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Sugimura loses his faith in himself when he realizes he can't beat Kiriyama. But in the midst of battle, a sudden revelation helps him come close to beating Kiriyama. Yet Kiriyama has an ace up his sleeve... it's called Kevlar! With the end at hand, Sugimura tries to protect Kotohiki at all costs.

Only five students remain out of the original 42 who began this latest episode of The Program, so this volume will be an absolute fan-pleaser from start to finish. First, the two biggest psychos - Kazuo Kiriyama and Mitsuko Souma - finally meet face-to-face. Having racked up the highest body counts between them, these two are responsible for the majority of deaths on the island.

It's the beginning of the final battle; Shuuya, Kawada and Noriko against the psychotic Kiriyama. Kawada leads his group away from the pursuing Kiriyama in an intense barrel-blazing chase ending with Kawada attempting to pull off one final stunt... but will it be enough to take down the seemingly invincible Kiriyama?

In this final volume, the trio continue to fight Kiriyama in a final bout. Kawada has a couple more tricks up his sleeve for their escape to America. They come face-to-face with instructor Yonemi and the other guards. Does Kawada betray Shuuya and Noriko? Noriko, Shuuya and Kawada must kill Yonemi in order to escape the Battle Royale. Who makes it out of the program alive?!

The mysterious transfer student, Kawada, has an escape plan but a shadow of doubt creeps in when Shuuya discovers that his would-be savior was last year's program winner. Meanwhile, the daily attendance is dropping rapidly as students spread out on their own or in groups fighting for survival.

Soccer player, Kazushi Niida gets a kick out of "the program" when he decides to think of it as an exhibition game. How many goals will this all-star player make before his time on the field runs out? When Takako Chigusa's leg is on the receiving end of his bow-gun, Kazushi may experience a permanent time-out from Sugimura. Only 25 students remaining!

Shinji Mimura's attempt to hack the government's computer that monitors The Program's progress is a big success. His plan to end The Program suffers a major setback, however, when he discovers that the collars are bugged and that the men in charge have been listening in from the start. Unwilling to give up, Shinji drafts a new plan, one that involves the use of the explosives his late uncle left him...

Unwilling to bow down to the oppressive confines of The Game, Shinji develops a plan to deliver his hand-made bombs directly to enemy HQ. All that's left is to put that plan into action. Unfortunately, this is much easier said than done since he is suffering from wounds sustained from a previous accident!

By the end of the first day of The Program, more than half of the 42 students in Class B have been lost. Most of them were victims of their classmates, who were willing to put aside their humanity and play the game to survive. One of those killers, Mitsuko Souma, lulls her victims into a false sense of security by getting them to believe she's too beautiful and delicate to kill anyone...

After Shuuya is nurtured back to health, he discovers his savior is a group of girls with plans to defeat The Program and escape the island. But hope turns to despair when Yuko's paranoia makes her believe that Shuuya is the devil... and she will stop at nothing to cast him into darkness!

A ninth-grade class of 42 students is marooned on an island and forced to kill or be killed in a government-sanctioned, televised game called The Program. The rules: after three days, only one student can remain alive or they all die. Weapons are handed out and each student is sent out into the field alone - unprepared for the horror that awaits them. Contains the chilling first three volumes of the manga series in one blood-soaked volume.

Volumes four through six of the groundbreaking manga series - collected here in one blood-soaked volume. Soccer player Kazushi Niida gets a kick out of "the program" when he decides to think of it as an exhibition game. How many goals will this all-star player make before his time on the field runs out?