Life (manga)
| Life | |
Volume 1 cover | |
| ライフ (Raifu) | |
|---|---|
| Manga | |
| Written by | Keiko Suenobu |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| English publisher |
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| Magazine | Bessatsu Friend |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Original run | 2002 – 2009 |
| Volumes | 20 |
| Television drama | |
| Directed by | Masaki Tanimura Yusuke Kato |
| Produced by | Toshiyuki Nakano |
| Written by | Rika Nezu |
| Music by | Shōgo Kaida Yamazaki Hirokazu |
| Original network | Fuji Television |
| Original run | June 30, 2007 – September 15, 2007 |
| Episodes | 11 |
| Manga | |
| Life 2: Giver/Taker | |
| Written by | Keiko Suenobu |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | Monthly Afternoon |
| Demographic | Shojo |
| Original run | 2016 – 2018 |
| Volumes | 6 |
Life (Japanese: ライフ, Hepburn: Raifu) is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Keiko Suenobu. Life was serialized in Kodansha's shōjo manga magazine Bessatsu Friend. In 2006, it won the Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo.
A live-action drama series, produced by Fuji TV aired in Japan from June 30 to September 15, 2007. A single-volume drama novelization was also created. Like the manga, it was published by Bessatsu Friend and written by Keiko Suenobu; unlike the manga, however, it saw a limited run and is now out of print.