Life Senjou no Bokura

Description

The serious Ito and the child-like Nishi meet by chance during a single player game of "White Line Game" on the way home from school. Falling in-love, Ito gets frustrated over the fact that they only get to rendezvous on the white line and suddenly kisses Nishi. From high school, college and then to adulthood, a deeply moving work depicting the lives of two men who are madly in love with unchanging feelings within changing realities.

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Official Japanese

Type

Manga

Related Series

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Associated Names

Hai Ta Trên Đường Kẻ Cuộc Đời

Life Senjou no Bokura 2

Life – Mit dir, ans Ende der Zeit (German)

Life – The Road That Leads To You

Life 線上の僕ら

Life 線上の僕ら 2

Life 선상의 우리들

Life, Us from the Line

Life. Caminando Contigo (Spanish)

Life线上的我们

Wędrując linią życia (Polish)

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Latest Release(s)

c.Extra Papers by Jimusho Scans 8 years ago

c.Animate Leaflet by Jimusho Scans 8 years ago

c.Extra (end) by Jimusho Scans 8 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

2 Volume (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Anime Start/End Chapter

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User Rating

Average: 8.7 / 10.0 (326 votes)

Bayesian Average: 8.5 / 10.0

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Last Updated

December 11th, 2024 5:52pm PST - 5 months ago

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Genre

Drama Romance Slice of Life Tragedy Yaoi
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Recommendations

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Author(s)

TOKOKURA Miya

Artist(s)

TOKOKURA Miya

Year

2016

Original Publisher

Houbunsha

Serialized In (magazine)

Hanaoto (Houbunsha)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Renta!

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #700

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Monthly Pos #1891 (No change)

3 Month Pos #2520

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6 Month Pos #4534

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Year Pos #5447

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On 155 wish lists

On 728 completed lists

On 6 unfinished lists

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Heart-warming

by alicele
7 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

The story is told in such a sweet way, using effectively the lifetime to depict a not only romantic but also realistic relationship. Many mangakas tend to overly romanticize their stories, but this one is totally making the characters real, through many periods of their life. After reading this, there’s this bittersweet feeling lingering inside my heart, which makes me so grateful for being able to read the manga.
Of course I cried, because of how beautifully sensei expressed those sad feelings through the characters’ facial expressions. But also, I even cried more because of happiness ?.

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I cried

by livymlee
7 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

I cried hard. And I can count the times I've cried over a book, movie, show, manga on one hand. The art & story and both simple and beautiful, not lacking tho. I got a little attatched in those 5 chapters. I love the way the mangaka showed the passage of time and her repeated themes. Highly recommed for anyone looking for a hit to the feels.

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Worth Losing Your Sleep (and Soul) Over This

by FeyFujoshi
7 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Gwad. I cried. This. This is what gives me hope and pulls me out every time I am drowning in the murky water of yaoi that’s just complete filth with rape, mind-break, gas lighting, etc being peddled as sexually thrilling, and enjoyable. The characters drawn by Miya are strong. They are also weak, lonely, scared, get angry, make mistakes but also recognize them as such, apologize for them, and try to rectify them. Everything isn’t brute force.
The mangaka of Complex sure can learn something from this; how NOT to make every single character an absolute douchebag. Where the seme just forces himself on the uke saying, “I love you”, and wow-wow the uke suddenly loves the seme back.

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Prepare the tissues...

by liontaraki
8 years ago

Rating: N/A

When a BL story ends at a crucial moment and you wish to read more, this manga shows you exactly how things go down. And then you cry. And you cry a lot. The last chapter of the series (not the extra) made me feel very miserable even after I stopped crying. It's ridiculous. Also, before that, the chapter in which they were both 28 yo until they were 36 yo was very impactful and depressing. I literally felt my stomach drop while reading it. There's one thing I can tell about this series: it's so fluffy and engaging, that you end up having too many feels about it. A masterpiece.

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Lifetime of emotions!

by Rebekahs5
8 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I read this gem without first reading the summary (went in blind), so I was very surprised when I realised I was reading a emotional and well written and drawn, slice-of-life yaoi masterpiece! I can't say much without giving away the best parts. So, just please read this. Put everything down, take some time out and enjoy this pure gem. (You won't regret)

P.s: this story showcases stages in the couples life and is a full life story, so although no EVERY minute of their life is shown, I feel IMO, the parts that are, we the right amount and we're excercuted perfectly.

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Not bad

by im_uni
8 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

I've read Hako no Naka, so this one just felt stale for me. It has almost the same ideas, same feel and the same execution. I divide them into four parts (more detailed explanation hidden below)

1 - before the split - Hako - very questionable, This one - OK.
2 - the split - Hako - Incredible, wonderful, the FEELZ, This one - meh.
3 - after the split to the death - Hako - Incredible, wonderful, the FEELZ, This one - meh
4 - after death - Hako - Incredible, wonderful, the FEELZ, This one - meh

So as you can see, Life Senjou no Bokura wins only in the first part, the other 3 are much, much worse. Why? Because this manga is too short to embrace all it wants to, it's too shallow. Essentially, it's Hako no Naka for the weak-hearted and for those who just don't want to read the novel or don't have time, or are repulsed by the certain topics that the novel brings up.

All in all: very much worth a read, but don't expect anything really stellar.
P.S. After Hako no Naka I cried for hours, seriously. After that novel - this just doesn't grab me.

