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Book VS Movie: Presence
In accordance with Kiriyama's position changing in the game his incredible presence is also altered. This in turn directly effects every single person that is playing the game and how they must treat Kazuo when approaching him or coming into contact at all though in many cases he doesn't give them a chance even to guess what his intentions are. (bang bangity bang!)
The book presents the school boy Kiriyama who every other member of the class assumes will partner up with his gang members and attempt to get off the island alive with them. No one suspects any of their classmates as being capable of killing another person or playing the game. Since no one suspects Kazuo as being a threat to them personally they do not worry about whether he is near them or not, rather it's just the general view of avoiding everyone.
After Kazuo's MAC 10 machine gun rattles through the silence of the island people then start fearing the machine gun owner without any idea of who is the one gunning down other students. Whats more the fact that some of those viewed as Kiriyama's friends were killed during the time the machine gun sounds occured many of the classmates more than likely assumed it wasn't Kiriyama who had killed them.
It is not until much later in the game that one by one the students begin to realise Kiriyama is the biggest threat to any of them, many never find this fact out while others do so far too late. He seems to ensure that no one sees who is infact killing the other students (such as when he hides in the bushes when killing the girls on the hill). In all Kazuo can be counted as the mystery killer, unknown by all yet feared.
Movie Kiriyama does not have the element of surprise when it comes to him being a killer. Before the game starts he becomes a known threat when Kitano states he is dangerous. Not only this but the fact he is strange and unknown to the group would suggest to them that they stay far away. Even though both these also went for Shogo there was something about how Kiriyama moved and looked and acted that was much more threatening than Shogo could ever be.
Much like book Kiriyama the movie version meets up with a group at the beginning of the game but this time they are planning to antagonise him despite the warning that he is deadly. The result is the machine gun fire (this time an Uzi) blasting out once more and though, much like the book, no one knows that he is definately the one running around killing everyone it is an obvious assumption to make. This is until he kills Yukiko and Yumiko on the hill in which case he puts himself in plain site of anyone who may be watching.
Conclusion
This is yet another topic that I can not decide between. Both the idea of being a known killer and an unknown one entrances me. But then Kiriyama always has that effect. *gush* There is however something about Kiriyama stepping into the open and not caring who sees him kill the others that is more amazing though. Shows courage but then staying hidden was perhaps a smarter plan. Bah. *torn*