ReLIFE

RELIFE

ONA

STATUS
COMPLETE
EPISODES
13
RELEASE
June 24, 2016
LENGTH
24 min

DESCRIPTION

The story follows Kaizaki Arata, a 27-year-old jobless man, who fails at every job interview he had after quitting his last company. His life changes after he met Yoake Ryou of the ReLife Research Institute, who offered him a drug that can change his appearance to 17-years-old and to become a subject in an experiment for one year. Thus, he begins his life as a high school student once more.

CAST

Chizuru Hishiro
Ai Kayano
Arata Kaizaki
Kenshou Ono
An Onoya
Reina Ueda
Rena Kariu
Haruka Tomatsu
Ryou Yoake
Ryouhei Kimura
Kazuomi Ooga
Yuuma Uchida
Honoka Tamarai
Himika Akaneya
Akira Inukai
Noriaki Sugiyama
Kokoro Amatsu
Miyuki Sawashiro
Nobunaga Asaji
Daisuke Namikawa
Saiki Michiru
Shizuka Itou
Rumi Naomi
Minami Takahashi
Koushi Usa
Wataru Hatano
Kento Amagase
Tokuyoshi Kawashima
Zen Kamioka
Kenji Akabane

EPISODES

Dubbed

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MANGA ComedyReLife

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REVIEWS

RadioactiveSnake
75/100
Surprisingly, ReLife is a great and genuine high school anime.
What a surprise honestly, i didn't think much coming into this anime. ReLife is a refreshing twist in a saturated market of High School anime. It takes a more mature look on a rarely seen period in this slice of life genre, which is senior year.

ReLife touches on a good deal of mature subjects you wouldn't expect from a Slice of life anime, while still having its intended charm. The concept of the ReLife drug is interesting and i feel this is what gives this series its refreshing feel. None of the episodes felt like i was being forced too watch them. They all added to the their own characters background which in turn progressed the narrative. The comedy was a good addition too and i found myself genuinely laughing at the confusion that occurs during the first few episodes between Hishiro and Rena. But after that it seemed to tailor off.

Furthermore, its maturity is what surprised me. Senior life is rarely seen in High School anime and with this it plays a great deal with the idea that people shouldn't be afraid of acting "outside the box". Kaiziki's failure to "integrate into society", as his peers perceived, is a common struggle he didn't really realise Senior students would have too. As you'd expect, because of kaiziki's experience as an adult, he gives valuable life lessons and shares some of his regrets of his High School life. It perfectly shows how people going through this awkward period in time shouldn't worry as much and just do what they feel is right. Kaiziki really tries his best in suitable ways to give students advice without becoming too suspicious. Couple this with some realistic fights people actually have with friends, again rarely seen in high school anime, makes ReLife a quality look into Senior life. There were without a doubt moments which made me reflect on my own School life and some resonated with me.

Its story was better than average, but nothing out of the ordinary, but still entertaining. Its really hard to think of any real negatives to say about ReLife, i won't lie. Yes there are some twists you might expect, but their are definitely others that even i didn't account for. The comedy could have been better,the first few episodes did it great but like i said as the series progressed the jokes just felt a bit repetitive. But again, this isn't a comedy anime so its hard to really critique it on this. The ending made some resolutions regarding side characters but with the protagonist it was left wide open. I feel this is purposely done for a second season, which i would happily watch.

While it doesn't do anything revolutionary for its genre, the concept of the ReLife drug at least adds some refreshing elements to this saturated genre. On top of this the relationships the characters have are sincere and develop as the series progresses. This all adds up a very enjoyable series. It could have been much better i feel but it doesn't try to be, even still while its not perfect, its damn well good. I would recommend this anime to people who enjoy the genre, but for people who aren't to keen on slice of life anime's, it doesn't offer much for you. in addition, i recommend people to watch this series at their own pace. For me i binged the whole thing in a day so it wasn't hard at all to finish.

In conclusion, ReLife is a very good High school anime. Period.

~7.5/10
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kuruma
75/100
How you can change yourself by changing others, and letting the results of your actions shape your perspective of life
I have recently completed ReLIFE and it was a really interesting Slice of Life anime with an interesting concept for the genre (from my experience).

It touches on the idea of helping people “finding themselves” again by offering them the possibility of “reliving” their youth again during a one-year period. More specifically, it focus on the end of the high-school and university entrance transition period, which is, on its own, a cool period where different matters from everyday life can be seen and discussed.

I liked the characters a lot and how it managed to blend in both comedy and more “emotional” scenes perfectly, gradually becoming more and more “mature and emotional”, almost following the character's evolution as the story progressed.

It showed us how important it can be for us to stand for what we believe in and for us to act according to our own sense of justice, and, while the consequences of doing so can appear to be daunting and bad in the short-term, we learn that, somehow, for some reason, we can always take out something good and positive from acting according to our own beliefs. It's a way of making people believe more in themselves and making people believe that each individual's own actions can always have an impact on others.

