Battle Royale, Vol. 01 by Koushun Takami

All 42 students are dropped on an island, given a duffle bag, with a random weapon which range from semi-automatic machine guns to acid and have to kill each other till there is only one left standing.

The teenagers have the not so great luck to be drawn for the governments reality show called the 'program'. Only difference is this one has a nasty twist. The story starts out how many typical manga tend to, a lot of happy go lucky teenagers going on a group trip.

The story line is a lot like lord of the flies, only more institutionalized. It is full of violence, sex and tons of gore. This series is not for the light hearted.

I am not going to review each book in the series individually, since I read all of them in one was that good. ( )Ī Graphic Novel/Manga Series of 15 books. Great series, and one I will gladly follow. This series is kind of how I envisioned that dumb reality show should have been, only on steroids, so to speak. I always joked that the show should be give the participants weapons, let them kill each other, and one walks out. I used to joke around that the show 'Survivor' was not violent enough. 42 ninth graders go in, and only one will survive. This is definitely not for little kids, but for adults who like a good adventure with suspense and shootings and so on, this is highly recommended. This collector's edition offers some extras in terms of an interview with the author, a short essay by a psychologist, and extra sketches. I will definitely continue reading this series. It grips you from the beginning, and it does not let you go until the last page. Take the best of Lord of the Flies, 1984, The Running Man (King's story, not necessarily the film), and add some more violence, sex, and suspense, and you get this story. Criticized as violent exploitation when ﬁrst published in Japan-where it became a runaway best seller-Battle Royale is a Lord of the Flies for the 21st century, a potent allegory of what it means to be young and (barely) alive in a dog-eat-dog world.', Koushun Takami's notorious high-octane thriller envisions a nightmare scenario: a class of junior high school students is taken to a deserted island where, as part of a ruthless authoritarian program, they are provided arms and forced to kill until only one survivor is left standing. 'item_description' : 'In a dystopian future Japan, forty-two junior high school students are outfitted with weapons and bid to kill one another until there is only one left standing.

Battle Royale, Vol. 01 by Koushun Takami