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Battle Royale #11
Battle Royale, Vol. 11
Sugimura meets up with Kotohiki. Sugimura's excitement leads him to forget what the situation was, and how dangerous it still is. Sugimura and Kotohiki exchange a few words, as they head toward Shuuya's group. He expresses his emotions and his feeling of powerlessness against Kiriyama. Unfortunately, Kiriyama catches up to them, and Sugimura has to fight him in order to protect Kotohiki. As he tries to fight him, he again feels it's meaningless to try to defeat the monster Kiriyama.
216 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 2003
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About the author
Koushun Takami
100 books1,578 followersKoushun Takami (高見 広春 Takami Kōshun) is the author of the novel Battle Royale, originally published in Japanese, and later translated into English by Yuji Oniki and published by Viz Media and, later, in an expanded edition by Haika Soru, a division of Viz Media.
Takami was born in Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture near Osaka and grew up in the Kagawa Prefecture of Shikoku. After graduating from Osaka University with a degree in literature, he dropped out of Nihon University's liberal arts correspondence course program. From 1991 to 1996, he worked for the news company Shikoku Shimbun, reporting on various fields including politics, police reports, and economics.
The novel Battle Royale was completed after Takami left the news company. It was rejected in the final round of the literary competition for which it was intended, owing to its controversial content. It went on to become a bestseller when finally released in 1999 and, a year later, was made into a manga and a feature film.
He is currently working on a second novel.
Takami was born in Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture near Osaka and grew up in the Kagawa Prefecture of Shikoku. After graduating from Osaka University with a degree in literature, he dropped out of Nihon University's liberal arts correspondence course program. From 1991 to 1996, he worked for the news company Shikoku Shimbun, reporting on various fields including politics, police reports, and economics.
The novel Battle Royale was completed after Takami left the news company. It was rejected in the final round of the literary competition for which it was intended, owing to its controversial content. It went on to become a bestseller when finally released in 1999 and, a year later, was made into a manga and a feature film.
He is currently working on a second novel.
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March 1, 2021
I'm finishing this out of spite
June 23, 2015
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This volume had me on edge the whole time. Nothing much even happened, but knowing that Kiriyama was on Sugimura’s heels the whole time he and Kayoko kept stopping made my heart race. I really love Sugimura so I was just screaming “GO GO GO !!! STOP TALKING AND GO!! YOU CAN TALK WHEN YOU GET BACK TO SHUUYA AND COMPANY!!” in my head the entire time.
The ending of this volume… OMG!!! OH.MY.GOD. I can’t even. And the preview for volume 12….
My response when seeing this was: OH MY GOD NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!
I mean, I know what’s going to happen. I don’t want to believe it, but I know what will happen. Kiriyama is invincible and I know Sugimura isn’t going to win. I want to have lots of hope that Sugi will be the one to kill Kiriyama, because that would be amazing for me. But I know it’s very unlikely to happen.
NOT SUGIMURA!! First Mim and now Sugi? Oh the humanity!
The ending of this volume… OMG!!! OH.MY.GOD. I can’t even. And the preview for volume 12….
My response when seeing this was: OH MY GOD NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!
I mean, I know what’s going to happen. I don’t want to believe it, but I know what will happen. Kiriyama is invincible and I know Sugimura isn’t going to win. I want to have lots of hope that Sugi will be the one to kill Kiriyama, because that would be amazing for me. But I know it’s very unlikely to happen.
NOT SUGIMURA!! First Mim and now Sugi? Oh the humanity!
January 21, 2017
Primer calificación baja y es que está bien, me gusta, sigue teniendo todo el ritmo, dibujado como los dioses, transmite la sensación de estar viendo una animación. Pero me temía que en algún momento pasara, todo lo violento extremo se encuadra dentro de lo creíble, hasta dejé pasar el tipo que seguía luchando con los intestinos fuera, vueltos a colocar y sostenidos con cinta adhesiva. Pero que peleando se generen bolas de poder? No,, lo entiendo como algo característico del genero y del gusto particular japones, a mí un poco me la baja. Igual quiero terminarlo ya, esta última pelea que se ve en el tomo parece será la estrella de las peleas y ocupará buena parte del siguiente.
July 23, 2022
No veo la hora de terminarlo.
