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{{Short description|Japanese manga series by Motoro Mase}}
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| ja_kanji = イキガミ
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| genre = {{ubl|[[Dystopia]]<ref name="finalarc"/>|[[Psychological thriller]]<ref name="finalarc">{{cite web |last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit Manga to Enter Final Arc |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-01-14/ikigami/the-ultimate-limit-manga-to-enter-final-arc |website=[[Anime News Network]] |access-date=August 29, 2018 |date=January 1, 2014}}</ref>|[[Science fiction]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.viz.com/ikigami-the-ultimate-limit |title=The Official Website for Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit |publisher=Viz Media |access-date=November 4, 2017}}</ref>}}<!-- Note: Use and cite reliable sources to identify genre/s, not personal interpretation. Please don't include more than three genres (per [[MOS:A&M]]). -->
| genre = {{ubl|[[Dystopia]]<ref name="finalarc"/>|[[Psychological thriller]]<ref name="finalarc">{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit Manga to Enter Final Arc|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-01-14/ikigami/the-ultimate-limit-manga-to-enter-final-arc|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=August 29, 2018|date=January 1, 2014|archive-date=October 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030110420/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-01-14/ikigami/the-ultimate-limit-manga-to-enter-final-arc|url-status=live}}</ref>|[[Science fiction]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.viz.com/ikigami-the-ultimate-limit|title=The Official Website for Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=November 4, 2017|archive-date=April 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421051032/https://www.viz.com/ikigami-the-ultimate-limit|url-status=live}}</ref>}}<!-- Note: Use and cite reliable sources to identify genre/s, not personal interpretation. Please don't include more than three genres (per [[MOS:A&M]]). -->
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| publisher = [[Shogakukan]]
| publisher = [[Shogakukan]]
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| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher|NA= [[Viz Media]]}}
| demographic = ''[[Seinen manga|Seinen]]''
| demographic = {{Transliteration|ja|[[Seinen manga|Seinen]]}}
| magazine = {{ubl|[[Weekly Young Sunday]] {{noitalic|(2005–2008)}}|[[Big Comic Spirits|Weekly Big Comic Spirits]] {{noitalic|(2008–2012)}}}}
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| volumes = 10
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| volume_list = List of Ikigami chapters
| volume_list = List of Ikigami chapters
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| title = Ikigami: Sairin
| author = Motoro Mase
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| demographic = {{Transliteration|ja|Seinen}}
| magazine = [[Big Comic]]
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| first = September 10, 2021
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| volume_list = List of Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit chapters#Ikigami: Sairin
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* ''[[Ikigami (2008 film)|Ikigami]]'' (2008)
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{{nihongo|'''''Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit'''''|イキガミ|Ikigami|{{lit.}} "Life Paper"}} is a Japanese [[manga]] series written and illustrated by Motoro Mase. The manga was serialized in [[Shogakukan]]'s ''[[Weekly Young Sunday]]'' (2005–2008) and [[Big Comic Spirits|''Weekly Big Comic Spirits'']] (2008–2012). A national prosperity law has been passed in a [[dystopian]] nation resulting in citizens between the ages of 18–24 being randomly selected to die for the good of the nation. These citizens are given 24-hour notification of their impending death. These notifications are known as "ikigami"—the ostensible reason for this system being to help demonstrate the value of life. The manga was adapted into a live-action film titled ''[[Ikigami (2008 film)|Ikigami]]'' in 2008 with Tomoyuki Takimoto as its director.
{{nihongo|'''''Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit'''''|イキガミ|Ikigami}} is a Japanese [[manga]] series written and illustrated by Motoro Mase. The manga was serialized in [[Shogakukan]]'s ''[[Weekly Young Sunday]]'' (2005–2008) and ''[[Big Comic Spirits|Weekly Big Comic Spirits]]'' (2008–2012). A national prosperity law has been passed in a [[dystopian]] nation resulting in citizens between the ages of 18 and 24 being randomly selected to die for the good of the nation. These citizens are given 24-hour notification of their impending death. These notifications are known as "ikigami"—the ostensible reason for this system being to help demonstrate the value of life. The manga was adapted into a live-action film titled ''[[Ikigami (2008 film)|Ikigami]]'' in 2008 with Tomoyuki Takimoto as its director.


