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“After a motorcycle accident, troublemaker Tatsuki and genius Kai's friendship transforms as they confront identity and reality.”
Return
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7.05
8,994 rank · 1,371 readers · 8 favorites
Shoujo
Reincarnation
School
Romance
Supernatural
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Synopsis
After a motorcycle accident, troublemaker Tatsuki and genius Kai's friendship transforms as they confront identity and reality.
Satou Tatsuki, a class troublemaker, gets his motorcycle license and takes his genius best friend, Morisawa Kai, for a ride. After a fateful accident, their lives take an unexpected turn that challenges everything they thought they knew about themselves and each other. As they navigate this strange new reality, their friendship begins to evolve in ways neither of them could have imagined, forcing them to confront questions of identity, connection, and what it truly means to be oneself.
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5.0
/10
What 2 readers settled on.
0%
recommend
Score distribution
median 5
mode 4
σ 1.00
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σ 1.00 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 1.00
Running avg · Feb 2015 → Sep 2016
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 6 “I really enjoyed "Return" as a light read, finding the romance to be quite sweet. However, the story lacks depth, and the experience is significantly marred by a truly horrible ending that drags...”
- 4 “The initial premise exploring the relationship between Kai and his friend Tatsuki showed some early promise. However, the series quickly devolved into transphobic and homophobic rhetoric, while...”
Verbosity
Short · 100%
Medium · 0%
Long · 0%
Read Order & Related
A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Return begins and ends here.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 35 × 7 ch × vol
- Total read 4h 40m approx
- Published Jan 1995 – Jan 1998
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M5603 catalog