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BATTLE ROYALE _{SHIRO IWA Junior High School - Grade 9/Class B - Student Roster} Boys: 21 - Girls: 21 - Total: 42

15: Noriko Nakagawa 8: Kayoko Kotohiki 1: Mizuho Inada 15: Shuuya Nanahara 8: Yoji Kuramoto 1: Yoshio Akamatsu

16: Yuka Nakagawa 9: Yuko Sakaki 2: Yukio Utsumi 16: Kazushi Niida 9: Hiroshi Kuronaga 2: Keita lijima

17: Satomi Noda 10: Hirono Shimizu 3: Megumi Etou 17: Mitsuru Numai 10: Ryuhei Sasagawa 3: Tatsumichi Ooki

18: Fumiyo Fujiyoshi 11: Mitsuko Souma 4: Sakura Ogawai 18: Tadakatsu Hatagami 11: Hiroki Sugimura 4: Toshinori Oda

19: Chisato Matsui 12: Haruka Tanizawa 5: Izumi Kanai 19: Shinji Mimura 12: Yutaka Sato 5: Shogo Kawada

20: Kaori Minami 13: Takako Chigusa 6: Yukiko Kitano 20: Kyoiohi Motobuchi 13: Yuichiro Takiguchi 6: Kazuo Kiriyama

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BATTLE ROYALE

BY

KOUSHUN TAKAMI £ MASAYUKI TAGUCHI

VOL IH

2TOKYOPOP

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Battle Roy ale Mol 14

Created by Koushun Takami

Written by Koushun Takami and Masayuki Taguchi

Illustrated by Masayuki Taguchi

Translation - English Adaptation - Associate Editor - Retouch and Lettering - Production Artist - Cover Design - Tomo Iwo Keith Giffen Troy Lewter Bowen Park Lucas Rivera Gary Shum Editor - Digital Imaging Manager - Pre-Press Manager - Production Managers - Managing Editor - VP of Production - Publisher and E.I.C. - President and C.O.O. - C.E.O. -

Rob Tokar Chris Buford James Dashiell

Jennifer Miller and Mutsumi Miyazaki Lindsey Johnston Ron Klamert Mike Kiley John Parker Stuart Levy

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TOKYOPOP Inc. 5900 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 2000 Los Angeles. CA 90036 E-mail: [email protected] Come visit us online at www.T0KY0P0P.com

Battle Royale Vol. 14 © 2005 Koushun All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be Takami/Masayuki Taguchi. All rights reserved. First reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means published in Japan in 2005 by Akita Publishing Co.. Ltd. without written permission from the copyright holders. English publication rights arranged with Akita This manga is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to Publishing Co.. Ltd. through Tuttle-Mori Agency, Inc. actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is

ISBN: 1-59182-343-9

First TOKYOPOP printing: November 2005 10 987654321

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is impossible and that they’d all be executed if than one student survived, the carnage and casualties

quickly escalated to record-breaking levels.

Though forty-two students started the game, only four remain. The three that aren’t willingly playing the

game are Shuuya Nanahara, an optimistic, would-be rock star; Noriko Nakagawa, a girl who started the game

with a gunshot wound to the leg; and Shogo Kawada, a former winner of The Program who claims to have a

secret way off of the island.

The only other student left alive is the one responsible for the most kills: Kazuo Kiriyama, a merciless killing machine who seems capable of eradicating any and all that stand before him. While the reasons for the success

of his killing spree remain a mystery, what is clear is that there’s no middle ground when dealing with him. It’s kill or be killed—and Kiriyama has yet to find a

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CHAPTER IOH:

The Right Path

CHAPTER 105:

The Final Battle

CHAPTER 106:

Death Race

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The Pursuit

CHAPTER 108:

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KOUSHUN TAKAMI & MASAYUKITAGUCHI

- Playboy Magazine

Combines “the horror and extreme violence of A Clockwork Orange with Lord of the Flies’ exploration of human nature and depravity... (Not) for the faint of heart.” - Publishers Weekly

The beginning of the end!

Shuuya, Kawada, and Noriko fight for their lives against Kiriyama, the psychotic student who decimated most of their class. While Kiriyama strives to eradicate the other kids’ futures, we get an insider’s view of Kiriyama’s past... and what forces shaped this bright, talented young man into the unfeeling killer he is today.

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BATTLE ROYALE

SHIRO IWA Junior High School Boys: 21

15: Noriko Nakagawa 8: Kayoko Kotohiki 1: Mizuho Inada

16: Yuka Nakagawa 9: Yuko Sakaki 2: Yukio litsumi

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17: Satomi Noda 10: Hirono Shimizu 3: Megumi Etou

- Grade 9/Class B - Student Roster - Girls: 21 - Total: 42

15: Shuuya Nanahara 8: Yoji Kuramoto 1: Yoshio Akamatsu

16: Kazushi Niida 9: Hiroshi Kuronaga 2: Keita lijima

17: Mitsuru Numai 10: Ryuhei Sasagawa 3: Tatsumichi Ooki

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19: Chisato Matsui 12: Haruka Tanizawa 5: Izumi Kanai

18: Tadakatsu Hatagami 11: Hiroki Sugimura 4: Toshinori Oda

19: Shinji Mimura 12: Yutaka Sato 5: Shogo Kawada

20: Kaori Minami 13: Takako Chigusa 6: Yukiko Kitano

21: Yoshimi Yahagi 14: Mayumi Tendo 7: Yumiko Kusaka

20: Kyoichi Motobuchi 13: Yuichiro Takiguchi 6: Kazuo Kiriyama

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BATTLE ROYALE

THE PROGRAM: UPDATE

CHAPTERS 10 4-111

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• It there is more than one survivor at the end ol the game, the remaining bomb collars will be detc 1 the end ot the game, the remaining bomb collars i

CHAPTER 105: KIRIYAMA ATTACKS.

CHAPTER 106: KAWADA BLOWS UP KIRIYAMA’S FIRST CAR.

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BATTLE ROYALE

BY

KOUSHUN TAKAMI £ MASAYUKI TAGUCHI

VOL IH

2TOKYOPOP

Battle Roy ale Mol 14

Created by Koushun Takami

Written by Koushun Takami and Masayuki Taguchi

Illustrated by Masayuki Taguchi

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STORY THUS

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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CHAPTER 106:

CHAPTER 107:

CHAPTER 108:

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