BATTLE ROYALE: Volume 14

Tokyopop, Los Angeles, 2005, 1^st pr thus.  ISBN 1591823439.  Trade size soft cover, 202+ pages.  Very good; some edge and cover wear, light creases; binding tight; interior clean and unmarked with lightly tanning pages.  Rated M, Ages 18+.  ‘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.’ (from rear wrap)