Or they did read it, and enjoyed it very much. But they also want to be creative with it. Isn’t that what makes the artists? Being creative. I mean, I can take Romeo and Juliet and make Juliet an insane yandere. Or make Adolf Hitler somehow changes his way by passing art school and reincarnating as a mangaka. The world is in your pen, you just need to make it.it's really weird how some japanese adapts western characters like it doesn't resemble their personality at all. Another example is the one with Nietzsche. Like they didnt even watch or read the book.