In
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit, a new
seinen manga series by Motoro Mase from
VIZ Media, two twenty-somethings are forced to answer this question when they receive an
ikigami or death notice from the Japanese government. They say you can only truly appreciate life when you've come close to death. The fictional Japanese government featured in
Ikigami takes this thought to the next level... perhaps a few steps too far. How? By randomly selecting citizens to die as young adults and only informing them of their fate when they only have 24 hours left to live.
Would you get mad? Be shell-shocked, or become overwhelmed with grief? Would you try to live it up before the end, or try to settle some old scores?