What is this genre all about? Many characters are removed from their normal lives or lifestyles and thrown into a game where they are forced to battle each other until one survivor remains. Much like the famous film 'Battle Royale'.
We present you the list of Battle Royale manga you should read right now.
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Top 17 Battle Royale manga you should read right now. [2026 List]
- 17. Btooom!
- 16. Majo Taisen: 32-nin no Isai no Majo wa Koroshiau
- 15. Introduction to Survival
- 14. Darwin's Game
- 13. Teito Seihai Kitan: Fate/type Redline
- 12. Imawa no Kuni no Alice Retry
- 11. Killing Bites
- 10. Chijou 100-kai ~Dasshutsu Kakuritsu 0.0001%~
- 9. Juuni Taisen
- 8. Fate/Zero
- 7. Mahou Shoujo Ikusei Keikaku: Restart
- 6. Battle Royale
- 5. Fate/Prototype: Sougin no Fragments
- 4. Matagi Gunner
- 3. Date A Live Fragments: Date A Bullet
- 2. Fate/Zero
- 1. 100
17. Btooom!
Sakamoto Ryuuta is an unemployed 22-year-old who lives with his mother. In the real world, there may be nothing really special about him, but online, he's one of the world's top players of the combat game "BTOOOM"!
One day, he awakes in what appears to be a tropical island, though he has no memory of how or why he has come to be there. While wandering around, Ryuuta sees someone and calls out for help. The stranger responds by throwing a bomb at him! Now Ryuuta realizes both that his life is in danger, and that he has somehow been trapped in a real-life version of his favorite game! Will Ryuuta be able to survive long enough to figure out how and why he ended up here?
has finished publishing and it has 125 Chapters. It is also Known as: BTOOOM!, Btooom!
16. Majo Taisen: 32-nin no Isai no Majo wa Koroshiau
32 witches from across history fight to the death on Walpurgisnacht to have their desires fulfilled. Featuring Jeanne d'Arc, Cleopatra, Tomoe Gozen, Marie Antoinette, and more.
The War of Greedy Witches is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 魔女大戦 32人の異才の魔女は殺し合う, Majo Taisen: 32-nin no Isai no Majo wa Koroshi Au, Majo Taisen, Majo Taisen - The War of Greedy Witches
15. Introduction to Survival
‘Remember’. 'One, two, three, four, five, six, seven'
‘I must remember until the end… until the end…’
The day when my wife Julia was killed by those scoundrels, my entire life was consumed by seething anger. That's right. I must eliminate those scoundrels.
'The day I exact my revenge, bury me beside her.'
Until then, I must endure and wager my life on this battle for survival.
Introduction to Survival has finished publishing and it has 65 Chapters. It is also Known as: Introduction to the Survival Theory, O Caminho da Sobrevivência, The Way of Survival
14. Darwin's Game
An unknowing Sudou Kaname is invited to try out a new mysterious mobile app game called Darwin's Game, but later realizes that he's in for more than he's bargained for when he finds out that there's no way to quit the game.
Darwin's Game has finished publishing and it has 125 Chapters. It is also Known as: ダーウィンズゲーム, Darwin's Game
13. Teito Seihai Kitan: Fate/type Redline
A remake of the comedy spin-off manga Koha-Ace GO: Teito Seihai Kitan.
Teito Seihai Kitan: Fate/type Redline is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 帝都聖杯奇譚 Fate/type Redline, Teito Seihai Kitan: Fate/type Redline
12. Imawa no Kuni no Alice Retry
Alice Ryouhei, now a grown adult and married to Yuzuha, who is expected to give birth to their first child any day now, suddenly finds himself back in the Borderlands, the land between Life and Death, after getting into an accident. Will he be able to make it out of the Borderlands once more...?
Alice in Borderland Retry has finished publishing and it has 13 Chapters. It is also Known as: 今際の国のアリス RETRY, Imawa no Kuni no Alice Retry
11. Killing Bites
People have been created that are human-animal hybrids, and powerful businesses bet on the outcome of their duels. College student Nomoto Yuuya's casual acquaintances ask him to drive them around to pick up girls one day, which he soon finds out means by force. The girl they kidnap is an animal-human hybrid named Hitomi, who slaughters all of them except Yuuya. Hitomi is a honey badger, which has been called the most fearless of all animals. Now Hitomi is assigned to stay with Yuuya, for his protection!
Killing Bites is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: キリングバイツ, Killing Bites
10. Chijou 100-kai ~Dasshutsu Kakuritsu 0.0001%~
21st Century, Japan. In Tokyo, there's a state-owned gambling tower. 20 men and women gather in the 100 story tower with 1 goal: escape. You get 10 billion yen if you do. If you don’t...
100 Floor Tower ~0.0001% Escape Probability~ is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 地上100階〜脱出確率0.0001%〜, Chijou Hyakkai, Chijou 100-kai, One Hundred Storey Tower, 地上100階, 지상 100층
9. Juuni Taisen
Twelve warriors based on the Chinese zodiac hold a bloody battle to the death. The last person standing gets to wish for anything they want--riches, fame the sky's the limit.
