Not Lives (ノットライヴス, Notto Raivusu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Wataru Karasuma. The series began publication in ASCII Media Works's Dengeki Daioh magazine in 2011. Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the series for publication in North America.[1][2]

Not Lives
The cover of the first manga volume
ノットライヴス
(Notto Raivusu)
Manga
Written byWataru Karasuma
Published byASCII Media Works
English publisher
MagazineDengeki Daioh
DemographicShōnen
Original runAugust 2011December 2016
Volumes10 (List of volumes)

Synopsis

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Shigeru Mikami (三神 シゲル, Mikami Shigeru) is a high school student who spends his time trying to develop the perfect visual novel video game. When he plays a new game called "[Not Alive]" that he picked up seemingly by accident when he rushed in the subway later on he finds himself pulled literally into the game and out of the flow of time as a "Player". Sharing a form in-game with former-Player-turned-Avatar Kyouka Amamiya (天宮 鏡花, Amamiya Kyōka), Shigeru must participate in a survival game where losing will means that Kyouka Amamiya will die and Mikami Shigeru will become an avatar.[3][4]

Volumes

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The series has been compiled into ten tankōbon volumes,[4] the first of which was published in English in March 2016.[3]

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
Volume 1 27 January 2012[5]978-4-04-886282-029 March 2016[3]978-1-626923-07-2
Volume 2 27 July 2012[6]978-4-04-886846-421 June 2016[3]978-1-626923-11-9
Volume 3 27 February 2013[7]978-4-04-891455-023 August 2016[3]978-1-626923-14-0
Volume 4 27 September 2013[8]978-4-04-891939-527 December 2016[3]978-1-626923-67-6
Volume 5 26 April 2014[9]978-4-04-891455-011 April 2017[3]978-1-626924-56-7
Volume 6 27 August 2014[10]978-4-04-866846-08 August 2017[3]978-1-626925-18-2
Volume 7 27 January 2015[11]978-4-04-869134-52 January 2018[3]978-1-626925-90-8
Volume 8 27 August 2015[12]978-4-04-865291-93 April 2018[3]978-1-626927-25-4
Volume 9 27 February 2016[13]978-4-04-865291-926 June 2018[3]978-1-626928-53-4
Volume 10 17 December 2016[14]978-4-04-892293-725 September 2018[3]978-1-626929-01-2

References

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  1. ^ "Seven Seas Licenses Virtual Gender-Bender Manga Not Lives". Anime News Network. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  2. ^ Green, Scott (29 April 2015). "Seven Seas Licenses "Not Lives" Manga". Crunchyroll. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Not Lives". Seven Seas Entertainment. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  4. ^ a b NOT LIVES ‐ノットライヴス‐ [Not Lives]. Dengeki Daioh (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  5. ^ NOT LIVES -ノットライヴス- 01 [Not Lives 01]. ASCII Media Works (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  6. ^ NOT LIVES -ノットライヴス- 02 [Not Lives 02]. ASCII Media Works (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  7. ^ NOT LIVES -ノットライヴス- 03 [Not Lives 03]. ASCII Media Works (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  8. ^ NOT LIVES -ノットライヴス- 04 [Not Lives 04]. ASCII Media Works (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  9. ^ NOT LIVES -ノットライヴス-05 [Not Lives 05]. ASCII Media Works (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  10. ^ NOT LIVES -ノットライヴス-06 [Not Lives 06]. ASCII Media Works (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  11. ^ NOT LIVES -ノットライヴス-07 [Not Lives 07]. ASCII Media Works (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  12. ^ NOT LIVES -ノットライヴス-08 [Not Lives 08]. ASCII Media Works (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  13. ^ NOT LIVES -ノットライヴス-09 [Not Lives 09]. ASCII Media Works (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  14. ^ NOT LIVES -ノットライヴス-10 [Not Lives 10]. ASCII Media Works (in Japanese). Retrieved 7 February 2017.
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