Battle Royale, Vol. 3 [Paperback]

Koushun Takami (Author), Masayuki Taguchi (Author)

Book Description

Series: Battle Royale | Publication Date: November 10, 2003

As Shuuya, Noriko and Shogo figure out their first move, the mysterious transfer student reveals that he is actually the winner of the previous season's Program. Can Shuuya and Noriko still continue to trust him, despite their knowledge of the acts Shogo committed to emerge victorious? Meanwhile, Shinji Mimura takes the panicked Yutaka Sato under his wing, and reveals his own plan to bring down The Program. Hiroki Sugimura's motives are less clear, as the deadly blackbelt becomes consumed with locating Takako Chigusa. In the high-stakes world of The Program, will his obsession cost him his life? Finally, as if the Uzi-toting Kiriyama wasn't enough trouble, Mitsuko gets her hands on a piece as well. The violence escalates as the game goes on in the brutal world of Battle Royale.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

*Battle Royale is a realistic and gritty portrayal of humanity's dark side *Lord of the Flies for a brand new generation *Shrink-wrapped and will have an explicit content bullen in cover art *Part of the Battle Royale franchise including a novel and two movies

The mysterious transfer student, Kawada, has an escape plan but a shadow of doubt creeps in when Shuuya discovers that his would-be savior was last year's program winner. Meanwhile, the daily attendance is dropping rapidly as students spread out on their own or in groups fighting for survival.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: TokyoPop (November 10, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1591823161
• ISBN-13: 978-1591823162
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Despite Graphic Scenes of Sex, this Volume is still Superb, December 25, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Battle Royale, Vol. 3 (Paperback)

As everyone has posted on this message board, there are shocking scenes of explicit sex that's definately not for the prudish. I agree with every poster here- the last chapter "Fallen Angel," which documents Mitsuko's past sexual escapades, is needlessly unecessary and exploitive, even for adult magna. It's already established in the earlier volumes that she is a sex-crazed pimp, so why must the authors further elaborate this by having her commit every sexual act in the book, including- blecch!- a urine scene? (I hope that's urine). Thumbs down on "Fallen Angel," but I will defend the chapters dealing with Yoshimi and Yoji- as graphic as their sexual exploits are, it is essential to the story, revealing to us a complex relationship further complicated by their participation in the Program. I find their story touching, and proves how effective "Battle Royale" does in making all it's participants human- we're even refered back to Fumiyo, who died so gracelessly in the first volume and here brought back in the memory of the boy who had a crush on her, Yutaka. "Battle Royale" is more than just an ultrviolent pulp, it's a smart and very suspenseful thriller not seen since the E.C. comics of the early 1950s, ingeniously balancing scenes of horror, romance, and humor (I never laughed as hard as when reading Takako confronting Kazushi in the middle of the book,warning him he "will die a virgin"). Of course, the "Fallen Angel" chapter places the series a step back, but otherwise it does good in its continuation of this great series. I can't give it five stars, but if only I could give it a score of 4.9...

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars You are missing the point., December 5, 2003

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Peter Oksman (Bronx, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Battle Royale, Vol. 3 (Paperback)

While I agree that some of the sex scenes were gratuitous-they didn't advance the plot, the other ones-the ones with
Yoshimi and her boyfriend were an integral part of the story. As for the explicidness of the scenes, here I totally disagree with the other reviewers-I don't see how they can be any other way. To make them "tastefull" would be totally out of character for the story - the whole point is to show everything unflinchingly, good and bad, all the aspects of the human existence, even the ugliest parts.
Overall, this is a good installment of the story, would have gotten 5 stars if it wasn't for the Mitsuko Souma sex scenes, which are gratuitous.

11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Decent, but not as good as 1 and 2, November 24, 2003

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R. Stringini "moviman7643" (Addison, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Battle Royale, Vol. 3 (Paperback)

This is a decent volume in the series, but it gets bogged down at times by the ungodly amounts of sex, and a lot of overly dramatic dialogue. The dialogue I expected. The sex... not so much. And when I say sex,I mean graphic sex, and when I say graphic, I mean pornographic. Yes, you see everything. And, while normally I would look the other way, this time I was rather mad. Why? Well, for one, the sex was totally pointless (at least for the last section of the story) and at times wholey disgusting (there was, shockingly enough, a urine fetish scene). And for number two, most, if not all, characters involved in those scenes are 15 or younger. Now, they do not appear to be 15. They appear quiet the opposite. They all seem like adults, with very adult features, such as one girls GIGANTIC breasts. And while the first two books only hinted at some adult content, this book shoves it in your face, pees on you, and then leaves you covered in who knows what. And yet, the plot is still good. A bunch of a new characters are brought in to the story, and things do move along. But the sex holds this back from being a five star book.