“Unemployed 25-year-old Shouta time-travels to his school days, now an adult in a boy's body among cute classmates.”
Paradise of Innocence
無邪気の楽園
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Synopsis
Unemployed 25-year-old Shouta time-travels to his school days, now an adult in a boy's body among cute classmates.
Shouta Handa is a jobless 25 year old who is sick and tired of his boring life. One evening, at the class reunion, he gets to meet all of the cute girls that used to be his classmates. He soon discovers that they are all successful with interesting careers, and even more importantly—really beautiful now, with bigger curves. Unfortunately, it seems that they are all aware of his boring, unsuccessful life, so they mock him and call him a loser, just like in the old days. Everything changes when Shouta goes for a walk to have a smoke and accidentally falls into the school swimming pool. This triggers a supernatural phenomenon that takes him back ten years into the past. He finds himself in the same swimming pool during swimming class, surrounded by his female classmates in bikinis. How is Shouta going to deal with their cuteness and closeness now that he is a grown man in a boy's body?
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 8 sampled reviews
What 8 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 3.24 · split reception
7.2 pts
Recommenders 9.0 · others 1.8
↑ 2.00
Running avg · Sep 2015 → Feb 2022
- 10 “The ultimate fantasy brought to life, an outstanding three-episode story that will leave any cultured person fully satisfied at the end. This series is basically perfect. It isn't afraid to ignore...”
- 8 “Probably you have fantasized or wanted to return to your student time or if you are still young and you read this surely when you are an adult you will also want to return to that time, but I do...”
- 1 “As a 11 year old who had just fallen into the rabbit hole of anime, this was a nightmare. As a kid I use to use the randomise button on websites like kissanime and watchcartoonsonline somehow this...”
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- Format 3 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 12m all episodes
- Aired Aug 2014 – Aug 2016
- Source Ova media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-8894 catalog
Produced by
- Hakusensha Producer
- Soft Garage Producer