ReLIFE | |
リライフ (Riraifu) | |
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Genre | Romantic drama, slice of life[1] |
Manga | |
Written by | Sō Yayoi |
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Imprint | Earth Star Comics |
Magazine | Comico Japan |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | October 12, 2013 – March 16, 2018 |
Volumes | 15 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Satoru Kosaka |
Produced by |
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Written by |
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Music by | Masayasu Tsuboguchi |
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Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
Original network | Tokyo MX, GYT, GTV, BS11, AT-X |
Original run | July 2, 2016 – September 24, 2016 |
Episodes | 13 |
Original video animation | |
Kanketsu-hen | |
Directed by | Satoru Kosaka |
Produced by |
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Written by | Kazuho Hyōdō |
Music by | Masayasu Tsuboguchi |
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Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
Released | March 21, 2018 |
Runtime | 24 minutes |
Episodes | 4 |
Live-action film | |
ReLIFE (リライフ, Riraifu) is a Japanese manga series in webtoon format written and illustrated by Yayoiso.[2] The individual chapters were released by NHN Japan on the Comico website from October 12, 2013, to March 16, 2018,[3][4] for a total of 15 compiled tankōbon volumes published by Earth Star Entertainment.[5][6] An anime television series adaptation animated by TMS Entertainment was announced on February 13, 2015, and premiered on television on July 2, 2016.[7][8][9] A live action film adaptation of the same name was released in 2017. In 2017, the manga won in France's Mangawa Award.[10]
The story revolves around 27-year-old Arata Kaizaki, who has been unemployed (while also lying about having a job) for several years; only working part-time at a convenience store. One day, a mysterious man named Ryō Yoake offers him a job opportunity. At first, Kaizaki needs to become a tester for ReLife: a science experiment to make him appear 10 years younger to send him back as a high school student. The experiment is supposed to provide a chance to experience youth once again and, in the process, fix whatever is wrong with the subject's life.
The manga began publication on the Comico app in 2013 with physical publication of the series following in 2014. The series was added to the streaming service Crunchyroll manga service on December 21, 2015.[14] As of the March 5, 2018, Crunchyroll no longer hosts the manga.[15]
No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN | ||
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01 | August 12, 2014[16] | 978-4-80-300595-0 | ||
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02 | November 12, 2014[17] | 978-4-80-300619-3 | ||
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03 | March 28, 2015[18] | 978-4-80-300690-2 | ||
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04 | August 12, 2015[14] | 978-4-80-300757-2 | ||
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05 | February 12, 2016[19] | 978-4-80-300861-6 | ||
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06 | August 12, 2016[20] | 978-4-80-300941-5 | ||
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07 | February 25, 2017[21] | 978-4-80-300996-5 | ||
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08 | May 11, 2018[22] | 978-4-80-301186-9 | ||
09 | August 10, 2018[23] | 978-4-80-301218-7 | ||
10 | November 12, 2018[24] | 978-4-80-301247-7 | ||
11 | February 12, 2019[25] | 978-4-80-301269-9 | ||
12 | May 11, 2019[26] | 978-4-80-301295-8 | ||
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Several new chapters were also published by Yayoiso but are not for sale on Amazon. These episodes are available as online reader on the Comico (NHN Japan) official website and many others. English translation is also available for this manga on Comico's English website Pocket Comics.[27] The last Report is 222 Named: "Restart Life". In volume 15, two bonus chapters, were added. The first is an epilogue. It picks up the same night Chizuru and Arata regain their memories of each other, and ends just over 4 years later. The other bonus chapter was a prologue, which covers how Arata was chosen to be a subject.[6]
It was announced on February 13, 2015, that the webtoon series would be getting an anime television adaptation that is scheduled to air on July 2, 2016.[7][9] The anime's main cast, broadcast information and first key visual was unveiled at the AnimeJapan 2016 convention in Japan on March 26, 2016.[8] TMS Entertainment is producing the series,[28] with Satoru Kosaka directing, Michiko Yokote and Kazuho Hyodo handling series composition, Junko Yamanaka designing the characters, and Masayasu Tsuboguchi composing the music.[29] All 13 episodes of the anime were pre-streamed before the television broadcast on the ReLIFE Channel app on June 24, 2016.[30] Crunchyroll released all episodes of the anime for premium members on July 1, 2016, each episode was made available for free members throughout the following weeks.[31] The anime is licensed in North America by Crunchyroll, and Funimation released it on home video with an English dub.[32]
