``The Hunger Games'' junior high and high school students dream of becoming a pop star revolutionary

A story about fighting until you're the last one standing

An Earth where civilization once collapsed, probably due to a nuclear war. Panem is a dictatorial nation born in the North American continent of a devastated world. It is divided into 12 areas based on production industries such as agriculture, livestock, and industry, and the residents and workers are ruled by the autocratic president Snow, who lives an elegant life in the capital, ``Capital'' (Capital literally means ``capital''). ing.

Once a year, ``The Hunger Games'' is held in Panem, where 24 people, one male and one female from each of the 12 districts, are selected to kill each other on an isolated uninhabited island until the last person standing. . Katniss Everdeen, a girl from District 12, is forced to participate in The Hunger Games in place of her sister, who was chosen by lottery. That's the synopsis of the first The Hunger Games movie.

From the time it was published, similarities with Japan's `` Battle Royale '' and Stephen King's `` Long Walk to Death '' and `` Battle Runners '' were noted.

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However, Hiroharu Takami, who made his debut with ``Battle Royale,'' has not written any novels since then, and King wrote these two novels when he was young and brought them to a publisher, but they were rejected. ``A story about fighting until you're the last one standing'' is a subject that stimulates young writers' creative desire to the hilt, and often produces a flurry of works.

In Japan, after ``Battle Royale'', `` Real Onigokko, '' which became a hot topic for better or worse because of its clumsy writing similar to mobile phone novels, became a hit, and ``A story of fighting until the last man is standing'' became ``Death The Game.'' It has been classified as a "thing" and has evolved into The Game and has become a large genre.

What The Hunger Games'' stand out as a ``jewel'' among the ``death The Game '' that is a jumble of stones and gems is that it incorporates media strategy into the work. Will.

The Hunger Games as a reality show