Battle Royale review

Kagamihara-chan9
Apr 02, 2021
The 42 students in Class B of the 1st year of high school at the Shiroiwa school are drawn to "THE PROGRAM" - a battle to the death between students, financed and transmitted by the dictatorship of the Republic of Greater East Asia.

Isolated on an island, armed, and restrained by an explosive necklace, classmates suddenly become enemies where only 1 must survive. Even if it means abandoning your friendships, humanity and hope.

In this unhealthy scenario, BATTLE ROYALE's narrative explores traumas, enmities, bullying and unrequited love in the past of his characters, justifying his actions in the present.

The fat man who was mocked by his colleagues for his sensitivity, now has a loaded beast. The girl with acne on her face has a revolver. The virgin has a pistol and so on ... What these young people become in the face of the horror they live in, is BR's main triumph.

In the 119 chapters, the book makes a point of even briefly telling the past of all its students, whether they were corrupted by the game or not, creating empathy or apathy, giving gravity to the moment of their deaths.

Deaths that insist on brutalizing and shocking; an arrow through the pupil, machine gun bullets penetrating the neck in an unexpected way, give the BR pages the tone of his work.

Silly students are drawn with more humorous strokes, the stronger ones resemble superheroes, the more "dramatic" ones have realistic strokes. When they inhabit the same scene, this mixture causes visual confusion.

There are intense clashes at all times, with sickening bouts at times that Shuuya (protagonist) needs to affirm how unfair the game is.

But the presence of Kazuo Kiryama - Nemesis of Resident Evil 3 in the form of a teenager -, Shougou Kawada - a mysterious 16-year-old with the face of a 30-year-old soldier -, Hiroki Sugimura - Bruce Lee -, Shinji Mimura - good at everything he does - and Mitsuko Souma - daddy's doll - praise the narrative.

Fortnite, CoD Warfare and The Hunger Games are students in kindergarten compared to Takami Goushun's impetuous BATTLE ROYALE.
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Battle Royale
Battle Royale
Autor Taguchi, Masayuki
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