August 6, 2022
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
THIS BITCH ENDED ON A CLIFF HANGER AND I DON’T HAVE THE NEXT VOLUME!!!!! 😆
THIS BITCH ENDED ON A CLIFF HANGER AND I DON’T HAVE THE NEXT VOLUME!!!!! 😆
October 15, 2022
Such a good manga series. A great adaption with wonderful art work.
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November 20, 2024literally only kept reading after vol. 8 bc I wanted to see hiroki reunite with kayoko...i also think it's so funny that for plot purposes this random ass chick had to survive until top 7. like you've got your cast of main characters with compelling plots and some girl we've literally never seen before.
it'll also never not be funny watching these children try to understand kiriyama's motives when he literally has none.
it'll also never not be funny watching these children try to understand kiriyama's motives when he literally has none.
July 18, 2025
This manga is not that different from the original Battle Royale novel except for a few minor differences.
It's not perfect but it was awesome.
My feelings for this manga are about the same as the original novel except there is more drama and the characters are fleshed out a bit more.
The story is about a class of 42 junior high students that are transported onto an island where they are placed in this program where the students have to fight to the death and there can only be one winner. Similar to the book, the program has no time limit, however a student has to die within a 24-hour time zone, or the collars explode on all the students and there are no winners. In both scenarios, it forces the students to kill each other and try to survive. The tension from that is still there and you can feel it.
The dystopian theme is strong in the manga as well as the book, but it's slightly overshadowed by the drama of the characters and their own self conflicts.
Now, unlike the novel where some characters don't have much of a backstory, the manga takes it's time to explore the characteristics and backstories of all the students. Granted, some more than others. And it gives a new perspective.
However, this manga is definitely for adults. You have sexual themes and more brutality of the gore and violence the students participate in. If you want a more visual storytelling of the original book and don't mind extra violence, the manga is not bad.
It's not perfect but it was awesome.
My feelings for this manga are about the same as the original novel except there is more drama and the characters are fleshed out a bit more.
The story is about a class of 42 junior high students that are transported onto an island where they are placed in this program where the students have to fight to the death and there can only be one winner. Similar to the book, the program has no time limit, however a student has to die within a 24-hour time zone, or the collars explode on all the students and there are no winners. In both scenarios, it forces the students to kill each other and try to survive. The tension from that is still there and you can feel it.
The dystopian theme is strong in the manga as well as the book, but it's slightly overshadowed by the drama of the characters and their own self conflicts.
Now, unlike the novel where some characters don't have much of a backstory, the manga takes it's time to explore the characteristics and backstories of all the students. Granted, some more than others. And it gives a new perspective.
However, this manga is definitely for adults. You have sexual themes and more brutality of the gore and violence the students participate in. If you want a more visual storytelling of the original book and don't mind extra violence, the manga is not bad.
May 5, 2023
Entiendo el por qué a muchas personas no les gustó este tomo, y verdaderamente hay ciertas cosas que a uno lo alejan de él, pero por otro lado, creo que desde los primeros números que la historia no me transfería y atravesaba tanto.
Verdaderamente pude sentir el temor de Sugimura al enfrentarse con Kiriyama. Todo el tema de los ojos logró impactarme de lleno y estremecerme.
Hay cosas que las considero más metafóricas que reales y creo que tienen que leerse en ese tono, como el tema de las "bolas de energía". Siento que a su vez no es realista el personaje de Kiriyama. Llegado a este punto está demasiado fuera de tono para con el resto de los personajes. Es un superhombre que se enfrenta a adolescentes comunes y corrientes.
Por ahora la historia se sostiene, tiene sus cosas buenas y sus cosa malas. Perdió un poco en cuanto a la calidad narrativa debido a las reiteraciones (ya deberían ir dándole un cierre a la historia), pero desarrollaron bien a los personajes para que sean perfectamente identificables y distinguibles (al menos los hombres, las mujeres tienen escasa o nula personalidad en este manga).
Espero que no termine siendo una decepción.
Verdaderamente pude sentir el temor de Sugimura al enfrentarse con Kiriyama. Todo el tema de los ojos logró impactarme de lleno y estremecerme.
Hay cosas que las considero más metafóricas que reales y creo que tienen que leerse en ese tono, como el tema de las "bolas de energía". Siento que a su vez no es realista el personaje de Kiriyama. Llegado a este punto está demasiado fuera de tono para con el resto de los personajes. Es un superhombre que se enfrenta a adolescentes comunes y corrientes.
