“Karada and Shouko swap ages after a shrine wish, forcing them to confront themselves and each other.”
Living for the Day After Tomorrow
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Synopsis
Karada and Shouko swap ages after a shrine wish, forcing them to confront themselves and each other.
About to enter junior high school, Karada Iokawa is a cheerful and reliable girl, who hates being treated as a child more than anything. After her parents' deaths, her older brother, Hiro, comes back from studying abroad to take care of her. His ex-girlfriend Shouko Nogami, a composed yet sometimes childish and stubborn young woman, follows him to Japan in order to find out why he left her. Between the two girls, the atmosphere is tense, which eventually leads to Shouko calling Karada childish. Later, Karada stands before a shrine praying to grow up. Little does she know that the shrine wishing stone would grant her wish. As Karada grows older, at the same time, Shouko, who happens to be nearby, finds herself a child once again. With their ages now reversed, Shouko and Karada must come to terms with one another and ultimately themselves.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 13 sampled reviews
What 13 viewers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.41 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↑ 1.85
Running avg · Apr 2007 → Jun 2024
- 10 “I really like the writing of this anime, it's always been my favorite. I've rewatched it maybe 5 times, and it's just so cool every time seeing the depth of the main characters and subtleties. I...”
- 8 “The ending came a bit sudden. I would've liked to see the transformation again, and possibly a scene between Hiro and Shouko that wasn't so sped up. But all in all, the whole anime was symbolism to...”
- 7 “Iokawa Karada, a young girl, wishes upon a wishing stone to be an adult right away. She gets her wish but Nogami Shouko, a friend of her brother Hiro, turns from an adult into a young girl. Despite...”
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- Format 12 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 48m all episodes
- Aired Oct 2006 – Dec 2006 Fall 2006
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-1411 catalog
Produced by
- Bandai Visual Producer
- Lantis Producer
- TBS Producer
- Mag Garden Producer
Licensed by
- Sentai Filmworks Licensor