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Life (manga)

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Alternative title:
Life ～人生～ (Chinese (Taiwan))
ライフ (Japanese)
Genres: psychological
Plot Summary: Ayumu Shiiba is studying for the all-important high school entrance exams. She is struggling to get by, but thankfully has help from her best friend Shii-chan, who is at the top of their class. Test results come back and their friendship falls apart when Ayumu sures Shii-chan's scores and gets into her high school of choice while Shii-chan doesn't. Losing Shii-chan is so painful for Ayumu that she starts cutting her wrists for comfort. Hoping for a fresh start, Ayumu arrives at her new high school and finally opens up to a new friend, Manami. Unfortunately, Manami isn't the best role-model, and Ayumu starts to spiral downwards.
Ratings: 54 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 7 votes (sub:3, dub:2, Eng:1, raw:1)
 Excellent: 15 votes (Eng:10, sub:3, raw:1, ?:1)
 Very good: 12 votes (Eng:9, sub:1, ?:1, dub:1)
 Good: 10 votes (Eng:6, sub:3, dub:1)
 Decent: 4 votes (Eng:3, sub:1)
 So-so: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Not really good: 2 votes (Eng:2)
 Weak: 2 votes (Eng:2)
 Bad: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 165 s, rank: #530 (of 6966)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.704 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.882, rank: #1749 (of 7832)
Weighted mean: 7.656 (Very good−), rank: #2118 (of 7832) (seen all: 7.87 / seen some: 8.06 / won't finish: 4.33)
Bayesian estimate: 7.658 (Very good−), rank: #1141 (of 3540)
Number of tankoubon: 20
Chapter titles: We have 77
Vintage:
2002-04-13 to 2009-02-13 (serialized in Bessatsu Friend)
2006-04-11 (North America)
Release dates: We have 75
Links: We have 2
Reviews:
Life GN 2-3 (Jun 4, 2023)
Life GN 1 (Apr 27, 2023)
News: Show:
North American Anime, Manga Releases, June 4-10 (Jun 6, 2023)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, April 2-8 (Apr 4, 2023)
Kodansha USA Licenses Keiko Suenobu's Life, Life 2: Giver/Taker Manga (Mar 1, 2023)
Keiko Suenobu's Crime Suspense Manga Life 2: Giver Taker Gets Live-Action Show (Sep 14, 2022)
'I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level' Anime Unveils 2nd Video. Song Artists, April 10 Debut (Jan 31, 2021)
Keiko Suenobu Launches Life 2 Manga (Apr 24, 2016)
Vertical Adds Stan Lee & Tamon Ohta's Heroman, Keiko Suenobu's Limit Manga (Feb 24, 2012)
Life's Suenobu to Launch Limit Manga on October 13 (Sep 13, 2009)
Tokyopop Confirms Its Kodansha Manga Licenses Have Ended (Update 3) (Aug 31, 2009)
Japanese Comic Ranking, May 4-10 (May 13, 2009)
Japanese Comic Ranking, April 27-May 3 (May 6, 2009)
Japanese Comic Ranking, April 19-26 (Apr 29, 2009)
Japanese Comic Ranking, April 14-20 (Apr 22, 2009)
Tokyopop Discusses End of Its Kodansha Licenses (Jan 6, 2009)
Japanese Comic Ranking, December 16-22 (Dec 24, 2008)
Japanese Comic Ranking, December 9-15 (Dec 17, 2008)
Life, Hataraki Man Manga Added to iPhone's J App Store (Aug 12, 2008)
Japanese Comic Ranking, June 17–23 (Jun 26, 2008)
Japanese Comic Ranking, June 17–23 (Jun 25, 2008)
Japanese Comic Ranking, June 10–16 (Jun 18, 2008)
Japanese Comic Ranking, February 19–25 (Feb 27, 2008)
Japanese Comic Ranking, February 12–18 (Feb 22, 2008)
Singer Cast for Leading Role in Takashi Miike's Yatterman (Dec 15, 2007)
Japanese Comic Ranking, May 16–21 (May 23, 2007)
Japanese Comic Ranking, May 9–15 (May 17, 2007)
Other articles: Show:
The Spring 2023 Manga Guide - LIFE (Apr 26, 2023)
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Graphic novel
    Life (GN 1) 2006-04-11 (from $11.31)
    Life (GN 2) 2006-08-08 (from $3.22)
    Life (GN 3) 2006-12-12 (from $6.93)
    Life (GN 4) 2007-02-27 (from $15.26)
    Life (GN 5) 2007-05-29 (from $6.68)
    Life (GN 6) 2007-09-04 (from $4.06)
    Life (GN 7) 2007-12-11 (from $4.99)
    Life (GN 8) 2008-03-04 (from $9.21)
    Life (GN 9) 2008-06-10 (from $10.99)
    Life (GN 10) 2008-09-09

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Keiko Suenobu
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Kodansha
English staff
English cast
Translation:
Michelle Kobayashi

Editing: Thalia Sutton (Kodansha)
Lettering: Salud Campos Blasco (Kodansha)
(none)
English companies
Licensed by:
Tokyopop
French staff
French companies
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Publisher: Kurokawa
French cast
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Spanish staff
Spanish companies
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Publisher: Norma Editorial (Spain)
Translation: Traducciones Imposibles (Norma Editorial)
Spanish cast
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Italian staff
Italian companies
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Publisher: Planet Manga
Italian cast
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German cast
German staff
Translation:
Dorothea Uberall
(none)
German companies
Publisher: Heyne
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
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