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Mitsuko Souma
The following is a list of characters that appear in the novel, manga and film versions of ''Battle Royale''. Primary characters Shuya Nanahara * Assigned weapon: Army Knife (novel and manga); Pot lid (film) Boy #15 has witnessed a good deal of troubling events throughout his life. His father was killed by the government for struggling against the regime, and his mother died while he was in third grade. When the rest of his family rejected him, Shuya was put in an orphanage. He is willing to trust others, not wanting to take part in the Battle Royale program. He tries several times to rally fellow students in an attempt to escape, but fails. Consequently, he narrowly escapes death at the hands of his classmates on several occasions. Shuya is a self-proclaimed "rock star", listening to and playing rock 'n' roll music in spite of the ban on the genre, his favorite artist is Bruce Springsteen. After the death of his best friend Yoshitoki, he vows to protect Yoshitoki's crush, N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Royale (novel)
is the first novel by the Japanese author Koushun Takami. Originally completed in 1996, it was not published until 1999. The story tells of junior high school students who are forced to fight each other to the death in a program run by a fictional, fascism, fascist, totalitarianism, totalitarian Japanese government known as the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, Republic of Greater East Asia. The dystopian novel was previously entered into the 1997 Japan Horror Fiction Awards but was eventually rejected in the final round due to concerns over its depictions of students killing each other. Upon publication in 1999, the novel became a surprise bestseller. In 2000, one year after publication, ''Battle Royale'' was adapted into Battle Royale (manga), a manga series, written by Takami himself, and Battle Royale (film), a feature film. The film was both controversial and successful, becoming one of the year's highest-grossing films as well as prompting condemnation by Japan's N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |