Bokutachi no Remake

As someone currently leaving college and moving into a creative field, this show seems like it should resonate very well with me. I have always been a fan of the romance genre in anime and the fact that college life is actually getting represented is something that I really appreciate. Unfortunately, it falls short it some departments.

The story has one major problem, and more and more problems sprout from that. It seems to be a chronic issue when it comes to shows with the "Oh shoot I am getting to relive my younger years!" premise. That is of course the way that the main character ... acts. Re:life did this well, Erased did it pretty poorly, and Mushoku Tensei (while being a Isekai) actually does it really well. The big problem with this show is the moment that our main character goes back in time, it feels like he almost instantly reverts to acting the age of a younger guy.

The supporting cast is great. You really get to see everyone grow and mature in the show in little ways so far. life in College has a huge adjustment period and the whole "finding yourself" and learning to be mature aspect for the supporting cast seems to be very solid, but the main character is must less so.

If you ask me, this was a big missed opportunity. Even if it was a different type of college, the emotional maturity you gain through your college years really changes you. It would have been appreciative if the character acted more mature in his social interaction and in his relationships with the rest of the cast.

The highlight of this is the Ecchi scenes. The guy acts like a child whenever anything remotely sexual happens, be it waking up next to a girl, or accidently touching someone inappropriately. The kind of behavior the MC has is just childish. Handling these scenes in a mature way, such as just shutting down advances or just accepting them and not acting shy would have helped remind us that our main character was actually older. I think we can chalk this up to the studio playing the story too safe and wanting the main character to be a self-insert for younger audiences instead of a fully flushed out character.

This wraps back around to my biggest issue with the story. If you were to cut out the first act and all the "I'm from the future" monologues, it would have literally no impact on the story at all. The way the plot has progressed, the time travel has almost no relevance at all. As of writing, episode 6 is out, so the time travel has seemed to help with the latest problem, but even that is tangential, the solution (Of making a game set in a high school) could have easily been reached without it. It all could just be chalked up to the main character being really talented.

I don't want it to sound like I am all negative about this though. Even with its flaws. The show is still really fun to watch and enjoy. I am definitely a sucker for the love triangle trope and I am very happy to see it here. The fact that relationships are actually developing at a decent pace is also a huge plus. I really don't like shows where the characters absolutely refuse to admit their feelings until the very end and it is looking like this show is going against the grain there, we got what is basically a confession from 1 girl already out and I would actually love to see a real relationship, begin, exist, and end in this series, instead of the whole series ending right after a relationship starts. I think that really banks on the show getting a second season to be truly fleshed out, but we can only hope.

All in all the show is good, but the use of time travel is basically a gimmick and has no relevance to the actual plot. The relationships are solid and the character building of the supporting cast has been great, even if the main character is lacking. This gets a 6 from me because the show is "Fine." Sadly, given the whole premise of the show is time travel, it feels like they missed the mark, but the actual story is good, and the supporting cast make up for what the main character seems to lack!

This anime had a decent amount of potential. The story is very similar to ReLIFE, in that the main protagonist is at a bad point in his life. In fact, it's almost a direct rip off of ReLIFE. He's lost a career he didn't particularly enjoy and is filled with regret that he didn't pick the art school he got into instead of going into business. He's somehow (it's not explained at this point) able to travel back in time to choose the art school. Honestly, I thought the idea was intriguing, even if I dislike the "If I just did one think differently, my ... life would be perfect with no roadblocks!" trope.

The problems start almost as soon as he travels back. This show is filled with cliche after cliche. The MC has three roommates; one guy and two girls. The guy is almost immediately built up as a somewhat difficult but passionate writer. The girls? One of them is just a "tsundere" that wants to be an actress and the other is... an artist that the MC was obsessed with before he travelled back in time with little to no personality other than "oh, she's sleepy."


Then, the MC sees yet another girl who he knew from his past life - his former boss, going to the same school as he is. Again, she's given little to no personality other than that she's a director.

The female characters are almost exclusively used for fanservice that feels incredibly cliche and out of place or for "comedy" (which usually amounts to one of the male characters getting hit.) None of this fits the dramatic setup the show seemed to start with.

