Review of ReLIFE

I dropped this anime when I was younger, cos I thought the premise (loser adult was given a chance to be a highschooler for a year, as a part of an experiment) was "meh", like "yeah I know how this ends, he'll learn some life lessons blahblah". Now that I'm the same age as the protag, I've decided that this is the right time to pick this up again (also my sister has been begging me to watch this for years lmao) and boyyyy, was I wrong to judge this to quickly. Mostly it's a lighthearted anime, with a few laughs and stuff, but as earlyas Episode 4, shit gets a bit darker than the usual tone, then the episode after that, you'll get punched in the gut with some "life lessons". Then, I didn't expect it to get even darker when suddenly it's tackling topics like suicide and trauma near the end. And yep, it made me cry several times cos some topics are too close to home, plus I grew attached with the characters, who are, by the way, unexpectedly a nice bunch (with their own personal issues and backstories), that even their problems and achievements affected me. And since the anime didn't adapt the entire manga, brb gonna read the rest of the story and probs cry some more.

It's not totally perfect for me, but this anime feels special to me, so I definitely recommend this to yall, especially sad, quarter-life-crisis adults, even for people who don't typically watch anime.