ReLIFE (2016–2016)

TV ShowEndedGunma TVAnimation, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy1 season, 13 episodes
ReLIFE posterReview score: 76%

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Plot

Arata Kaizaki (27) quit the job he landed after graduation in only three months. His life did not go well after that. Now his parents are threatening to stop sending money, and want him to come back to the country. He has no friend or girlfriend to share his troubles with...as he hits rock bottom a strange man named Ryou Yoake appears. He invites Arata to join a societal rehabilitation program for NEETs called ReLife. This program uses a mysterious drug to make him look younger, and sends him back to high school for a year...

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Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01ReLIFE S01E13ConfessionS01E13 · 8.8At the fireworks display, everyone puts their plans into motion and tries to make things work between Kazuomi and Rena. Meanwhile, a different pairing begins to take shape...
  2. 02ReLIFE S01E09RevengeS01E09 · 8.7The rift between Rena and Honoka grows ever larger as the former decides to retire from high-school volleyball, but Chizuru and Arata decide to fix things.
  3. 03ReLIFE S01E03You're Old NowS01E03 · 8.5Arata receives a grim reminder of his physical age during athletic testing.

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode13Episodes2016Aired 8.5Season avg
  1. S01E01ReLIFE S01E01Arata Kaizaki (27), UnemployedJuly 2, 2016 8.3Arata Kaizaki is twenty-seven years old and doesn't have a steady job. His parents even threaten to stop sending him money, but that's when
  2. S01E02ReLIFE S01E02Communication Skills: ZeroJuly 9, 2016 8.1Arata meets Chiziru Hishiro, a girl who has zero communication skills but is trying her best to change.
  3. S01E03ReLIFE S01E03You're Old NowJuly 16, 2016 8.5Arata receives a grim reminder of his physical age during athletic testing.
  4. S01E04ReLIFE S01E04FallJuly 23, 2016 8.5Rena Kariu is thrown for a loop by what she thinks is Chizuru's spiteful behavior toward her.
  5. S01E05ReLIFE S01E05OverlapJuly 30, 2016 8.5Things come to a head between Rena and Chizuru, which reminds Arata about a traumatic experience in his past.
  6. S01E06ReLIFE S01E06This Isn't the First TimeAugust 6, 2016 8.5An Onoya and Kazuomi Ooga suddenly visit Arata for a study session, after which An puts the moves on Arata?!
  7. S01E07ReLIFE S01E07Test Subject 001 → 002August 13, 2016 8.5Ryou reflects on the year before and his failure supporting test subject no. 001
  8. S01E08ReLIFE S01E08RiftAugust 20, 2016 8.5Honoka is distracted by her troubles and inadvertently causes an injury to Rena.
  9. S01E09ReLIFE S01E09RevengeAugust 27, 2016 8.7The rift between Rena and Honoka grows ever larger as the former decides to retire from high-school volleyball, but Chizuru and Arata decide
  10. S01E10ReLIFE S01E10Everyone's Selfish DesiresSeptember 3, 2016 8.5Things come to a head as Chizuru and Arata decide to confront Rena over her behavior.
  11. S01E11ReLIFE S01E11A Trip to the PastSeptember 10, 2016 8.5Arata decides to visit a grave and ends up taking a trip down memory lane.
  12. S01E12ReLIFE S01E12Double PanicSeptember 17, 2016 8.5Arata, once and for all, tries to make the dense-as-can-be Kazuomi realize what he has in his hands.
  13. S01E13ReLIFE S01E13Season's bestConfessionSeptember 24, 2016 8.8At the fireworks display, everyone puts their plans into motion and tries to make things work between Kazuomi and Rena. Meanwhile, a differe

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Cast

Kensho OnoKensho OnoArata Kaizaki (voice)Ai KayanoAi KayanoChizuru Hishiro (voice)Ryohei KimuraRyohei KimuraRyou Yoake (voice)Haruka TomatsuHaruka TomatsuRena Kariu (voice)Reina UedaReina UedaAn Onoya (voice)Yuma UchidaYuma UchidaKazuomi Ooga (voice)

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TrailerReLIFE Season One - Coming SoonClipReLIFE - Official Clip - Study SkillsClipReLIFE - Official Clip - First DayFeaturetteReLIFE Interview with Voice ActorsOpening CreditsOpening | Button - PENGUIN RESEARCH

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