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{{Short description|Japanese manga by Ebine Yamaji}}
{{About|the manga|the Robbie Williams song|Love My Life (song)}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name            = Love My Life
| image           = 
| caption         = 
| ja_kanji        = 
| ja_romaji       = 
| genre           = [[Romance novel|Romance]], [[Yuri (genre)|yuri]]
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| author          = [[Ebine Yamaji]]
| publisher       = [[Shodensha]]
| demographic     = ''[[Josei manga|Josei]]''
| magazine        = [[Feel Young]]
| first       = 2000
| last       = 2001
| volumes         = 1
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = live film
| director        = Kōji Kawano
| producer        = 
| writer          = Hiroko Kanesugi
| music           = [[Noodles (band)|noodles]]
| studio          = 
| released        = December 9, 2006
| runtime         = 96 min.
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}

'''''Love My Life''''' is a Japanese [[manga]] series written and illustrated by [[Ebine Yamaji]]. It was originally serialized in the [[Josei manga|''josei'' manga]] magazine ''[[Feel Young]]'' from 2000 to 2001,<ref>{{cite web|title=LOVE MY LIFE|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/LOVE%20MY%20LIFE-746075|website=[[Kotobank]]|publisher=Digitalio, Inc.|access-date=December 8, 2022|language=ja}}</ref> and collected in a single ''[[tankōbon]]'' volume released on September 8, 2001.<ref>{{cite web |title= |script-title=ja:LOVE MY LIFE［ラブ　マイ　ライフ］ |url=https://www.sun.s-book.net/slib/slib_detail?isbn=4396762550 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070813030236/http://www.s-book.com/plsql/com2_detail?isbn=4396762550 |archive-date=August 13, 2007 |access-date=August 13, 2024 |publisher=[[Shodensha]] |language=ja}}</ref> The volume has been translated into [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]] and released by [[Kadokawa Corporation|Taiwan Kadokawa]] and is available internationally on several Asian online shops like [[YesAsia]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Love My Life (All) |url=http://www.yesasia.com/global/love-my-life-all/1003008246-0-0-0-en/info.html |accessdate=August 13, 2024 |website=YESASIA}}</ref> A film based on the manga was produced in 2006, and the DVD was released on May 4, 2007, and was released in the United States by [[Wolfe Video]].<ref>{{cite web |date=November 6, 2007 |title=Love My Life |url=http://www.wolfevideo.com/products.asp?id=1382 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080417235546/http://www.wolfevideo.com/products.asp?id=1382 |archive-date=April 17, 2008 |accessdate=November 6, 2007 |publisher=[[Wolfe Video]]}}</ref> It was also screened in [[Los Angeles]] on December 2, 2007.<ref name="ANN_lic">{{cite web |last=Loo |first=Egan |date=October 26, 2007 |title=Yuri-Manga-Based Film Love My Life to Screen in L.A. |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-10-26/yuri-manga-based-love-my-life-film-screens-in-l.a |accessdate=August 13, 2024 |publisher=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref>

==Story==
Ichiko Izumiya is an eighteen-year-old woman who studies language at university and works part-time at a music store. She lives with her father, Housei Izumiya, who translates English novels into Japanese for a living. Her mother died seven years before the story begins. Ichiko also has a girlfriend named Eri Joujima. When she comes out as a lesbian to her father, her father shocks her by telling her that both he and her mother are also gay. They wanted to raise a child, and agreed to marry in name to raise a child in Japan, while being in their own respective relationships. The rest of the story shows Ichiko meeting her parents' lovers, living her daily life, and continuing her relationship with Eri.

==Characters / Film cast==
[[Image:Love-my-life-film-poster.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Theatrical release poster]]
*Ichiko Izumiya ([[Rei Yoshii]])
*Eri Joujima ([[Asami Imajuku]])
*Housei Izumiya ([[Ira Ishida]])
*Take-chan ([[Issey Takahashi|Issei Takahashi]])
*Yukako ([[Kami Hiraiwa]])
*Akira ([[Takamasa Suga]])
*Customer at CD Shop ([[Chiharu Kawai]])
*Eri's father (Ken Teraizumi)
*Chinami ([[Naomi Akimoto]])
*Kengo Tachibana ([[Hiroyuki Ikeuchi]])
*Professor Saeko ([[Miyoko Asada]])
*Ichiko's mother ([[Kyoko Koizumi|Kyōko Koizumi]])

==See also==
*[[Rainbow Reel Tokyo|Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{allMovie title|420483}}
*{{IMDb title|qid=Q3837775|id=tt0923779}}
*{{Anime News Network|manga|8892}}
*{{webarchive|date=2013-01-10|url=https://archive.today/20130110171438/http://www.afterellen.com/movies/2007/11/lovemylife|title=AfterEllen review}}

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