“Naho receives a letter from her future self to save transfer student Kakeru from a tragic fate.”
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Synopsis
Naho receives a letter from her future self to save transfer student Kakeru from a tragic fate.
Naho Takamiya's first day of her sophomore year of high school is off to an uneasy start. After waking up late, she receives a strange letter addressed to her. However, the letter is from herself—10 years in the future! At first, Naho is skeptical of the note; yet, after witnessing several events described to take place, she realizes the letter really is from her 26-year-old self. The note details that Naho's future life is filled with regrets, and she hopes that her younger self can correct the mistakes that were made in the past. The letter also warns her to keep a close eye on the new transfer student, Kakeru Naruse. Naho must be especially careful in making decisions involving him, as Kakeru is not around in the future. With the letter as her guide, Naho now has the power to protect Kakeru before she comes to regret it once more.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 195 sampled reviews
What 195 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 1.96 · split reception
5.0 pts
Recommenders 8.3 · others 3.3
↑ 0.37
Running avg · Sep 2016 → Oct 2025
- 10 “This is one of my personal favorite anime's. One or reasons I liked this anime was because in other sad or romantic anime most of the time you never get a happy ending but i'm not going to spoil...”
- 10 “I've literally just finished the whole thing in a day! Not even a day, probably like 9 hours or so and it was so freaking amazing!! This is like one of the best anime I have ever watched. The story...”
- 7 “This anime took me more than one tear, but tears of sadness and happiness at the same time, i like the idea of saving someone at all costs without knowing her and ending up falling in love with her...”
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A Tv Production · Summer 2016
Telecom Animation Film.TMS Entertainment · DAX Production
- Format 13 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 5h 12m all episodes
- Aired Jul 2016 – Sep 2016 Summer 2016
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-11110 catalog
Produced by
- TMS Entertainment Producer
- DAX Production Producer
- TOHO animation Producer
- Lawson Producer
- ABC Animation Producer
- MediaLink Entertainment Limited Producer
Licensed by
- Funimation Licensor
- Crunchyroll Licensor