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“Meguru enters deadly underground gambling to secure surgery for his sister, facing a billion-yen nightmare.”
Life Is Money
ライフ・イズ・マネー
7.03
9,223 rank · 12,433 readers · 149 favorites
Psychological
Drama
Horror
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Synopsis
Meguru enters deadly underground gambling to secure surgery for his sister, facing a billion-yen nightmare.
One billion and death...? To get a surgical bed for his sister, Meguru has chosen to participate in an underground community. Between illegal gambling and games, he will participate in a nightmare. (Source: GanGan Online) Included one-shot: Volume 1: Izime
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 8 sampled reviews
7.3
/10
What 8 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 5
σ 1.85
Agreement
Polarized
σ 1.85 · split reception
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 2.75
Running avg · Jan 2012 → Jan 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “This story starts with the tradgic tale of Meguru sister in need of a $100 million for a hert transplant and how they money was stolen by those who helped him. After this event Meguru finds himself...”
- 9 “With the amount of survival manga out there such as Cage of Eden, this genre of manga has it tough to set itself apart from others especially with respect to the originality of the concept. That...”
- 9 “Everyone who reads manga or watches anime has surely seen a scenario like this. Money on the line, lives on the table: a fight to the death. That's what happens in Life is Money...but it's not how...”
Verbosity
Short · 25%
Medium · 25%
Long · 50%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 16 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 08m approx
- Published Aug 2011 – Oct 2012
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M16664 catalog