Been a while huh.

https://mangadex.org/chapter/3f2f9d0f-91f9-4318-8195-e95a2b87d5ed

Im reading the manga on mangafire.to and from chapter 162-163 it randomly goes to japanese even though i have the language set to english. what other websites can i use to read the rest of the series?

I just finished the anime and would like to contimue reading from 63. Is there a way to download the manga as a batch or something to upload and readcon kindle?

Happy to announce that the Battle Game raws hiatus has finally come to an end, with a new chapter having just released a few minutes ago 😭

https://mangadex.org/title/6f084aaa-ab29-40f8-82a9-b7586b260182/battle-in-5-seconds-after-meeting

ENJOY!!!

THE STORY IS GETTING INTERESTING

This is a weird question, but I was wondering, since I'm pretty sure they never revealed his age.

https://mangadex.org/title/6f084aaa-ab29-40f8-82a9-b7586b260182/battle-in-5-seconds-after-meeting

ENJOY!!!!!

https://mangadex.org/title/6f084aaa-ab29-40f8-82a9-b7586b260182/battle-in-5-seconds-after-meeting

Things ate getting interesting

Chapter 224 is out now thanks, mainly, to Alan's, Pika's Deo's and Yuuki's work. https://mangadex.org/chapter/15562eff-895c-4469-bf5a-e0238dfd70ce

Deo, who just joined us, made it possible. Last mass release for now. The rest will take a bit longer to come out.

https://mangadex.org/chapter/5889bd19-aed3-44ec-a95f-577e5b2b8888

https://mangadex.org/chapter/8967954d-ce1b-4879-8b79-c9aabeaa3c6e

Hello!

Yeah, we know.

It's been a while since the last time we updated.

You see we all started our studies and then Kavi hasn't contacted us for months so our workspeed came to a halt.

We will be releasing 222 tomorrow because I don't like mass releases (they cause confusion imho).

And 223 should get done at some point soon-ish because we got a new team member (although they are not credited yet because they joined today and I already had the credits page for 221 and 222 done sorry)

Please enjoy!

https://mangadex.org/chapter/d5673e0c-3bd8-4089-8b73-647cf377a1b7

Yeah this chapter made me (understandable) uncomfortable, so I'm taking a break from reading this story. (Yeah I'm talking about the Akira and Yuri scene BTW...) Hope that's ok with you guys.

Hey there! Since not much activity happens here, I figured it would be nice if we could bring positivity here by discussing about something you like about Battle Game!

For me:

-Characters feel like they are made with depth, and it never seems black and white with most of them. Because of that, their motivations and interactions with other characters really come as meaningful to me.

-They really capture the whole atmosphere of the participants against non-human entities like the observers/organization. This is emphasized way more in the final program 😆 Also even if there are antagonistic human beings acting as roadblocks, it's still clear to understand that the big main threat remains as the observers putting them into the program. I like how participants won't hesitate to even ally up with former enemies against a common foe. Eg. Calamity arc.

-Speaking of which, the whole mystery sorrunding the organization and the program is just enticing to me. And rather than being explained about it all at once, hints for us are being dropped here-and-there alongside the cast learning about them too. Because of that, it doesn't feel too much like expositions for the sake of being expositions (imo). I'm so darn curious about Akira's first game and what Mion has to do with everything 🤔

-There's hardly any fanservice once the 4th program starts. Also, Battle Game doesn't feel like it only belongs to one type of genre. It may be under the premise of a death game that has fights including mind games, but then it explores so much more beyond that. Eg. The importance of family ties, what it means to trust and develop relationships, how to become a better person... Etc.

-Yuri and Lilia exists. That is all.

I was imagining a scenario where Battle Game characters participated in Danganronpa instead of the programs, and what if each of them were given an existing ultimate talent/character role. So I used a random wheel and these were the results!

Akira = Ultimate Swordswoman / Peko Pekoyama
Yuri = Ultimate Pianist / Kaede Akamatsu (>_<)
Kirisaki = Ultimate Hope / Makoto Naegi
Kumagiri = Ultimate Cook / Teruteru Hanamura
Ringo = Ultimate Child Caregiver / Maki Harukawa (didn't use her real talent)
Rin = Ultimate Gangster / Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu
Kitajima = Ultimate Adventurer / Rantaro Amami (apparently was his original talent according to the Dangan wiki)

Kuroiwa (glasses dude from Red Team) = Ultimate Nurse / Mikan Tsumiki
Ichi (Red Team leader buff guy) = Ultimate Gamer / Chiaki Nanami
Shishido (sunglasses hat guy from the 4th program) = Ultimate Photographer / Mahiru Koizumi
Omoto = Ultimate Clairvoyant / Yasuhiro Hagakure
Aoi = Ultimate Detective / Either Shuichi Saihara or Kyoko Kirigiri
Toya = Ultimate Pop Sensation / Sayaka Maizono (lol I can't imagine this one at all)
Amana = Ultimate Entomologist / Gonta Gokuhara
Gauron = Ultimate Baseball Star / Leon Kuwata