==Plot summary==
==Plot summary==
In [[first grade]], all students receive an [[inoculation]]. A small percentage of these inoculations includes a [[nanotechnology|nano]] capsule which via radio-control will kill the receiver somewhere between the ages of 18–24. The government believes that the threat of unexpected death will increase [[prosperity]] and productivity in its citizens. And indeed this increased prosperity is evident, but at a great cost: innocent lives. Citizens who do not agree with the National prosperity law and who publicly voice their opinions are accused of "thought crime."
In first grade, all students receive an [[inoculation]]. A small percentage of these inoculations includes a [[nanotechnology|nano]] capsule which via radio-control will kill the receiver somewhere between the ages of 18 and 24. The government believes that the threat of unexpected death will increase prosperity and productivity in its citizens. And indeed this increased prosperity is evident, but at a great cost: innocent lives. Citizens who do not agree with the National prosperity law and who publicly voice their opinions are accused of "thought crime."


Kengo Fujimoto ([[Shota Matsuda]]) has been recruited by the government as an Ikigami delivery man. Whilst undergoing training he witnesses the "arrest" of a man (also undergoing training to become a deliverer) who commits a thought-crime when he yells to the entire room that the law is wrong and that his older sister died from the ikigami. The film follows Kengo as he delivers Ikigami to three citizens: a rising musician ([[Yuta Kanai]]) debuting in the music industry but struggling with leaving his friend behind as a busker, a shut-in ([[Kazuma Sano]]) who is the son of a council woman ([[Jun Fubuki]]) who supports the law whole-heartedly and attempts to use her son's upcoming death to gain sympathy votes, and a working-class debt collector ([[Takayuki Yamada]]) who is about to take his blind sister ([[Riko Narumi]]) out of the orphanage she lives in now that he is finally financially secure.
Kengo Fujimoto has been recruited by the government as an Ikigami delivery man. Whilst undergoing training he witnesses the "arrest" of a man (also undergoing training to become a deliverer) who commits a thought-crime when he yells to the entire room that the law is wrong and that his older sister died from the ikigami. The film follows Kengo as he delivers Ikigami to three citizens: a rising musician debuting in the music industry but struggling with leaving his friend behind as a busker, a shut-in who is the son of a council woman who supports the law whole-heartedly and attempts to use her son's upcoming death to gain sympathy votes, and a working-class debt collector who is about to take his blind sister out of the orphanage she lives in now that he is finally financially secure.
During the film we discover that thought-crime criminals are most likely [[brainwashing|brain-washed]] and then returned to society, strongly believing in the national prosperity law when they return. Throughout the film Kengo struggles not to commit thought-crimes publicly as he feels that the law is wrong. Towards the end of the film Kengo walks past a school where the [[year one]]s are entering; there are nurses encouraging children to have their inoculations. Kengo sees the man who was taken from his Ikigami deliverance training, standing in a lab coat encouraging the children to get their inoculations, supporting the brainwashing theory.
During the film we discover that thought-crime criminals are most likely [[brainwashing|brain-washed]] and then returned to society, strongly believing in the national prosperity law when they return. Throughout the film Kengo struggles not to commit thought-crimes publicly as he feels that the law is wrong. Towards the end of the film Kengo walks past a school where the [[year one]]s are entering; there are nurses encouraging children to have their inoculations. Kengo sees the man who was taken from his Ikigami deliverance training, standing in a lab coat encouraging the children to get their inoculations, supporting the brainwashing theory.
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==Media==
==Media==
===Manga===
===Manga===
{{See also|List of Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit chapters}}
{{See also|List of Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit chapters{{!}}List of ''Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit'' chapters}}
''Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit'', written and illustrated by Motoro Mase, was serialized in [[Shogakukan]]'s ''[[Weekly Young Sunday]]'' from January 27, 2005,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ヤングサンデー　２／１０|url=http://www.s-book.com/plsql/com2_magcode?sha=1&sho=2703202105&type=s&keitai=0|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|access-date=July 23, 2021|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20050309233515/http://www.s-book.com/plsql/com2_magcode?sha=1&sho=2703202105&type=s&keitai=0|archive-date=March 9, 2005|language=ja}}</ref> to July 31, 2008, when the magazine ceased its publication.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-05-30/shogakukan-confirms-end-of-young-sunday-judy-mags|title=Shogakukan Confirms End of ''Young Sunday'', ''Judy'' Mags|date=2008-05-30|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=18 December 2009}}</ref> The manga continued in Shogakukan's ''[[Big Comic Spirits|Weekly Big Comic Spirits]]'' from September 6, 2008,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-07-30/more-revealed-on-aftermath-of-young-sunday-mag-end|title=More Revealed on Aftermath of ''Young Sunday'' Mag's End|date=2008-07-30|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=18 December 2009}}</ref> and finished on February 6, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「イキガミ」完結、最終10巻はフィギュア付きで3月発売|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/63963|website=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=July 23, 2021|language=ja|date=February 6, 2012}}</ref> Shogakukan collected its chapters in ten ''[[tankōbon]]'' volumes, released between August 5, 2005, and March 30, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_dtl?isbn=4091532810|script-title=ja:イキガミ / 1|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|access-date=18 December 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Ikigami 10 (Young Sunday Comics)|id={{ASIN|4091515363|country=jp}} }}</ref>
''Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit'', written and illustrated by Motoro Mase, was serialized in [[Shogakukan]]'s ''[[Weekly Young Sunday]]'' from January 27, 2005,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ヤングサンデー ２／１０|url=http://www.s-book.com/plsql/com2_magcode?sha=1&sho=2703202105&type=s&keitai=0|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|access-date=July 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050309233515/http://www.s-book.com/plsql/com2_magcode?sha=1&sho=2703202105&type=s&keitai=0|archive-date=March 9, 2005|language=ja}}</ref> to July 31, 2008, when the magazine ceased its publication.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-05-30/shogakukan-confirms-end-of-young-sunday-judy-mags|title=Shogakukan Confirms End of ''Young Sunday'', ''Judy'' Mags|date=May 30, 2008|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=December 18, 2009|archive-date=October 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019005317/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-05-30/shogakukan-confirms-end-of-young-sunday-judy-mags|url-status=live}}</ref> The manga continued in Shogakukan's ''[[Big Comic Spirits|Weekly Big Comic Spirits]]'' from September 6, 2008,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-07-30/more-revealed-on-aftermath-of-young-sunday-mag-end|title=More Revealed on Aftermath of ''Young Sunday'' Mag's End|date=July 30, 2008|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=December 18, 2009|archive-date=June 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624120342/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-07-30/more-revealed-on-aftermath-of-young-sunday-mag-end|url-status=live}}</ref> and finished on February 6, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「イキガミ」完結、最終10巻はフィギュア付きで3月発売|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/63963|website=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=July 23, 2021|language=ja|date=February 6, 2012|archive-date=July 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723121255/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/63963|url-status=live}}</ref> Shogakukan collected its chapters in ten {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}}' volumes, released between August 5, 2005, and March 30, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_dtl?isbn=4091532810|script-title=ja:イキガミ / 1|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|access-date=December 18, 2009}}{{Dead link|date=January 2023|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Ikigami 10 (Young Sunday Comics)|id={{ASIN|4091515363|country=jp}} }}</ref>

