I'm Standing on a Million Lives
Plot. Yuusuke Yotsuya, Iu Shindo, and Kusue Hakozaki were transported by a mysterious half-faced creature to do his play, asking them quests to complete the game within the duration. As bonus, they are almost set as immortals, respawning after they die, if at least one of them survives until the time limit expires. The trio were joined by 3 people, Yuka Yukitate, Keita Torii and Glenda Carter. They are doing missions and after passing it, they return to real life, but after the next quest appears, they return to the world, with  few years passed since. The mysterious creature, answers any questions they ask every quest finished. And revealed that they were playing in countless alternate worlds and alternating sequences. Media. 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 December 9, 2021, thirteen volumes have been released. In North America, the series is licensed for English release by Kodansha  USA, who releases both in digital (since July 3, 2018) and print (May 28, 2019) formats. Anime. 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. In Southeast Asia and South Asia, Medialink licensed the anime and streamed it on its Ani-One YouTube channel and iQIYI. 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". On May 18, 2020, it was announced Sentai Filmworks picked up the home video rights. Novel. A novel adaptation  written by Sawako Kobayashi and illustrated by Nao was published by Kodansha on July 9, 2021.