How To Eat Life

Project Status: ACTIVE This project has been updated within the past 3 months.

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How to Eat Life (いのちの食べ方 Inochi no Tabekata) is a light novel written by Eve, Jyumonji Ao, and drawn by Lack. It is based on the song of the same name and follows the main protagonist of the songs, Tobi Otogiri.

Synopsis

The world of music & PVs from famous artist Eve has been turned into a novel! Tobi Otogiri is in the second year of junior high school. He does not get involved with his classmates much and spends his days talking in secret with his partner, Baku, a backpack left behind by a strange One-Eyed Man on the day he and his brother were separated. "You talk to that bag a lot, don't you, Tobi-kun?" However, it is discovered that his secret has been revealed to his classmate, Ryuuko Shiratama. As Tobi's daily life begins to change, an accident occurs in class. It seems that the cause of the accident lies in something "non-human" that only Tobi and Ryuuko are able to see... This is an adventure of one boy's confrontation with reality and the extraordinary, "human" and "non-human" entities more commonly known as "zingai". This is a story of how to eat "life".

Awards

Newcomer MF Bunko J Award of the Year 2022 (1st Place, Paperback Category)

Newcomer MF Bunko J Teenage Category Award 2022 (1st Place)

Tsugirano Award 2022 (1st Place)

Music Videos

The songs based off the light novels can be found below:

• How To Eat Life MV
• Otogiri Tobi - Fight Song MV
• Otogiri Seki - Tokyo Ghetto MV

How To Eat Life by Jyumonji Ao

Volume 1 (Full Text)

How To Eat Life Volume 1 cover

How To Eat Life Volume 1: Illustrations #0 / A Past=. Beyond Prologue: A Past=. Beyond #1 / Horizontal Falling Down Chapter 1: Horizontal Falling Down Chapter 1-2 Otogiri Tobi: Boundary Line Hallucinations Chapter 1-3 Otogiri Tobi: Heaven and Earth Turns Chapter 1-4 Otogiri Tobi: You'll End Up Being Unable to Move #2 / The Bygone Days of Dahlia Chapter 2-1 The Otter: The Story of Senpai and I Chapter 2-2 The Otter: I Didn't Know Anything About You Chapter 2-3 The Otter: A Name that I can't Call #3 / I'd Be There for You Chapter 3-1 Otogiri Tobi: Open the Door Chapter 3-2 Takatomo Miyuki: A Voice That Couldn't Be Heard, Found Chapter 3-3 Otogiri Tobi: Eat. Chapter 3-4 Kon Chiami: The Isolated Girl's Unheard Voice Chapter 3-5 Otogiri Tobi: Someday, At The End Of The World Ebook Bonus Chapter Bonus Chapter - Shiratama Ryuuko: Before He Flies Away

Volume 2

How To Eat Life Volume 2 cover

How To Eat Life Volume 2: Illustrations #0 / Not a Piece of Cake Chapter 0-1 Otogiri Tobi: Who Are You?

Project Staff

• Supervisor: Mishiyirou
• Project Manager: Mishiyirou
• Translators:
  • Mishiyirou (talk) (Active)
• Proofreaders:
  • Pudding (Active)

Project Details & Registration

Translators are asked to message Mishiyirou (talk) beforehand to avoid confusion.

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