“42 students forced into deadly island game; Shuuya vows to escape without killing classmates.”
Battle Royale
バトル・ロワイアル
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Synopsis
42 students forced into deadly island game; Shuuya vows to escape without killing classmates.
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.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 36 sampled reviews
What 36 readers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.70 · some divergence
4.7 pts
Recommenders 8.7 · others 4.0
↓ 0.86
Running avg · Oct 2007 → May 2023
- 9 “I found a manga median. Lots of violence, lots of sex, and a cliched theme. I recommend reading if you want something to pass the time.”
- 10 “Frightening, gruesome, startling and at the same time passonate, heart-felt and generally thoght provoking. A story about growing up in a harsh environment, while still hanging on to one's beliefs....”
- 8 “I read the novel first which may be the reason that the manga version disappointed me so much in the art. The novel was gruel-some and let you see inside people who thought they were going to die...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 119 × 15 ch × vol
- Total read 15h 52m approx
- Published Jan 2000 – Jan 2005
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0139 catalog