Love My Life (manga)

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Love My Life
GenreRomance, yuri
Manga
Written byEbine Yamaji
Published byShodensha
MagazineFeel Young
DemographicJosei
Original run20002001
Volumes1
Live-action film
Directed byKōji Kawano
Written byHiroko Kanesugi
Music bynoodles
ReleasedDecember 9, 2006
Runtime96 min.

Love My Life is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ebine Yamaji. It was originally serialized in the josei manga magazine Feel Young from 2000 to 2001,[1] and collected in a single tankōbon volume released on September 8, 2001.[2] The single volume has been translated into Mandarin and released by Taiwan Kadokawa and is available internationally on several Asian online shops like YesAsia.[3] The film based on this manga was produced in 2006, and the DVD was released on May 4, 2007, and was released in the United States by Wolfe Video.[4] It was also shown in Los Angeles on December 2, 2007.[5]

Story[edit]

Ichiko Izumiya is an eighteen-year-old woman who goes to language school in university and works part-time at a music store. She lives with her father, Housei Izumiya, who translates English novels into Japanese for a living. Her mother died seven years before the story begins. Ichiko also has a girlfriend named Eri Joujima. When she comes out as a lesbian to her father, her father shocks her by telling her that both he and her mother are also gay. They had wanted to raise a child, and had agreed to marry in name to raise a child in Japan, while mutually being in their own relationships. The rest of the story shows Ichiko meeting her parents' lovers, her daily life and love with Eri.

Characters / Cast[edit]

Theatrical release poster

Characters in both manga and film, with name of actors in film shown in parentheses)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "LOVE MY LIFE". Kotobank (in Japanese). Digitalio, Inc. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
  2. ^ LOVE MY LIFE[ラブ マイ ライフ] (in Japanese). Shodensha. Archived from the original on August 13, 2007. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
  3. ^ "Buy Love my Life Manga from YesAsia". Retrieved February 10, 2009.
  4. ^ "Wolfe Video - Buy Love My Life from Wolfe Video". Wolfe Video. November 6, 2007. Archived from the original on April 17, 2008. Retrieved November 6, 2007.
  5. ^ "Yuri-Manga-Based Film Love My Life to Screen in L.A." Anime News Network. October 26, 2007. Retrieved November 6, 2007.

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