Koushun Takami Quotes

Kōshun Takami is a Japanese author and journalist. He is best known for his 1999 novel Battle Royale, which was later adapted into two live-action films, directed by Kinji Fukasaku, and three manga series.

Takami was born Hiroharu Takami on 10 January 1969 in Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture near Osaka and grew up in the Kagawa Prefecture of Shikoku. After graduating from Osaka University with a degree in literature, he dropped out of Nihon University's liberal arts correspondence course program. From 1991 to 1996, he worked for the news company Shikoku Shimbun, reporting on various fields including politics, police reports, and economics.

Battle Royale was completed after Takami left the news company. It was rejected in the final round of the 1997 literary competition Japan Grand Prix Horror Novel, due to its controversial content depicting Junior High School children forced to kill one another. When finally published in April 1999, it went on to become a bestseller, and only a year later was made into both a manga and a feature film.

The novel was translated into English by Yuji Oniki and published by Viz Media in 2003. An expanded English edition was later published by Haika Soru, a division of Viz Media, in 2009. The first manga also began being released in English in 2003, by Tokyopop, with the last volume published in 2006. As well as being critically acclaimed, the Battle Royale series has become infamous not only in Japan, but around the world and has earned cult status.Since Battle Royale, Takami has not released any work. Wikipedia

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Famous Koushun Takami Quotes

“Yes, just like those flowers. There's something strained, but there's beauty in that. Something like that”

Koushun Takami book Battle Royale

Source: Battle Royale

“Nice jewelry and a boys corpse. Oh you're so pretty.”

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Source: Battle Royale

“Hey there. Here's something familiar, a bat. Hope you like it.”

Koushun Takami book Battle Royale

Source: Battle Royale

“We're still on the run. That's for sure.
Right on. This time we're on.
And we won't stop till we win.”

Koushun Takami book Battle Royale

Source: Battle Royale

“Loving someone always requires you to not love others.”

Koushun Takami book Battle Royale

Source: Battle Royale

“To memorize something, it's best to write it down.”

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Source: Battle Royale

Koushun Takami Quotes

“By then she was dead. In fact, she may have been dead a while ago. Physically, several seconds ago, mentally, ages ago.”

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Source: Battle Royale

“It's not a bad thing to be loved.”

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Source: Battle Royale

“Now, once again, 2 students left. But of course they're a part of you now.”

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Source: Battle Royale

“There's no end to suspicion once you get going.”

“Sometimes you need to lie make the world go around”

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Source: Battle Royale

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