I don't know if this has been brought up yet, but I was browsing around Amazon and saw this new paperback of BR. It's supposed to have a foreword by Max Allan Collins, newly revised text, and interview with Kinji Fukasaku, and 22 extra pages by Koushun Takami. Will the text be mostly the same as the original novel?
http://www.amazon.com/Battle-Royale-Novel-Koushun-Takami/dp/1421527723/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1250697983&sr=1-9
