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“In 2020 Japan, Shin Hazama faces an alternate self from another world, forcing life-altering choices amid reality's fracture.”
The Relative Worlds
ソウタイセカイ
5.69
12,272 rank · 8,824 viewers · 7 favorites
Sci-Fi
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Synopsis
In 2020 Japan, Shin Hazama faces an alternate self from another world, forcing life-altering choices amid reality's fracture.
The story is set in Japan in 2020. The story centers on Shin Hazama, and a version of himself who led a different life in another Japan appears. A crack opens in the everyday life that he thought was impossible to change. Boys and girls have to decide what to think and choose when the world changes completely. The battle with another world and another self begins. (Source: ANN)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
6.0
/10
What 4 viewers settled on.
50%
recommend
Score distribution
median 5
mode 5
σ 2.35
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.35 · split reception
The polarity gap
6.0 pts
Recommenders 10.0 · others 4.0
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Score over time
↓ 4.00
Running avg · Dec 2017 → Feb 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “Since nobody's reviewed this I'll just say a few things I liked about episode 1. IT'S STUPENDOUS! the STORY isn't well formed yet but we know there's 2 worlds: a Normal Japan, and a strange...”
- 5 “although the base idea is awesome but it's not really suitable for a 2h movie, a series has to be produced which could have the time for 1) Characterizations 2) digging into the fantasy world 3)...”
- 5 “Basically, it's a 3D Less-Anime-More-BS with an empty story, moe characters, made in photos and good music. Would you watch it? No spoiler no life, it would be too vague so: SPOILER ALERT SPOILER...”
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Short · 25%
Medium · 75%
Long · 0%
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- Format 2 × 15′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 30m all episodes
- Aired Apr 2017 – May 2017
- Source Ona media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-12547 catalog
Produced by
- Hulu Producer
- Lucky Pictures Producer