Three Days of Happiness
Japanese novel
Three Days of Happiness (三日間の幸福, Mikkakan no kōfuku) is a Japanese novel written by Sugaru Miaki and illustrated by E9L. It was published by ASCII Media Works in December 2013. The novel received a manga adaptation titled I Sold My Life for Ten Thousand Yen Per Year (寿命を買い取ってもらった。一年につき、一万円で。, Jumyō o Kaitotte Moratta. Ichinen ni Tsuki, Ichimanen de.) illustrated by Shōichi Taguchi and published by Shueisha on their Shōnen Jump+ platform, and then released in three tankōbon volumes.
Plot
Unable to make ends meet in Japan with his part-time job, 20 year old Kusunoki prepares to sell the last of his possessions. After visiting a library to sell books, the clerk tells Kusunoki of a place where he can sell his lifespan for money. Everything between how impactful someone is to the world and how many people they have affected determine the price of their lifespan. Curious, Kusunoki decides to see the place. There, he meets a mysterious clerk, a girl named Miyagi.
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