All the characters are very varied, from all walks of society, the noble and the vile, the well-adjusted and the insane, the lovable and the psychotic, the rich and the poor every one of them has a story and a reason to be. It was! Probably because the story suits this medium much better, in my humble opinion.įor a succinct review, I'd say that the pros are: excellent characterisation, all the main characters (and a few of the secondary) have a backstory that explains their personality and views, even if sometimes it arrives a little late it has an unpredictable storytline that keeps you trying to guess what might come next, and fail at it and, although extremely violent and gory (so not for delicate stomachs), it is ultimately about growing up and maturing as an adolescent, because all the struggles the characters go through are quite relatable, things like falling in love, finding acceptance, finding your place in life and society, loyalty and sacrifice for your friends and family, dealing with trauma, abuse, familial dysfunction, abandonment, being the bullied nerd at school and being the popular wunderkind, etc. I had previously failed with the novel this is based on, so I wasn't expecting the manga adaptation to be any better. One of the very few stories that had me reading non-stop until the end, and one of the even fewer stories I've never been able to predict or guess the finale for. He is currently working on a second novel. It went on to become a bestseller when finally released in 1999 and, a year later, was made into a manga and a feature film. It was rejected in the final round of the literary competition for which it was intended, owing to its controversial content. The novel Battle Royale was completed after Takami left the news company. From 1991 to 1996, he worked for the news company Shikoku Shimbun, reporting on various fields including politics, police reports, and economics. After graduating from Osaka University with a degree in literature, he dropped out of Nihon University's liberal arts correspondence course program. Takami was born in Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture near Osaka and grew up in the Kagawa Prefecture of Shikoku. Koushun Takami (高見 広春 Takami Kōshun) is the author of the novel Battle Royale, originally published in Japanese, and later translated into English by Yuji Oniki and published by Viz Media and, later, in an expanded edition by Haika Soru, a division of Viz Media.
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