Battle Royale

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English: Battle Royale

Japanese: バトル・ロワイアル

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 15

Chapters: 119

Status: Finished

Published: 2000 to 2005

Genres: Action, Drama, Horror, Psychological, Seinen

Authors: Taguchi, Masayuki (Art), Takami, Koushun (Story)

Serialization: Young Champion Magazine

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Score: 7.99¹ (scored by 25,417 users)

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Ranked: #712²

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Popularity: #146

Members: 53,949

Favorites: 3,092

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Ranked #712Popularity #146Members 53,949

MangaYoung Champion MagazineTaguchi, Masayuki (Art), Takami, Koushun (Story)

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Synopsis

Every year, a class is randomly chosen to be placed in a deserted area where they are forced to kill each other in order to survive. Initially believing to be on a graduation trip, Shuuya Nanahara and the rest of Shiroiwa Junior High's Class B find that they have been chosen to participate in this game of life and death known as "The Program."

Waking up to the realization that they have been quarantined on an island, the 42 students discover they have been fitted with metal collars which will detonate if certain conditions are not met. In order to obtain freedom, they must slaughter everyone else by whatever means necessary, and the last one standing is deemed the winner. As each member of the class heads down their own path, Shuuya makes it his goal to get off the island without playing the game in order to put an end to this madness once and for all.

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Background

Battle Royale is an adaptation of Koushun Takami's novel of the same name which was published in April 1999 (and later published in English by VIZ Media). The novel was adapted into a live-action film the following year and became one of Japan's highest grossing films, though it was condemned by the National Diet.

The series was published in English by Tokyopop from May 13, 2003 to April 11, 2006. The Tokyopop version was extensively rewritten by Keith Giffen which eventually led to contradictions and plot holes in the later volumes. Tokyopop rereleased the series in 5 omnibus volumes under the name Battle Royale: Ultimate Edition from October 16, 2007 to February 10, 2009. It was also published in Brazilian Portuguese by Conrad from November 2006 to November 2011 and in Polish by Waneko since March 2012 to March 4, 2015.

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Related Manga

Sequel:	Battle Royale II: Blitz Royale
Spin-off:	Battle Royale: Tenshi-tachi no Kokkyou
Alternative version:	Battle Royale

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Characters

Kiriyama, Kazuo

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Mimura, Shinji

Main

Kawada, Shougo

Main

Souma, Mitsuko

Main

Sugimura, Hiroki

Main

Nanahara, Shuuya

Main

Nakagawa, Noriko

Main

Chigusa, Takako

Supporting

Shimizu, Hirono

Supporting

Sakaki, Yuuko

Supporting

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Oct 23, 2007

119 of 119 chapters read

Overall Rating: 9

Master10K (All reviews)

122 people found this review helpful

A Psychological, Action, Thriller that will take you on the most extreme thrill ride you can imagine. But be warned, you must be 18.

Battle Royale is basically about survival of the fittest, where kids have to duke it out with each other in a sort of "last man standing game". This interesting plot brings forth a great deal intensity and emotional turmoil, of which you have never seen. It’s also surprising how long and in-depth the story is, even though it only covers a short time-frame. The problem with this set-up is that it almost completely removes the thought of getting attached to any characters read more

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May 10, 2008

119 of 119 chapters read

Overall Rating: 9

Noir (All reviews)

118 people found this review helpful

A few years ago I saw a god-awful movie called Battle Royale, I discussed the movie with a friend and he said: Well if you hate the movie that much but liked the concept why don’t you read the original source material. This came as a shock to me at that time, I had no idea that the movie was based on a novel. I never got my hands on the novel so I decided to buy the manga.

I was astonished with the artwork in Volume 1, I kept staring at certain panels trying to figure out how much work they put into this. I read more

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Aug 27, 2014

119 of 119 chapters read

Overall Rating: 10

StellarAbyss (All reviews)

66 people found this review helpful

'Kill or be killed. This is how this fucking game works'.

It's more violent than your Tokyo Ghoul and much more emotional than Attack on Titan. This, ladies and gentlemen is 'Battle Royale' - an original story featuring a very gruesome gladiator fight imposed by the government act, between innocent teenagers on a deserted island. One thing is for sure - Battle Royale encapsulates trust, betrayal, love, insanity, gore, fear, anxiety, despair for survival and most importantly, hope into this incredible 15 volume manga that is just incomparable with the movie.

For most of you out there, who've seen the Battle Royale movie and are read more

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Sep 3, 2011

119 of 119 chapters read

Overall Rating: 4

LordSoth (All reviews)

56 people found this review helpful

I have to say that I started this series with a recommendation. I was talking with a friend that how I loved "Berserk" and "Gantz" (manga of course). Then he said that there is manga called "battle royale" that I should check it out. After reading the summary of it I was very enthusiastic. However nothing goes as smooth as it begins.

Story starts very promising but then it lose its pace. It always interrupted by pathetic flash backs. There is always a struggle between naive goodness and realistic evil. They tried to create an athmosphere read more

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