Jul 2, 2016
ReLife is an adaptation of the web-comic ReLife. After reading the manga for quite sometime now, it was rather difficult to keep my composure when the first official PV was released. I'd be lying if I said I was satisfied with the TMS Entertainment as the studio for this adaption. I have not seen any other anime by this studio and none of them really looked appealing to me. But damn was I wrong. TMS did an amazing job with this web-comic adaptation. Finally, lets get started with this review.
It all starts with a 27-year old who can not land a stable job right after
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leaving one only after 3 months. Ever since then, Kaizaki, Arata would bomb every single interview gets into. Even after graduating from grad school, it seems Kaizaki will not budge. Ever since then he's been relying on his parents support to get him through these rough times. This sounds a little too relatable coming from someone who is also relying on their parents support for college. Anyone with a similar background would be able to sympathize with Kaizaki and understand how difficult the real world is out there.
The animation was one of the many things that caught me off guard with this adaption. At first glance, I was not too satisfied with it to be honest. Comparing the web-comic art, this was kind of a downgrade in my opinion. But after binging the anime in one day (yeah sounds pathetic) I can see it suits the warm atmosphere in some scenes. It makes it rather appropriate to see with the right mood in. Although you can not always have what you want, but after the last episode, I was pleased with how pretty the animation turned out to be.
Overall ReLife was extremely enjoyable for me. If you enjoy the Romance, Slice of Life, Comedy and Drama genre then you have come to the right neighborhood. This anime balances all those genres appropriately, not too much of any. I don't know if it is just me, but I feel like the year 2016 is lacking the "Romance Slice of life" anime so far. Since this anime was the only one of the kind that I enjoyed as well as an adaptation I looked forward to, ReLife has made its way my top 3 list.
Story: 9
Art: 7
Sound: 9
Character: 8
Enjoyment: 10
Overall: 9
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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