User blog comment:BloodHunter99/The Hunger Games = Battle Royale/@comment-5480819-20120915092514/@comment-5480819-20120915115031

2. Even more so. Noriko was a helpless little girl while Katniss was a hunter who knew what she was doing. Katniss is alot more like Shuya, but still very different.

3. But you still don't know what it really is. In Battle Royale it's a straight up love story.

4. Well, technically 3, since Kawada died outside the arena.

5. Bloodbath is defined in The Hunger Games as the initial battle for the supplies. Unless you define it otherwise, it does not happen in Battle Royale.

6. It's a rather superficial similarity, but yes, I agree.