User blog:WraithOfWaffle/Battle Seventeen: Lara Croft (Tomb Raider Reboot) vs. Kazuo Kiriyama (Battle Royale)





Intro
Mankind's savagry has produced some of the most brutal conflicts known to the universe, with some hesitating to join the fray while other fully embrace the violence. Today we bring two warriors representing each side of this sick coin, with one emerging as the true victor! 'Lara Croft! 'The young survivor of Yamatai Island who crashed and had to survive the rough terrain with a psycho and his group of marauders hot on her track! 'Kazuo Kiriyama! 'The participant of the BR Program who fully took in the insanity that surrounded him and took it in his own hands to slaughter his classmates to ensure victory! Endurance, marksmanship, and dexterity will all be tested to determine who is... THE DEADLIEST WARRIOR!

Lara Croft
"A famous explorer once said that the extraordinary is in what we do, not who we are. I'd finally set out to make my mark - to find adventure. But instead, adventure found me. When all seemed lost, I found a truth, and I knew what I must become."

- Lara Croft Fresh from education and in search of lost relics, a 21-year-old  Lara Croft  journeys to an island off the coast of Japan aboard the Endurance, a salvage vessel helmed by Captain Conrad Roth. The  crew had begun their long journey to find the lost Japanese kingdom of Yamatai. While venturing through the Dragon's Triangle, the Endurance is struck by  a violent storm and splits in two, stranding everyone on an isolated island. Lara then found herself separated from the rest of the crew. She was then kidnapped by a savage native but escaped. She then had to start surviving on her own, taking up arms and making use of her incredible agility and instincts. Her time on the Island had transformed her from a naïve, vulnerable girl into a deadly, hardened survivor, willing to take a life when need be and pass any obstacle in her way.


 * This Lara will be around the events of the first game but before the second.

Kazuo Kiriyama
"That's when I tossed a coin. If it came up heads I'd take on Sakamochi... If the coin came up tails, I decided I'd take part in the game"

- Kazuo Kiriyama Kazuo Kiriyama was a ninth grader in a totalitarian Japan where the government instituted a law known as the BR or Battle Royale Act, which states that a randomly selected class of ninth grade students would be sent a remote island, armed with random weapons (anything from an Uzi to a paper fan), and made to kill each other until only one survives. The students are given bomb-collars which will detonate if the attempt to escape, remove the bomb, enter a forbidden "danger zone" The reasoning for this varies between the novel, manga, and film version of the story. In the novel and manga, the act of an alternate totalitarian Japan known as the Republic of East Asia, possibly as an act of retaliation against youth protests or to use the survivors for some sort of military unit (implying the WWII either ended in Axis victory or never happened). In the film, the BR Act is a government retaliation against youth opposition during a period of high unemployment and social unrest.

In either case, Kiriyama's backstory is similar. Kiriyama is a sociopath who suffered from brain damage as a child that made him unable to sympathise or empathize with anyone, and gave him a violent demeanor. Kiriyama volunteers to take part in the Battle Royale for his own amusement. Kiriyama is initially armed with a paper fan (or a moderately more useful tessen war fan in the manga), but manages trick another student in to thinking he is going the ally with him, then disarms him with his bare hands and uses the contestants Uzi to kill him and several others. Kiriyama takes their weapons, arming himself with a a handgun (the model varies between the manga, novel, and film, a wakizashi, two Mk II Fragmentation Grenades. Kiriyama then goes on to kill several others, including two girls who draw attention to themselves attempt to contact the main character and ally themselves with him, a girl named Mitsuko Souma, who is every bit as sociopathic as he is, and a boy who he kills in a particularly gruesome manner, decapitating him with his wakizashi and then placing a grenade in his severed head and throwing it at Shuya Nanahara, Noriko Nakagawa, and Shogo Kawada, the three protagonists of the series. Nanahara and the others escape. Nanahara, Nakagawa, and Kawada confront Kiriyama a final time at the scene his latest murders, a building consumed in flames by the untimely explosion of a car bomb, which Kiriyama's victims intended to use to destroy the building on the island used as a forward base by the government forces in charge of the Battle Royale event. In the film, manga, and novel versions, Kiriyama is finally killed by a different person. In the film, he is killed Shoga Kawada, who shoots him with a SPAS-12 assault shotgun. He is shot with a pistol by Shuya Nanahara in the manga, and shot with a revolver by Noriko Nakagawa in the novel.

