Battle Royale, Vol. 13 [Paperback]

Koushun Takami (Author), Masayuki Taguchi (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 12, 2005

Only five students remain out of the original 42 who began this latest episode of The Program. Kazuo and Mitsuko, the two biggest psychos who have racked up the highest body counts between them on the island, finally meet face to face. Full color. Rated for older teens.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: TokyoPop (July 12, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1595326448
• ISBN-13: 978-1595326447
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #467,606 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Very Pleasing Volume, January 23, 2007

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Dean S. - See all my reviews

This review is from: Battle Royale, Vol. 13 (Paperback)

It's been only a few days, but only 5 students remain of the original 42: the "good" guys, Shuya Nanahara, Shogo Kawada, and Noriko Nakagawa, and the "bad" guys, Kazuo Kiriyama and Mitsuko Souma.

In the beginning, Kazuo and Mitsuko meet face to face. Their fight lasts for half of the volume, but I did not feel it was too drawn out. There is also beautiful symbolism with Mitsuko, showing how torn apart she is inside.

In the second half, we finally get to see Shogo's experience in the program. We also learn more about the girl, Keiko, he was reminiscing about in volume 2.

Art was excellent as usual, and I've alreay mentioned the fascinating symbolism. Nothing bad to say about the adaption either.

I thought this was a very good volume; probably one of my favorites. We get to look into peoples' personalities and pasts, which is especially good for Shogo, for he seemed to remain such a mystery in the previous volumes.