ReLIFE: Kanketsu-hen (ReLIFE: Final Arc)

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Japanese: ReLIFE 完結編

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Type: Special

Episodes: 4

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Mar 21, 2018

Producers: comico, TMS Music

Licensors: Funimation

Studios: TMS Entertainment

Source: Web manga

Genres: Drama, Romance

Theme: School

Duration: 23 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 8.20¹ (scored by 236,104 users)

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Ranked: #376²

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Popularity: #580

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After reliving the life of a high school student through the ReLIFE experiment, 27-year-old Arata Kaizaki cannot believe how quickly it has changed him. He has begun to see the world through a different perspective that he had completely forgotten as an adult. He has made friends and formed deep relationships with each one of them. However his support, Ryou Yoake, reminds him that the experiment is all an illusion; after his experiment ends, he will be forgotten by all of them.

The experiment of another ReLIFE subject is also coming to an end. After spending two years with ReLIFE, Chizuru Hishiro has developed into a more open, more thoughtful person than she could have ever imagined. She has met people who have changed her life, her perspective, and ultimately her. However, now that their ReLIFE is coming to an end, will they be able to let go of the memories they have made?

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Adaptation:	ReLIFE
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Namikawa, Daisuke
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Opening Theme

"Button (ボタン)" by PENGUIN RESEARCH (eps 1-3)

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	1: "Hana (花)" by ORANGE RANGE
	2: "CHE.R.RY" by YUI
	3: "LA•LA•LA LOVE SONG" by Toshinobu Kubota feat. Naomi Campbell
	4: "Button (ボタン)" by PENGUIN RESEARCH

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Dec 21, 2023

el_dumpo

Recommended

The specials took everything that was good about the first season and removed everything that wasn’t. Although rushed, it manages to condense the emotional meat and bones into a tight, well written love arc.

With a foundation of likeable characters and a season 1 that was already building their relationship, the show manages to completely ditch Kariu and Oga, which is a great relief. Aside from a decent ending, Kariu’s arc in season 1 was a pain to get through, filled with anime cliches and contrived conflicts. I do think Oga is a good character tho, and Kariu isn’t bad after the arc ends.

Instead, the ... specials focus on the relationship between Kaizaki and Hishiro. Kaizaki continues to be a likeable character, whose maturity and sociability make him easy to root for. Meanwhile, Hishiro finally becomes a real character (S1 Hishiro starting out as the generic emotionless girl every high school anime needs to have), showing some actual life experience and social ability. Not as an extrovert, but something akin to those introverts who still manage to gather a collection of close friends. Highlighting this is an earnest effort to make real connections which makes it hard not to root for Hishiro.

With this foundation, a romance that feels as much fuelled by their similar pre-ReLIFE experience and the interactions we see between them throughout the show becomes the main focus. Generic high school anime tropes (omg look all the girls are dressed up as maids for the festival) are still present, but for once the show is fast enough that it never really annoyed me enough to take me out of the experience. Instead, the display of Hishiro’s effort on planning a christmas date, Kaizaki pacing around a table as he waits for a text to show up, and phone calls out of a desire to hear each others voice works so much better with the looming end of the ReLIFE. The blending of the giddy feeling of falling in love with the certainty that this will be over makes these scenes hit so much harder, makes each interaction feel so much more emotional. It really squeezes a lot out of this in 4 episodes.

The writing isn’t perfect - there are a few things that feel weird (such as Kaizaki immediately taking back his confession and saying it was super out of the blue when the girl he’s with explicitly asked him on a date), and anime tropes are still everywhere. The writing is rushed, leaving the relationship feeling somewhat shallow, lacking all the small stuff that makes romance really work. I couldn’t help but wonder a few times exactly what it was that these two were actually talking about during their phone calls (as these scenes generally only show them talking while replacing dialogue with music)
Still, with the two focuses being actual adults, the writing overall manages to reflect that and bring a relationship that feels a little more mature, a little more realistic and a little more immersive - contrast it to Oga and Kariu where the entire time i was vividly aware that this was a high school anime romance with the dumbest conflicts someone could think up.

Non sequitur, I love the music for this show. I wouldn’t listen to it outside of the show, but it works super well in both the first season and these specials, with its choppy piano being able to convey a wider variety of emotions than the more widespread slice of life soundtracks. It really benefits the show a lot.

Overall, it was fun to watch

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Apr 30, 2023

AtlasEarth

Mixed Feelings

While I am still not in love with this series or the OVAs, this was marginally better than the regular series.

Animation was on par or better than the regular series while having much better and more focused stories and narrative.

Although it did not personally affect me, I can see someone being moved by these episodes and more specifically the conclusion of the series.

But I think a lot of my issues I will always have with this series is still in these OVAs.

Still not a fan of the music and the VA work is fine but not spectacular to me.

Suppose if you liked the series ...

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May 3, 2018

CanAKATheIndigo

Not Recommended

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 Ovas ... were 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.

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