Note This is my first review. So please go easy on me if you catch some grammatical errors. Also any feedback would be much appreciated. 3 days of happiness or I sold my lifespan for 10000 yen a year is one of the quickest reads I had all year and its only 16 chapters but within those 16 chapters its able to hit an emotional chord with I think almost anybody to the point that its very very impressive. Were given minimal time with the protagonist yet we have such a significant emotional attachment to him. This is a manga where you can see where the protagonist went wrong and learn from that. Story The premise of this story is this guy who wastes all of his life 30 years of his life in the future. So he ends up deciding to The whole theme and message of this manga are eventually trying to communicate is that you cant put a price on life and whatever time you have on this earth you should make the most of it. So essentially the message of the manga is why have 30 miserable years when you can have three days of happiness...true happiness. Artwork Dialogue The artwork wise is pretty standard I will say nothing terrible but nothing extremely out of the ordinary although it has specific images that are impressive and well done. Its a lot like that. Id say symbolic and abstract in its presentation of the emotions and instead presents them directly through dialogue and expression. And through that dialogue when hes expressing how he feels about certain things or when the observer feels when she says about certain things it hits a different level. Because the concepts and the feeling that they go through loneliness regret guilt remorse grief whatever it may be or expressed in a way that anybody whos ever felt emotion similar to those will ultimately connect. My thoughts I will say that for a 16 chapter story it is still one of the most memorable reads you will ever have and I will never forget the bittersweet ending that it has. Now this is just me speaking to you like person to person just keeping it real here Im incredibly ambitious and Ive always been taught the importance of really making something of your life whether thats not only enjoying your life now leaving behind the legacy. And regardless of what you believe in or what you dont believe in the reality is we do have a limited amount of time on this earth. But the reason why I say this manga is a wakeup call is that I think I have been able to witness a lot of people close to me that I care about really the forget the truth of the fact that you do have a limited time on this earth and you cant just spend years of your life doing nothing when you can go out and try things at times risk things. Im not saying be stupid. Im saying to invest this time in something you might want to do. As someone who hates failure and I mean HATES failure...this manga hit me close to heart. And I guess Im getting a bit personal here with this because that is the real message of the manga 3 days of happiness. Like I said at the beginning of the review that whats the point in having 30 miserable years of your life when you can have three days of happiness but in reality you could have turned those 30 years into 30 years of happiness. I think it all just depends on the work that youre willing to put in for it and the drive you have to make something of your life. You can see the protagonist in specific points of the manga pointing out what he did wrong. And with all of that being said it is truly a story that will benefit anybody who reads it. At the beginning of the manga you see the protagonist asking At the end of the manga you see the old man asking somebody else the same question you should never give it up nor should you allow the higherups determine what value your life means to you you should take life into your own hands and live a life at the end of the day you could look back on and be happy. This manga is one of the shortest reads I had but its been one of the most impactful. Im sorry that I couldnt make some parts spoilerfree. I mean its challenging for me to review a 16 chapter story without spoiling anything.