Por ahora la historia se sostiene, tiene sus cosas buenas y sus cosa malas. Perdió un poco en cuanto a la calidad narrativa debido a las reiteraciones (ya deberían ir dándole un cierre a la historia), pero desarrollaron bien a los personajes para que sean perfectamente identificables y distinguibles (al menos los hombres, las mujeres tienen escasa o nula personalidad en este manga).
Espero que no termine siendo una decepción.
October 2, 2018
Pretty decent volume, but not nearly as emotionally destructive and schizophrenic as the last few have been. The romance was a nice turn and it was nice to see Sugi get some time to shine, but that perfect bastard that I feel is the worst thing about this series named Kiriyama made his unwelcome return and crashed the party.
It looks like we might finally be getting some information about Kiriyama and his backstory in the next volume, so maybe he can make a sympathetic turn-around. Here’s hoping he can change my opinion on him.
It looks like we might finally be getting some information about Kiriyama and his backstory in the next volume, so maybe he can make a sympathetic turn-around. Here’s hoping he can change my opinion on him.
August 22, 2022
Me estoy viendo venir que Sugimura y su crush van a morir, que espero que no porque él es hasta ahora mi personaje favorito.
También se recalca la crueldad de Kiriyama al matar, que es como si hubiese perdido su humanidad. Me da curiosidad qué le habrá pasado para que acabase así.
No me ha llegado a impactar tanto como el volumen 8, pero tampoco está nada mal. Me gusta que se resalta lo buen chico que es Sugimura y la chica también me está cayendo bien, se nota que tienen química entre ellos.
También se recalca la crueldad de Kiriyama al matar, que es como si hubiese perdido su humanidad. Me da curiosidad qué le habrá pasado para que acabase así.
No me ha llegado a impactar tanto como el volumen 8, pero tampoco está nada mal. Me gusta que se resalta lo buen chico que es Sugimura y la chica también me está cayendo bien, se nota que tienen química entre ellos.
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February 12, 2025
Estuvo bastante bien para ver más de Sugimura, aunque no siento que suceda mucho. Hablan mucho y sin embargo no noto que lleguen a alguna parte, y hacia el final ya estoy segura de que no lo harán. Me habría gustado que Sugimura consiguiese el valor mucho antes, al menos mientras hablaba con ella. No es capaz de declararse apropiadamente y tengo la impresión de que morirán sin saber sus sentimientos, espero equivocarme ya que no recuerdo cómo sucedió esto en el libro.
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May 26, 2020
Este tomo me ha parecido excesivo, tanto en gore como en tonterías típicas de los mangas tipo dragon ball (no tengo nada en contra de eso en el contexto adecuado, ojo) que tal y como estaba transcurriendo la historia aquí no entran ni con calzador...
en todo caso está muy emocionante y ya me queda poco así que estoy a tope con esta serie
en todo caso está muy emocionante y ya me queda poco así que estoy a tope con esta serie
June 1, 2020
no se si se hizo justicia con Hiroki, esperaba más de esta parte en específico del manga por lo genial y buenísimo que fue el volumen 10 y por todo lo bueno que hicieron en relación con el libro con personajes como el gran y único Shinji Mimura y el bebé de este manga que debe ser protegido ante todo Shuuya Nanahara...pero bueno, habrá que esperar a ver que nos depara el siguiente volumen
June 15, 2023
Barf.
This kiriyama motherfucker is like a boring super villain.
the whole thing is so over the top: the guy just picks up a book on anything and masters the subject without any practice: he reads a judo book for beginners and pokes a black belt's eye out. he's like what a eight year old would think a sociopath is.
All of this is a bit shounen. a bad one..
This kiriyama motherfucker is like a boring super villain.
the whole thing is so over the top: the guy just picks up a book on anything and masters the subject without any practice: he reads a judo book for beginners and pokes a black belt's eye out. he's like what a eight year old would think a sociopath is.
All of this is a bit shounen. a bad one..
January 25, 2025
What was up with the eyes and fingers this volume!
This volume made me so incredibly anxious. Knowing that little murder boy was behind them the whole time just waiting for him to catch up.
I was at least happy to see that they got to find each other and have some nice conversations before it all goes down. Wish they had more time (':
This volume made me so incredibly anxious. Knowing that little murder boy was behind them the whole time just waiting for him to catch up.
