Not Lives
{{short description|Japanese manga series}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name = Not Lives
| image = Not Lives, volume 1.jpg
| caption = The cover of the first manga volume
| ja_kanji = ノットライヴス
| ja_romaji = Notto Raivusu
| genre =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| author = Wataru Karasuma
| publisher = ASCII Media Works
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher|NA=Seven Seas Entertainment}}
| demographic = Shōnen
| magazine = Dengeki Daioh
| first = August 2011
| last = December 2016
| volumes = 10
| volume_list = #Volumes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
{{Nihongo|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.{{cite web |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-04-29/seven-seas-licenses-virtual-gender-bender-manga-not-lives/.87652 |title=Seven Seas Licenses Virtual Gender-Bender Manga Not Lives |date=29 April 2015 |website=Anime News Network |accessdate=3 December 2015 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/04/29-1/seven-seas-licenses-not-lives-manga |title=Seven Seas Licenses "Not Lives" Manga |last=Green |first=Scott |date=29 April 2015 |website=Crunchyroll |accessdate=3 December 2015 }}
Synopsis
{{Nihongo|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 {{Nihongo|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.{{cite web |url=http://www.gomanga.com/books/not-lives/661 |title=Not Lives |website=Seven Seas Entertainment |accessdate=3 December 2015 }}{{cite web |url=http://daioh.dengeki.com/contents/notlives/ |script-title=ja:NOT LIVES ‐ノットライヴス‐ |trans-title=Not Lives |website=Dengeki Daioh |language=Japanese |accessdate=3 December 2015 }}
Volumes
The series has been compiled into ten tankōbon volumes, the first of which was published in English in March 2016.
{{Graphic novel list/header
| Language = Japanese
| SecondLanguage = English
| Width = 70%
| LineColor = 1F75FE
}}
{{Graphic novel list
| VolumeNumber = Volume 1
| RelDate = 27 January 2012{{cite web |url=http://asciimw.jp/search/mode/item/cd/B1202450 |script-title=ja:NOT LIVES -ノットライヴス- 01 |trans-title=Not Lives 01 |website=ASCII Media Works |language=Japanese |accessdate=3 December 2015 }}
| ISBN = 978-4-04-886282-0
| LicensedRelDate = 29 March 2016
| LicensedISBN = 978-1-626923-07-2
| LineColor = 1F75FE
}}
{{Graphic novel list
| VolumeNumber = Volume 2
| RelDate = 27 July 2012{{cite web |url=http://asciimw.jp/search/mode/item/cd/311703600000 |script-title=ja:NOT LIVES -ノットライヴス- 02 |trans-title=Not Lives 02 |website=ASCII Media Works |language=Japanese |accessdate=3 December 2015 }}
| ISBN = 978-4-04-886846-4
| LicensedRelDate = 21 June 2016
| LicensedISBN = 978-1-626923-11-9
| LineColor = 1F75FE
}}
{{Graphic novel list
| VolumeNumber = Volume 3
| RelDate = 27 February 2013{{cite web |url=http://asciimw.jp/search/mode/item/cd/311829700000 |script-title=ja:NOT LIVES -ノットライヴス- 03 |trans-title=Not Lives 03 |website=ASCII Media Works |language=Japanese |accessdate=3 December 2015 }}
| ISBN = 978-4-04-891455-0
| LicensedRelDate = 23 August 2016
| LicensedISBN = 978-1-626923-14-0
| LineColor = 1F75FE
}}
{{Graphic novel list
| VolumeNumber = Volume 4
