![]() So, the area that the children can use becomes smaller as time goes by. Every few hours, a new part of the island is declared Forbidden and entering such a forbidden zone means the collar will explode. Around their neck they have a steel collars that track their position and register their eventual death. ![]() The children are let out one by one and take a bag with a random weapon. Many against one, or one-on-one battle are all allowed as long as just one person remains. The class has to fight until there is only one survivor, the winner.īattle Royale is a term that means a fight between people in an arena where everyone fights everyone until there is one survivor. Each year, 50 classes are selected to take part (each fight their battle separate from the other classes), and this is all done “for research purposes”. A school class of 15-year olds is kidnapped by government officials during a school trip and taken to an island where they will have to fight the Battle. Japan, where this story takes place, is part of this republic. It’s 1997 and the Republic of Greater East Asia is a dictatorship. ![]() ![]() This book is from 1999 and The Hunger Games from 2008, and the resemblance is more than a coincidence. ![]() Many people had been urging me to read this book, after Novroz of Polychrome Interest first recommended the book to me and I was able to get a copy via Bookmooch. Because it’s Magical March this month, I decided to pick this book from my TBR. ![]()
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