I mentioned that the male characters are built up while the female characters are essentially just... there, but what's even more unbelievable is that they're somehow all dependent on the male MC. Even in the first 4 episodes, the other male character accidentally grabs a camera that can only take pictures instead of a video camera. The other three are about to give up while the MC has an idea that's portrayed as absolutely incredible and out of the box. I'm not going to spoil what it is because it's already too obvious and you can probably figure it out for yourself. This is only one example.

Nothing about this anime clicks to me, no matter how hard it tries to be "deep" or when it tries to be "funny." I think the show is trying to go for a comedy-drama, but it's obviously not doing a very good job.

If you like obvious cliches, derivative stories, and a world that seems to bend over backwards for the main character, this show's definitely for you. If not, you'll find yourself disappointed in another boring fanservice slice of life anime that tries to be "deep."

Bokutachi no Remake is your typical fast food meal - it's predictable, unremarkable, and it's something you've likely had before, though that's not to say it's completely worthless. If you don't go in expecting any surprises in the story or nuanced characters, there is some fun to be had. That said, if you can afford to be picky, it's probably worth looking somewhere else for better quality story telling.

Now, as for in-depth discussion, I'm going to focus solely on the characters and their actions/motivations as that's where the series gains its hopelessly average badge. The art style and sound design are both ... standard fare, being serviceable enough to not be a distraction when viewing. As with the plot, there's really nothing worth discussing as it's your run of the mill isekai/reborn/redo storyline. While its nothing new, it's not something that will inherently make or break the anime. My frustration (or rather indifference) lies with the characters and their bland/trope filled adventures.

One of the main issues with the show thus far is that at no point does the MC Kyouya do or say anything to distinguish himself as a character beyond being 'nice' and 'trying really hard', which isn't a problem unique to this series alone (there's a massive pile of shows that suffer from boring MC syndrome) but it still needs to be pointed out as this is the character through which we experience the narrative. We are presented someone who has been given, by some act of divinity, a second chance at life, yet by the second episode he is nearly indistinguishable from any other ordinary college student. Our MC has zero reaction nor any thoughts regarding his miraculous new lease on life. No questions are raised as to how or why this has taken place. There is no shock, chaos, or disarray as he experiences this. Kyouya simply accepts the situation unquestionably and slides into his new role as a positive, bubbling college freshmen who attends every lecture and acts as a model friend/support for his new roommates. Were the story not explicitly shown, we as viewers would have no idea as to the nature of this character and the fact that his mind is actually that of a 28 year old man. There is nothing interesting here; this character is completely devoid of any trait that might make him stand out despite undergoing such a shockingly profound event.

Similar anime have at least had the foresight to have their MCs take risks, make bold moves on potential love interests, or possibly exploit their knowledge of the future for personal gain - it doesn't matter what but it has to be something, anything to make the character stand out and memorable. Bokutachi no Remake offers none of this in the actions of its MC. It actually leaves one wondering why the plot device was even used in the first place as by episode 2 the entire redo plot point is entirely irrelevant to what is happening on-screen. Take that central setup away and what you're left with is another average to below-average slice of life college anime.

It goes without saying that the other main ensemble cast of characters are similarly boring and one-dimensional. Each one can be summarized with at most two to three adjectives that describe their entire being and subsequently outlines their entire character arc. The three housemates that our MC meets early are only distinguishable in their respective area of talent and their archetype. Nanako is the upbeat singer, Aki the cutesy artist, and the other dude in the house is the lazy-genius writer. Again, nothing new nor surprising here. Even less surprising is that after a few episodes it's blatantly obvious that every on screen female character we've spent time with has a crush on the MC. There is not a single SOUL out there that would have glimpsed the preview featuring three cute girls and not figured this out beforehand, though that doesn't make it any less groan-worthy when it plays out as expected.

As initially said, there is some enjoyment to be had here. I myself am a sucker for most isekai and redo-type storylines even after admitting the plot actually plays very little part in the later story. This is, at its core, a wish fulfillment anime, and as I alluded to at the start, it's okay to indulge in a little fast food once in a while. But if you've got the slightest inclination to watch something better, do that instead.

"When given the chance to redo your past decisions, a chance to start over what would you do?" I'm sure when faced with such a possibility many people would jump at the opportunity for a do-over. Especially if they are having a tough time in their current station. But would we stop to consider the underlying implications of our decisions should we actually indulge in this once in a lifetime opportunity?

