i recently read your post and i'm also a filipino... i was just
wandering if you have bought the novel here at the philippines or
online.... is it actually availabel??????/

thank you


-- In battleroyalefilm@yahoogroups.com, "eeggee7" <eeggee7@...>
wrote:
>
> I'm really "craving" for that book... I thought Kiriyama didn't
> speak at all... but according to the book... he asked someone...
> regarding the game.
>
> Are you a Filipino?
>
> //
> There were no lights in that hallway, but light from the classroom
> shone through the cracks onto the floor. When Shuya turned to
look,
> he saw that the windows on the hallway had been boarded with metal
> just like the ones in the classroom. They were probably there to
act
> as protective barriers against students who, like Shuya, might be
> thinking of escape and trying to oppose Sakamochi. But, even
without
> that, students shouldn't be able to get close to the school, what
> with it becoming a restricted Area.
>
> He turned to the right and saw that there were other classrooms
just
> like the one he had just left across from it and next to it.
Beyond
> that must have been the exit, its double doors open into the
> darkness beyond it. And to the left, at the end of the hallway
there
> was one more room.
>
> Could that be this school's employee's lounge? The door was open
and
> the lights were on. And, Shuya saw inside, there were defense
troops
> seated in chairs made of pipes in front of a long, cheap-looking
> desk. Were there twenty of them? Thirty? No, it really looked like
> there were as many of them as there were students in class 3-B.
>
> At this time, Shuya was thinking that, if the weapon in the day
pack
> he received were a gun (which was possible, since in the news
about
> the Program, it always said the statistics like "deaths by
> stabbing," "deaths by strangulation," and the like, followed
> by "deaths by gunshot") or if he had had a group of students
waiting
> for him outside the school, several of whom were armed with guns,
> that he would use those and before they all left, that is to say,
> before this became a restricted Area, they would come in here and
> launch a sudden attack on Sakamochi and the others. But that wish
> was cut off for the most part. There were more than just the
> soldiers who had appeared with Sakamochi. It made sense when he
> thought about it though.
>
> One of the soldiers tilted his head and glanced at Shuya over the
> rim of the mug he held in his hand. Like the three in the
classroom,
> they were oddly expressionless.
>
> Right away Shuya turned and hurried towards the exit. His mind was
> occupied by worry. Anyway, now there was nothing he could do but
> think of a way for everyone to meet. Or was it possible that there
> were more soldiers outside, so that he wouldn't be able to wait
for
> people as they came out? No, even if that were the case....
>
> Shuya quickly came out of the dark hallway and left through the
> double doors. There were three or four short steps, which he
> descended.
>
> Outside of the building under the moonlight, there was an empty
> exercise field about the size of three tennis courts. Beyond that
he
> saw a forest. Nearby to his left was a low mountain and to his
> right, his view was open, and beyond that he saw a black darkness.
> The sea. And in that sea he could see little lights off in the
> distance here and there. They might have been land. It was one of
> the principles of the Program that it be held in the same
prefecture
> as the chosen school. He had heard of instances where it took
place
> in mountains surrounded by electric fences, or in prisons that
were
> to be demolished, but in Kagawa, it was generally on islands. Even
> on the Kagawa local news he had seen up until now (of course, the
> location was always made public after the completion of the Game)
he
> thought that every one had taken place on an island. And this time
> too was an island. Sakamochi hadn't mentioned the name of the
> island, but if he could compare its shape to a map, he might be
able
> to get a sense of where it was. Or, there might be a building
> somewhere with the name of the island written on it.
>
> The smell of the sea salt drifted in on a gentle breeze. It was
cool
> for a May night, but it wasn't so bad he couldn't endure it.
> However, he'd have to be careful when he slept so he didn't lose
his
> strength.
>
> But, more important than that, more important than anything---
>
> There was no one there. There was no sign of even a single
soldier,
> but there were also no students waiting as Shuya had expected.
> Everyone had, as Sakamochi had said, hidden themselves somewhere.
> Not even Sugimura Hiroki was there. Only the the breeze with its
> salty scent crossed over the exercise field.
