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Сюжет культовой японской антиутопии описывает военизированную игру, в которой участвуют школьники вымышленного тоталитарного государства. Здесь всё устроено по принципу их любимых компьютерных «бродилок» — вот только сражаться приходится в реальности, причём игра здесь ведётся на выживание.

Великая Восточноазиатская Республика. Каждый год в этом жестоком полицейском государстве проводится "игра". Правила ее просты. Случайно выбранный третий класс средней школы в полном составе отвозят на изолированный остров, где школьники должны убивать друг друга, пока не останется только один из них. Из 42 человек живым уйдет только победитель - или никто.

Первые дни битвы. Команда хулиганов во главе со своим лидером собирается на южном берегу острова. Влюбленная пара решает совершить самоубийство. Сюя отчаянно пытается найти товарищей, которые, как и он, не хотят убивать.

Двое девочек убиты у всех на виду. Это расчетливое убийство вызывает шок у многих, но Синдзи Мимура - одно из тех, кто умеет сохранять хладнокровие....

Великая Восточноазиатская Республика. Каждый год в этом жестоком полицейском государстве проводится «игра». Правила её просты. Случайно выбранный третий класс средней школы в полном составе вывозят на изолированный остров, где школьники должны убивать друг друга, пока не останется только один из них. Из 42 человек живым уйдёт только победитель — или никто.

Having narrowly escaped their encounter with the brutal Kazuo, Shuuya and Hiroki tend to their injuries while other players take center stage. Shinji Mimura and Yutaka Sato have quietly assembled a bomb for the express purpose of destroying the "school" that serves as The Program's command center. Everything is in place, all they need do is deliver it, but in the world of Battle Royale, nothing is ever so simple. An encounter with another classmate causes Yutaka to question his trust in Shinji, but the real trouble arrives in the form of one Kazuo Kiriyama. Having lost Shuuya and Hiroki, Class B's most feared student is angry and…

You cannot fight what you cannot see. You cannot kill someone who is dead on the inside. It is the defiantly human animal that is forced to kill without purpose....When Sugimura realizes that he can't beat Kiriyama, he turns to protecting Kotohiki

After their initial plan to take down The Program fails, Shinji Mimura and Yutaka Sato put their backup plan in motion. Having located all the supplies necessary to put together a crude bomb, the pair are all set to deliver their package right where it will do the most damage...the "school" which serves as The Program control center. The only problem is that the school is in a permanent danger zone. Shinji believes he's found a way around this. Or more specifically, above this. Meanwhile, Sho Tsukioka has never been what you would call a "normal" 9th grader. Flamboyantly gay, and damn proud of it, he believes the key to surviving The…

In the most provocative volume of "Battle Royale" to date, the sinister and sinful Mitsuko Souma comes into focus. Widely accepted as the only female in Class B, with a shot at winning "The Program", Mitsuko has already eliminated four of her classmates. One of them was Takako Chigusa, close friend and companion to Hiroki Sugimura. The honorable martial artist isn't one to give in to the desire for vengeance, but the horror of "The Program" is enough to bring even the strongest of beliefs into question. When Hiroki finds himself confronted by Takako's murderer - by Takako's unarmed murderer - all his sadness, fear and rage nearly manifest…

Having recovered from her fever, Noriko is now ready to travel, but her trip is cut short by the powerful Hiroki. Confronted by Shogo, the two come to blows until Shuuya intervenes. Inviting Hiroki to join them, the young martial artist briefly considers it, but ultimately goes his own way, revealing that he's searching for Kyoichi Motobuchi. Making plans to rejoin the alliance as soon as he finds Kyoichi, Hiroki departs just as the alliance finds itself under attack. When it's discovered that the attacker is Kazuo, Shuuya agrees to distract him while Shogo and Noriko flee. It's a sacrifice that will cost him dearly. Shuuya survives, but…

Yuko has trouble coping with the deaths of her friends, while Shuyya must come to terms with his failure to save the girls that rescued him.

Only five students remain out of the original 42 who began this latest episode of The Program. Kazuo and Mitsuko, the two biggest psychos who have racked up the highest body counts between them on the island, finally meet face to face. Full color. Rated for older teens.

Shuuya is alive, and being nurtured back to health by another group which has also joined forces to escape. This group consists only of girls and they've taken up residence in the island's lighthouse. Meanwhile, Sugimura continues his search to find Kayoko but meets up with Kiriyama again. At the lighthouse, all hope turns to despair as Yuko's paranoia makes her believe Shuuya is the Devil. Yuko's attempt to kill Shuuya fails but it ends up turning the girls against each other.

Sugimura meets up with Kotohiki. Sugimura's excitement leads him to forget what the situation was, and how dangerous it still is. Sugimura and Kotohiki exchange a few words, as they head toward Shuuya's group. He expresses his emotions and his feeling of powerlessness against Kiriyama. Unfortunately, Kiriyama catches up to them, and Sugimura has to fight him in order to protect Kotohiki. As he tries to fight him, he again feels it's meaningless to try to defeat the monster Kiriyama.

Shuuya, Kawada, and Noriko fight for their lives against Kiriyama, the psychotic student who decimated most of their class. While Kiriyama strives to eradicate the other kids' futures, we get an insider's view of Kiriyama's past... and what forces shaped this bright, talented young man into the unfeeling killer he is today.

Mere days ago, forty-two students were marooned on an island, given random weapons and ordered to kill or be killed. Now only four remain alive... but that's still three too many. As our heores are confronted with a grisly end, one wil be forced to betray the others in the ultimate sacrifice. Will anyone make it out of The Program alive?