Bokutachi no Remake does a really good job at outlining and narrating the story of a 'good-natured' person when given the chance to vie for a different path, the story may not be the ... most original or thought-provoking but it shares a unique spot within the anime industry as one that emphasises heavily on "Time". Although somewhat similar to that of ReLife, Boku Remake takes a different approach and focuses heavily on the butterfly effect. From a narrative point of view, Bokutachi no Remake may not have the most compelling story but what helps it stand tall amongst many other titles is its emphasis on a very lovable cast.

Each character is well-written with their own quirks and issues they need to overcome which is indicative of that of life, we all have our challenges to face and in the face of adversity what do we do? [What this anime does well is, when faced with an obstacle do we face it head-on or find a way around it? Confrontation or Avoidance, are two sides of the same coin, without giving too much away that would probably be the best short description I can think of.]

The art consists of many cute characters and surprisingly, watching an anime including "anime characters" within their own world is pretty cool, and they are all aesthetically pleasing which is always a good thing. The music utilised throughout the series suited the theme of the anime really well. From critical moments, emotional scenes or even just emphasising the situation the sound team really did a fantastic job in setting the mood for the series, having all the components work hand in hand to create a lasting impression is not easy. The musical arrangement was done really well as it complements the progression of the story and the characters which is a very challenging task.

Needless to say, I absolutely adored Bokutachi No Remake I'm just a little bummed out that there isn't a season 2, probably a good time to pick up the light novel given how the anime ended. But what really shone brightest to me for this particular title is how great each character was written. It is not a stretch to say that, having 0 unlikeable characters in an anime that focuses heavily on character development and the interactions of said characters is a near-impossible feat. Yet Boku Remake has achieved it, which absolutely blows my mind because through the 12 episodes I was trying to find things that I could nitpick and complain about but from my perspective, there were no major flaws. Although the anime is a little slow, there were 0 wasted episodes as the story progresses logically and fluidly, although I felt like there were moments where the emotional scenes could've been more intensified I have to say that the voice actors did a pretty stellar job from comedic scenes to emotional ones not only were they complementary to the mood and music but it felt very natural. I don't always try to factor in realism within animes but whenever they are applicable they add that extra bonus and value to make the work of art that much more enjoyable.

Sure the narrative could've been more interesting, the drama could've been more intense or heck even the romance could've taken a notch higher but overall. The depth that Bokutach no Remake brings for its audience is something that will cause many to pause and reflect upon. That alone is worthy of a score of 9.

I watched this anime because I saw it recommended for people who like ReLife. I LOVED ReLife, and I loved the concept of this anime. However, I thought the anime didn't really stay strong from start to finish like ReLife did.

Story - 7
The story starts out really good. I LOVED the first episode. I really liked the next few episodes. But then things started to go downhill.
After the first episode, I was like AWESOME, I like the MC and he gets to go back and retry life. This is gonna be a motivating anime, and I am so excited to see him redo his ... life.
In the couple episodes following that, I was having fun. I loved seeing our MC go through college classes, interact with his house-mates, deal with slight problems, find motivation, and work hard.
From then on, I felt that the anime didn't really have a direction. Some episodes felt very out of place, like one where one of MC's housemates' "fiancé" comes to visit and distracts that housemate. That is basically one whole episode and it doesn't do anything for the plot. It was an excuse for fanservice, but this show already had way too much. I really disliked the sexualization of female characters in this anime. It was completely unnecessary. I don't even know why some type of love triangle formed because I don't see any romantic chemistry between the characters at all.
Going back to MC getting to redo his life, this anime took a bad turn. I thought I would see MC go through hardships and succeed, but instead he encounters problems and then solves them amazingly with no actual struggle. He has not gone through art school before so even though he has 10 more years of life experience, I don't think he should be some super smart guy who is able to solve problems. The show tries to frame it as the MC is just not giving up, but it's not just that. He doesn't give up, AND comes up with super smart and creative solutions, AND these solutions never fail. Also, it seems that when he went back in time he for some reason thought he had to work hard to prevent the people who are famous 10 years in the future from not becoming famous? I don't get this at all. He is running around the whole anime trying to make sure that these people, who in 10 years he know will be successful, stay successful, but he doesn't need to. Their fates are already fine. This is HIS redo so all MC has to do is work hard on his own, and be happy knowing his friends are going to be super successful in the future.
The ending is also bleh. The first half of the last episode is okay, but then the second half doesn't feel like the finale of an episode, it feels like something to get you to watch season 2, but there is no season 2, so me sad.