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The manga was licensed in North America by [[Viz Media]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-07-25/viz-media-picks-up-miwa-dogs-mase-ikigami-manga|title=Viz Media Picks Up Miwa's ''Dogs'', Mase's ''Ikigami'' Manga|date=July 25, 2008|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=December 18, 2009|archive-date=August 5, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080805141932/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-07-25/viz-media-picks-up-miwa-dogs-mase-ikigami-manga|url-status=live}}</ref> which released the first {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volume on May 12, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=8068|title=Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit, Vol. 1|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|access-date=December 18, 2009|archive-date=November 29, 2009|archive-url=https://archive.today/20091129003833/http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=8068|url-status=live}}</ref> The manga is also licensed in France by [[Asuka (publisher)|Asuka]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asuka.fr/catalogue_serie.php?serie=119|title=Ikigami, Préavis de mort|publisher=Asuka|language=fr|access-date=December 18, 2009|archive-date=December 12, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091212073059/http://asuka.fr/catalogue_serie.php?serie=119|url-status=dead}}</ref> in Spain and Italy by [[Panini Comics]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paninicomics.es/Titulos.jsp?Action=Carica&Id=1171|title=Ikigami|publisher=[[Panini Comics]]|language=es|access-date=December 18, 2009|archive-date=May 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510212633/https://www.panini.es/shp_esp_es/comics.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paninicomics.it/web/guest/collane_dettaglio?id=1206|title=Ikigami|publisher=[[Panini Comics]]|language=it|access-date=December 18, 2009|archive-date=January 8, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100108084823/http://www.paninicomics.it/web/guest/collane_dettaglio?id=1206|url-status=live}}</ref> in Taiwan by [[Sharp Point Press]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spp.com.tw/spp2006/all/asp/search/bookfile.asp?bc=21012511&vch=comic|script-title=zh:死亡預告(01)|publisher=[[Sharp Point Press]]|language=zh|access-date=December 18, 2009|archive-date=December 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216201826/http://www.spp.com.tw/spp2006/all/asp/search/bookfile.asp?bc=21012511&vch=comic|url-status=live}}</ref> in Korea by [[Haksan Culture Company]],<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313112249/http://www.haksanpub.co.kr/comics/c_detail.asp?comics_id=C2000340&comics_sub_id=1|archive-date=March 13, 2007|url=http://www.haksanpub.co.kr/comics/c_detail.asp?comics_id=C2000340&comics_sub_id=1|title=이키가미(The Ultimate Limit) 1권|publisher=[[Haksan Culture Company]]|language=ko|access-date=December 18, 2009}}</ref> in Poland by Hanami,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wydawnictwo.hanami.pl/ikigami1.php|title=Ikigami|publisher=Hanami|language=pl|access-date=October 9, 2010|archive-date=June 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601091701/https://wydawnictwo.hanami.pl/ikigami1.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> and Indonesia by [[Level Comics]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elexmedia.co.id/buku/detail/9789792755664|title=Death's Notice|access-date=May 13, 2013}}</ref>


