Battle Royale Enforcers Vol 1

After being banned 20 years ago, Program 68 is back, this time under the direction of a sinister government artificial intelligence. The troubled and misbehaving kids of Daitoa Academy’s Class F have been chosen, divided into squads, given weapons, and commanded to fight to the death. Now friendships and loyalties will be tested, and only the strongest will survive. -- VIZ Media

At first, some of the students thought they might be able to escape the island if they worked together, but now tensions and rivalries arise to crush these hopes. The deaths suffered on the first day were only a precursor to the bloodbath to come. Squad 2's psychotic leader has turned against his squadmates, while the members of Squad 1 are plotting against one of their own. As the night wears on, bloodcurdling madness begins to take over... -- VIZ Media

High school students battle each other to the death in the original survival game! Decades ago, the fascist government of the Republic of Greater East Asia seized control of Japan. In order to terrorize its citizens and crush any possibility of rebellion, the government established Program 68—a savage military program where teenage students were sent to a remote island and forced to kill each other—also known as the Battle Royale. At first, some of the students thought they might be able to escape the island if they worked together, but now tensions and rivalries arise to crush these hopes. The deaths suffered on the first day were only a precursor to the bloodbath to come. Squad 2's psychotic leader has turned against his squadmates, while the members of Squad 1 are plotting against one of their own. As the night wears on, bloodcurdling madness begins to take over…

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The cult Japanese bestselling phenomenon! Koushun Takami's notorious high-octane thriller is based on an irresistible premise: a class of 42 junior high school students are taken to a deserted island where, as part of a ruthless authoritarian program, they are electronically collared, provided with weapons of varying potency, and sent out onto the island. If they are in the wrong part of the island at the wrong time, their collars will explode. If they band together to save themselves a collar will explode at random. If they try to escape from the island, they will be blown up. Their only chance for survival lies in killing their classmates. Criticized as violent exploitation when first published in Japan - where it then proceeded to become a runaway bestseller - BATTLE ROYALE is a Lord of the Flies for the 21st century, and a potent story of politics and survival in a dog-eat-dog world. Made into a controversial hit movie of the same name, BATTLE ROYALE is already a contemporary Japanese pulp classic, and is now available for the first time to the UK mainstream.

The Program is a brutal military experiment that pits junior high students against each other every year in a brutal battle to the death. Most of the students from Shiroiwa Junior High scatter as soon as they reach the remote island where they must participate in the latest round of the Program. But Yukie Utsumi and five of her friends lock themselves in the lighthouse, clinging to a desperate hope of survival. They all trust each other, but they also know that only one can survive the Battle Royale… A graphic novel side story of the bestselling novel Battle Royale

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