User blog comment:BloodHunter99/The Hunger Games = Battle Royale/@comment-5480819-20120915092514/@comment-4227319-20121226204942

First of all I have to agree that Noriko and Katniss are very different. But Noriko isn't a helpless little girl at least in the novel (which is the original medium). She actually has a lot of spunk and she kills Kiriyama in the novel. Personally I prefer Noriko over Katniss. For a 16 year old Katniss was very unrealistic, whereas Noriko was much more insecure and relatable like an actual teenage girl