A sequel manga series titled ''Ikigami: Sairin'' began serialization in Shogakukan's ''[[Big Comic]]'' magazine on September 10, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Motoro Mase's Ikigami Manga Gets New Ikigami Sairin Series in September|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-08-24/motoro-mase-ikigami-manga-gets-new-ikigami-sairin-series-in-september/.176532|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=September 6, 2023|date=August 24, 2021|archive-date=May 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510212904/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-08-24/motoro-mase-ikigami-manga-gets-new-ikigami-sairin-series-in-september/.176532|url-status=live}}</ref> The series is set to reach the climax of its fifth season on May 24, 2024.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Ikigami: Sairin Manga Reaches 5th Season Climax|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-10/ikigami-sairin-manga-reaches-5th-season-climax/.210711|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=May 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510211858/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-10/ikigami-sairin-manga-reaches-5th-season-climax/.210711|archive-date=May 10, 2024|date=May 10, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> Shogakukan published its first volume on June 30, 2022.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:死を予告する「イキガミ」新シリーズ1巻発売、うぇぶりでは前作を無料解放|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/483604|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=May 10, 2024|language=ja|date=June 30, 2022|archive-date=April 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416105325/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/483604|url-status=live}}</ref>
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The manga was licensed in North America by [[Viz Media]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-07-25/viz-media-picks-up-miwa-dogs-mase-ikigami-manga|title=Viz Media Picks Up Miwa's ''Dogs'', Mase's ''Ikigami'' Manga|date=2008-07-25|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=18 December 2009}}</ref> which released the first ''tankōbon'' volume on May 12, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=8068|title=Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit, Vol. 1|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|access-date=18 December 2009}}</ref> The manga is also licensed in France by [[Asuka (publisher)|Asuka]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asuka.fr/catalogue_serie.php?serie=119|title=Ikigami, Préavis de mort|publisher=Asuka|language=fr|access-date=18 December 2009}}</ref> in Spain and Italy by [[Panini Comics]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paninicomics.es/Titulos.jsp?Action=Carica&Id=1171|title=Ikigami|publisher=[[Panini Comics]]|language=es|access-date=18 December 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paninicomics.it/web/guest/collane_dettaglio?id=1206|title=Ikigami|publisher=[[Panini Comics]]|language=it|access-date=18 December 2009}}</ref> in Taiwan by [[Sharp Point Press]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spp.com.tw/spp2006/all/asp/search/bookfile.asp?bc=21012511&vch=comic|script-title=zh:死亡預告(01)|publisher=[[Sharp Point Press]]|language=zh|access-date=18 December 2009}}</ref> in Korea by [[Haksan Culture Company]],<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313112249/http://www.haksanpub.co.kr/comics/c_detail.asp?comics_id=C2000340&comics_sub_id=1|archive-date=13 March 2007|url=http://www.haksanpub.co.kr/comics/c_detail.asp?comics_id=C2000340&comics_sub_id=1|title=이키가미(The Ultimate Limit) 1권|publisher=[[Haksan Culture Company]]|language=ko|access-date=18 December 2009}}</ref> in Poland by Hanami,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wydawnictwo.hanami.pl/ikigami1.php|title=Ikigami|publisher=Hanami|language=pl|access-date=9 October 2010}}</ref> and Indonesia by [[Level Comics]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elexmedia.co.id/buku/detail/9789792755664|title=Death's Notice|access-date=13 May 2013}}</ref>


===Film===
===Film===
The manga was adapted into a live-action film titled ''[[Ikigami (2008 film)|Ikigami]]'' in 2008 with Tomoyuki Takimoto as its director.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-09-30/japanese-box-office-september-27-28-20th-drops-to-no.5 | title=Japanese Box Office, September 27–28: 20th Drops to #5 (Updated) | date=September 30, 2008 | website=Anime News Network | access-date=April 25, 2014}}</ref>
The manga was adapted into a live-action film titled ''[[Ikigami (2008 film)|Ikigami]]'' in 2008 with Tomoyuki Takimoto as its director.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-09-30/japanese-box-office-september-27-28-20th-drops-to-no.5|title=Japanese Box Office, September 27–28: 20th Drops to #5 (Updated)|date=September 30, 2008|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=April 25, 2014|archive-date=September 16, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916041918/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-09-30/japanese-box-office-september-27-28-20th-drops-to-no.5|url-status=live}}</ref>


==Reception==
==Reception==
{{Expand section|Expand with reviews from [[Talk:Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit#Reviews]]|date=December 2009}}
{{Expand section|Expand with reviews from [[Talk:Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit#Reviews]]|date=December 2009}}
The manga was nominated for the [[Angoulême International Comics Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-12-08/manga-nominated-for-awards-at-angouleme-comic-fest|title=Manga Nominated for Awards at Angouleme Comic Fest|date=2009-12-08|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=18 December 2009}}</ref> As of May 2009, it has sold over 1 million copies in Japan.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2009-05-14/viz-media-release-of-new-manga-ikigami/the-ultimate-limit-will-bring-about-questions-of-justice-society-and-the-best-way-to-really-appreciate-life | title=Viz Media's Release of New Manga – Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit Will Bring about Questions of Justice, Society and the Best Way to Really Appreciate Life | date=14 May 2009 | website=Anime News Network | access-date=25 April 2014}}</ref>
The manga was nominated for the [[Angoulême International Comics Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-12-08/manga-nominated-for-awards-at-angouleme-comic-fest|title=Manga Nominated for Awards at Angouleme Comic Fest|date=December 8, 2009|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=December 18, 2009|archive-date=November 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151104164852/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-12-08/manga-nominated-for-awards-at-angouleme-comic-fest|url-status=live}}</ref> As of May 2009, it has sold over 1 million copies in Japan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2009-05-14/viz-media-release-of-new-manga-ikigami/the-ultimate-limit-will-bring-about-questions-of-justice-society-and-the-best-way-to-really-appreciate-life|title=Viz Media's Release of New Manga – Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit Will Bring about Questions of Justice, Society and the Best Way to Really Appreciate Life|date=May 14, 2009|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=April 25, 2014|archive-date=August 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140825185631/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2009-05-14/viz-media-release-of-new-manga-ikigami/the-ultimate-limit-will-bring-about-questions-of-justice-society-and-the-best-way-to-really-appreciate-life|url-status=live}}</ref>