>
> Shit. Shuya scowled. If everyone split up, everything would turn
out
> just how the government wanted. If everyone formed close groups,
> like Ogawa Sakura and Yamamoto Kazuhiko, who were probably off
> meeting somewhere, and like Kiriyama's group was most likely also
> doing, it would be okay. But if everyone hid alone and then fought
> each other one on one, then who knows what could stem from that
> violence. And wasn't that violence the very element that formed
the
> Game?
>
> At the very least, I can wait for those who come after me. First
> will be Nakagawa Noriko.
>
> Shuya turned back towards the darkness of the school. Sakamochi
had
> said that "those who do not leave the school immediately will be
> shot," but the soldiers in the room at the end of the hallway
hadn't
> really even looked at Shuya. They hadn't been even talking, just
> sitting in their chairs. They didn't even have weapons in hand.
>
> Shuya licked his lips and, thinking he should distance himself
from
> the door some, again turned to look around him.
>
> It was then that he noticed it.
>
> Earlier, he had been taken in by the his surroundings and hadn't
> noticed, but there was a garbage bag or something fallen at his
feet.
>
> At first, Shuya thought that someone had dropped their luggage,
but
> then he opened his eyes wide.
>
> It was not a garbage bag or luggage. There was hair growing on one
> end of it. Human hair.
>
> It was a person. It was wearing a sailor suit. Her body was on its
> side and bent at the waist, with her head down, but Shuya
remembered
> her hair in one braid, tied with a thick ribbon. He easily
> remembered seeing her leave just three minutes before. That
> motionless body was that of Girl number fourteen, Tendo Mayumi.
>
> And on the back of her sailor uniform, right under her braid with
> its loops of hair like lobster claws, was a stick that shone a
dull
> sliver. It stuck out about twenty centimeters, at an angle like
the
> antenna of a transistor radio. At the end of that stick were four
> small projections that looked like the tail wings of a fighter
plane.
>
> What... was this?
>
> Even though he knew he should go hide, Shuya paused there, shocked.
>
> In his mind, he heard Sakamochi's response to Kiriyama's question
of
> when the Game would start. "As soon as you go out those doors."
>
> That was impossible. Who could have done this? Someone who had
left
> earlier had come back and shot Mayumi just as she came out?
>
> Thinking that far, Shuya's mind was in a panic, and he sat down
and
> looked around him.
>
> What could this mean? There was no sign of an attacker. He should
> have shot an arrow or something at Shuya while he was still in
> shock. Why hadn't he? Had he picked off Tendo Mayumi and,
satisfied
> with just that, run off? Or could it have been some type of trick?
> Maybe one of the soldiers in that group at the end of the hall did
> it to make us think that some people were already into the Game?
But
> that was too much of a leap.
>
> Shuya then realized that Tendo Mayumi might not be dead yet. She
> might just be passed out from the severe injuries.Anyway, he
needed
> to check her condition.
>
> If he hadn't noticed "that" and paused in his running, Shuya might
> have found himself removed from the Game earlier than he had
> imagined. That is to say...
>
> He heard a sharp twang and a silver object whizzed past his eyes.
He
> looked down. A new antenna sprouted from the ground.
>
> Shuya shuddered. Had he not been waiting for Noriko right outside
> the door, he would have been killed immediately. The attacker was
on
> top of the building.
>
> Shuya shut his mouth tight, quickly grabbed the arrow from the
> ground and ran to the right. Almost without thinking he had chosen
> this direction, one he hoped his attacker would not have
predicted.
> He turned his body around and looked up. On the gable of the one-
> story school house was the silhouette of a large man, cut-out
> against the dimly moonlit sky.
>
> That... couldn't be Kawa--?
>
> There was no time to think. The figure still had that weapon in
his
> hand pointed this way.
>
> Shuya pointed the arrow in his hand at the figure and threw it.
All
> he had wanted to do was surprise his opponent, but the arrow was
> extremely fast as it flew right at the figure, drawing a beautiful
> straight line. This may have been because he was Shuya, the former
> genius short-stop.