... Last updated 8 years ago

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Warm

by OmNom
8 years ago

Rating: N/A

I wouldn't put this manga into my list of favourites but it certainly did touch me in various ways that's hard to describe. Its execution isn't perfect; I find the way it handled drama a bit clumsy and amateur, but above all that, the emotions it did project are truly genuine and heartfelt and I appreciate that. The ending made me sob real tears, not gonna lie, but then again,

I've never been able to contain myself at the death of a character, so..

Also, I love this author's sense of humour, and her chibi drawings are so cute and hilarious!

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Sweet

by varianthart
8 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

This was very sweet, and unique enough to be interesting. I don't think I was as blown away by it as most seem to be, but it was an enjoyable read. I don't think it spent enough time on any one time frame for me to become that emotionally invested. By the ending, I wasn't emotionally demolished like I have been with some other full life series(like complex) because I didn't feel I really knew the characters or their relationship very well. For me, that's both a plus and a minus, as sometimes I really don't feel like being emotionally demolished.

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Loved it for what it portrayed

by Kan-Chan
8 years ago

Rating: N/A

Honestly, this has been one of the most realistic Yaoi I've read (and first manga I'm even bother taking the time to rate.)

The manga itself was nicely drawn and held a sense of.... comfort? I don't know how to explain it, but it felt warm without the extra fluff that usually comes with it. It tells the tale of two men going through their lives with and without each other. Honestly, it felt rushed to me too, but I also feel that if the mangaka did go deeper into both their lives, it would've been a bit messy. The pace and timeline the mangaka chose, I think highlighted very well what the two men were going through and those 5 chapters already tugged at my heart strings. I think I'd be crying buckets if the mangaka brought more of their lives to the story. Overall, it was a lovely read!

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WAIT UNTIL IT IS SCANNED COMPLETELY

by Himeowchama
8 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

TRUST ME ON THIS. PLEASE. SAVE YOURSELF FROM THE HELL YOU'RE GONNA EXPERIENCE IF YOU AIN'T GUNNA WAIT.

I beg you. Do not read this review if you haven't finish reading the book. Please.

At first, I was peeved on how the story was rushed, but bc of this, the way they separated was really painful for me. I swear, I ALMOST cried. Eugh.

OKOK NOW I KNOW WHY I THINK THE MANGAKA "rushed" THIS. FOR ME, THIS HAS THE ALMOST-PERFECT PACE. BECAUSE OF THE PACE, WE GET TO SEE THE CHANGES OF THE CHARACTER'S ATTITUDE AND HOW THEY TREAT EACH OTHER. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT STILL HAS A SIMILARY THAT WAS CLINGING UNTO THEM EVERYTIME A TIMESKIP HAPPEN. SO EXAMPLE: 17 WAS YOUNG, CAREFREE ETC, 19 WAS CAREFREE, BUT HAS A MATURE TASTE TO IT BC THEY HAD SEX FOR THE FIRST TIME. 21 WAS MORE MATURE BUT WE WEREN'T REALLY SURPRISED, BC IT SHOWED US PROPER PROGRESSION THAT HAPPENED WHEN THEY WERE 19. It's a little hard to explain, but long story short, her way of creating the timeskip has its flaws (it's too short, tbh) but it's also a good way to put us in a feels trip for the 3rd chapter lol

update: I JUST READ THE LAST CHAPTER IN RAW, AND I THINK THAT THIS IS THE MOST REALISTICALLY BEAUTIFUL YAOI MANGA I'VE READ SO FAR. OH GAWD I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START.

//update: I've read chap 5. I'm just going to lay down here and let it destroy me in the most beautiful way imaginable

HOW SHOULD I START. SERIOUSLY, HOW?? SHT THE FEELS IS JUST OVERFLOWING INSIDE ME I CAN'T THINK STRAIGHT. BUT THERE'S ONE THING I LOVED IN THIS MANGA: HOW THE IDEA OF SEX WAS PORTRAYED.

In the first few chapters, it makes us rethink if this is actually a yaoi manga, and not a shounen-ai. We can assume that they first did it in chapter 2 when they were both 19 years old. Ideally. We can only assume because the mangaka never really showed us that they did the deed. So when the mangaka presented their first sex scene in chapter 3, I was excited and devastated when I realized when their sex scene debut was Itou acting up like a cold-hearted scum and Yuuki was too desperate to give pleasure to the both of them. It was a half-assed sex scene, to my relief. When I was reading chapter 5, my heart felt warm for sex in reading yaoi for the first time. In here, Itou expressed how he loved Yuuki through sex, and I felt it (which is surprising because this is yaoi LOLOLOL). I loved how the author's real sex debut of Itou and Yuuki's was heart warming. I loved how the author was romanticizing sex. I loved how the author made me feel the importance of sex with true love. In all honesty, my idea of sex recently kind of went down the drain. Before reading yaoi/smut hetero mangas, my view for sex was an act of something dirty if both parties were nir married. And now, because of reading too much yaoi, I felt that sex can be done with anyone as long as you "love" him. Love as in a momentary feeling. Love that doesn't guarantee a future. But because of this manga and lowkey how sex was portrayed (lowkey bc it's not really their first time having sex), I see sex in a new light. And I never expected it to happen.

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