A 4-episode finale was streamed on Amazon Prime Video and released on Blu-ray & DVD on March 21, 2018.[33][34]
No. | Title | Original air date[35] | |
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1 | "Kaizaki Arata (27) Unemployed" "Kaizaki Arata (27) mushoku" (海崎新太(27)無職) | July 2, 2016 | |
Arata Kaizaki is a 27-year-old NEET who is unable to find stable work. One night he meets Ryo Yoake from the ReLIFE Laboratory who offers him participation in the ReLIFE Project. Arata accepts and soon learns ReLIFE involves him taking a pill that makes him appear seventeen again, and enrolling as a third-year high school student at Aoba High School. He meets classmates: Kazuomi Oga, Rena Kariu, An Onoya, Chizuru Hishiro and Ryo who has also taken the medicine to support Kaizaki while enrolled in school. Ryo explains to Arata that ReLIFE is an opportunity for him to relive his youth in an attempt to change his current self. From there, Arata's ReLIFE experience begins. | |||
2 | "Communication Skills: Zero" "Komyunikēshon nōryoku 0-ten" (コミュニケーション能力0点) | July 9, 2016 | |
Arata becomes acquainted with his classmates Kazuomi, An, and Rena who sit next to him. He learns about Rena's competitive nature and her disappointment in losing the position of class representative to classmate Chizuru. Arata formally meets Chizuru during lunch, however, her blunt and to-the-point approach throw him for a loop. They meet again after school where Chizuru shares with Arata that she is socially awkward, and does not understand people, or know how to communicate with them, but wants to change that about herself. Arata gives her encouragement, and they become friends after exchanging phone numbers. | |||
3 | "You're Old Now" "Ossan nan desukara" (オッサンなんですから) | July 16, 2016 | |
During gym class Arata ends up hurting himself, and Ryo explains despite his youthful appearance Arata's body is still biologically 27-year-old man. Meanwhile, Chizuru takes Arata's advice to try smiling more in an attempt to make friends, but her forced smiles are misinterpreted by Rena as Chizuru mocking her. Rena learns that despite viewing Chizuru as an academic rival Chizuru was unaware of who Rena was, causing Rena's perception of both Chizuru and herself to be strained. | |||
4 | "Fall" "Ochiru" (墜ちる) | July 23, 2016 | |
Chizuru's continued attempts at smiling have the unintended effect of lowering Rena's self-worth due to her misconception Chizuru's actions are out of spite. Rena reflects that she measures her self-worth by her success and that the previous year she had both pride and happiness due to being the class representative alongside Kazuomi, whom she has feelings for. Now having lost both the class representative position and the place at Kazuomi's side to Chizuru, Rena begins to think less of herself, and grows angrier towards Chizuru for thinking she is mocking her for her shortcomings. Chizuru, however, is unaware of Rena's feelings and confides in Arata that she feels that she and Rena are becoming friends. One night after staying late at school, Rena sees Chizuru has stayed late so steals her school bag in retaliation for her perceived mistreatment, and she is caught by Arata. As Arata attempts to stop her, they both fall down a flight of stairs. | |||
5 | "Overlap" "Ōbārappu" (オーバーラップ) | July 30, 2016 | |
Arata awakens in the school infirmary after the fall he and Rena had. Remembering Rena was stealing Chizuru's bag before they fell, Arata recalls a similar situation at a company he worked for where his senior was bullied by her co-workers due to their jealousy of her. When Rena awakens, Arata confronts her about her actions and Rena shares her feelings of insecurity and frustration towards Chizuru. Arata encourages her not to stoop to the level of harassing people she does not like, and to continue being a person who perseveres to obtain what she wants. After leaving, Arata meets Chizuru who suspects Rena was trying to steal her bag, but could not think of a reason why. Arata confirms Chizuru's suspicions, and she decides to speak with Rena as she is leaving the school. Rena explains her feelings towards Chizuru and learns that Chizuru never meant to degrade her and was only attempting to be her friend. With the confusion cleared up, Rena apologizes and agrees to be Chizuru's friend on the condition that Chizuru acknowledges Rena as a rival. | |||
6 | "This Isn't the First Time" "Hajimemashite janainda yo" (初めましてじゃないんだよ) | August 6, 2016 | |
