From top to bottom: Japanese, German, English

When I was in Germany last August, I bought the first volume of Honey and Clover and wrote about how Tokyopop GmbH was releasing titles noticably ahead of US licensors. Now that Viz’s English version has hit shelves, I bought one of those and looked for differences and similarities between the German and American adaptations. What follows is a comparison of many features between the two in attempt to determine which is the better visual adaptation.
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Today, Joey Chestnut defeated Takeru Kobayashi, 66-63, at the annual Nathan’s hot dog eating contest and brought the title back into the hands of the United States. America has finally earned back a matter of national pride this Fourth of July. Unfortunately, this event glorifies binge eating at a time when childhood obesity is of great concern. But aside from what it represents, it makes me happy that an American has won the title for the first time since 1999 (Steve Keiner - 20 1/4). I still don’t consider competitive eating to be a “sport”, though.