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Jinsei (人生, literally “(Human) Life”), subtitled La Bonne Vie (The Good Life in French), is a Japanese light novel series written by Ougyo Kawagishi and illustrated by Meruchi Nanase. Ten volumes were published by Shogakukan from January 2012 to March 2015 under their Gagaga Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation was serialized in Shogakukan’s Monthly Sunday Gene-X magazine from February 2014 to March 2015, and was collected into three tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation by Feel aired from July to September 2014 under the title Life Counselling TV Animation “Jinsei” (人生相談テレビアニメーション「人生」, Jinsei Sōdan Terebi Animēshon “Jinsei”). Funimation licensed the series under the English title Jinsei – Life Consulting.

Characters

Yūki Akamatsu (赤松勇樹, Akamatsu Yūki): Voiced by: Yasuaki Takumi; The main character. A boy with glasses that usually ends up as the straight man when dealing with his club mates at the Life counseling section. He got involved with the club when the president of the journalism club, Ayaka Nikaido, convinced him to join as a way of improving his social interactions.
Rino Endō (遠藤梨乃, Endō Rino): Voiced by: Hiyori Nitta; A girl with glasses and member of the science club. She is very proud of her scientific knowledge, doesn’t like irrational behaviors and tends to give her opinions based on science. She frequently ends up in awkward situations with Yūki (mostly thanks to Ikumi) and seems to have feelings for him, but refuses to acknowledge it. Yūki is not completely unaware of her feelings.
Fumi Kujō (九条ふみ, Kujō Fumi): Voiced by: Moe Toyota; A member of the literature club, she is a sweet and cultured girl, but tends to over think when giving her opinions at counseling. Ikumi usually tries to grope her large bust. She comes from a wealthy and distinguished family. She has trouble speaking to her old fashioned and strict grandfather.
Ikumi Suzuki (鈴木いくみ, Suzuki Ikumi): Voiced by: Ayaka Suwa; A very energetic girl coming from the sports club. She gives the most physical and less deeply thought counseling of the club, but sometimes her counseling complements the other’s. She usually tries to pair Rino with Yuki, but frequently ends up causing awkward situations between the two. She seems to be a bit perverted, as she has groped Fumi’s large bust on one occasion. She always wears spats under her skirt.
Ayaka Nikaidō (二階堂彩香, Nikaidō Ayaka): Voiced by: Rena Maeda; The president of the journalism club and a relative of Yūki. She convinced Yūki of directing the Life counseling section as thanks for helping her keeping her club open. She also seems aware of Rino’s feelings towards Yuki.
Emi Murakami (村上絵美, Murakami Emi): Voiced by: Saori Ōnishi; A girl with pink hair that is the Arts club president. After her club is cancelled because of the lack of members and bonding with Ikumi, she decides to join the Life counseling section as a consultant. She tends to get overly excited when asked to paint something.
Kouta Asano (浅野浩太, Asano Kōta): Voiced by: Showtaro Morikubo; The President of the 1st Division newspaper who creates his own life counseling section in order to force Ayaka join his club. A very narcissistic person who hired students that have similar personalities (but not the same knowledges) as counterparts of the members of the 2nd Division club. After being defeated in a counseling contest with the 2nd Division, he agrees on shutting down his counseling section, but his perversion remains.
Kumi (くみ): Voiced by: Hitomi Harada; Fumi’s counterpart who, just like her has large breasts.
Shino (志乃): Voiced by: Mai Fuchigami; Rino’s counterpart who is also sharp-tonged.
Yoshitaka (よしたか): Voiced by: Hisayoshi Suganuma; Ikumi’s counterpart (and only male counterpart) who is also hyperactive and short.

Media

Light novels

The first light novel volume was published on January 18, 2012 by Shogakukan under their Gagaga Bunko imprint. The tenth and final volume was published on March 18, 2015.

No.	Release date	ISBN
1	January 18, 2012	978-4-09-451318-9
2	April 18, 2012	978-4-09-451335-6
3	August 21, 2012	978-4-09-451359-2
4	December 18, 2012	978-4-09-451382-0
5	May 17, 2013	978-4-09-451412-4
6	November 19, 2013	978-4-09-451449-0
7	February 18, 2014	978-4-09-451467-4
8	June 18, 2014	978-4-09-451493-3
9	October 17, 2014	978-4-09-451516-9
10	March 18, 2015	978-4-09-451541-1

Anime

A 13-episode anime television series adaptation by Feel aired from July 6 to September 28, 2014.

Episode list

No.	Title	Original air date
1	“Counseling” Transcription: “Sōdan” (Japanese: 相談)	July 6, 2014
2	“Reflections” Transcription: “Hansei” (Japanese: 反省)	July 13, 2014
3	“Capital” Transcription: “Shihon” (Japanese: 資本)	July 20, 2014
4	“Summer Things” Transcription: “Natsumono” (Japanese: 夏物)	July 27, 2014
5	“Short” Transcription: “Tanjaku” (Japanese: 短尺)	August 3, 2014
6	“Iida” Transcription: “Īda” (Japanese: 飯田)	August 10, 2014
7	“Beautiful Voice” Transcription: “Bisei” (Japanese: 美声)	August 17, 2014
8	“Word Chain” Transcription: “Shiritori” (Japanese: 尻取)	August 24, 2014
9	“Rejected” Transcription: “Kyakka” (Japanese: 却下)	August 31, 2014
10	“Negative” Transcription: “Insei” (Japanese: 陰性)	September 7, 2014
11	“Application” Transcription: “Ōbo” (Japanese: 応募)	September 14, 2014
12	“Infiltration” Transcription: “Sen’nyū” (Japanese: 潜入)	September 21, 2014
13	“Komohatake” Transcription: “Komo hata” (Japanese: 隠畑)	September 28, 2014

人生
Jinsei
First light novel volume cover, featuring Rino Endō
Genre	Comedy, slice of life
Light novel
Written by	Ougyo Kawagishi
Illustrated by	Meruchi Nanase
Published by	Shogakukan
Imprint	Gagaga Bunko
Demographic	Male
Original run	January 18, 2012 – March 18, 2015
Volumes	10
Manga
Written by	Ougyo Kawagishi
Illustrated by	Seiji Matsuyama
Published by	Shogakukan
Imprint	Sunday GX Comics
Magazine	Monthly Sunday Gene-X
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	February 19, 2014 – March 19, 2015
Volumes	3
Anime television series
Directed by	Keiichiro Kawaguchi
Written by	Naruhisa Arakawa
Studio	Feel
Licensed by	^NA Crunchyroll
Original network	Tokyo MX, ytv, CTV, BS11, AT-X
Original run	July 6, 2014 – September 28, 2014
Episodes	13 (List of episodes)