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Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit
Manga volume 1 cover
イキガミ
(Ikigami)
Genre
Manga
Written byMotoro Mase
Published byShogakukan
English publisher
Magazine
DemographicSeinen
Original runJanuary 27, 2005 – February 6, 2012
Volumes10 (List of volumes)
Manga
Ikigami: Sairin
Written byMotoro Mase
Published byShogakukan
MagazineBig Comic
DemographicSeinen
Original runSeptember 10, 2021 – present
Volumes1 (List of volumes)
Live-action film

Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit (イキガミ, Ikigami) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Motoro Mase. The manga was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Young Sunday (2005–2008) and Weekly Big Comic Spirits (2008–2012). A national prosperity law has been passed in a dystopian nation resulting in citizens between the ages of 18 and 24 being randomly selected to die for the good of the nation. These citizens are given 24-hour notification of their impending death. These notifications are known as "ikigami"—the ostensible reason for this system being to help demonstrate the value of life. The manga was adapted into a live-action film titled Ikigami in 2008 with Tomoyuki Takimoto as its director.

Plot summary

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In first grade, all students receive an inoculation. A small percentage of these inoculations includes a nano capsule which via radio-control will kill the receiver somewhere between the ages of 18 and 24. The government believes that the threat of unexpected death will increase prosperity and productivity in its citizens. And indeed this increased prosperity is evident, but at a great cost: innocent lives. Citizens who do not agree with the National prosperity law and who publicly voice their opinions are accused of "thought crime."

Kengo Fujimoto has been recruited by the government as an Ikigami delivery man. Whilst undergoing training he witnesses the "arrest" of a man (also undergoing training to become a deliverer) who commits a thought-crime when he yells to the entire room that the law is wrong and that his older sister died from the ikigami. The film follows Kengo as he delivers Ikigami to three citizens: a rising musician debuting in the music industry but struggling with leaving his friend behind as a busker, a shut-in who is the son of a council woman who supports the law whole-heartedly and attempts to use her son's upcoming death to gain sympathy votes, and a working-class debt collector who is about to take his blind sister out of the orphanage she lives in now that he is finally financially secure.

During the film we discover that thought-crime criminals are most likely brain-washed and then returned to society, strongly believing in the national prosperity law when they return. Throughout the film Kengo struggles not to commit thought-crimes publicly as he feels that the law is wrong. Towards the end of the film Kengo walks past a school where the year ones are entering; there are nurses encouraging children to have their inoculations. Kengo sees the man who was taken from his Ikigami deliverance training, standing in a lab coat encouraging the children to get their inoculations, supporting the brainwashing theory.

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Manga

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See also: List of Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit chapters

Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit, written and illustrated by Motoro Mase, was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Young Sunday from January 27, 2005,[3] to July 31, 2008, when the magazine ceased its publication.[4] The manga continued in Shogakukan's Weekly Big Comic Spirits from September 6, 2008,[5] and finished on February 6, 2012.[6] Shogakukan collected its chapters in ten tankōbon' volumes, released between August 5, 2005, and March 30, 2012.[7][8]

The manga was licensed in North America by Viz Media,[9] which released the first tankōbon volume on May 12, 2009.[10] The manga is also licensed in France by Asuka,[11] in Spain and Italy by Panini Comics,[12][13] in Taiwan by Sharp Point Press,[14] in Korea by Haksan Culture Company,[15] in Poland by Hanami,[16] and Indonesia by Level Comics[17]

