... They are like seven foot tall Go Nagai bad-guys that literally like rip a woman's tit off right off her chest barehanded... @___@;)<br/><br/>But ja, that bit was left out but mostly every other bit was left in and made x10 more gross and hardcore in the manga. Also it had a more coherent and better ending. I can write it out and spoiler tag it, if you're interested to know.