Art - 8
I think the art is pretty good. I like the style. Everything is bright and nice to look at.

Sound - 8
The opening is nice, I really like it. Not as good as ReLife opening though. The ending is okay. The general music is calming high-school anime slide of life music, it's good but not amazing.

Characters - 7
I see that some people who rate this anime low do not like the MC. However, I really like the MC as a person. I don't understand what he does though, but that has more to do with how is motivation to help keep people he already knows will be successful, successful, comes out of nowhere. But I do just love him. He is so nice and caring and sweet. He is just a loveable guy.
The housemates are okay. The guy doesn't seem that well written and is a bit confusing. The girls are okay, though they seem to be there more to serve as part of a love triangle which was unnecessary in the first place.
I love the Hikawa guy, but he is barely even a supporting character. Everyone else is just kinda meh and doesn't have a personality.

Enjoyment - 7
I had really high hopes for this anime. The first part was really good and super enjoyable. It honestly just made me feel so good and I might watch the first part again if I want a fun, motivating anime. But I think after that the anime just went downhill.

Overall - 7
Worth the watch? I guess. But don't expect the amazingness of Relife.

This slice of live moved 4 steps forwards but also moved 5 steps back, and one of those 5 steps back was a justifies enough reason for anyone to completely drop this anime if they wish to, and yes it has done this before already, because even tho you can't accept somethings, when you just ignore common sense your anime is doomed to look stupid, also it still struggles with it's core issues even tho it managed to fix some or try something else

Some positives:
1. It showed kyouya struggle for the first time ever, and this was lacking so much for a plot based around ... a new life and fixing issues

2. Even tho we kinda knew already, but showing how Mr Perfect aka kyouya managed to "destroy" other people's future because he wanted to make his on future better was such a amazing take, tho sadly they didn't properly manage it make it truly impactful imo

3. Showed how depending on someone else limits other people, he literally destroyed the platinum trio because he forced them to rely on him

Now the issues:
1. A guy just skipped 12 years into the future and still manages to properly do things, he can work, he can deal with his daily issues, and this was honestly the dumbest thing i ever seen, NOT A SINGLE HUMAN BEING is able to skip his whole university and his studies on the matter+his new social interactions and still manage to properly do everything, except if you're kyoua, because how the anime always like to imply, he's perfect and everyone likes to depend on him

2. Which comes issue 2, even in the future people still are depending on kyouya to solve everything even whe he's nothing special, which is even worse, because, if he's Mr Perfect how the anime implied, he should've 100% gotten a big job, but this anime loves logic holes for some reason

3. His relationship with shinoaki is as bad as a harem romcom, they literally only had 2 screentime moments themed around their relation, being him praising her and making her happy, and the kiss, and boom that's enough to justify a marriage (of course we skipped time, stuff likely happened) but that's the issue, if you don't show to the audience, it will look stupid no matter what, you can't just expect people to accept a poorly developed relationship to the point of it turning into a marriage, unless of course you're the regular generic to-love ru enjoyer (and being honest even to-love ru does a better job at romance than this anime, while still being mediocre)

4. The anime kinda didn't care at all about the characters outside of the main 4, it just showed them, and that's it, they just exist, we barely know enough about them, only that they're there because they're plot engines, and that's a issue because, if you don't wanna care about a character, you shouldn't be making said character appear "constantly" because you're implying that the character should be meaningful, while at the same time giving it no development so it feels meaningless

So yes even tho im happy this anime managed to properly be something outside of the empty shell of a generic romcom visual novel game, with a generic perfect protagonist, a generic "harem" and a generic supporting male character it was going for all those episodes ago, it still is a mediocre-bad anime at best, with kawasegawa being the better developed character and even tho she's on the poster of the anime she gets constantly treated as a side character anyways, which is also dumb

So yeah, this SoL can have the best end of the decade, it will still be a awful anime because it doesn't know how to properly handle itself and removed essential content of the source material (aka most of their character and relationship development), and everyone who thinks otherwise is solely ignoring factual evidence and rating categories, in benefit of a simplistic analyses and personal preference, yes i'm talking to all the people who are almost managing to push this into Rating 8, which is just hilarious

"The Embodiment of stupidity and idolization", "How to make OP isekai MCs look like properly written characters, "How to fail at the romance genre", "How to fail at the drama genre", "How to fail at time traveling", honestly you can call this anime many things but Good.

