After reading the first volume of Read or Die, I have no doubt in my mind that writer Hideyuki Kurata probably has a dungeon somewhere filled with all sorts of kinky fetishes. It's too hard to walk away from the book and not ponder what was going on in their head when Read or Die was conceived. As for the quality of the book itself, if you're a big fan of books and reading, you'll likely dig the subject matter and be enthralled with the adventures of Yomiko.