デスゲーム

noun

death game

A genre of fiction (manga, anime, games, novels) where characters are forced into a contest or situation in which losing means death. The term is used as a genre label, not for real-life deadly games.

• 最さい近きんのアニメはデスゲームものが多おおい。

  There are many death game anime series lately.

• このマンガはデスゲームの設せっ定ていで、生いき残のこりをかけた心しん理り戦せんが描えがかれている。

  This manga has a death game setting, depicting a psychological battle for survival.