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Battle Royale

(Novel + Manga by Koushun Takami, 1999-2005; Movie, 2000;)

A random schoolclass gets put on an island to kill each other. Last one alive after 3 days gets to continue to be alive.

Listen, there is a reason this spawned a genre. The Charas are...VERY early 2000s with all the stereotypes you'd expect from that, but the story is solid and a fun read. Having multiple characters to follow around really helps with cutting through how very shounen the protag is. The movie is compressed, but also they make a very smart choice with the Game Master.

If you want the gist of the whole thing, the movie is enough, but if you want the charas to make sense, then read the manga. I never read the original novel so no clue where that falls.

“You are guilty of coming to find me before I came to find you.” – Death

“I am the only being that never dies. I am the thing you mocked. Death.” – Death

“Do you still think death is the end of it all? This is only the beginning.” – Death

“Each day felt like hell while I was alive. Now I have to go to hell even after I die.” – Choi Yee Jae

“Humans are really amazing. They say their life is like hell, but they bear with it and carry on living in their so-called hell.” – Death

“What’s your impression of the real hell? Do you think you can even last a minute in there?” – Death

“Isn’t that what you humans do? You care more about the thorn in your own finger than the knife inside someone else’s body.” – Death

“You can’t really say you’re living when you live in constant fear.” – Ji Su

“People are happiest when they can truly be themselves. In the end, life would be meaningless if you can never really be yourself.” – Ji Su

“Humans always struggle to life only after they die, not while they are still alive.” – Death

“The punished becomes the punisher? That will only make you pay a greater price.” – Death

“When will you realize that death never goes as planned?” – Death

“The death that caused me the most pain wasn’t when I burned to death or when my limbs were severed. It was the death of someone that I loved dearly.” – Choi Yee Jae

“You can’t really say you’re living when you live in constant fear. But since I was a coward, I always lived in constant fear. Afraid that the world wouldn’t recognize my worth, that I would fall behind my peers, and that I would be rejected. I ended up taking my own life due to this fear before my life could even blossom.” – Choi Yee Jae

“I only realized after dying that life in itself was an opportunity. And the pain that I thought engulfed my whole life was only a small part of it.” – Choi Yee Jae

First Boss in my game