Ultimately, it's an anime about the strength of the individual versus “the world”, and an anime about how being always truthful and honest in such a “harsh” world can always bring you something good in the end, and I think it was a great message to deliver in an anime of this kind of thematic.

Regarding the series execution itself, I averaged the score at an 7.60, because while nothing stood out that much “per se”, the whole story, characters and underlying message (in my eyes ofc) end up combining really well to deliver an interesting show that can make you both laugh and think about how life and relationships around evolve based on your actions.

Also, to conclude this short review, I'd just like to express my own opinion on how cool it was to have the 13 episodes released in one go :D
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Remiak
80/100
A grown man going back to school in an attempt to grow up into a better adult.

"Highschool sucks." - Almost every single highschool student ever.

There is a fairly high chance these years will become the worst time of your life as you live them, but there is also a high chance you won't appreciate many of the good things that happened right until that moment late at night on your friend's front lawn right after prom night.

What will you think then?

Was it worth it? Did you learn something useful in those 5 years? Does the good things outweigh the bad ones? Are you ready to face the world as an adult and take responsibility for your own life and actions?

Everyone has their own answers, i have my own, but there is a question that nobody really asks themselves because it would be impossible to really do: If given the chance, would you do it again?

But real life is boring.

ReLife is a company that gives a select number of subjects exactly that, a chance at reliving a year of their teenage in an attempt to give them a chance to correct things they regret doing or not doing during their youth so they may then change into better adults.

One of the most important things this show mentions is how much the sudden change of routine can affect your life, being forced by your parents to go to school every day may seem annoying but there is where your friends will be. As an adult nobody can really force you to go to work but yourself and co-workers wont necessarily become your friends, especially if it's a competitive work environment.

ReLife is a company that doesn't just pick whatever random floor-looker in the streets to give their wonder-drugs to, they have specially trained personnel that will choose very specific individuals with various personal problems and will only contact them and offer them the blue pill when they are left with no options, much like the protagonist.

Kaizaki Arata is basically what i fear to become once i'm out of the university (there is no such thing as college here), someone with no real ambition in life, no further goals after college that just graduates and tries to get a job for the sake of getting payed to stay alive. While he does manage to land a half-way decent job he ruins it all after just a few months for trying to stand for his ideal of justice and trying to defend someone he cares for against the ever-circling office vultures. He quits this job in a rage after failing to defend this person (and making things worse in fact), forever staining his resume and making him unable to land a full-time job anywhere

He didn't act like an adult.

Someone at ReLife Chooses him as subject 002, someone with potential to be of high value to society and they give him the chance to be a senior year Highschool student for a whole year, and while the real objective of the experiment isn't completely clear the representatives insist on the users of the blue-pill to use this chance to change their life.

Just about everyone would take a chance like this, particularly when you are offered all your expenses to be 100% covered by the company and a possible job position after the experiment, even if you are pretty much being given a pill with no markings of any sort, in a back alley, late at night...

The implications of having a 17 years-old-looking 27 years-old man being implanted as a transfer student in highschool are quite rich and very entertaining to watch, although i must say im a bit inclined towards liking this anime a bit much since it hits home for me, as i can identify myself with many of the situations in the series.

"What? phones didn't have touch screens when you were in highchool? OMG"

Yeah well, i didn't really have a phone with a color screen until i was in 7th grade and back then you could only make calls from certain parts of the city, if you wanted to send a mail from your phone you would have hit "send" and toss the phone high up into the air and hope it send it. Also, internet in your phone=dream.

Kaizaki Arata is surprised to find out that while things haven't really changed much since he was a highschool senior 10 years back, and others like technology, have evolved so much that things that were obvious and common to him are now unknown or archaic to his new classmates.

.#Nokia4Life

While initially he intends to just live off ReLife for the following year, being nothing more than a background character doing nothing to stand out he quickly enough is reminded of a very simple fact a lot of adults seem to forget: Teenagers are humans too, and as such, the possibility of interaction is unavoidable when placed on even ground.

So he instantly gets involved, and instantly lands new friends. Being a grown-ass adult he cant help but to worry for his new friends and attempt to help them as much as possible to the point of acting patronizing and giving them lectures like a dad would even though he is supposed to be their same age. The extra 10 years of experience do help however, not only himself but those around him.

Time to grow up.

He ends up being a significant influence in his new group of friends, and they also influence him back at being true to himself, a better person but most importantly, this group of kids will grow in the process, and so will Kanzaki Arata right along with them.

All in all, the series was fantastic but it suffered from something i find fairly displeasing in many manga adaptations, the anime itself was cut short either to incite people to read the manga or the people at the studio just had enough material in the manga for a short series, which is a shame either way since i would love to see things crystallize in the anime, i would love to see Arata graduate (again) from highschool and the effect it will have on him.

Never the less, the anime is quite recommendable and a very worthy watch, just keep in mind it does end rather prematurely.
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