Battle Royale is the manga adaption of the Japanese novel. Writhe by Koushun Takami and Masayuki Taguchi the story follows a class in a alternative future that are forced to a Battle Royale.

Story.
The Stroy takes place in an alternate timeline - Japan is a police state, known as the Republic of Greater East Asia . Under the guise of a "study trip," a group of students from Shiroiwa Junior High Schoo in the fictional town of Shiroiwa are gassed on a bus. They awaken in a school on an isolated, evacuated island southwest of Shodoshima, in also Kagawa Prefecture. They learn that they have been placed in an event called The Program, also known as Battle Royale.

Art.
The Art is the manga is one of the best you will ever see. The characters looks scarily realistic and this Koushun spend ed a loot of time in details.

Character.
The character are also a great part of the manga. Some of the are so dark you cant believe they are humans are have the typical hero character. So character change later in the story other remain the same.

Enjoyment.
I really enjoyed this manga. The dark story, the awesome character and the gory makes it a manga you find hard to find on this planet. There is almost everything here both action, drama, friendship and rivalry. But it lacks a small procent of humor but it might be hard to put in humor in this kind of dark manga. If you ever seen the manga in a story buy it too see if you like it. And there is a high chance you will