SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table
死亡遊戯で飯を食う。
At just seventeen, Yuki is a professional death game player. She’s survived enough rounds to know that survival is calculation, not luck—and that failure is final. For most players, the games are a nightmare with no escape. For Yuki, they’re simply business. Yet in a world where rooms turn into graves and every choice could be her last, even experience offers no protection. (Source: Crunchyroll) Note: The first episode aired with a runtime of ~47 minutes as opposed to the standard 24 minute long episode.
SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table is a tv with 11 episodes, from Winter 2026, produced by Studio DEEN, rated 7.1/10 on AniList.
Synopsis
At just seventeen, Yuki is a professional death game player. She’s survived enough rounds to know that survival is calculation, not luck—and that failure is final. For most players, the games are a nightmare with no escape. For Yuki, they’re simply business. Yet in a world where rooms turn into graves and every choice could be her last, even experience offers no protection. (Source: Crunchyroll) Note: The first episode aired with a runtime of ~47 minutes as opposed to the standard 24 minute long episode.
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Tags
- Death Game — Features characters participating in a game, where failure results in death.
- Primarily Female Cast — Main cast is mostly composed of female characters.
- Female Protagonist — Main character is female.
- Tragedy — Centers around tragic events and unhappy endings.
- Philosophy — Relating or devoted to the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence.
- Achronological Order — Chapters or episodes do not occur in chronological order.
- Kuudere — Prominently features a character who generally retains a cold, blunt and cynical exterior, but once one gets to know them, they have a very warm and loving interior.
- Body Horror — Features characters who undergo horrific transformations or disfigurement, often to their own detriment.
- Ojou-sama — Features a wealthy, high-class, oftentimes stuck up and demanding female character.
- Mixed Media — Features a combination of different media and animation techniques. Often seen with puppetry, textiles, live action footage, stop motion, and more. This does not include works with normal usage of CGI in their production.
- Suicide — The act or an instance of taking or attempting to take one's own life voluntarily and intentionally.
- Battle Royale — Centers around a fierce group competition, often violent and with only one winner.