Battle Royale Volume 7

Japanese series about "The Program" a game that picks random classes and puts them on an abandoned island for a televised fight to the death" ...

Japanese series about "The Program" a game that picks random classes and puts them on an abandoned island for a televised fight to the death" ...

Japanese series about "The Program" a game that picks random classes and puts them on an abandoned island for a televised fight to the death" ...

This classic yet controversial Japanese novel is available for the first time in English--a high-octane thriller about senseless youth violence that is a potent allegory of what it means to be young and survive in today's dog-eat-dog world.

"Parental advisory explicit content" -- p. [1] of cover.

A 9th grade class is forced to fight each other to the death on a reality telvision program, demonstrating the lengths to which the government will go to prevent school violence.

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

A 9th grade class is forced to fight each other to the death on a reality telvision program, demonstrating the lengths to which the government will go to prevent school violence.