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“Terminally ill father has six months to solve daughter's 14-year-old murder before statute of limitations expires.”
LifE
生存―LifE
7.53
3,009 rank · 9,103 readers · 75 favorites
Seinen
Drama
Mystery
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Synopsis
Terminally ill father has six months to solve daughter's 14-year-old murder before statute of limitations expires.
Takeda is diagnosed with cancer and feels that he has nothing to live for. Hopeless, he decides to end his life. But when he is about to hang himself, the phone rings: the police have just found the corpse of his daughter, Sawako, who disappeared more than 14 years ago. Under Japanese law, the statute of limitations for murder only lasts 15 years. Takeda has only six months left: six months to live, six months to find his daughter's killer and deliver him to the authorities. After 14 years of silence and obscurity, the family ties are reborn... (Source: ANN)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 9 sampled reviews
8.4
/10
What 9 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 10
σ 1.42
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.42 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 1.56
Running avg · Apr 2009 → Nov 2024
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “The mystery surrounding a father searching for his daughter's killer while battling cancer and grief creates a heavy, instantly gripping narrative. While some early English translations were...”
- 10 “The story is indescribably good, featuring hyper-realistic art, impressive 5.1 surround audio, and some of the best characters ever put on paper. While the brilliant villain is defeated too quickly...”
- 7 “Seizon LifE offers a compelling, tension-filled narrative with strong characterization for the leads and an effective, old-fashioned art style. However, the experience is hampered by minor plot...”
Verbosity
Short · 11%
Medium · 56%
Long · 33%
Read Order & Related
A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — LifE begins and ends here.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 23 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 3h 04m approx
- Published Aug 1999 – Jul 2000
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M3636 catalog