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If you like drama, this show has got you covered.
If you like soap opera-like twists, this show has got you covered.
If you like a satisfying ending, then this is not the show for you. I mean, it tries to make it seem like a happy ending. Our main character is "happy" but I think he could have been much happier. But he's pretty dense, so maybe he doesn't deserve true happiness.

I was enjoying this show for the most part up until the last three episodes or so. It's best if you do like Noe with Raigomaru's story when the last page was missing and ... she decides she prefers to imagine the ending than to hear the real one.

The animation is fine. The character designs are so-so. The male characters look too similar and are bland.

The opening and closing themes were fine. There are some musical cues that resonated with me.

I was going to rate this higher, but the more I think about it, the more I hate the ending.

Can you consider something deeply flawed and still enjoy it? This is how I feel about Bokutachi no Remake.

There's a reason why the three female leads are front and center in the promotional art. They're the best part of the show. Shinoaki is adorable (and I've been a sucker for blue-haired girls with short hair since Sailor Mercury).

The "main" character, Kyouya, is both relatable and unforgiveable. He became a failure because he was afraid to try. He gets a second chance and is determined to give it everything. He's just too good at everything to believe that he could have failed so ... spectacularly in life the first time. He also loses a lot of points for letting the girls swoon over him because it's better for the project and somehow he ends up with one of them anyway. I give him credit for not leaving his new future without saying goodbye to the family he had, but it seems too easy a decision for him to throw it all away to try again.

Tsurayuki is just a plot device. He's the stumbling block that Kyouya has to convince every time and then he just gives up because Kyouya has to realize what his second chance cost the Platinum Generation. And his handling of his relationship with Sayuri is just gutless. Is it a clever nod when in their first class together he essentially explains what his role in the story will be?

The show would have been better served to show the Platinum Generation from the original timeline. They were incredibly talented but were they happy? We're not shown because each reveal is meant to be a surprise. Why then do they make it so blatantly obvious who each one of them is? Kawasegawa is more relatable because we get to see who she was, how she got there and how she changed because of Kyouya's second chance.

Only having twelve episodes is a blessing and a curse. It's not a huge time investment, but everything feels rushed. Plot points get introduced and then dropped too quickly.

If you can overlook plot holes and enjoy a show for the individual moments it provides then I think there is enough good here to be worth a watch. Critically, it's a generous 6. For personal enjoyment it was a 7. Fun disposable entertainment.