Battle Royale. Vol. 1

Ok, I'm not a massive manga fan and I bought this on a really random whim to find out what the fuss was about... and wow. Seriously, this is not a nice book by any means but it is incredible in a must-know-what-happens-next way. It's full of very graphic (well, it is manga) sex and violence, disturb Leggi tutto

I've heard that this Manga was the inspiration behind The Hunger Games and the video game PUBG. I can totally see why. THIS WAS BRUTAL. I can see why this was banned in schools in Japan💀 Making NINTH GRADERS do these things is diabolical. My heart was POUNDING. Watch me binge the remaining 14 volume Leggi tutto

I read this manga and the novelization at the same time and I really liked this first volume of the Manga. It's quite amazing for a Manga. It's very graphic and gory, but you probably know what you are getting into when you decide to read a Manga like "Battle Royale". Comparing manga to the novel, s Leggi tutto

Ever since I heard that some of the Eastern world (or manga-reading world) had accused Suzanne Collins of ripping off the immensely popular Battle Royale, I had it in my (long) list of books I wanted to read. Then, after years of languishing on that list... well, I never could quite get up the commi Leggi tutto

actual rating: 2.5 Not really sure how I feel about this manga adaptation. I have not read the book yet and it has been probably over a decade since I watched the movie so I can't really say how this compares but there was a lot of rapey stuff in this first volume that, from some other reviews I read Leggi tutto

I thought I would like this more than I did. I've seen the movie, I just finished reading the novel yesterday, and so far the manga leaves a lot to be desired. Maybe I'd like it better in the original Japanese (time to start practicing my kanji again?). I don't like the way a lot of the characters ar Leggi tutto