I really havent read that many but I saw a film and its sequel a few years ago that I loved, Crows Zero 1 and 2. Naturally this made me want to track down the manga it was based on, Crows, which frankly blew me away. And the sequel to Crows, Worst, is possibly even better. To the extent that they made 2 Miike films that I adored seem, all of a sudden, mediocre.