A sequel manga series titled Ikigami: Sairin began serialization in Shogakukan's Big Comic magazine on September 10, 2021.[18] The series is set to reach the climax of its fifth season on May 24, 2024.[19] Shogakukan published its first volume on June 30, 2022.[20]

Film

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The manga was adapted into a live-action film titled Ikigami in 2008 with Tomoyuki Takimoto as its director.[21]

Reception

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The manga was nominated for the Angoulême International Comics Festival.[22] As of May 2009, it has sold over 1 million copies in Japan.[23]

References

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  1. ^ a b Loo, Egan (January 1, 2014). "Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit Manga to Enter Final Arc". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on October 30, 2018. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
  2. ^ "The Official Website for Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit". Viz Media. Archived from the original on April 21, 2017. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
  3. ^ ヤングサンデー ２／１０ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on March 9, 2005. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
  4. ^ "Shogakukan Confirms End of Young Sunday, Judy Mags". Anime News Network. May 30, 2008. Archived from the original on October 19, 2023. Retrieved December 18, 2009.
  5. ^ "More Revealed on Aftermath of Young Sunday Mag's End". Anime News Network. July 30, 2008. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 18, 2009.
  6. ^ 「イキガミ」完結、最終10巻はフィギュア付きで3月発売. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. February 6, 2012. Archived from the original on July 23, 2021. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
  7. ^ イキガミ / 1 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved December 18, 2009.[permanent dead link‍]
  8. ^ Ikigami 10 (Young Sunday Comics). ASIN 4091515363.
  9. ^ "Viz Media Picks Up Miwa's Dogs, Mase's Ikigami Manga". Anime News Network. July 25, 2008. Archived from the original on August 5, 2008. Retrieved December 18, 2009.
  10. ^ "Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit, Vol. 1". Viz Media. Archived from the original on November 29, 2009. Retrieved December 18, 2009.
  11. ^ "Ikigami, Préavis de mort" (in French). Asuka. Archived from the original on December 12, 2009. Retrieved December 18, 2009.
  12. ^ "Ikigami" (in Spanish). Panini Comics. Archived from the original on May 10, 2024. Retrieved December 18, 2009.
  13. ^ "Ikigami" (in Italian). Panini Comics. Archived from the original on January 8, 2010. Retrieved December 18, 2009.
  14. ^ 死亡預告(01) (in Chinese). Sharp Point Press. Archived from the original on December 16, 2017. Retrieved December 18, 2009.
  15. ^ "이키가미(The Ultimate Limit) 1권" (in Korean). Haksan Culture Company. Archived from the original on March 13, 2007. Retrieved December 18, 2009.
  16. ^ "Ikigami" (in Polish). Hanami. Archived from the original on June 1, 2023. Retrieved October 9, 2010.
  17. ^ "Death's Notice". Retrieved May 13, 2013.
  18. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (August 24, 2021). "Motoro Mase's Ikigami Manga Gets New Ikigami Sairin Series in September". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on May 10, 2024. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
  19. ^ Mateo, Alex (May 10, 2024). "Ikigami: Sairin Manga Reaches 5th Season Climax". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on May 10, 2024. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
  20. ^ 死を予告する「イキガミ」新シリーズ1巻発売、うぇぶりでは前作を無料解放. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. June 30, 2022. Archived from the original on April 16, 2023. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
  21. ^ "Japanese Box Office, September 27–28: 20th Drops to #5 (Updated)". Anime News Network. September 30, 2008. Archived from the original on September 16, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  22. ^ "Manga Nominated for Awards at Angouleme Comic Fest". Anime News Network. December 8, 2009. Archived from the original on November 4, 2015. Retrieved December 18, 2009.
  23. ^ "Viz Media's Release of New Manga – Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit Will Bring about Questions of Justice, Society and the Best Way to Really Appreciate Life". Anime News Network. May 14, 2009. Archived from the original on August 25, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
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