Life (Manga)

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Manga
title Life
Original title ラ イ フ
transcription Raifu
country JapanJapan Japan
author Keiko Suenobu
publishing company Kōdansha
magazine Bessatsu Friend
First publication April 13, 2002 - February 13, 2009
expenditure 20th

Life ( jap. ラ イ フ , Raifu ) was a manga series by the Japanese artist Keiko Suenobu , which ran from 2002 to 2009 and from whom Vitamin is also derived. It is aimed at young girls and can therefore be assigned to the Shōjo genre. In its urgency, Life is often compared to mangas such as Confidential Confessions or Eden no Hana .

action

The high school student Ayumu Shiiba is a rather mediocre student. When she learns that her best friend Shinozuka, the best student in the class, wants to go to Nishi High School, Ayumu is ambitious because she would like to go to the same school with her friend. So the two begin to study together. In order to stay awake in the evening while studying, Ayumu often stings himself with the circle. Ayumu's grades eventually get better and better, surpassing those of Shinzouka. She passes the entrance exam; But not Shinozuka, who then breaks up the friendship. Ayumu begins to scratch his arm out of pain .

At Nishi High School, Ayumu befriends her classmate Manami Anzai, but she begins to burden Ayumu with her problems. Manami tries to throw himself in front of a train when her friend Katsumi breaks up with her, but is stopped by Ayumu at the last second. When Ayumu finds out that Manami's ex-boyfriend, a quiet, very good and popular student, is a sadistic pervert who enjoys tying, gagging and causing pain to girls, he lures Ayumu into a trap, tying them up as well and photograph them. With these photos, Katsumi puts pressure on her not to reveal his secret. It gets especially bad for Ayumu when her mother hires Katsumi as a tutor for her. Manami also believes that Ayumu wants to take Katsumi away from her. Therefore, Manami begins to develop hatred of Ayumu. She instigates her classmates to bully Ayumu, which is why the girl is isolated. Nobody believes her when she tells the truth about Katsumi. Katsumi portrays it as if Ayumu is chasing him.

Also in Ayumu's class is Miki Hatori, who is often absent from school and works on the side. Miki is bullied by others and is known as a slut. She is top of the class and the only one who shows compassion for Ayumu. Ayumu eventually finds out that Miki is working because her father is sick and they have almost no money. When Ayumu Miki helps once, she is bullied by the others too.

Publications

Life was published in Japan from issue 5/2002 (April 13, 2002) to 3/2009 (February 13, 2009) in individual chapters in the manga magazine Bessatsu Friend . The Kōdansha publishing house also brought out these individual chapters in 20 edited volumes.

The manga, which has over 2000 pages, is also translated into English and German. The Heyne Verlag published the first twelve anthologies from May 2006 to April 2008 in German every two months. The series was discontinued due to unsatisfactory sales.

Success and Awards

The first 16 volumes sold over 8.5 million times in Japan by February 2008.

The manga was awarded the 2006 Kodansha Manga Prize in the Shōjo category.

filming

Since June 30, 2007, a Dorama film adaptation of the manga has been shown on the Japanese television station Fuji TV . Kii Kitano plays the main role of Ayumu , while Saki Fukuda plays Manami.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Melmoth: Heyne discontinues manga series. AnimeY May 4, 2008; archived from the original on May 13, 2008 ; accessed on December 1, 2013 .
  2. ↑ Report on the magazine's homepage in the Internet Archive ( Memento from September 27, 2008 in the Internet Archive )