Of course the difference is in this case is that it was The Hunger Games that was labelled a ‘rip-off’ of the Japanese novel published nine years earlier, now deemed ‘the original survival game’.īattle Royale tells the story of the 42 students of Third Year Class B from Shiroiwa Junior High who are forced to participate in ‘the Program’, an experiment put in place by the Japanese government where the teens must fight until there is only one survivor.
This week I’m discussing another book with a concept often compared to that of The Hunger Games centred around the controversial theme of kids killing kids. To wear special collars that explode when they break a rule, they mustįight each other for three days until only one "winner" remains." Source To a small isolated island with a map, food, and various weapons. Program by the totalitarian government, ninth-grade students are taken High-octane thriller about senseless youth violence, is one of Japan'sīest-selling and most controversial novels.
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