“Student sells 30-year lifespan for cash, has 3 months left to find meaning and love.”
Three Days of Happiness
三日間の幸福
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Synopsis
Student sells 30-year lifespan for cash, has 3 months left to find meaning and love.
The grandiose delusions of 20-year-old university student Kusunoki are shattered when he learns that his future will be miserable. Having to sell his personal items to make ends meet, Kusonoki is offered the chance to sell his lifespan to earn some money. But it is revealed he could part ways with his remaining 30 years of life at a paltry rate—which means that he will never find happiness in this life. Rather than endure misery, Kusonoki decides to sell his life expectancy, leaving him with three months to live. Feeling liberated from social norms, he sets a series of goals for himself, one of which is to clarify his feelings for his childhood friend Himeno. Meanwhile, Miyagi, the clerk who bought his lifespan, is sent to monitor his activities in the case that Kusunoki may exhibit anti-social behavior. Although annoyed by Miyagi's constant presence, Kusunoki will do everything he can to find a purpose to his existence in the remaining time that he has left.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 25 sampled reviews
What 25 readers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.21 · split reception
6.3 pts
Recommenders 9.8 · others 3.5
↓ 0.12
Running avg · Aug 2021 → Apr 2026
- 10 “This was the first book I’ve read in a while, and I do believe it is the best book I’ve ever read. This book taught me the meaning of life and how even after life, maybe it’s not so bad. They say...”
- 10 “"I Sold My Life for Ten Thousand Yen per Year." was a manga I was putting in the back of my head for a while in my "reading list". But once I decided to read it, I found that it was adapted from...”
- 9 “The thing that drew me into this light novel was 1). the concept of selling your life for money / giving a persons life a monetary value. 2). the fact that Kusunoki's struggles were relatable and...”
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A Novel Publication
- Format 15 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 00m approx
- Published Dec 2013 – ongoing
- Source Novel media type
- Ref. BS-M53546 catalog