Kazuomi and An pay a visit to Arata's apartment for a study session due to both Arata and An repeatedly scoring poorly on their previous tests. When Kazuomi leaves early, An confesses to Arata that they met previously and she fell in love with him at first sight. Ryo decides to check up (eavesdrop) on Arata via his cell phone but learns An and Arata are alone and he rushes to the apartment. An attempts to kiss Arata, but he stops her just as Ryo arrives. Ryo scolds An for her actions, and she reveals she was only testing Arata, and she is actually Ryo's 27-year-old coworker at ReLIFE Laboratory. An also explains she was supposed to be Arata's support person, but Ryo had to step into her role since she was not able complete her training in time. Both An and Ryo apologize for the trouble she caused, with Ryo secretly apologizing for partially lying of why he is Arata's supporter. | |||
7 | "Test Subject 001 → 002" "Hikensha 001→002" (被験者001→002) | August 13, 2016 | |
As Ryo is writing his report on Arata's progress, he remembers when he was supporting subject 001 of the ReLIFE project. Ryo was scolded by his supervisors for being too involved in the subject's life, and thus he had to distanced himself from the subject. At that time, he was asked to scout out Arata to potentially be subject 002 in the ReLIFE project. After a year had passed, the results for subject 001 were deemed a failure as the person in question had not changed at all. Discouraged by his failure to support subject 001, Ryo is encouraged by An not to give up as Arata was selected to be subject 002. Ryo had been assigned as his supporter. Ryo concludes his report by logging despite Arata's struggles he is making progress. | |||
8 | "Rift" "Kiretsu" (亀裂) | August 20, 2016 | |
Honoka and Arata take a makeup test. Honoka passes but Arata did not. Rena stands up for Honoka when other volleyball members make fun of her. Honoka passes out as she studied too hard to pass the makeup test. Unfortunately, this causes Rena to have an accident, and their friendship is strained. | |||
9 | "Revenge" "Ribenji" (リベンジ) | August 27, 2016 | |
Chizuru understands there is a problem and talks with Arata. Talking about the problem causes Arata to confront his past mistake with Chizuru and they plan to make Rena and Honoka friends again. Akira and Nobu bring Rena and Kazuomi and listen to a private discussion among Honoka, Arata, and Chizuru. | |||
10 | "Everybody's Selfish Desires" "Minna no wagamama" (みんなのワガママ) | September 3, 2016 | |
Honoka explains the reason she joined Aoba HS. Chizuru talks about her past and motivates Honoka to talk with Rena. Rena runs away before Honoka can talk with her. At the day of the match Chizuru motivates Rena to play. Rena finally agrees to play. Rena and Honoka make up. They lose but have a great time. | |||
11 | "A Trip to the Past" "Kako torippu" (過去トリップ) | September 10, 2016 | |
Arata confronts his past and pays a visit to his senpai's grave. Ryo plans a surprise for him. | |||
12 | "Double Panic" "Daburu panikku" (ダブルパニック) | September 17, 2016 | |
Arata indirectly explains to Kazuomi about love and how important it is. When Kazuomi and Arata see a man with Rena, Kazuomi rushes to her. He learns Rena had a heat stroke and the man had helped her. Kazuomi walks Rena home. That night, he realizes that he loves Rena and asks for advice from everyone. He later decides how to proceed. Kazuomi invites Rena to the Summer Festival. Rena asks advice from the other girls on what she should do next. | |||
13 | "Confession" "Kokuhaku" (告白) | September 24, 2016 | |
Rena asks for Honoka and Chizuru's assistance in getting her and Kazuomi alone during the fireworks festival in order for her to confess her feelings to him. At the festival, Arata, An, Ryo, Chizuru, and the others split up in order to let Kazuomi and Rena be alone, as they knew Kazuomi was also planning on confessing to Rena. Ryo and An also make it so that Arata and Chizuru ended up alone together too. Rena and Kazuomi confess their feelings towards one another, and as the fireworks begin Chizuru tells Arata she was happy to meet him. Chizuru recalls the events that have happened since the start of the school year, and before then when she met Ryo, and became subject 001 in the ReLIFE project. After the festival ends, Arata walks Chizuru home, and realizes he has fallen in love with her, but decides against telling her since everyone he met in school will forget him once his ReLIFE ends. Instead he tells Chizuru he will never forget her, and she also tells him that she will never forget him. | |||
14 (OVA 1) | "Seed" | March 21, 2018 | |
Chizuru loses the position of class representative to Rena. Realizing she was preoccupied with her feelings for Arata, Chizuru confronts Ryo asking him if Arata is a ReLIFE subject. He doesn't want to confirm it, warning her that exposing a test subject would end the experiment for him and they would never see each other again. Ryo reveals to her that An works for ReLIFE and is her new supervisor. An suggests Chizuru wants Arata to be a test subject, as she could act on her feelings if he were a grown-up. After Kazuomi talks Arata into volunteering as the boys' representative heading the preparations for the cultural festival, Chizuru volunteers for the girls. | |||
15 (OVA 2) | "Need" | March 21, 2018 | |
