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How to Eat Life

“Middle schooler Tobi and classmate Ryuuko battle invisible creatures after his magical backpack Baku is exposed.”

How to Eat Life

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Supernatural
2022 - Present · Light novel
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Middle schooler Tobi and classmate Ryuuko battle invisible creatures after his magical backpack Baku is exposed.

Tobi Otogiri, a second-year student in middle school, doesn't spend much time with his peers. Instead, he mostly chats in secret with his pal Baku, a mysterious backpack he received the day he last saw his older brother. Or at least, Tobi thought his chats were secret until a girl in his class named Ryuuko suddenly mentions Baku. Soon, strange things start happening at school, and the two of them realize the cause might be a creature only they can see... Thus begins an adventure blending reality and fantasy, human and nonhuman—a story about life eating life. (Source: Yen Press)

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A Light novel Publication

  • Published Sep 2022 – ongoing
  • Source Light novel media type
  • Ref. BS-M65203 catalog

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