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LifE

生存―LifE

7.55
Ranked #2,927 · 9,062 readers · 75 favorites
Seinen Drama Mystery
3 volumes · 23 chapters · 1999 - 2000
3 vols · 23 ches · 1999 - 2000

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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)

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