I'm Standing on 1,000,000 Lives

## Fandom

***I'm Standing on a Million Lives*** (100万の命の上に俺は立っている, *Hyakuman no Inochi no Ue ni Ore wa Tatte Iru*) is a Japanese manga series written by Naoki Yamakawa and illustrated by Akinari Nao. It has been serialized in Kodansha's *shōnen manga* magazine *Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine* since June 2016. The manga is licensed in North America by Kodansha USA. An anime television series adaptation produced by Maho Film aired from October to December 2020, and a second season aired from July to September 2021.

## Synopsis

Yusuke doesn't care about getting into a good high school. He just wants to get away from people and make it home to his video games. But when he suddenly finds himself in a real-life fantasy game alongside his two gorgeous classmates, he discovers it's not as easy as he thought, especially when there's a headless man "from the future" assigning him missions and his character class is... a farmer. Before long, the unlikely trio find that they're not just battling for their own lives, but for the lives of millions!

(Source: Kodansha USA)

## List of Published Books

### *Novel*

A novel adaptation written by Sawako Kobayashi and illustrated by Nao was published by Kodansha on July 9, 2021.

 ***ISBN*** | 978-4-06-523781-6

### *Manga*

*I'm Standing on a Million Lives* is written by Naoki Yamakawa and illustrated by Akinari Nao. The series began in Kodansha's *Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine* on June 9, 2016. Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual *tankōbon* volumes. The first volume was released on October 7, 2016. As of March 9, 2022, sixteen volumes have been released.

In North America, the series is licensed for English release by Kodansha USA, which releases both in digital (since July 3, 2018) and print (May 28, 2019) formats.

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## Yuusuke Yotsuya

### Affiliation:

* Game Master <God>
* Heroes

### Party:

* Iu Shindo
* Kusue Hakozaki
* Yuka Tokitate
* Keita Torii
* Glenda Carter
* Futashige Habaki

## 「Biographical Information」

### Relatives:

* Unnamed Grandfather
* Unnamed Father
* Unnamed Mother

### Occupation:

Farmer → Cook → Sorcerer *[Creature]* → Blacksmith → Wizard *[Fever]* → Thief → Hunter → Sorcerer *[Creature]*

## 「Voice Actor」

### English VA:

Zeno Robinson

A third-year junior high school student who is super-rational and goes home. He is suddenly sent to another world and ends up fighting alongside girls. He is the third hero (player). Like an adolescent boy, he is interested in girls, but he dislikes humans and prefers to act alone. When I was in the countryside (Kumamoto) before transferring to Tokyo in the winter of 6th grade, I was a mood maker with friends, but for some reason. I hated Tokyo and the people living there he was considered a taciturn man. He treats his companions with honorifics and doesn't try to get involved more than necessary, but he treats people from other worlds and friends from the countryside plainly. He considers Shindo and Hakozaki to be stronger than himself and prioritizes returning them to his original world by clearing the quest.

At first, he hated Torii, saying that he was "*a scum who was deceived and tried to kill people*", but later when he learned about the situation, he decided on his first impression, and because his dislike of humans comes from homophobia. I think it may be okay to admit Torii, who has nothing in common. He listens to Glenda, who has a lot of life experience and quick thinking. Until Glenda joined, he actively worked on quest clearing and problems in other worlds and even did strategy planning by himself, but he tries not to do anything other than the highest priority, Although he is relied on by his friends, he is also evaluated as a weirdo and heretic. He thinks his life should be of fair value, not equal, and he wants all the scum dead, including himself. In addition, he is aware that he is a "Chuunibyou faces kid" whose sense of justice is different from the ethics of the general public, but he has no real feelings and has no intention of changing his behavior. When a new hero joins after me, the game master asks me to meet them in the original world first.

* Despite often being selfish, Yūsuke seems to respect those who work harder than him and are willing to do what he can't/doesn't want to. For instance Iu Shindo and Kusue Hakozaki, in either example Yūsuke respected both of them because they were working harder than him and ultimately do everything to help them.
* Often times he proves to be quite intelligent and calculating and cold, acting rationally and logically. He is the type of person who is willing to make sacrifices if it means achieving the set objective. This can be shown in episode 3 when Yūsuke is faced with the decision to either save Shindou or complete the objective. He of course choose to complete the objective.
* Hakozaki has mentioned that he has a somewhat dark personality, and according to Yuka despite being a "hero" he is quite cruel. This is backed up when to comply with the Game Master's request, he tried to save Yuka from being bullied and destroyed the cell phones of each of the bullies without hesitation and later clarifies that he is willing to hit a woman if necessary. Later, in the luggage arc, Yusuke devised a tactic to kill one of the enemies and psychologically destroy the remaining ones only to make them feel the same anguish and suffering that they had caused.
* Despite his hatred for people, after killing a person for the first time and learning that it was a real person, Yusuke felt quite traumatized and regretful, but he also seems to have a somewhat twisted perspective on human life, as each one has a different value according to him, and there are people who are so useless that they deserve to die.

