I've already answered this in the other topic, but I'll also post my answer here, in case you miss it.MCDaveG wrote:Eeeeeh, I was redirected here since I thought there are english Kanzenbans and this is probably the closest...... thing..... to them
I thought the censorship, edits, dialogues will be much much much better then in Tankobon format and I'm vastly dissapointed.
These books are really awful in my opinion.
Actually, they are not:
- Their censorship is minimal and not intrusive at all;
- the translation is virtually always accurate (even though its not, some times, a literal translation, its transmits virtually always what the original implies accurately);
- the paper and print quality is of high quality;
- they have the same size, in frame, as the Kanzenban;
- they have most of the original color pages printed in color (original colors);
- they have all the Toriyama comments and the "Toriyama ask me anything corner" and some extra art;
- and, finally, they are very, very cheap. Its price is almost unbeatable and is much cheaper than the Tankobon collection.
If you don't like them because they are not uncensored, I understand, but don't say they are "awful" because they are actually pretty good.
In my honest opinion, just because the Gollancz volumes have a quality of print and paper thats isn't very good (like you stated), I would consider the Vizbigs superior to them by a long shot... Who cares if it is uncensored if the print and paper are not good?
And since you already have all of the japanese Tankobon, the visual edits should't bother you at all since you already have all of the manga uncensored. What interests you in the english collection, is the fact that its written in english... The Vizbigs are written in english, their collection is complete, they are cheaper than the other collections and they have most of the original color pages in color which is a nice bonus.
In fact, since you already have all of the manga uncensored, it would be interesting to have a collection with a few edits just to see the differences. I speak from experience since I also have the Vizbigs and uncensored volumes. The censorship doesn't bother me at all since its minimal, its not intrusive and I have uncensored volumes of other collections. I`m not missing anything and like I said, its actually interesting.
So, in fact, the Vizbigs are actually, in my honest opinion, what you should be looking for. The visual edits should only bother you if you didn't have all of the uncensored volumes already.
I think you are letting your "prejudice" regarding censorship (no matter how small it is) get in the way of actually getting the collection with most advantages to you.
Sorry if I'm repeating myself.
