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Battle Royale

Battle Royale

Battle Royale is the first novel by the Japanese author Koushun Takami. Originally completed in 1996, it was not published until 1999. The story tells of junior high school students who are forced to fight each other to the death in a program run by a fictional authoritarian Japanese government, now known as the Republic of Greater East Asia.


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

Source: Battle Royale

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

Source: Battle Royale

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

Source: Battle Royale

“It's not a bad thing to be loved.”

Source: Battle Royale

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

Source: Battle Royale

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