### Abilities

Yusuke grasped the situation in a short time and showed a high level of adaptability. He's clever, but he's a rationalist individualist, and he'll abandon his comrades if they're in danger or don't care about completing the quest. All heroes that are summoned by the game master have bonus traits that similarities to a game that they are almost set as immortals, respawning after they die, if at least one of them survives until the time limit expires.

Every time they summoned a roulette will spin for them and give the heroes a class that the roulette has been pointed.

 *Wizard (Creature) Rank 10** Obtained in round 4 (Ch:4) after reaching Chef's 10th rank. Ability to use creature magic to speed up or slow down the cellular metabolism of creatures through direct contact. He can also increase or decrease the persuasiveness of his own words and actions.
 *Sorcerer (Creature) Rank 7** Obtained in round 7 (Ch:64) during Mimic Conquest killing Mimics' body parts. The same set of magic as (Creature) Wizard. Ability to use creature magic to speed up or slow down the cellular metabolism of creatures through direct contact. He can also increase or decrease the persuasiveness of his own words and actions. Example: Hiding presence.

## Ending Theme

### ED Composer:

Liyuu

An anime television series adaptation was announced on March 3, 2020. It was produced by Maho Film and directed by Kumiko Habara, with Takao Yoshioka writing the scripts, Eri Kojima and Toshihide Masudate designing the characters, and Ken Ito composing the music. The series aired from October 2 to December 18, 2020, on Tokyo MX and other channels. Kanako Takatsuki performed the opening theme song "Anti world", while Liyuu performed the ending theme song "Carpe Diem." The series ran for 12 episodes. The anime is licensed by Crunchyroll for streaming outside of Asia.

### SEASON 1

* ***Staff***
	+ Original work - Naoki Yamakawa, Akinori Nao
	+ Director - Kumiko Habara
	+ Series composition - Takao Yoshioka
	+ Main character design - Eri Kojima, Toshihide Masudate
	+ Sub Character Design - Yuko Oba
	+ Art director - Satoshi Shibata
	+ Color design - Aki Watanabe
	+ Cinematographer - Yukina Nomura
	+ Editing - Hiromi Komine
	+ 3DCG Director - Tatsuhiko Sugimoto
	+ Acoustic director - Satoshi Yano
	+ Music - Ken Ito
	+ Music Production - Lantis
	+ Music Producer - Terunari Yoshie
	+ Producers - Hiroyuki Aoi, Takahiro Fujii (1st season)
	+ Animation Producer - Yuki Mukai
	+ Animation production - MAHO FILM
	+ Production - "*I'm Standing On A Million Lives* " Production Committee

In Southeast Asia and South Asia, Medialink licensed the anime and streamed it on its Ani-One YouTube channel and iQIYI.

## Ending Theme

### ED Composer:

Kanako Takatsuki (高槻かなこ)

On December 18, 2020, shortly after the first season's finale aired, a second season was announced and aired from July 10 to September 25, 2021. VTuber Kaede Higuchi performed the second season's opening theme song "Baddest", while Kanako Takatsuki performed the second season's ending theme song "Subversive".

### SEASON 2

* ***Staff***
	+ Original work - Naoki Yamakawa, Akinori Nao
	+ Director - Kumiko Habara
	+ Series composition - Takao Yoshioka
	+ Main character design - Kaho Deguchi
	+ Sub Character Design - Yuko Oba
	+ Art director - Satoshi Shibata
	+ Color design - Aki Watanabe
	+ Cinematographer- Yukina Nomura
	+ Editing - Hiromi Komine
	+ 3DCG Director - Tatsuhiko Sugimoto
	+ Acoustic director - Satoshi Yano
	+ Music - Ken Ito
	+ Music Production - Lantis
	+ Music Producer - Terunari Yoshie
	+ Producers - Harumi Sato, Akio Matsuda, Akira Yonezawa, Terunari Yoshie, Keisuke Sato, Tomoyuki Owada, Sumire Ito (2nd season)
	+ Animation Producer - Yuki Mukai
	+ Animation production - MAHO FILM
	+ Production - "*I'm Standing On A Million Lives 2*" Production Committee

On May 18, 2021, it was announced Sentai Filmworks picked up the home video rights.

## External Links

* *I'm Standing on a Million Lives* ─ Official manga website (in Japanese)
* *I'm Standing on a Million Lives* ─ Official English manga website at Kodansha Comics
* *TV Anime "I'm Standing on a Million Lives"* Official Website
* *TV Anime "I'm Standing on a Million Lives"* Official (@1000000\_lives) - Twitter
* *I'm Standing on a Million Lives* ─ Wikipedia **JP**
* *I'm Standing on a Million Lives* ─ Wikipedia **EN**