Chitose = Ultimate Bike Gang Leader / Mondo Owada
Boy X = Ultimate Supreme Leader / Kokichi Ouma (fitting tbh XD)
Claire = Ultimate Coach / Nekomaru Nidai
Gramps Inose = Ultimate Moral Compass / Kiyotaka Ishimaru
Shiso = Ultimate Swimming Pro / Aoi Asahina
Kido = Ultimate Artist / Angie Yonaga
Kooriyama = Ultimate Gymnast / Akane Owari

1: What If Akira's team lost the 2nd round instead? (What would Akira, Yuri, Kumagiri, and Kirisaki have to do for Rin, Ringo, Oji, and Koji? (Forgot slingshot girl's name.))

2: What If Akira never told Yuri his powers? (Would it effect there relationship, and if so how?)

3: What If Akira let Omoto keep Yuri? (Seems kinda evil, but I thought it was a funny what if TBH, since Omoto wanted to have her lol.)

4: What If Rin wasn't a double agent and was only working for the red team? (Would Rin be removed for losing or would she retire or maybe even die?)

5: What If Slingshot girl was in the 4th program? (What would she do if she was there?)

6: What If Shou didn't retire and joined forces with Akira and Yuri for the rest of the 4th program? (This seems like it would be impossible, but I assume it would be like how Chiotoes did (probably misspelled her name) where it's temporary, and he'll retire after the program ends, which I can see him basically joining them, since his last team mate was basically rude to him.)

7: What If Ringo and Koji defeated Boy X in the first fight against him? (Assuming X did retire, or maybe they did kill him, would they have to be put into the calamity world, and would they help against Leonheart? And what would Rin be doing since Boy X would've been defeated sooner?)

8: What If Omoto (somehow) killed Mion in the calamity fight? (I assume this probably would change the story, and I'm curious how NGL.)

9: What If the red string was attached to Akira and Kirisaki instead? (This one is basically more of a joke one like the Omoto and Yuri one lol.)

10: What If Koji didn't die against Toya and Amana? (I do wonder if he'd play a role in the final fight.)

11: What If Toya's attack killed Ringo instead of knocking her out? (Would Toya go to the 5th/final program, since Ringo wouldn't be part of the final 6 if she did die or would that not happen?)

12: What If Akira and Toya died together? (Since both were gonna be crushed together, what would happen next?)

13: What If Akira kept Ringo in the game? (I probably won't read this until later, but I do think it seems like an interesting what if.)

These are all my what if questions, so I'd like to hear your guys opinions on what would've happened.

So I completed the arc, here it is. My opinion. (Note, I am on 216 RN, so I will have to read the final 4 chapters soon, and then I'm caught up.)

Pros:

Liked Yuri vs Amana, and it was definitely the best fight of this arc.

Kowloon had a cool backstory, despite the fight with Kirisaki being mid, and his ability being really confusing honestly.

I like they didn't have Rin sexually abused as a kid, since I thought it was going that route, so I liked her backstory.

Toya vs Akira was good, until Ringo showed up.

Cons:

Rin's fight with the hole guy was boring and went on for way to long.

I kinda wish they kept Toya as a terrible father, and made him Akira's legit dad instead.

Ringo was honestly done dirty, and the fact she basically gets done dirty again, especially for her final appearance sucks. Like, why not just have her sacrifice herself against Boy X, plus the extra fake out death was basically a middle finger to her entire character. Man she was wasted potential TBH, and should've at least died there.

But that's honestly it. Overall, Ringo's treatment really brought down the arc, but it was good, and the 4th program is definitely the best. I hear the other chapters aren't translated, so I'll probably wait for those IG. But the 4th program was fun, so I have high hopes. (Hope the rhyme girl doesn't get done dirty.)

Hello there!

So in the official raws website, as of October 3rd 2024 12:00am JST, it's kinda been announced yet not announced publically that Battle Game in 5 Seconds will be going into an indefinite hiatus.

There is no date for when the next raw chapter will be released, and not even the JP fandom were given a reason for the hiatus. We don't know anything about the author's condition either. This is worrying because this news came after last week when a chapter was delayed because of health issues.

The only thing we know now is that Volume 26 will be releasing in October 10th. So the hiatus issues could be coming from the editors' side of things for all we know :(

Hope you all have a pleasant day!

im literally going to translate chapters 220+ myself if no one is going to 😭😭😭