Bokutachi no remake is the most souless anime i ever watched in my life. An anime about robots (Casshern Sins) manages to feel more humanized than this.

Bokutachi no remake is an anime about a dude that gets a second chance to live his past and take another decision so he could change his life, yes it's those generic types ... of time traveling animes. Funny enough the first episode manages to make you somewhat interested in the anime, but then you ask "what's so bad about it" well lemme explain through MAL rating system.

Story: Starts showing Kyouya as a hardworker otaku that did a bad career choice but get's a second chance at working at his "dream career", and yes we haven't even reached the time travel part yet, he then properly does his job at a game industry even overworking himself to try to guarantee his chance of being accepted (it was a intership), but sadly the project fails because of reasons outside of his reach, and he gets fired, now enters the time traveling, he went back 10 years so he could do the right career choice and this is where the Good Bokutachi (episode 1) starts to fade away for the awful bokutachi (episodes from 3 to 12), even tho he changed his university choice, it doesn't even feel like it, kyouya can easily solve any challenge that's presented to him, but you could ask "well he has 10 years of experience makes sense" except that it doesn't, because it was never shown that kyouya had experience dealing with thoses challenges, it only shows like twice him using future knowledge to help with decision making and it never uses his degree on economic university as a advantage for his decisions, only showed that he's a hardworked, and he doesn't solve anything through hardwork he just knows what to do in any situation, oh i forgot to talk about that he partners with the younger version of the platinum trio, do they matter ? not really, as the anime potrays kyouya as their god saviour that carries them through any issue, making them underdeveloped and making their relataionship artificial, skipping ahead as the anime is just a replay of "Issue>Kyouya solves it>Kyouya gets praised for it in some way" kyouya manages to make the platinum trio never be a thing because he's just better than them in every way and we are forced to go to the new future, kyouya (that was praised by the platinum trio) manages to be a random worker at a game industry, because that makes sense, a guy better than a legendary trio didn't manage to get a relevant hierarchy but let's procceed, then he skipped 12 years including most of his university life and now has to work, do you think he struggled at a new job without having full knowledge on it (yes he doesn't have any memories of the 12 years he skipped) ? Nope, he managed to work so well that he repeated the old cycle, everyone always asked for his help, he solved the problems of all his co-workers, he even manages to do a better job than the company president itself, while skipping 12 years of knowledge on the matter, sounds dumb right? well because it is, this anime is just a huge stupid adventure of a OP MC solving all the issues the story provides without any struggle whatsoever, oh yeah and you know the whole university envyronment ? Do you think it was properly used in the story ? Nope, it got put aside around episode 5 or 6 we do not see the characters developing their skill through challenges provided by the university, as kyouya is already perfect and solves everything and all the others just ask kyouya to solve their issues, oh yeah lemme point out something else, this anime has 3 tags, slice of life, romance and drama, do you think he properly utilizes any of them? No, the slice of life tag is there for obvious reasons, its his life and we see slices of it, there's no "oh yes seeing moments of his life matters for character depth/development" no it doesn't, we just see his life because we are forced to, oh romance, i wanna talk about this tag, its gonna be a short talk tho, romance in bokutachi is pretty short, there's a episode for 2 of the girls getting interested in him because he did a single cool thing to them, like a compliment (i'm not even joking, a girl falls in love with him because he says he likes her art, that's it), and you're curious why i mean 2 with 3 FMC? Well that's because kawasegawa get's treated as a side character through 90% of the anime, and funny enough still manages to be better written than anyone else in this series, going back to the romance, one of the girls kisses him, we enter a single episode harem romcom style with the 2 girls "fighting" for him, he says he has no feelings for the girl that kissed him, we skip 12 years he's married with that girl, done, yes, i'm done, that's all the romance this anime has, it's like 2 episodes max focusing on some form of romance theme, and he's married, but you could argue "well a lot of things could've happened on 12 years" yes you're right, but that's a issue, you can't do something, not show it to the public, then force the public to accept/understand the result of it, it's like starting a romcom, and on episode 2 making both characters marry by skipping all their romance development, and wanting your view to feel the love that couple feels towards each other, you know what's funnier ? people voted a lot for this couple as the best of the season, a couple that went: Compliments her art, falls in love with him but doesn't show development on it, kiss him, marry him, that's all we see, nothing else, and has the romance tag, about the drama i don't need to say a lot, one episode they start arguing because of a decision kyouya made, 2 minutes later the guy just goes "well i'll believe in you since it's you kyouya" i'm not joking, that's how the discussions ends, and that's how most of the drama goes, issue happens>kyouya quickly solves it with the logic of being kyouya>everyone praises him>repeat.
To conclude my rating, the story of bokutachi no remake is superficial, artificial, poorly written, with childish/godly solutions to any problem presented, that does nothing towards progressing its characters, with no positive traits as everything you see on it you probably seen somewhere else. Oh yeah and most of the things you see on the opening/ending never happen in the actual anime, like they wanted to show to you "yes we skipped content wanna quickly see it?"

