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Three months after the events of Candle Woods, Yuki plunges back into the world of death games. This time, she’s participating in Scrap Building, a race to escape an unstable, abandoned structure. But to make it out with her life, she must contend with Mishiro, a haughty, pretentious player intent on getting in her way. Time goes by, and Yuki finds herself in a game called Golden Bath, staring down the Wall of Thirty—a curse in the industry where misfortune befalls players around their thirtieth game. Whether the effects of the curse are real, or her awareness of the phenomenon is tripping her up, one thing is for certain—Yuki is in bad shape as she contends with her toughest game yet.

One night, Yuki returns home to find an arrestingly beautiful girl standing outside her apartment building—Tamano, whom she falsely promised to accept as her apprentice during Halloween Night. Now obligated to take her under her wing, Yuki reluctantly begins the process of training Tamano and finds herself growing attached. While this is happening, Yuki reaches out to Rinrin, a retired player who had a successful career as a death game player despite being blind, in the hopes of learning her techniques. Later, Yuki takes on Royal Palace, a game themed around brutal one-on-one sword duels. But with her right eye now completely sightless, will she have any chance of surviving the competition?

In the 2024 edition of Takarajimasha's This Light Novel Is Amazing! (Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!) guidebook, Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table topped the New Title rankings and ranked second in the bunkobon rankings.

BUILDING A LIFE OUT OF DEATHYuki wakes up to find herself in an unfamiliar manor, wearing a maid uniform and lying on a luxurious bed. Soon, she discovers five more girls, all dressed the same as her. This is the Ghost House, and the only way they can survive is to make it through the traps that lie in wait-deadly games full of blowguns, buzz saws, locked rooms, and weapons. It’s a hopeless, terrifying situation for everyone there…well, everyone except Yuki. After all, this is her career at seventeen. Do you think that’s odd? She would agree. But that’s how some people are-they earn their living playing death games.