Battle Royale
age-range
Rated M for Mature 18+
artist-author
Koushun Takami & Masayuki Taguchi
genre
Action
manufacturer
Tokyopop
Battle Royale volume 1
It?s a lottery. But in this lottery, theres no multimillion dollar check to turn your life around. No, this is the worst thing that could happen to you if youre a ninth grader in the economically and sociologically bankrupt future that creators Koushun Takami and Massayuki Taguchi have dreamed up. Their controversial series about The Program- a game that picks random classes and puts them on an abandoned island for a televised figh to the death-has drawn an incredible following in Japan. Is America ready for it? Are you ready for it? TOKYOPOP brings you this groundbreaking series featuring an English adaptation by renowned writer Keith Griffen. Put aside your morals, hold on to your seats and prepare yourself for an unforgettable manga experience... Prepare yourself for BATTLE ROYALE!
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Battle Royale volume 2
The horror of The Program escalates in this second volume of Battle Royale, Koushun Takami and masayuki Taguchis terrifying tale of friendship and betrayal. Shuuyas attempts at forming an alliance lead him to the mysterious Shogo Kawada, a transfer student with uncertain motives. Shogo could be a powerful ally...if he can be trusted. Meanwhile-having also decided not to play the game-what fate is in store for devoted couple Sakura and Kazuhiko? And the deadly Kazuo must decide what to do about his gang. Will he allow them to join him? Or will Mitsuru and the rest just slow him down?
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Battle Royale volume 3
One class, 42 students, forced to fight to the death. As Shuuya and Noriko learn Shogos shocking secret, othe students take center stage in this third suspenseful volume of Battle RoyaleYutaka Sato is the boy who could never catch a break. Shinji Mimura is class Bs star basketball player. Will Shinjis plan to get the unlikely pair off the island succeed, or will it lead the duo to devastation? Meanwhile Yoji Kuramoto and Yoshimi Yahagi have long held onto a rocky relationship. Now, under the ultimate pressure, will they reconcile...or are they in for a messy breakup? Finally, in one of Battle Royales most controversial segments, the sordid dealings of Mitsuko Souma come into focus in the soon-to-be infamous side story, Fallen Angel.
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Battle Royale volume 4
The 42 students of Ninth Grade Class B have been kidnapped, marooned on an island, and ordered to kill everyone else or they all die. Theyre not the victims of a sick, cruel joke: theyre contestants on the top rated, government-sanctioned television reality show called The Program. The students have been given food, water, and random weapons and, to ensure their cooperation, theyve been fitted with explosive collars. However, it takes surprisingly little to get some memebres of Class B to play the game. Soccer player Kazushi Niida gets his kicks by treating The Program like an exhibition game. How many goals will this crossbow-toting all-star score before he gets a permanent time-out? Only 25 students remaining!
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Battle Royale volume 5
The sun is setting on the first day of the Program, and the students of Class B are in for one hell of a night. With the failure of their initial plan to take back The Program, Shinji Mimura and yutaka Sato are putting their backup plan in motion. Having located all the supplies necessary to create a bomb, the pair are all set to deliver the package right where it will do the most damage: The School which serves as The Program control center. But with the school in a permanent danger zone, will it be their bomb that detonates first... or the explosive collars locked around their necks?
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Battle Royale volume 6
In the near future, a random class of 9th graders has been kidnapped, marooned on an island, and forced to compete on The Program, a popular reality show that requires its contestants to battle to the death. Shinji Mimura and Yutaka Sato are two students who are determined to take The Program off the air. However, when Yutaka nearly blows their latest plan, Shinji finds that his patience with his inept friend is running out. Meanwhile, having single-handedly eliminated most of their classmates, Kazuo Kiriyama now takes aim at Shuuya and Shogo. Hopelessly outgunned, it will take more than weaponry for our heroes to survive. It will take a miracle.
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Battle Royale volume 7
Unwilling to bow down to the oppressive confines of The Program, basketball star Shinji develops a plan to deliver his hand-maid bombs directly to enemy HQ. All that?s left is to put that plan into action. Unfortunately, this is much easier said than done-mistrust and betrayal runs high in the world of Battle Royale and it could mean the end of Shinjis playing days!
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Battle Royale volume 8
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Battle Royale volume 9
As Shuuya is nursed back to health, he discovers his savior is a group of girls with plans to defeat The program and escape the island. But hope turns to despair when one girls paranoia makes her believe that Shuuya is the devil…and she will stop at nothing to cast him into the darkness! Just when you thought that things couldnt get any more outrageous, this volume of Battle Royale pulls no punches and packs a ton of heat...and turns into a gruesome, over-the-top splatterfest filled with paranoia, corruption and bloody lies.
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Battle Royale volume 10
Shuuya may have been saved by a group of girls, but he has proven to be the death of them. Still, hes got to play the game, so he heads out to find Noriko and the others only to be faced with more gun-wielding classmates. Will he survive? And if he does, have Noriko and Shogo stayed alive long enough for the three to be reunited?
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Battle Royale volume 11
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Battle Royale volume 12
You cannot fight what you cannot see. You cannot kill someone who is dead on the inside. It is the defiantly human animal that is forced to kill without purpose…When Sugimura realizes that he can't beat Kiriyama, he turns to protecting Kotohiki at all costs. But Kiriyama might just beat him to the kill, because he has an ace up his sleve: Oda's Kevlar vest!
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Battle Royale volume 13
Of the origional 42 students forced to kill or be killed by the Program, only five remain alive…but the chilling carnage is far from over! Kazuo Kiriyama and Mitsuko Souma are responsible for the majority of deaths on the island, and now the two murderers finally come face-to-face. But when a cold-hearted killer boy meets a psychotic, savegly sexual girl, will they unleash their lethal skills on one another or will this match made in Hell be the beginning of an inhuman partnership?
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