They’re probably talking about Battle Royal, but the only similarities are that it’s a FFA fight to the death and it’s high school aged kids. And it’s not like such a thing is all that original anyway, so it’s not a stretch that Hunger Games was never influenced by it. The weebs that cry about this are just mad because they think their iteration of a trope is the only valid one.
it’s all a direct ripoff from a japanese book and movie…
Nah, they’re different genres. Hunger games is a power fantasy. Battle Royale is horror.
it’s the exact same story, slightly reframed… and then sequelized
Which one?
Battle Royale
Except Battle Royale is a lot darker.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Royale_(novel)
They’re probably talking about Battle Royal, but the only similarities are that it’s a FFA fight to the death and it’s high school aged kids. And it’s not like such a thing is all that original anyway, so it’s not a stretch that Hunger Games was never influenced by it. The weebs that cry about this are just mad because they think their iteration of a trope is the only valid one.