ReLIFE: Kanketsu-hen

This is a sequel to the ReLife first season. If you plan to watch this, it is almost absolutely necessary to watch the entire first season (unless you've read the manga and only want to watch the finale). "There's something a little sad about fireworks. As they fade, you feel sort of lonely" How you endure the working life of adults depends on your experiences growing up into adulthood, especially the final stages of your journey towards graduation before being thrown into the hectic working life of an adult. Our protagonists are given the chance to go through this stage of life once again through the ReLife program. Togain something in their former selves that would allow them to re-enter society as a fully functional member of society. We follow the ongoing journey of Kaizaki as he fulfills his final period of time left in high school/Relife. Knowing his memory will be wiped after, he attempts to sort his feelings (especially for Chihiro) and how he will follow through enduring graduation with his classmates and friends. Chihiro herself is at a loss of how she feels, but she opens up to her friends now; who are able to support her knowing fully well how she behaves and her personality. Songs were well laid down, the plot is easy to follow and emotionally strapping. I've never had such a bittersweet high school experience as this but this series made me feel like there were many things I could've done to make it better, the words I should've said and the opportunities lost as time flows and pulls us towards tomorrow. This sequel comes in a short 4 episode ova, and it saddens me deeply that it wasn't as long as I thought it would be when they announced a sequel. They did a wonderful job doing it however, whether it was an ironic decision to make it short like the one year time our protagonist spent in their ReLife or not. "The fireworks may vanish but our memories remain" And so will this series for me. It was short, enjoyful and fulfilling. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did and to those of you still in high school, these are the final years before your adulthood. Enjoy the small moments with the people you cherish and make the most of it while you can.

ReLIFE: A terrible adaptation of the anime dishonors the great ending of the manga For a long time the manga of ReLIFE aroused many emotions; and when we found out that the anime would adapt the final arc, the joy increased enormously. Unfortunately, after watching the 4 Ovas that adapted the end of the manga I can not feel anything other than a deep disappointment. It is impressive how the director Tomo Kosaka and his crew destroyed the great work of Yayoiso. Actually, what TMS Entertainment has done has no name. By the way, from here spoilers come. In the first place, it was logical that these Ovaswere not going to cover all that remained of the manga; after all there were more than 100 chapters to adapt and it would have been crazy to try it. For that reason, I understand that the decision was taken to make a super summary highlighting the key moments of that part of the story to focus on the outcome. In addition, let's be honest, what we all wanted to see animated was that final reunion, that moment in which both recover the memory thanks to the matching accessories of their cell phones, that great talk of both on the sidewalk of the park where they give their first kiss , those moments of both as a couple and co-workers; and that long-awaited talk of the couple and their supervisors in their adult form while having a few beers. But, surprise! None of those moments were present in the Ovas ... None! What kind of scam was that ?! Why we waited 2 years for these Ovas? It is incredible that the desire of the Japanese to not establish couples in the anime reaches these levels. Honestly, this is a shame. Of all the moments I mentioned, only one was shown; and they did it in such a frightening and hurried way that any emotional impact was lost. I refer to the scene where both recover their memories. I still can not forget how rewarding, exciting and masterful this sequence was handled in the manga. It was such an intense, so vivid, that it aroused a throng of emotions. Unfortunately, in the anime that was so insipid that it did not even arouse the slightest interest. First, why did they have to change the way they retrieve their memories? Who had the "brilliant" idea of ​​doing such a barbarity? And here it does not end, how is it possible that more time is devoted to the scene of Arata trying to convince the brother of Kazuomi to join the ReLIFE program to the scene of recovering the memory of the protagonists? And still it continues, Who decided that the scene of recovery of the memories was the best form to close the Ovas? Obviously, being the last (even after the credits) and be short of time, you could barely see something of the way they both remember what they experienced during the program and little else. There is no emotional impact, there is no strength, you do not feel that despair of having remembered the person you love. And then it was terrible that hug shown at the distance and badly animated to then put the sign "FIN." Those who read this in the manga know that this scene lasted A WHOLE CHAPTER. These geniuses adapted one of the most important and memorable chapters of the manga in two minutes of a post-credits scene. There is no excuse. Chapter 220 deserved something much better; in fact, chapters 219, 220 and 221 at least deserved a complete Ova. The 222, if they were short of space, could have been adapted as a scene during the final credits; and then the sequence of the 4 drinking together in their adult forms may have been the post-credit scene. Also, as I said at the beginning, it was not necessary to make a summary of the series, it was enough to adapt the final chapters and that is it; after all, there was still going to be a lot of material on the outside and what the people wanted was precisely what they did not have in the end. A real pity and another wasted opportunity to do something good. Honestly, for what they did, it would have been better if they had not produced any Ova and that this money had been invested in other projects, but not in charge of this crew. This adaptation can only be defined as an infamy ... And I suppose I should thank them for not leaving a 100% open ending ... 3/10.

FOLKS, This ova made me feel 2 things, Sadness and joy. Now sure it could have been way better if they followed the manga a little bit more but that still did not change the way the ending made me feel, It just hits your right in your heart. It really saddens me that it’s only a 4 episode Ova since i really came to like a lot of these characters, this show makes you get to know them on a personal level and seeing how this all turned out. It just hurt my heart. I found the music in Relife to also be a very good part aboutit, the music made the scenes even better by controling the mood. The Characters in Relife are very loveable and their experiences pull very hard on your heart strings. The thing that I found that Relife shows you the most is to just enjoy the time you have which I find a very good Plotpoint. It was a short and fulfilling show, and I Enjoyed it a lot! Overal relife was a Great series and i am happy that i stumbled upon it! And i’d Highly recommend giving this show a chance! Now sure it has a some flaws like undeveloped characters but it’s still a show worth giving a shot!! STORY : 8 ART : 9 SOUND : 8 CHARACTERS : 7 ENJOYMENT : 9 OVERALL : 8 (Karui best girl.)

DO NOT WATCH BEFORE READING THE MANGA!!! I really had to make a review to say the above words to warn everyone. This 4 episode skip a large part of the story [around 100 chapters] which is pretty much 90% of the development and what really makes this anime a tear jerker. Not only is a 100 or so chapters skipped but even remaining ending Arcs are stacked on top of each other interjoin to make 4 episodes so the story flaws in a different way to the manga. A lot of the development is skipped, its like presenting the couple being together withoutthe development that got them there. I'd highly recommend if you just finished ReLife anime to start reading from VOLUME 6 until end and then watch this sequel Unfortunately we do lose animation value as it cheeps out onto main Area by having a picture slideshow instead of animated scenes and important tear jerker scenes and sentences cut out. It is a very high paced 4 episodes. Sound didn't really hit me that great except for ending of episode 3 which made me turn volume to max blasting it to neighbors which resulted in a score of 6 instead of 3. Overall its a 6/10 Fair score from me as i am thankful to be able to see some scenes animated but unfortunately could not cry or feel sad at all unlike the manga where even re-reading could make me cry a river.

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