I’m not too fussed about honorifics myself – when they translate it, I prefer them to remove items like honorifics, because it could potentially act as a barrier to understanding and, at least to me, interrupt the flow.

One of the things I do remember seeing when this novel came out is that the artwork is not as complete as the Japanese version, meaning things are cut off or appear to be censored somewhat. At the time, considering this was a Viz release and I had no interest in anything Viz put out, I didn’t care. Now that Viz has bought some brownie points with their manga releases of Honey and Clover as well as Hayate the Combat Butler, I’m a bit more interested.