“27-year-old loser takes pill to relive high school for one year in ReLife experiment.”
ReLIFE
ReLIFE
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Synopsis
27-year-old loser takes pill to relive high school for one year in ReLife experiment.
Dismissed as a hopeless loser by those around him, 27-year-old Arata Kaizaki bounces around from one job to another after quitting his first company. His unremarkable existence takes a sharp turn when he meets Ryou Yoake, a member of the ReLife Research Institute, who offers Arata the opportunity to change his life for the better with the help of a mysterious pill. Taking it without a second thought, Arata awakens the next day to find that his appearance has reverted to that of a 17-year-old. Arata soon learns that he is now the subject of a unique experiment and must attend high school as a transfer student for one year. Though he initially believes it will be a cinch due to his superior life experience, Arata is proven horribly wrong on his first day: he flunks all his tests, is completely out of shape, and can't keep up with the new school policies that have cropped up in the last 10 years. Furthermore, Ryou has been assigned to observe him, bringing Arata endless annoyance. ReLIFE follows Arata's struggle to adjust to his hectic new lifestyle and avoid repeating his past mistakes, all while slowly discovering more about his fellow classmates.
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Derived from 306 sampled reviews
What 306 viewers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.60 · some divergence
4.9 pts
Recommenders 8.7 · others 3.8
↑ 1.21
Running avg · Jul 2016 → Sep 2025
- 9 “A very touching and meaningful anime. Every episodes brings out a clear message of how a decent person would act. Its a very good guide for people who aren't good at putting emotion into words...”
- 8 “Oh man such an amazing story i wish i could join the project tho . Review From my mind : This series just mentioned me that no one will remind you after sometime you leave . Just some memories with...”
- 9 “A friend of mine recommended me this and we watched together. I recall the comments I made to him at the end went something along the lines of "there's literally nothing wrong with ReLIFE. It's...”
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- Format 13 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 59m all episodes
- Aired Jul 2016 – Sep 2016 Summer 2016
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-10245 catalog
Produced by
- Aniplex Producer
- Half H.P Studio Producer
- comico Producer
- Hakuhodo DY Media Partners Producer
- Lawson Producer
- C & I entertainment Producer
- TMS Music Producer
Licensed by
- Funimation Licensor
- Crunchyroll Licensor