>
> The figure moaned and pressed his hands to his head, bent over and
> shook. Like that, he fell.
>
> While Shuya pulled back a little, he saw the body slowly fall the
> three meters to the ground and land with a thud. The weapon in his
> hand clattered to the ground beside him.
>
> Shuya saw this through the light that shone through the door of
the
> building. That large figure in a school uniform, lying face down
on
> the ground, was Akamatsu Yoshio, who had been the first to leave,
> with his intimidated expression. Yoshio had fallen unconscious and
> did not move a muscle. The weapon, a sort of cross between a bow
and
> a rifle (a bow gun perhaps?) had fallen from his hand. His day
pack
> was half open by his feet and in it lay silver arrows in bunches.
>
> Shuya felt himself grow pale. There was no doubt, he had already
> started. At the very least, Akamatsu Yoshio had started this Game.
> He had taken his weapon in hand, come back, and killed Tendo
Mayumi!
>
> Just at that moment, he felt the presences of someone standing
> behind him. Turning, he saw Nakagawa Noriko looking at the
> situation, and swallowed. He moved his gaze from Noriko's face
back
> on to Tendo Mayumi, ran up to her and touched his hand to her
neck.
> She was dead. There was no mistaking it.
>
> Shuya felt like his brain had become a line of gunpowder, burning
> slowly toward a fuse. There might be others besides Yoshio who
were
> thinking the same thing and who might be coming back here from
> somewhere and who might have guns.
>
> Shuya's had already been made to take an aggressive stance against
> this game. So this was what it came to. This was what Sakamochi
had
> meant by "as soon as you step out those doors."
>
> Shuya stood up, went back to Noriko and took her hand. "Run! As
fast
> as you can!"
>
> Shuya ran, half dragging Noriko with her injured leg. Where could
> they go?
>
> There was no time to come to a proper decision. They just ran to
the
> forest he had seen earlier. Once they reached the forest, they
would
> hide, he thought for a moment, but he couldn't delude himself.
With
> Noriko's present condition, they'd be helpless if anyone attacked
> them. So there was nothing more dangerous than loitering around so
> close.
>
> His ideas of waiting for everyone as they came out had vanished.
He
> urged Noriko on and entered the forest. Trees and bushes grew all
> around, and at their feet grew some plant resembling a fern.
>
> Shuya looked back at the building that still contained eleven of
his
> classmates (In their class with twenty-one each of girls and boys,
> counting from his and Noriko's numbers, that would leave twelve
> people, but he had to leave Fujiyoshi Fumiyo out of the count) and
> thought of yelling some kind of a warning to them, but he
abandoned
> that thought. Probably, no one else was so stupid. They weren't as
> dumb as him. They'd probably run as soon as they got out. Besides
if
> Tendo Mayumi's corpse was lain out in front of them.... Shuya
> reasoned slightly aggressively. He thought of Mimura Shinji's
face,
> but gave up on that as well. There must be some way to gather
> together afterwards, he again reasoned aggressively. At any rate,
he
> didn't want to be here another second.
>
> He just continued into the middle of the thicket under the dark
> clouds, hugging tightly to Nakagawa Noriko. A bird nearby cackled
> and took to the air with a rustle. They didn't see the bird, but
> even if they had known where to look, they could not have spared a
> glance.
>
> 39 students remain.
>
>
> --- In battleroyalefilm@yahoogroups.com, "k.v." <kiriyamabr@y...>
> wrote:
> > i dont know if it matters in the computer, but the true title of
> the book is 'Battle Royale' (with an e) so! head back to your
store
> immediately and order that book...so we can talk about it!
> >
> > + EeggeE + <eeggee7@y...> wrote:Pinoys, I went to National
> Bookstore at SM Northedsa last Sunday. Went to the customer
service
> desk, asked if the BR book is already available. The personnel
> searched for it by a PC, a BATTLE ROYAL (without an e) title has
> appeared. Out of stock daw. Just wondering if that's the book I'm
> referring to..
> >
> >
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