- Paperback: 216 pages
- Publisher: Tokyopop (8 Nov 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1591823439
- ISBN-13: 978-1591823438
- Product Dimensions: 18.9 x 17 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 51,785 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
For those of you who haven't watched the film and can accept the fact it's in another language, I highly recommend the film. If you're just looking for a manga to read I also recommend these books. I don't just say this as a fan trying to promote something I like but as a reader and viewer who likes to see the visions of a creator. The story revolves around a class of kids sent to a deserted island and forced to kill each other, due to the government's feelings towards the youth of their country being too unruly, requiring a harsh experience of reality. My opinion is that the creator wishes his audience to capture the important of life and it is worth fighting for, that's just one view and is open to discussion.
The story isn't just that, it is a lot more. A few discriptions would be, entertaining, thought provoking, twisted, crazy but it really does depend on your own views and how you see it.
It is full of blood and thats no understatement. Guns, death and gore. With love and hope thrown in as a little balance (but not much).
If you like shocking, unusual stuff like the recent 'Saw' movies and things of that nature, this is close to it.
But don't expect it to be a straight forward story, it more than that.
The story isn't just that, it is a lot more. A few discriptions would be, entertaining, thought provoking, twisted, crazy but it really does depend on your own views and how you see it.
It is full of blood and thats no understatement. Guns, death and gore. With love and hope thrown in as a little balance (but not much).
If you like shocking, unusual stuff like the recent 'Saw' movies and things of that nature, this is close to it.
But don't expect it to be a straight forward story, it more than that.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
HOW DO YOU KILL KIRIYAMA?
21 Aug 2006
Format:Paperback
Yes, after 38 beheadings, stabbings, rapes, gunshots, sickle cutthroats, poisonings, falling down wells, chopping off of various body parts, suicides, arrows in the skull, and other miscellaneous methods of death, the Program is down to its last four participants! Shuuya, the idealistic guitar god, Noriko, who is in love with the adorable guy and couldn't hurt a fly, Shogo, a previous Program survivor whose goals are a little suspect, and Kiriyama, the demon possessed killing machine make up the four. All bets are off as our three heroes try to make it off the island before Kiriyama can execute all of them...IF Shogo is telling the truth about knowing a way for them to escape.
Battle Royale Volume 14 has some pretty ludicrous moments, but then again, the whole series is pretty ludicrous. The writers of the series did a pretty good job to extend basically a fight between four people into an entire volume of manga. The unintentional humor comes in when Kiriyama displays some Spider-Man like acrobatic stunts that I think were simply meant to reinforce the notion that he is perhaps not even human. While some of the "origin" flashbacks of the Program participants were annoying and flow destroying, I actually wish Kiriyama's story had been given more panel time, since in some ways he was the main villain of the manga.
Battle Royale Volume 14 has some pretty ludicrous moments, but then again, the whole series is pretty ludicrous. The writers of the series did a pretty good job to extend basically a fight between four people into an entire volume of manga. The unintentional humor comes in when Kiriyama displays some Spider-Man like acrobatic stunts that I think were simply meant to reinforce the notion that he is perhaps not even human. While some of the "origin" flashbacks of the Program participants were annoying and flow destroying, I actually wish Kiriyama's story had been given more panel time, since in some ways he was the main villain of the manga.
another chapter in this epic series.
9 Sep 2008
Format:Paperback
The action still continues, in this epic tale of survival in a sadistic act of the government set in tokyo. Close to the end of the series it will keep you turning the pages till the end of the book. It will set you up for the final end.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
DIE, KIRIYAMA, DIE!!!!1 HONOR KIRIYAMA!!!
19 Nov 2005
Format:Comic
(minor spoilers below)
As usual the dialogue in this book is pretty silly (and not in the comic book way), but the above title is not a direct quote from 14. It's more like a summary...and it's pretty sad when you can't include the death of a certain character in that summary. Yes, the battle doesn't end. Which makes me wonder how they're going to resolve everything in 15...
I accepted the DBZ fight with Hiroki Sugimura & Kazuo Kiriyama back in 11 and 12 because that at least looked really, really cool. And Kazuo's backstory with the karate instructor was amazing as well.
But we don't get too much Kazuo coolness in this one. We get the spider moment and him driving a car with his foot, but that's it. Kazuo crucifixion? The chosen one? What, are Japanese authors/artists trying to make money off of the Star Wars cash cow now?
And his over-the-top comic BR incarnation goes more over-the-top. Him escaping the car before it blew up? Ridiculous.
To think that his movie equivalent died in a couple of minutes...
At least we should be grateful that Kazuo's backstory didn't show gratuitous sexuality.
The cover does justice to the insides because 3/4 of the book, including the much anticipated fight, details every character's sentimentality and moaning (they could have really saved some for after the fight...).
All in all, it's a worthwhile purchase for definite fans of the Battle Royale series, but only if you are not expecting too much. If all you want is some closure, then just read this at your local Barnes & Noble. There's one last one coming out anyways, maybe two.
(Take note that I'm commenting on the english version of Battle Royale, Volume 14, which has been released in the U.S. Not sure why amazon.com doesn't have it in stock yet)
As usual the dialogue in this book is pretty silly (and not in the comic book way), but the above title is not a direct quote from 14. It's more like a summary...and it's pretty sad when you can't include the death of a certain character in that summary. Yes, the battle doesn't end. Which makes me wonder how they're going to resolve everything in 15...
I accepted the DBZ fight with Hiroki Sugimura & Kazuo Kiriyama back in 11 and 12 because that at least looked really, really cool. And Kazuo's backstory with the karate instructor was amazing as well.
But we don't get too much Kazuo coolness in this one. We get the spider moment and him driving a car with his foot, but that's it. Kazuo crucifixion? The chosen one? What, are Japanese authors/artists trying to make money off of the Star Wars cash cow now?
And his over-the-top comic BR incarnation goes more over-the-top. Him escaping the car before it blew up? Ridiculous.
To think that his movie equivalent died in a couple of minutes...
At least we should be grateful that Kazuo's backstory didn't show gratuitous sexuality.
The cover does justice to the insides because 3/4 of the book, including the much anticipated fight, details every character's sentimentality and moaning (they could have really saved some for after the fight...).
All in all, it's a worthwhile purchase for definite fans of the Battle Royale series, but only if you are not expecting too much. If all you want is some closure, then just read this at your local Barnes & Noble. There's one last one coming out anyways, maybe two.
(Take note that I'm commenting on the english version of Battle Royale, Volume 14, which has been released in the U.S. Not sure why amazon.com doesn't have it in stock yet)
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