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In the story we put ourselves in the shoes of the protagonist Takeda who, finding himself alone without his wife, who died recently from the beginning of the story and his daughter, who disappeared in 1985 and after he himself discovered that he had the same tumor that his wife had, decides suicide but when he was about to do the deed a phone call arrives from Nagato prefecture, his daughter Sawako was found dead buried in a golf course and above all killed by someone unknown. The only thing that stops the father from the reckless act, from that moment on, Mr. Takeda will ... decide to investigate the disappearance of his daughter and discover sides that he did not know due to too much work or to not know due to his too much work and perhaps also out of shyness towards her daughter who had forcefully entered the age of puberty.
It almost seems that the daughter, with the actions described in the diary, in the drawings and in the memories of her, wants to lead her father towards the last day before his disappearance. Sawako is the undisputed protagonist of the three volumes together with her father and she not only ferries him but she admonishes him if she is wrong even if she is invisible.
The psychological game played on both sides is very interesting, both on the part of the killer and on the part of the detective and then the final scene made me speechless which not even detective Conan was able to do.
For me, cancer is the sense of guilt of this father who has neglected his family for work.
The drawing is evocative, that is, it evokes memories of life in the reader and in the protagonist himself with this realistic trait.
My vote for the story is 9, for the drawing 10

Seizon LifE is a pretty good manga. It's fairly simple, but it also allows for a lot of tension. An old man who's dying of cancer tries to investigate his daughter's death before the statute of limitations runs out, which coincides with his estimated time of death. As he investigates, he learns more about his daughter that he neglected long ago. The paper trail is seemingly so sparse, but seeing Takeda always find that next clue is extremely satisfying. The story ramps up the tension smoothly near the end as well. Overall, the plot is great aside from a few conveniences.

The characters are also ... solid, but they're pretty basic. The story does a solid job of characterizing Takeda and his daughter, but most other characters are pretty shallow. Granted, the story is pretty short so most characters can't be given a comprehensive backstory. The point is, the important characters are pretty good, and the others are serviceable.

My main issue with the story is that the whole 'cancer' thing isn't really well-integrated into the story. We don't really see Takeda's condition worsening in a way that could've upped the tension even more.

In terms of the art, it's pretty good. The artstyle is pretty old-fashioned, and I think that works well for the story. The composition is pretty basic, but there were some effective uses of techniques like page turns that elevated the experience.

This review was pretty short, but so is the manga at the end of the day. 7/10 for now, a really good manga. It's a short read too, so I could easily recommend this to about anyone.

I’m a sucker for emotional farewells, revenge stories, and mystery solving. Is it any wonder then that I like Seizon-Life? It hits all the points.

Takeda is a man who succeeded greatly at his career, but he lost just about everything else. He lost his daughter over a decade ago, he then lost his wife to a disease, and now he himself seems on the verge of losing his own life to cancer in six months. He admits, though, that even before he lost those things, he didn’t really care for them. All he ever cared for was his job.

Just when he was about to give ... up and throw even his life away, he receives news that his daughter’s corpse had been found and that the statue of limitations on her murder will expire in six months. Believing that this is a heavenly signal from his daughter, he decides to go look for her murderer when even the police had given up. In the process, he might learn more than just about the murder.

Seizon-Life’s strongest point is that it’s an exciting read made all the stronger by its short length – meaning it doesn’t drag on and the progress moves at a steady pace which easily keeps readers’ interest.

It does require a significant suspension of disbelief, especially when you consider that the crime was committed 14 years ago yet the primary method Takeda used to search is to ask people for information from their memories.

Nonetheless, the story’s mystery aspect helps to keep you interest and Takeda does come to be endearing and one sympathizes with him. Thanks to that, an already short but exciting story becomes that much more short and exciting because I found that, by the end, I didn't really wanted it to end just yet.