I was at least happy to see that they got to find each other and have some nice conversations before it all goes down. Wish they had more time (':
August 11, 2023
3,5⭐
Me molesta que el malo sea malo sin justificación. Un día se levantó y decidió que iba a ser un forro.
Y Sugimura...me gusta el personaje, pero es igual de tarado que Shuuya. Están en un juego de matar o morir a ver si nos entendemos.
Me molesta que el malo sea malo sin justificación. Un día se levantó y decidió que iba a ser un forro.
Y Sugimura...me gusta el personaje, pero es igual de tarado que Shuuya. Están en un juego de matar o morir a ver si nos entendemos.
February 14, 2018
Another good volume. Not many students are left. I hope the good guys win.
May 8, 2019
Espero que no le suceda nada a Sugimura...mantente alejado, Kiriyama ¬.¬'
January 1, 2022
Me van a matar al Sugimura lo veo venir y no estoy lista para tremendo PAIN.
August 24, 2022
Volume 11 is really starting to bring together multiple threads of this heartbreaking and gory masterpiece to its conclusion. Solid story telling and artwork. Can't wait for the next volume.
April 24, 2023
At this point, the series is starting to drag a bit.
February 21, 2025
Un flashback interminable desarrolla un concepto demasiado básico para terminar en cliffhanger.
January 6, 2021
I wanted to read the Battle Royale manga 10 years ago but did not have the necessary employment to fund the expensive volumes. Flash forward to 2015, and the price had only increased as the series became rarer and out of print. I eventually managed to obtain a complete set in good condition on eBay, but was the long wait worth it? Not only is this is the first manga series I will review, but it is also the first I have read, and as such, the format took quite some getting used to. Despite being spread across 15 volumes, the self-contained story, cumulative chapters, and fast reading pace influenced me to review the series as one book. It was originally serialised from 2000 to 2005, based on the 1999 novel of the same name by Koushin Takami, which I haven't read yet. I was however, a fan of the film adaptation, which formed my introduction.
Set in a dystopian future, each year the Japanese government randomly selects a class of high school children and forces them to compete in a survival deathmatch for reality TV known as 'The Program.' The teenagers are equipped with explosive collars that detonate if more than one combatant is left alive at the end of the time limit, randomly assigned weapons, and a map of the area with designated danger zones that change periodically. After a brief prelude which introduces the main players, this year's crop of unlucky teens are kidnapped and sent to a deserted island where all but one will meet a grisly end. The manga does a good job of exploring each of the 42 students and providing them with varied back stories, although most fall under classic stereotypes. The main protagonists are Shuuya Nanahara, a pacifist would-be rock star and his dull love interest, Noriko Nakagawa. Other characters include previous program survivor and hardened combatant, Shogo Kawada, the sensitive kung fu artist, Hiroki Sigumuru, and basketball ace and computer hacker, Shinji Mimura. The two main antagonists are Kazuo Kiriyama, an emotionless killer with brain damage, and the deranged femme fatale, Mitsuko Souma, also a psychopath.
Without revealing too much of the story, which is mostly bouts of action scenes with gratuitous violence and sex, interspersed with melodramatic soul searching and flashbacks, I would like to say a few words on the English adaptation by Keith Giffen, which can be appalling at times. I understand the need to slightly alter things for a translation, but substituting Japanese figures with American equivalents was a step too far. For instance, why on earth would Japanese school children know who Donald Trump and Polyanna are? In a manga of over the top splatter violence, this criticism may appear rather trivial, but it was nonetheless jarring and very ill-advised. (I hope Giffen reads this one day so he can see how ridiculous it was.) My other complaint is that some of the characterisation is utterly bizarre. There is a cross-dressing homosexual, who looks and acts like a 40 year old sleaze queen, yet whom we're supposed to understand is the same age as his teenage classmates. Mitsuko and her constant nudity is also a problem, definitely overstepping the line into full blown hentai every time she makes an appearance. I noticed with suspicion that the perverted volume 8 was noticeably more worn than the other books.
