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ReLIFE

Also known as ReLIFE.

Studio: TMS Entertainment , Aniplex , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , NHN Comico , C&I Entertainment , Lawson
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

The story follows Kaizaki Arata, a 27-year-old jobless man, who fails at every job interview he had after quitting his last company. His life changes after he met Yoake Ryou of the ReLife Research Institute, who offered him a drug that can change his appearance to 17-years-old and to become a subject in an experiment for one year. Thus, he begins his life as a high school student once more.

Tags: Rehabilitation , Age Regression , School , Memory Manipulation , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Coming of Age , Seinen , Hikikomori , Kuudere , Work , Time Manipulation , Age Gap , Tragedy , Suicide , Tsundere , Slapstick , Acting , Volleyball , Chibi

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Bokutachi no Remake

Also known as Remake Our Life!.

Studio: feel. , bilibili , DMM pictures , Studio Mausu , Bushiroad Music , Bushiroad Move
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

28-year old Hashiba Kyouya has hit a new low after losing his job at a shady game developer. He originally quit his steady office job to work in the creative industries that he admires, but it's proving to be a challenge even for a motivated go-getter like him. As he finds himself back at his parents house, between jobs, he can't help but wonder what would happen if he had a chance to redo his collegiate studies. Maybe things would turn out differently if he had gone to art school instead... and, shockingly enough, he might just get a chance to test that theory.

Note: The first episode aired with a runtime of ~51 minutes as opposed to the standard 24 minute long episode.

Tags: College , Age Regression , Coming of Age , Time Skip , Time Manipulation , Video Games , Heterosexual , Love Triangle , Drawing , Male Protagonist , Otaku Culture , Work , Software Development , Acting , Tragedy , Filmmaking , Photography , School Club , Primarily Female Cast , Tsundere

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orange

Also known as Orange.

Studio: TMS Entertainment , Telecom Animation Film , Toho , ABC Animation , AT-X , Dai Nippon Printing , Futabasha , Lawson , TV Aichi
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Supernatural

Everyone has regrets in life. So who wouldn't take the chance to change the past if given the opportunity? When sixteen-year-old Takamiya Naho receives a mysterious letter, claiming to be from her twenty-seven-year-old self, her life is suddenly thrown into flux. The letter tells her that a new transfer student by the name of Naruse Kakeru will be joining her class, and to keep her eye on him. But why? Naho must decide what to make of the letter and its cryptic warning, and what it means not only for her future, but for Kakeru's as well.

Note: The last episode aired with a runtime of ~40 minutes as opposed to the standard 24 minute long episode.

Tags: Tragedy , School , Suicide , Shoujo , Alternate Universe , Time Manipulation , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Unrequited Love , Heterosexual , Coming of Age , Love Triangle , Bullying , Football , Tsundere

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Chitose-kun wa Ramune Bin no Naka

Also known as Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle.

Studio: feel. , KADOKAWA , Good Smile Company , Good Smile Film , REMOW , Shogakukan , newgin , TOKYO MX , BS11 , AT-X , Kadokawa Media House
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Being popular isn’t easy. It’s hard to beat Saku Chitose. The most popular kid in his high school? Check. An ironclad reputation that can weather even vicious online attacks? Check. A group of friends as attractive on the outside as they are inside? Check. But when a teacher asks for his help bringing back a student who has been shut away in his room for months, Saku’s perfect world will never be the same. What is this, some kind of normie harem story...?

Note: The first episode has an extended runtime of ~34 minutes.

Tags: School , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Harem , Male Protagonist , Philosophy , Bullying , Josei , Coming of Age , Primarily Female Cast , Rehabilitation , Rural , Baseball , Basketball , Detective

Where to watch?

Bilibili TV

Boku dake ga Inai Machi

Also known as ERASED.

