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Description

Battle Royale, a high-octane thriller about senseless youth violence, is one of Japan's best-selling - and most controversial - novels. As part of a ruthless program by the totalitarian government, ninth-grade students are taken to a small isolated island with a map, food, and various weapons.... read more

First Sentence

As the bus entered the prefectural capital of Takamatsu, garden suburbs transformed into city streets of multicolored neon, headlights of oncoming cars, and checkered lights of office buildings.

Table of Contents

Introduction—Rant

Prologue—Government Memo

Part 1—Start Game
Chapters 0-13

Part 2—Middle Stage
Chapters 14-51

Part 3—Final Stage
Chapters 52-73

Part 4—Finish
Chapters 74-79

Epilogue—Umeda, Osaka

Authors & Contributors

  1. Koushun Takami (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Yuji Oniki (Translator)
 

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