Taguchi described Shuya as developing a justice-oriented personality like 'the character of a shonen manga.' As Taguchi developed Shuya's pacifistic characteristic, he decided to change the ending and allow for Shuya to spare the soldiers in the boat. In the manga, Masayuki Taguchi altered Shuya's personality so the characters could differentiate themselves, as he believed the serialization of the manga requires more of this aspect than other mediums such as novel and film.

In the original novel, Shuya develops an anger and feels remorseless when he kills soldiers on the boat. In the English manga, he has the nickname 'Shu.' In the manga version he emigrates to the United States. After the death of his best friend Yoshitoki, he vows to protect Yoshitoki's crush, Noriko, in his stead. Shuya is a self-proclaimed 'rock star', listening to and playing rock 'n' roll music in spite of the ban on the genre, his favorite artist is Bruce Springsteen. Consequently, he narrowly escapes death at the hands of his classmates on several occasions. He tries several times to rally fellow students in an attempt to escape, but fails. He is willing to trust others, not wanting to take part in the Battle Royale program. When the rest of his family rejected him, Shuya was put in an orphanage. His father was killed by the government for struggling against the regime, and his mother died while he was in third grade. Assigned weapon: Army Knife (novel and manga) Pot lid (film)īoy #15 Shuya Nanahara ( 七原秋也, Nanahara Shūya, romanized as 'Shuuya' by Tokyopop ) has witnessed a good deal of troubling events throughout his life.

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