{"id":2787,"date":"2009-05-27T09:18:45","date_gmt":"2009-05-27T13:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=2787"},"modified":"2014-05-19T14:00:23","modified_gmt":"2014-05-19T18:00:23","slug":"ikigami-the-ultimate-limit-vol-1-by-motoro-mase-translated-by-john-werry-english-adaptation-by-kristina-blachere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/ikigami-the-ultimate-limit-vol-1-by-motoro-mase-translated-by-john-werry-english-adaptation-by-kristina-blachere\/","title":{"rendered":"Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit (vol. 1) by Motoro Mase, translated by John Werry, English adaptation by Kristina Blachere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2009\/05\/Ikigami-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-28908\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2009\/05\/Ikigami-1.jpg\" alt=\"Ikigami 1\" width=\"349\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a>Welcome to a chilling debut <a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?s=ikigami%3A+the+Ultimate+limit+%28\">series<\/a>, which introduces readers to a strange new world in which the government knows exactly when you&#8217;re going to die. As children are immunized upon entering school, a random sampling\u00a0of the\u00a0immunization syringes contain exploding capsules which will prove fatal on a predetermined date. Some 24 hours before, the victim receives an <em>ikigami<\/em>, an official death paper. How he or she decides to live that final day make up the series&#8217; haunting episodes.<\/p>\n<p>Young Fujimoto \u2013 who clearly has misgivings about his disturbing new job \u2013 is the Civil Registration Section&#8217;s newest angel of death. His first victim, a bullied young man, chooses violent revenge. His second, an ambitious young singer, gets to perform his ultimate swan song.<\/p>\n<p>What might you do? As creepy as these stories\u00a0are (my hairs are standing on end just typing), I can&#8217;t wait to see what happens to the reluctant Fujimoto and his inevitable\u00a0next victims &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Young Adult, Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2009 (United States)<br \/>\nIkigami 1 \u00a9 Motoro Mase<br \/>\nOriginal Japanese edition published by Shogakukan Inc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to a chilling debut series, which introduces readers to a strange new world in which the government knows exactly when you&#8217;re going to die. 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