Lara Croft
Melee=
 * Ice Axe

Weight: 2 Pounds

Length: 20 Inches

Sharp spike under handle, contains a pick and hammer on the other end

Improvised



Pistol=
 * Beretta 92SB

Capacity: 15 Rounds

50 Meters of Range

Muzzle Velocity: 381 M/S

Caliber: 9x19 Parabellum

Weight: 34 oz



Hand Cannon=
 * Desert Eagle Mark XIX

Capacity: 7 Rounds Per Magazine

50 Meters of Range

Caliber: .50 AE

Muzzle Velocity: 470 M/S

Weight: 4.4 Pounds



SMG=
 * Type-100

Capacity: 30 Rounds

Unknown Range

Caliber: 8x22mm Nambu

Muzzle Velocity: 335 M/S

Weight: 9.7 Pounds

Rate of Fire: 400-850 RPM

Special=


 * Compound Bow

Stealthy

Arrows can be retrieved after being fired

Lara is very skilled with this weapon, arguably her iconic weapon



Gallery=



Climbing pick.jpg|Ice Axe

BerettaM92SB.jpg|Beretta 92SB

Desert Eagle 2.jpg|Desert Eagle Mark XIX

Submachine gun Type 100.jpg|Type-100 SMG

Competitionbow.jpg|Compound Bow

Kazuo Kiriyama
Melee=
 * Wakizashi

Weight: Unknown

Blade Length: 30-60 cm

Single Edged



Pistol=
 * Walther PPK

Capacity: 8 Rounds

Unknown Range

Muzzle Velocity: 244 M/S

Caliber: .32 ACP



Hand Cannon=
 * Colt Python

Capacity: 6 Rounds

Unknown Range

Caliber: .357 Magnum

Weight: 38 to 48 oz

Double Action



SMG=
 * IMI Uzi

Capacity: 32 Rounds

Range: 200 Meters

Caliber: 9x19 Parabellum

Muzzle Velocity: 400 M/S

Weight: 7.7 Pounds

Rate of Fire: 600 RPM

Kazuo tends to spray and pray with this weapon, using it to suppress and strike victims

Special=
 * Mark II Hand Grenade

1.3 Pounds

2 oz of TNT

50 Yard Blast Radius, 5-10 for Fatalities



Gallery=



Black Wakizashi.jpg|Wakizashi

Walther PPK.jpg|Walther PPK

300px-Colt-Python.jpg|Colt Python

Uzi.png|Uzi

M8QVqb92.jpg|Mark II Grenade

Explanations
Training= Kazuo is just some student chosen for the BR Program with no known combat experience or training, so he rates a zero here. On the other hand Lara has been given at least some training in by Conrad Roth, who has an ex-military background.

Edge: Lara Croft



Stealth= Lara has been show to be able to sneak quite well and her bow will help her be a silent killer or at the very least evade Kiriyama. Kazou isn't one to use stealth, especially considering his main weapon is a spraying machine so unless he can get the drop on Lara he's just gonna try and mow her down.

Edge: Lara Croft



Brutality= Kazuo has no remorse for human life, playing in the program as what he perceives as a game and toying with his victims. Lara is a bit more humane and even though she doesn't want to take human lives, she must for her survival.

Edge: Kazuo Kiriyama



Combat Experience= Lara spends the course of the game fighting Solarii Brotherhood member after member, killing dozens of them as they're armed with armor, guns, and arrows. She has also hunted the local wildlife of the island so she has had to use her wits and skills many times. Kazuo's only time in battle has been the BR Program and he doesn't face much resistance, mowing down classmate after classmate.

Edge: Lara Croft



Killer Instinct= Again, Kazuo cares little for the lives of other people. He isn't very hesitant to pull the trigger and will kill anyone in his way. Lara doesn't want to kill, she's simply a survivor who wants her freedom.

Edge: Kazuo Kiriyama



Endurance= Lara has survived the various threats of the island, including enemies, animals, rough weather, and abusive terrain. Kazuo hasn't faced such conditions but he's still capable as a combatant.

Edge: Lara Croft



Physical Strength= Kazuo is slightly taller (the actor who played him is 5'9) to the 5'6 Lara so he's got a physical edge should they enter fisticuffs.

Edge: Kazuo Kiriyama



Agility= Lara has been shown to be very quick and has knowledge in rock climbing so she can quickly flee to cover or a safe area should Kazuo get the upper hand. Kazuo is in very good physical condition but can't do the same things Lara can.

Edge: Lara Croft

Mental Health= Lara has been severely scarred by her time on the island but still retains what makes her human. Kazuo is totally apathetic and doesn't mind murdering people, certainly having a few screws loose.

Edge: Lara Croft

Weapons Edges
Melee= The sword has a wider killing surface and is meant to be a weapon, with Kazuo being quite effective in wielding it with his superior strength. Lara's axe can help her vertical mobility but as a weapon it won't do much for her with it's short range and shorter killing area.

Edge: Kazuo Kiriyama

Pistol= The M92SB blows the PPK out of the water, as it has a superior caliber, greater capacity and range, and larger barrel. The PPK is certainly more portable but it doesn't bring enough raw firepower.

Edge: Lara Croft

Hand Cannon= The Colt may be more accurate but the slow reload sequence of the revolver makes it more deadly to Kiriyama should he have an empty cylinder. The Deagle is a loud, impractical weapon but at least it's better than a revolver in this case.

Edge: Lara Croft

SMG= The Uzi is a robust, more modern SMG that has survived over half a century of combat innovation with solid power and reliability. The Type-100 is an unimpressive relic displaying the mediocre Japanese weapon design of WWII era arms, with small calibers and heavy weight. The Uzi blows this piece of trash out of the water despite Lara's weapon's more practical design possibly helping her aim but everything else dragging it down.

Edge: Kazuo Kiriyama

Special= An odd comparison I know but they somewhat balance each other out. The bow is more silent and Lara is more skilled with it, having a good chance of hitting Kazuo if she enters a good position. The grenades are more loud and deadly with a faster killing power but are single use. Neither really beats the other so it's even.

Edge: Even

Battle
TBW

Expert's Opinion
TBD