?ReLife is one of those series that is hard to tell which is better between the Manga and the Anime series. If I am honest, I actually can't decide. They were both pretty damn amazing and kept the same feeling for me through both adaptations.
I did read the Manga first and from start to finish it is brilliant. How they translated it on to the screen was perfection as well. Sadly though, it is a series I would love to read and watch again without knowing what happens. There are parts that did get me right in the feels, and being the big macho man that I am (lies) it actually made me feel for the characters. I felt their pain and disappointments, but also when things went well I genuinely felt happy for them. Which is something that rarely ever happens to me!
?The story starts with Arata Kaizaki, the 27 year old who is bouncing around between jobs after quitting his first proper job. The responsibilites of being an adult, the nasty and ugly side of corporate life and the sheer harshness of life, really took it's toll on Arata.
One night while returning home from his part time job, Arata is approached by Ryou Yoake, a member of the ReLife Research Institue. Ryou offers Arata a once in a lifetime opportunity, the chance to go back and change his life for the better. All he has to do is take the mysterious pill that this complete stranger is offering him!
?Arata awakens the next day to find that he has changed back into a 17 year old!
Along with this fun discovery, Arata finds that he is now part of an experiment and must pass high school all over again as a transfer student for one year.
He believes that this will be the easiest thing ever, but he soon finds out just how much has changed in the 10 years since he was last in high school.
Anime
Year of release: 2016
Aired: July 2016 to September 2016
Number of seasons: 1
Number of episodes: 13
Studio: TMS Entertainment
Genre: Drama and Romance
Episode run time: 23 minutes
Age rating: PG - 13
My rating: 9.7/10
ReLife: Final Arc
Year of release: 2018
Aired: March 2018
Number of seasons: 1
Number of episodes: 4
Studio: TMS Entertainment
Genre: Drama and Romance
Episode run time: 23 minutes
Age rating: PG - 13
My rating: 9/10
Manga
Year of release: 2013
Aired: October 2013 to March 2018
Number Of Volumes: 15
Chapters: 238
Studio: TMS Entertainment
Genre: Drama and Romance
Author: Sou Yayoi
My rating: 9.7/10
This is a series that I love and can't recommend enough!
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