User blog comment:BloodHunter99/The Hunger Games = Battle Royale/@comment-4227319-20121226204343

I'm guessing you haven't read the book because Shinji gets 18th place in the book. There is also one similarity that is really shocking. SO shocking that it in itself screams plagirism. (horrible speller) And that is the bird call. Now the bird call isn't in the Battle Royale movie but it plays a large role in the novel. Basically when Shuya, Noriko and Shogo are in the medical facility, they meet up with Hiroki who is looking for Kotohiki. The trio asks if he wants to join them but he says he must find Kotohiki first. Shogo then tells Hiroki to find her and then tells him to '''light a fricken fire after he hears shogo's bird call. '''sound familiar??? The whole mockingjay thing with Rue and Katniss I found really clever when reading it (I read HG before BR) but then I read BR and almost the exact thing happens. Seriously there are so many disturbing similarities, if BR had originated in the US i doubt HG would have even been published.