Juni Taisen: Zodiac War has finished publishing and it has 29 Chapters. It is also Known as: 十二大戦, Juuni Taisen
8. Fate/Zero
War of the Holy Grail—Pursuing the power of the "Holy Grail" which grants a miracle, this is a contest in which seven magi summon seven Heroic Spirits to compete for it. In that battle whose conclusion was postponed three times, now, the fourth war commenced again. Entrusting their dearest wish of victory, the magi joined the battleground called "Fuyuki," but amongst them, there was a man who was always alone, and could not find out the meaning behind his fights. His name was Kotomine Kirei. Not comprehending the guidance of fate, Kirei was lost, and had kept questioning. Why someone like his was given the Command Seals. However, the fate of his fights crossed Kirei's path with a nemesis by chance. That person is—Emiya Kiritsugu. A man who was sterner than anyone else, more merciless than anyone else, and who sought the miracle of the Holy Grail.
Merely recited in fragments in Fate/stay night, this is the Fourth War of the Holy Grail 10 years ago. The truth which unfolded behind the battle between Shirou's foster father, Rin's father, and the younger Kotomine Kirei, is finally revealed...
Fate/Zero has finished publishing and it has 18 Chapters. It is also Known as: Fate/Zero
7. Mahou Shoujo Ikusei Keikaku: Restart
Granted powers by the Land of Magic, Magical Girls are protectors of the world. A strange invitation to a game called Magical Girl Raising Project was sent by an unknown person. Now, 16 magical girls are trapped in a game world and are forced to work together to survive. The objective is simple, and the tasks will be difficult. But in this survival game, not everything is as it seems…
Mahou Shoujo Ikusei Keikaku: Restart has finished publishing and it has Chapters. It is also Known as: 魔法少女育成計画restart, Magical Girl Raising Project: Restart
6. Battle Royale
Under the guise of a "study trip," a group of students from Shiroiwa Junior High School in the fictional town of Shiroiwa (Kagawa Prefecture) are gassed on a bus. They awaken in the Okishima Island School on Okishima, an isolated, evacuated island. They learn that they have been placed in an event called the Program.
According to the rules, every year since 1947, 42 third-year high school students are isolated, and each student is required to fight to the death until one student remains. Their movements are tracked by metal collars around their necks, which contain tracking and listening devices; if any student should attempt to escape the Program, or enter declared forbidden zones, a bomb will be detonated in the collar, killing the wearer. If no one dies in a 24 hour time period, there will be no winner and all collars will be detonated simultaneously.
Battle Royale has finished publishing and it has 119 Chapters. It is also Known as: バトル・ロワイアル, Battle Royale
5. Fate/Prototype: Sougin no Fragments
Prequel to Fate/Prototype.
Young Ayaka Sajyou wakes up to a normal morning breakfast with her father and older sister, Manaka, unaware that a battle of frightening proportions has now begun in Tokyo. This battle is the Holy Grail War, the first of a series of mutual slaughters where seven Magi and seven Servants team up together to fight in a battle royale to win the Holy Grail, a mystical omnipotent wish-granting device to have their own wishes granted.
As each of the Seven Masters summon their Servants and fight, more of the mysteries surrounding the Holy Grail are revealed, culminating in a epic battle that will test loyalties, forge new alliances, and makes one question, who is the real Master in this Holy Grail War?
Fate/Prototype: Fragments of Sky Silver has finished publishing and it has 38 Chapters. It is also Known as: Fate/Prototype 蒼銀のフラグメンツ, Fate/Prototype: Sougin no Fragments
4. Matagi Gunner
Former matagi (a winter hunter in Tohoku) Hitonari Yamano lives a lonely life in the countryside. He had put down his gun, but now he has picked up an "FPS battle royale" game instead. A unique sniper has joined the game, combining high-tech e-sports with the traditional skills of the matagi. The legend of an unprecedented sniper begins in rural Japan!
Matagi Gunner has finished publishing and it has 100 Chapters. It is also Known as: マタギガンナー, Matagi Gunner
3. Date A Live Fragments: Date A Bullet
This is the story of Tokisaki Kurumi that shouldn’t have been told——
The amnesiac young girl, Empty, who woke up in the neighboring world encounters Tokisaki Kurumi. Led by her, the place she arrived at was the school's classroom. In order to kill each other, the girls known as semi-Spirits gathered. Now then——Let’s begin our battle (date).
Date A Live Fragments: Date A Bullet has finished publishing and it has 65 Chapters. It is also Known as: デート・ア・ライブ フラグメント デート・ア・バレット, Date A Live Fragments: Date A Bullet
2. Fate/Zero
Merely recited in fragments in Fate/Stay Night, this is the Fourth War of the Holy Grail 10 years ago. The truth which unfolded behind the battle between Shirou's foster father, Rin's father, and the younger Kotomine Kirei, is finally revealed...
Fate/Zero has finished publishing and it has 79 Chapters. It is also Known as: Fate/Zero
1. 100
Armed only with a gun and a frying pan, Ho-Yeong Cheon must survive Battlegrounds: a battle-royale style game with 100 participants, where there’s only one way to win: kill the 99 other players, all of them death-row convicts. Ho-Yeong has another objective besides survival, though -- he must find an assemblyman who was captured while investigating the game, and is now an unwilling participant. Can Ho-Yeong complete his mission on an island with 99 people willing to kill to survive, and emerge the last one standing?
100 has finished publishing and it has 50 Chapters. It is also Known as: Battleground, Battleground: The Sole Survivor