Everyone is having fun at the cultural festival and the class' English-style cafe, but Chizuru and Arata can't stop thinking about being erased from their friends' memories. A discussion between Ryo and An reveals that Chizuru's and Arata's memories of each other will be lost as well. | |||
16 (OVA 3) | "Date" | March 21, 2018 | |
Chizuru does not understand her current feelings for Arata and starts to avoid him to try and "see things from a different perspective". However, after talking it over with Honoka and Rena, she asks Arata out for a Christmas date. During the date, they end up buying phone straps for each other. As they walk home later, Arata blurts out he loves Chizuru. Chizuru is taken aback, but she realizes her own feelings for Arata are also of love and tells him so. It starts to rain and they both walk back hand in hand holding Chizuru's umbrella. | |||
17 (OVA 4) | "Life" | March 21, 2018 | |
At Arata's apartment, Ryo tells Arata his ReLife was a huge success and offers him a list of jobs and a pill will end his ReLife. At Chizuru's apartment, An is doing the same thing with Chizuru. Chizuru falls asleep after taking the pill and An sees that she had written "I was in love with Kaizaki Arata" on her hand and that she will have to erase it despite it is against her conscience. Before taking the pill, Arata tells Ryo that he wants to work for ReLife Laboratories. Later, at a ReLife Company dinner, Arata meets Chizuru, who is also working for ReLife. They do not recognize each other, but Chizuru learns Arata was a ReLife subject. After dinner, they bump into each other outside the restaurant. Chizuru tells Arata that she too was a ReLife subject and Arata asks Chizuru about her ReLife experience. She replies that it was like a firework. This triggers the memory of being together at the fireworks festival for both of them. Then with their memories restored, Chizuru walks into Arata's waiting arms. |
The opening theme is "Button" by Penguin Research, while various artists perform a different ending theme for each episode.[36] The ending songs are compiled into one album titled "MD2000 ~ReLIFE Ending Songs~" to be released on September 21, 2016.[needs update] The title "MD2000" comes from a type of mini disc that came out in 2000 while the concept of the ending themes comes from the songs that Kaizaki used to hear back in his (old) high school days.[37]
A series of character songs also released from August 3, 2016, started with Arata Kaizaki from volume 1.[38] Each CD contains two songs with a respective instrumental version. A soundtrack CD containing 23 pieces of background music from the anime is released on September 14, 2016. The music is composed by Masayusu Tzboguchi.[39]
Episode | Title | Artist |
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1 | "Iijyuu ★ Rider" (イ―ジュ-★ライダー, Iiju ★ Raida) | Tamio Okuda |
2 | "Hot Limit" | T.M. Revolution |
3 | "Timing" (タイミング~Timing~, Taimingu) | Black Biscuits |
4 | "Honey" | L'Arc-en-Ciel |
5 | "Kore ga Watashi no Ikiru Michi" (これが私の生きる道) | PUFFY |
6 | "Sunny Day Sunday" | Sentimental Bus |
7 | "Saudade" (サウダージ, Saudaji) | Porno Graffitti |
8 | "Yuki no Hana" (雪の華) | Mika Nakashima |
9 | "There will be love there -Ai no Aru Basho-" (There will be love there -愛のある場所-) | The Brilliant Green |
10 | "Asu e no Tobira" (明日への扉) | I Wish |
11 | "Pieces of A Dream" | Chemistry |
12 | "Natsu Matsuri" (夏祭り) | Whiteberry |
14 | ""Hana"(花)" | Orange Range |
15 | "Cher.r.y" | YUI |
16 | "La La La Love Song" | Toshinobu Kubota |
13, 17 | "Button" (ボータン) | Penguin Research |
Volume | Character | Voice Actor | Song Title | Release Date | Package Number |
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1 | Arata Kaizaki | Kenshō Ono | "ReLIFE" | August 3, 2016 | TMS-335 |
"ReGRET" | |||||
2 | Chizuru Hishiro | Ai Kayano | "Momoiro." (モモイロ。) | August 31, 2016 | TMS-336 |
An Onoya | Reina Ueda | "ReJOIN♪" | |||
3 | Kazuomi Ōga | Yūma Uchida | "Berry Suite" (ベリースイート, Beri Suito) | September 27, 2016 | TMS-337 |
Rena Kariu | Haruka Tomatsu | "Namida Diamond" (ナミダダイアモンド, Namida Daiamondo) |
A live action film adaptation of the same name and directed by Takeshi Furusawa was released in Japanese theaters on April 15, 2017. The film stars Taishi Nakagawa and Yuna Taira as Arata Kaizaki and Chizuru Hishiro, respectively. The film was given an original ending.[40]
A stage play adaptation was performed in Tokyo and Osaka in late 2016.[19]
Volume 1 reached the 30th place on the weekly Oricon manga charts and, as of August 17, 2014, had sold 33,637 copies;[5] volume 2 reached the 9th place and, as of November 16, 2014, had sold 46,040 copies;[41] volume 3 reached the 23rd place and, as of April 5, 2015, had sold 73,019 copies.[42]
It was placed 6th in Zenkoku Shotenin ga Eranda Osusume Comic 2015.[43] It was also nominated for Best General Manga at the 39th Kodansha Manga Awards.[3] The series ranked sixth in the first Next Manga Award in the print manga category.[44] The series had sold 1 million copies as of February 8, 2016.[45] As of October 2016, the manga had been downloaded over 20 million times.[46]