User blog comment:BloodHunter99/The Hunger Games = Battle Royale/@comment-5480819-20120915092514

Some things that I don't agree with: In The Hunger Games they are crowned victor, but in Battle Royale they escape and are considered fugitives.
 * In both series, 2 of the tributes/students have been crowned victor, against all odds.

They play the same roles. But Katniss and Shuya are very, very different.
 * The characters represent each other and how they are so alike:

The relationship between Katniss and Peeta is not real. Their relationship truly develops after the games are over.
 * The relationship between the main characters in The Hunger Games and Battle Royale. Katniss Everdeen X Peeta Mellark & Noriko Nakagawa X Shuuya Nanahara

The same as your first point. In Battle Royale they are not victors, but fugitives.
 * Both of the main characters in both series are victors of the Games/Program

Only The Hunger Games. They each receive a backpack in Battle Royale, so there are no supplies to fight over. Sure, a lot of them die early on, but that is due to sheer numbers. Obviously, things move much slower when there are fewer contestants remaining.
 * They both have bloodbaths.

They don't, because the protagonists happen not to be the most brutal killers :P
 * The most brutal killers don't win the Games/Program