Studio: A-1 Pictures , Kansai TV , Aniplex of America , Madman Entertainment , Dentsu , Lawson , Aniplex , Kadokawa Shoten , Fuji TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

Satoru Fujinuma is a 29 year old manga artist struggling to make a name for himself following his debut. But, that was not the only thing in his life that Satoru was feeling frustrated about… He has a unique supernatural ability of being forced to prevent deaths and catastrophes by being sent back in time before the incident occurred, repeating time until the accident is prevented. One day, he gets involved in an accident that has him framed as a murderer. Desperate to save the victim, he sends himself back in time only to find himself as a grade-schooler one month before fellow classmate Kayo Hinazuki went missing. Satoru now embarks on a new quest: to save Kayo and solve the mystery behind her disappearance.

Tags: Age Regression , Time Manipulation , Crime , Urban Fantasy , Tragedy , Time Skip , Male Protagonist , Primarily Child Cast , Detective , Snowscape , Ensemble Cast , Super Power , Seinen , Fugitive , School , Revenge , Teacher , Rural , Amnesia , Rehabilitation , Heterosexual , Bullying , Kuudere , CGI

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Hulu

Netflix

Make Heroine ga Oosugiru!

Also known as Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!.

Studio: Aniplex , A-1 Pictures , BS11 , TOKYO MX , Yomiuri TV , Good Smile Company , Contents Seed , JR Toukai Agency
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

Kazuhiko Nukumizu is a high school boy content to blend in with the background mob, until he witnessed his more popular classmate Anna Yanami get dumped by her childhood friend. He felt like he had to try to comfort Yanami, but this led him to become entangled with other girls who have met defeat at love?

Tags: Unrequited Love , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , School , Male Protagonist , Love Triangle , School Club , Satire , Female Protagonist , Tomboy , Urban , Meta , Primarily Female Cast , Food , Writing , Tanned Skin , Nudity , Aromantic , Shounen , Mixed Media

Where to watch?

Bilibili TV

Masamune-kun no Revenge R

Also known as Masamune-kun's Revenge R.

Studio: FuRyu , SILVER LINK. , Crunchyroll , Ichijinsha , AT-X , Bandai Namco Music Live , Lawson Entertainment , TOKYO MX , KLOCKWORX , BS Fuji
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

The second season of Masamune-kun no Revenge.

Masamune and Adagaki return for more romantic antics, this time on a school trip to France!

Tags: Revenge , Tsundere , Heterosexual , Female Harem , Love Triangle , School , Ojou-sama , Primarily Female Cast , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Unrequited Love

Where to watch?

Netflix

Jaku-Chara Tomozaki-kun

Also known as Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki.

Studio: project No.9 , Dream Shift , Pony Canyon , APDREAM
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Expert gamer Tomozaki Fumiya doesn’t exactly fit in, but he wishes he did. With no written rules for success and gameplay that doesn’t work in his favor, the real world seems impossible for someone like him. But, like any noob, all he really needs are some strategies and a seasoned player like Aoi Hinami to help him. Hopefully with her guidance, Tomozaki will gain the experience he needs.

Tags: Rehabilitation , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Video Games , School , Philosophy , Heterosexual , Educational , Ensemble Cast , E-Sports , Female Harem , Love Triangle , School Club , Slapstick , LGBTQ+ Themes , Hikikomori , Yuri

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Tokyo Revengers

Also known as Tokyo Revengers.

Studio: LIDENFILMS , Kodansha , Pony Canyon , Ultra Super Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Romance , Supernatural

Takemichi Hanagaki is a freelancer that's reached the absolute pits of despair in his life. He finds out that the only girlfriend he ever had in his life that he dated in middle school, Hinata Tachibana, had been killed by the ruthless Tokyo Manji Gang.

The day after hearing about her death, he's standing on the station platform and ends up being pushed over onto the tracks by a herd of people. He closes his eyes thinking he's about to die, but when he opens his eyes back up, he somehow had gone back in time 12 years.

Now that he's back living the best days of his life, Takemichi decides to get revenge on his life by saving his girlfriend and changing himself that he'd been running away from.

Tags: Gangs , Delinquents , Time Manipulation , Age Regression , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Tragedy , Urban , Ensemble Cast , Philosophy , Crime , Revenge , Alternate Universe , Shounen , Love Triangle , Motorcycles , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Heterosexual , Bullying , Suicide , School , Detective , POV , Mopeds , Aliens

Where to watch?

Netflix

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