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. [2024 List]
- 17. Darwin's Game
- 16. Introduction to Survival
- 15. Btooom!
- 14. Majo Taisen: 32-nin no Isai no Majo wa Koroshiau
- 13. Teito Seihai Kitan: Fate/type Redline
- 12. Jinrou Game: Crazy Fox
- 11. Fate/Zero
- 10. Jinrou Game: Beast Side
- 9. Jinrou Game
- 8. Battle Royale
- 7. Fate/Zero
- 6. Fate/stay night
- 5. Killing Bites
- 4. Imawa no Kuni no Alice Retry
- 3. Fate/Prototype: Sougin no Fragments
- 2. Shoujo Shikkaku
- 1. Mahou Shoujo Ikusei Keikaku
17. 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
16. 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 is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Introduction to the Survival Theory, O Caminho da Sobrevivência, The Way of Survival
15. 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!
14. 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
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. Jinrou Game: Crazy Fox
New game, new players, same rule, and an additional mysterious role, The Crazy Fox
Werewolf Game: Crazy Fox has finished publishing and it has 24 Chapters. It is also Known as: 人狼ゲーム クレイジーフォックス, Werewolf Game: Crazy Fox
11. 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
10. Jinrou Game: Beast Side
In this game, there are 12 players with 3 werewolves - all from the same school again. There’s a diviner again, along with a new position- the bodyguard, who can protect a player per night against the werewolves.
Werewolf Game: Beast Side has finished publishing and it has 18 Chapters. It is also Known as: 人狼ゲーム ビーストサイド, Werewolf Game: Beast Side
9. Jinrou Game
One night, senior high school second-year Nishina Airi is abducted. When she wakes, she is trapped in an uncanny, isolated space with other students from her high school and forced to take part in the "Werewolf Game." Thus, a death game filled with fear and terror that would pit "Werewolves" and "Villagers" against each other, force them to murder—a game with rules so absolute, defiance is punished by gruesome death—begins.
Werewolf Game has finished publishing and it has 18 Chapters. It is also Known as: 人狼ゲーム, Werewolf Game
8. 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
7. 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
6. Fate/stay night
The story takes place in an ordinary Japanese town, Fuyuki City. Hidden from society, there has been a deadly war going on in this town. Seven sorcerers known as "Masters" summon a powerful familiar called "Servants" and they all fight each other till the last one. The last one is said to attain the Holy Grail which will grant them a wish. Only a few knows when this War started and what the Holy Grail is, but the war was about to begin again this year.
The main character is Emiya Shirou, who lost his parents in a fire and was adopted by a man who called himself a sorcerer. Admiring his step father, he has been training himself to be a sorcerer. However, he had no talent and he could barely use one type of sorcery. His step father has already passed away, and today he's a sorcerer without any skills or knowledge. He is involved in the War of the Holy Grail when he accidentally summons Saber, who is said to be the strongest servant of all...
Fate/stay night has finished publishing and it has 82 Chapters. It is also Known as: Fate/stay night
5. 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
4. 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
3. 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 is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Fate/Prototype 蒼銀のフラグメンツ, Fate/Prototype: Sougin no Fragments
2. Shoujo Shikkaku
A mysterious transfer student arrives to the third year, class C for Hanazono Girl's Middle School.
Akane is a plain and simple girl who was tired of her over bearing Friends, and silently thinks that it is o.k for the world to be destroyed. However, all the girls of the class wake up to find themselves in a desolated school, with count down timers. Every girl is tied to another one, and this pair must survive a 7 day Battle Royal. As it turns out, Akane is tied down to the mysterious transfer student.
Friendships crumbles, hopes are lost and sanity is tested as the game starts of with a bang!
Shoujo Shikkaku has finished publishing and it has 9 Chapters. It is also Known as: 少女失格, Girls' Disqualifications
1. Mahou Shoujo Ikusei Keikaku
The highly popular social network game "Magical Girl Raising Project" is a miraculous game that produces real Magical Girls with a chance of 1 in 10000 for each person. Girls who are lucky enough to gain the power of magic spend fulfilling days. But one day, the administration arbitrarily announces that "There are too many magical girls so they will be halved". The curtain will now be raised on the relentless and merciless survival game between 16 magical girls.
Magical Girl Raising Project has finished publishing and it has 11 Chapters. It is also Known as: 魔法少女育成計画, Mahou Shoujo Ikusei Keikaku