| RelDate = 27 September 2013{{cite web |url=http://asciimw.jp/search/mode/item/cd/311924900000 |script-title=ja:NOT LIVES -ノットライヴス- 04 |trans-title=Not Lives 04 |website=ASCII Media Works |language=Japanese |accessdate=3 December 2015 }}
| ISBN = 978-4-04-891939-5
| LicensedRelDate = 27 December 2016
| LicensedISBN = 978-1-626923-67-6
| LineColor = 1F75FE
}}
{{Graphic novel list
| VolumeNumber = Volume 5
| RelDate = 26 April 2014{{cite web |url=http://asciimw.jp/search/mode/item/cd/312041700000 |script-title=ja:NOT LIVES -ノットライヴス-05 |trans-title=Not Lives 05 |website=ASCII Media Works |language=Japanese |accessdate=3 December 2015 }}
| ISBN = 978-4-04-891455-0
| LicensedRelDate = 11 April 2017
| LicensedISBN = 978-1-626924-56-7
| LineColor = 1F75FE
}}
{{Graphic novel list
| VolumeNumber = Volume 6
| RelDate = 27 August 2014{{cite web |url=http://asciimw.jp/search/mode/item/cd/312132400000 |script-title=ja:NOT LIVES -ノットライヴス-06 |trans-title=Not Lives 06 |website=ASCII Media Works |language=Japanese |accessdate=3 December 2015 }}
| ISBN = 978-4-04-866846-0
| LicensedRelDate = 8 August 2017
| LicensedISBN = 978-1-626925-18-2
| LineColor = 1F75FE
}}
{{Graphic novel list
| VolumeNumber = Volume 7
| RelDate = 27 January 2015{{cite web |url=http://asciimw.jp/search/mode/item/cd/312184300000 |script-title=ja:NOT LIVES -ノットライヴス-07 |trans-title=Not Lives 07 |website=ASCII Media Works |language=Japanese |accessdate=3 December 2015 }}
| ISBN = 978-4-04-869134-5
| LicensedRelDate = 2 January 2018
| LicensedISBN = 978-1-626925-90-8
| LineColor = 1F75FE
}}
{{Graphic novel list
| VolumeNumber = Volume 8
| RelDate = 27 August 2015{{cite web |url=http://asciimw.jp/search/mode/item/cd/321504000037 |script-title=ja:NOT LIVES -ノットライヴス-08 |trans-title=Not Lives 08 |website=ASCII Media Works |language=Japanese |accessdate=3 December 2015 }}
| ISBN = 978-4-04-865291-9
| LicensedRelDate = 3 April 2018
| LicensedISBN = 978-1-626927-25-4
| LineColor = 1F75FE
}}
{{Graphic novel list
| VolumeNumber = Volume 9
| RelDate = 27 February 2016{{cite web |url=http://asciimw.jp/search/mode/item/cd/321510000172 |script-title=ja:NOT LIVES -ノットライヴス-09 |trans-title=Not Lives 09 |website=ASCII Media Works |language=Japanese |accessdate=29 March 2016 }}
| ISBN = 978-4-04-865291-9
| LicensedRelDate = 26 June 2018
| LicensedISBN = 978-1-626928-53-4
| LineColor = 1F75FE
}}
{{Graphic novel list
| VolumeNumber = Volume 10
| RelDate = 17 December 2016{{cite web |url=http://asciimw.jp/search/mode/item/cd/321605000059 |script-title=ja:NOT LIVES -ノットライヴス-10 |trans-title=Not Lives 10 |website=ASCII Media Works |language=Japanese |accessdate=7 February 2017 }}
| ISBN = 978-4-04-892293-7
| LicensedRelDate = 25 September 2018
| LicensedISBN = 978-1-626929-01-2
| LineColor = 1F75FE
}}
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References
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External links
{{Portal|Anime and manga}}
- {{Official website|http://daioh.dengeki.com/contents/notlives/|Not Lives}} at Dengeki Daioh {{in lang|ja}}
- {{Official website|http://www.gomanga.com/books/not-lives/661|Not Lives}} at Seven Seas Entertainment
- {{Ann|manga|17019}}
Category:ASCII Media Works manga
Category:Seven Seas Entertainment titles
Category:Fiction about virtual reality
Category:Fictional video games
Category:Anime and manga about death games
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