I kinda...LOVE Battle Royale!! Watched the movie about 10 times and I own the first five manga books(planning to get following fives in couple of weeks). I`m also desperately looknig forthe Battle Royale book/novel but I can`t find it in finnish or english...
The best this about Battle Royale is most definitely the emotions it gives you. All that (very little but still..)hope in despair etc. I also like the characters very much and their psychology changes (also the reason why I liked Death Note so much).
Planning to make Battle Royale cosplay (random student, uniform) too in near future based on the movie.