Light Novel 'Shibou Yuugi de Meshi wo Kuu.' Gets TV Anime

by Vindstot
Sep 1, 6:57 AM | 10 Comments

The MF Bunko J Summer School Festival 2024 announced a television anime adaptation of Yuushi Ukai's Shibou Yuugi de Meshi wo Kuu. (Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table) light novel on Sunday. The event also streamed an announcement promo, narrated by voice actress Rie Takahashi.

Ukai began penning the action suspense novel under the MF Bunko J imprint in November 2022, featuring illustrations by Necometal. Kadokawa published the sixth volume on April 25, with the seventh volume planned for a September 25 release. The light novel has a cumulative 230,000 copies of its volumes in print, including digital editions.

Monthly Comp Ace began serializing a manga adaptation by Banzai Kotobuki Daienkai in April 2023. Kadokawa released the second volume on July 25.

Yen Press licensed the light novel in English in July 2023 and released the first volume on June 18. The second volume will go on sale on October 29.

Shibou Yuugi de Meshi wo Kuu. won the Excellence Award at the 18th MF Bunko J Light Novel Newcomer Award in November 2022 and placed second in the Bunkobon category in the 2024 Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! rankings.

Synopsis
Yuki wakes up to find herself in an unfamiliar manor, wearing a maid uniform and lying on a luxurious bed. Soon, she discovers five more girls, all dressed the same as her. This is the Ghost House, and the only way they can survive is to make it through the traps that lie in wait—deadly games full of blowguns, buzz saws, locked rooms, and weapons. It's a hopeless, terrifying situation for everyone there...well, everyone except Yuki. After all, this is her career at seventeen. Do you think that's odd? She would agree. But that's how some people are—they earn their living playing death games. (Source: Yen Press)

Announcement

Novel special site: https://mfbunkoj.jp/rookie/18th-project/shibouyugi/
Novel official X (Twitter): @shibouyugi_

Source: LN News

Shibou Yuugi de Meshi wo Kuu. on MAL

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@NewestPersonHere Oh, this sounds awful. Kaiji wouldn't work if instead of bunch of scummy, past their prime, debt ridden guys it was hot schoolgirls in fetish outfits playing these games. Wasn't Kakeguiri already doing Kaiji with schoolgirls? Shame adults are no longer allowed to be main characters in anime.

Sep 5, 12:46 PM by Antanaru

NewestPersonHere said:
You just described Sword Saint Adel. Woman beating up evil women. But Sword Saint Adel has a ton of ecchi. The protagonist has an oversized chest and butt. >_>
https://j-novel.club/series/sword-saint-adel-s-second-chance

WHOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, ADDED TO MY PLAN TO READ, THANK YOU!!

NewestPersonHere said:
When I mean majority women cast, is a dude leading a bunch of women into combat, kinda like Spy Classroom.

eh... believe it or not, but i dropped that during s2... the villains were mostly guys... like.... MOSTLY.... fucking TURN OFF....

i like sexy as evil women/bad girls as the villains, not dumb 200lb men

i hate when the villains are groups of dudes... like what happened to groups of bad women?

NewestPersonHere said:
Oh yeah, there is an increase in harem isekai nowadays, a lot of them are ecchi.

them being isekai doesn't get me hype though as isekai harems generally aren't as hot as harems of the past :/

NewestPersonHere said:
EDIT: Found Kaiji on MAL since you have not heard of it.
https://myanimelist.net/manga/3572/Tobaku_Mokushiroku_Kaiji

oh this lol

Sep 3, 8:50 PM by EcchiGodMamster

EcchiGodMamster said:
@NewestPersonHere

Never heard of Kaiji

I mean, it's better than nothing I guess, I just really miss female fighting anime and when bad women were far more common :/

Majority female action LN? And what do you mean majority female? Because as you've probably learned if there's a bunch of random men that show up here and there then i don't count it

You just described Sword Saint Adel. Woman beating up evil women. But Sword Saint Adel has a ton of ecchi. The protagonist has an oversized chest and butt. >_>
https://j-novel.club/series/sword-saint-adel-s-second-chance

When I mean majority women cast, is a dude leading a bunch of women into combat, kinda like Spy Classroom.

Oh yeah, there is an increase in harem isekai nowadays, a lot of them are ecchi.

EDIT: Found Kaiji on MAL since you have not heard of it.
https://myanimelist.net/manga/3572/Tobaku_Mokushiroku_Kaiji

Sep 3, 7:33 PM by NewestPersonHere

@NewestPersonHere

Never heard of Kaiji

I mean, it's better than nothing I guess, I just really miss female fighting anime and when bad women were far more common :/

Majority female action LN? And what do you mean majority female? Because as you've probably learned if there's a bunch of random men that show up here and there then i don't count it

Sep 3, 6:00 PM by EcchiGodMamster

@EcchiGodMamster

I heard about this title from other LN readers (both in Japan and outside Japan).

Based on their description, it is more similar to Kaiji.
Difference being they have the best doctors to bring them back to life after they ‘died’ in the death games.
The protagonist Yuuki is not as nice as the dude in Kaiji~

I planned to read this title later next month.

Majority girl LN series are pretty common nowadays.
The next big Kadokawa title has a ton of girls.
https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/322310000071/

Sep 3, 4:51 PM by NewestPersonHere

@EcchiGodMamster For someone who is so extremely picky about titles, it's surprisingly easy to make you happy.

@Antanaru It’s okay, if it has enough fan service and moe, it will quickly find people who will hype it and give high ratings just for the fun.

Sep 1, 10:15 AM by RobertBobert

@JehadKun No idea, I'm going by synopsis and visuals. If you have young girls in maid outfits play a death game, you either get a B-movie like Final Deathstination or what it was called, and laugh at how purposefully dumb and pervy it is, or you get just something dumb you cringe at. I don't think there's any inbetween with a setting like that.

Sep 1, 8:34 AM by Antanaru

FINALLY ANOTHER ALL GIRLS ACTION SERIES

..... but it sounds like they die, so idk how hype i am.... :(

Sep 1, 8:30 AM by EcchiGodMamster

@Antanaru its not good?

Sep 1, 7:56 AM by JehadKun

If it's a B-grade horror ticking some fetishes like HotD, it can be a "dumb fun" guilty pleasure. If it treats itself seriously, it will suck so badly.

Sep 1, 7:28 AM by Antanaru