What? I didn't mean to critisise it any way. I just wrote Kiekoes' Manga Paradise with Japanese romaaji to show my pathetic SKILLZ.
And yea, they cut some meanless bantering from manga (seriously though, who wanted to see that god-awful sign maker thing anyways). Another good example is Yuu Yuu Hakusho, the beginning (vols 1ch02-v2) is pretty much skipped which is good this time. The whole old man and the raccoon thing is as stupid as that sign thing in SK... You should watch Hakusho, or at least read. It's a classic.