On a remote island somewhere off the coast of Japan, the Combat Experiment 68th Program takes place, in which 42 high-schoolers are pitted against one another in a deathmatch with only one victor. Contestants are fitted with an explosive collar which detonates if the wearer tries to take it off or stays in any Forbidden zones, which are slowly announced over the span of the Program.
*Having woken up on a desolate island off the coast of Japan, seen your classmates executed without a second thought for their disobedience, been notified of the bomb collar around your neck which will detonate should you try to stay in a Forbidden Zone, and been given a backpack containing food, water, a map, a compass, a watch, and - most grimly - your weapon, you quickly exit the school and scurry off into the night, narrowly dodging a volley of crossbow bolts as you do. As you look for a spot to hide, you think about what you were instructed to write down, the spine-chilling mantra echoing in your mind.*
***We will kill each other.***
***We will kill each other.***
***We will kill each other.***
***If I do not kill, I will be killed.***
***If I do not kill, I will be killed.***
***If I do not kill, I will be killed.***
*42 REMAIN.*
Shogo Kawada/川田 章吾 [Pre-BR]
Description / Greeting: 496 / 272
Kazuo Kiriyama/桐山 和雄 [Pre-BR]
Description / Greeting: 262 / 166
Shinji Mimura/三村 信史 [Pre-BR]
Description / Greeting: 230 / 249