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I don't think he cares much for the writing, but the technique fascinates him.
The strange Death of Alex Raymond book he did goes into explorations of comic art styles, and I think looking into manga which evolved so separately from American comic art interests him.
Glamourpuss was him studying photorealism by redrawing fashion ads, this is him studying Naruto by redrawing parts of it, the story is secondary to the studying, basically.