I appreciate that I am no longer the target audience of this series, having arrived at it too late, but I retain a soft spot for the film I loved as a teenager and Taguchi is an astounding illustrator, if a little too disgusting at times. I cringed at the frequent eyeball gouging and finger nail tearing. To try and analyse the manga in terms of anything deeper would be nonsense, yet I'm sure many younger readers have done so. The broad stabs at authoritarian regimes and the cliched Lord of the Flies tropes are of course clumsily present, but the true purpose of the series is to sate the gore lust of teenage boys. I cannot really recommend the series to anybody due to the difficulty in getting hold of a complete set, but I hear the novel is good. As an introduction to manga, I couldn't have wished for anything better, and although I'm not sold on the genre in general, it was nice to vary my pattern of reading weighty classics. Battle Royale has had a huge influence on popular culture, spawning the inferior series of books, The Hunger Games, and inspiring many of Quentin Tarantino's action films. The story can be repetitive and angsty, but the absurdity of the plot and its dynamic illustrations earns it a space on my bookcase.
Set in a dystopian future, each year the Japanese government randomly selects a class of high school children and forces them to compete in a survival deathmatch for reality TV known as 'The Program.' The teenagers are equipped with explosive collars that detonate if more than one combatant is left alive at the end of the time limit, randomly assigned weapons, and a map of the area with designated danger zones that change periodically. After a brief prelude which introduces the main players, this year's crop of unlucky teens are kidnapped and sent to a deserted island where all but one will meet a grisly end. The manga does a good job of exploring each of the 42 students and providing them with varied back stories, although most fall under classic stereotypes. The main protagonists are Shuuya Nanahara, a pacifist would-be rock star and his dull love interest, Noriko Nakagawa. Other characters include previous program survivor and hardened combatant, Shogo Kawada, the sensitive kung fu artist, Hiroki Sigumuru, and basketball ace and computer hacker, Shinji Mimura. The two main antagonists are Kazuo Kiriyama, an emotionless killer with brain damage, and the deranged femme fatale, Mitsuko Souma, also a psychopath.
Without revealing too much of the story, which is mostly bouts of action scenes with gratuitous violence and sex, interspersed with melodramatic soul searching and flashbacks, I would like to say a few words on the English adaptation by Keith Giffen, which can be appalling at times. I understand the need to slightly alter things for a translation, but substituting Japanese figures with American equivalents was a step too far. For instance, why on earth would Japanese school children know who Donald Trump and Polyanna are? In a manga of over the top splatter violence, this criticism may appear rather trivial, but it was nonetheless jarring and very ill-advised. (I hope Giffen reads this one day so he can see how ridiculous it was.) My other complaint is that some of the characterisation is utterly bizarre. There is a cross-dressing homosexual, who looks and acts like a 40 year old sleaze queen, yet whom we're supposed to understand is the same age as his teenage classmates. Mitsuko and her constant nudity is also a problem, definitely overstepping the line into full blown hentai every time she makes an appearance. I noticed with suspicion that the perverted volume 8 was noticeably more worn than the other books.
I appreciate that I am no longer the target audience of this series, having arrived at it too late, but I retain a soft spot for the film I loved as a teenager and Taguchi is an astounding illustrator, if a little too disgusting at times. I cringed at the frequent eyeball gouging and finger nail tearing. To try and analyse the manga in terms of anything deeper would be nonsense, yet I'm sure many younger readers have done so. The broad stabs at authoritarian regimes and the cliched Lord of the Flies tropes are of course clumsily present, but the true purpose of the series is to sate the gore lust of teenage boys. I cannot really recommend the series to anybody due to the difficulty in getting hold of a complete set, but I hear the novel is good. As an introduction to manga, I couldn't have wished for anything better, and although I'm not sold on the genre in general, it was nice to vary my pattern of reading weighty classics. Battle Royale has had a huge influence on popular culture, spawning the inferior series of books, The Hunger Games, and inspiring many of Quentin Tarantino's action films. The story can be repetitive and angsty, but the absurdity of the plot and its dynamic illustrations earns it a space on my bookcase.
July 6, 2022
Eyeballs! BAAAAAAARF!
March 9, 2024
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“Battle Royale” de Kōshun Takami y Masayuki Taguchi es una obra maestra del manga que presenta una historia intensa y provocadora en un entorno distópico. Publicado por primera vez en 1999, el manga es una adaptación del libro homónimo y ha dejado una marca duradera en la cultura pop.
La trama gira en torno a un oscuro y siniestro programa gubernamental llamado “Battle Royale”, que selecciona a una clase de estudiantes de secundaria para participar en un juego mortal. Los estudiantes son transportados a una isla desierta, se les proporciona armas y se les da una misión: luchar hasta la muerte hasta que solo quede un estudiante en pie.
