Life (manga)

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Life
Volume 1 cover
ライフ (Raifu)
Manga
Written by	Keiko Suenobu
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	NA: Tokyopop (expired) Kodansha USA (current)
Magazine	Bessatsu Friend
Demographic	Shōjo
Original run	2002 – 2009
Volumes	20 [1]
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	NA: Kodansha USA
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.^[2]

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.