Viz has a sneek peek at the first volume of Takehiko Inoue’s influential basketball manga. John Jakala offers some commentary:
It was interesting to read this first chapter and compare how Viz’s translation differs from Gutsoon’s. Both translations are perfectly readable, but there were some spots where I preferred Gutsoon’s phrasing over Viz’s. Still, even Gutsoon tweaked its translation between serialization in its weekly anthology and the eventual collection, so for me it just highlights how tricky translating can be.