El protagonista, Shuya Nanahara, y sus compañeros de clase se ven atrapados en este juego macabro sin entender completamente sus razones. La historia se sumerge en la psicología de los personajes mientras luchan con la moralidad, la lealtad y la desesperación. La lucha por la supervivencia lleva a relaciones complejas y a decisiones difíciles que desafían la ética y el sentido común.
“Battle Royale” de Kōshun Takami y Masayuki Taguchi es una obra maestra del manga que presenta una historia intensa y provocadora en un entorno distópico. Publicado por primera vez en 1999, el manga es una adaptación del libro homónimo y ha dejado una marca duradera en la cultura pop.
La trama gira en torno a un oscuro y siniestro programa gubernamental llamado “Battle Royale”, que selecciona a una clase de estudiantes de secundaria para participar en un juego mortal. Los estudiantes son transportados a una isla desierta, se les proporciona armas y se les da una misión: luchar hasta la muerte hasta que solo quede un estudiante en pie.
El protagonista, Shuya Nanahara, y sus compañeros de clase se ven atrapados en este juego macabro sin entender completamente sus razones. La historia se sumerge en la psicología de los personajes mientras luchan con la moralidad, la lealtad y la desesperación. La lucha por la supervivencia lleva a relaciones complejas y a decisiones difíciles que desafían la ética y el sentido común.
April 2, 2011
Baca ulang.
Ralat. Bukan Takako yang dicintai Sugimura, tapi Kayoko. Dan akhirnya setelah mencari-cari selama 10 jilid ia menemukan gadis itu masih selamat.
Tapi maut masih membayangi. Mitsuko Souma si gadis gila, dan Kazuo Kiriyama si jenius yang cukup sekali membaca buku manual untuk bisa mempraktekkan kungfu atau judo dengan sempurna...
Baru saja Sugimura akan menyatakan cintanya pada Kayoko, Kiriyama datang! Untuk kedua kali mereka berduel, dan... oh, God, oh God... Kiriyama memang superhuman, that's all, folks!!!
Susah juga, psikopat jagoan macam gini memang bisa bikin kagum sekaligus ngeri... >.<
Ralat. Bukan Takako yang dicintai Sugimura, tapi Kayoko. Dan akhirnya setelah mencari-cari selama 10 jilid ia menemukan gadis itu masih selamat.
Tapi maut masih membayangi. Mitsuko Souma si gadis gila, dan Kazuo Kiriyama si jenius yang cukup sekali membaca buku manual untuk bisa mempraktekkan kungfu atau judo dengan sempurna...
Baru saja Sugimura akan menyatakan cintanya pada Kayoko, Kiriyama datang! Untuk kedua kali mereka berduel, dan... oh, God, oh God... Kiriyama memang superhuman, that's all, folks!!!
Susah juga, psikopat jagoan macam gini memang bisa bikin kagum sekaligus ngeri... >.<
April 15, 2012
Taguchi's art is gorgeously illustrated in these chapters, having some lovely dark and iconic pages of characters, a la Volume 8, to some extent.
Kiriyama. He kills, but not out of hatred, odd idealism, sadism, psychosis, stupidity, or the like...but out of a simple and logical willingness to play The Program. No volume released so far makes this clearer.
Kiriyama. He kills, but not out of hatred, odd idealism, sadism, psychosis, stupidity, or the like...but out of a simple and logical willingness to play The Program. No volume released so far makes this clearer.
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August 23, 2013
Estoy bastante seguro de que había "readeado" todos los tomos del manga de Battle Royale, pero por algún motivo parece que cuando el infame Deleted Member empezó a borrar ediciones a rolete, hubo ediciones que directamente desaparecieron. Por ahora copipasteo esto a toda la serie para disminuir el riesgo de que vuelvan a hacer una forrada semejante.
December 29, 2015
Another five stars volume ruined in the last few pages by that GARY STU called Kiriyama!
Things that I liked: Kotohiki. She's not a nutter, she's not a creepy gross girl like the 80% females of this story, she's not a doormat like Noriko. She's real and I would've loved to see more characters so balanced like her.
As I said it was a lovely volume. It just had to appear Mr. Immortal to ruin it.
Things that I liked: Kotohiki. She's not a nutter, she's not a creepy gross girl like the 80% females of this story, she's not a doormat like Noriko. She's real and I would've loved to see more characters so balanced like her.
As I said it was a lovely volume. It just had to appear Mr. Immortal to ruin it.
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