Additional final episode critic: 40 seconds into the episode and Keiko goes "Why do you wanna go back to that hard time", bro which hard time, Kyouya was a fricking prodigy back then, hard time lol nice joke

Additional final episode critic 2: 1 minute into the episode and Kyouya pulls a "i wanted to struggle", yeah, you wanted, because you didn't and won't lmao ( i loved his speech btw, should've been made by another character on a whole another story tho)

Additional final episode critic 3: FINNALY HE SHOWED SOME AFFECTION TOWARDS SHINOAKI AFTER 12 EPISODES AND 1 TIME TRAVEL, you know i'll be mad if this episodes ends up being good

Additional final episode critic 4: Kyouya actually used future knowledge to help him do some decisions in the past (it wasn't anything big or world changing but he did), the God Loli saying he didn't was a lie, also is he stupid "they trusted in me ?" the whole anime was about them repeating "if kyouya says so its right"

Additional final episode critic 5: "Welcome back main character", how to acknowledge your issues 101

Additional final episode critic 6: Says he won't use future knowledge to do stuff but knows that if people rely on him that's their downfall, honestly this anime says something and does the opposite "congrats on not taking advantage, now go take advantage this time you stupid"

Additional final episode critic 7: cliffhanger ? seriously jeez

Additional final episode conclusion: Fixed some small problems, managed to create even bigger ones, Keiko is god ? Why god is a loli ? Why god choose kyouya of every other human being on earth ? He was just a unemployed hadworking dude lol, that's not merit for a second chance in life, so yeah that's a new plothole, good job remake creating a problem on your last episode, also it's funny how this anime is so sure it's getting a second season it straight up ends with a cliffhanger, if it doesn't get one i'll laugh

So my rating is 1, it's easily the worst story i ever seen, also another reason, the anime butchered the source material and rushed it a lot, which means yes, most of those issues above could've been avoided or better developed to not be seen as issues, but the anime just decided to go dumb mode and just present the problem at minute 5 and solve it at minute 7, same goes for the love development which was extremely better and wasn't one-sided like it was in the anime, if you wanna write you own story avoid everything remake does with his

Art: It's a generic art style with no amazing scenarie, copy pasted faces mostly on the female side, you can just remove their hair, replace with the hair of another female character and it would look just like her, with simplistic animation (not as a positive trait) and lack of details all over it.

So my rating on art is 2, it's bad and generic, like the studio didn't even try to pull something unique or good to look at, just searched "how to make appealing simple faces 10 minute tutorial" and did it.

Sound: The opening is mediocre, the ending is mediocre, simple lyrics and the music itself wasn't catchy like other OSTs, the sound on the overall anime was either "generic city noises.mp4" or "generic loop of a beat.mp4", shonoaki voice was so high pitched you could go deaf and it hurts my ears everytime the VA opened her mouth, i don't think it's the VA's fault on this but i didn't research or her other works, oh yeah and there's the ep where they sing a Suzumiya Haruhi OST, because this anime enjoys reciclying content so why not, they could've at least made a reference on the manga like they did with other IPs but nope.

In conclusion my rating is 5, it's mediocre because it never mattered or just annoyed, but not bad enough to make me want to watch on mute and only read the subtitles.

Character: This one is gonna be as big as the story one because oh god there's A LOT of issues, so prepare your popcorn, Kyouya, the MC, i think i told you enough about the character issues on the story (since sadly the story 99% focus on kyouya and everyone else feels like a side character, so you're forced to judge kyouya when juding the story as it's driven by him mostly), but as you know, he's the perfect MC, solving any issue, having no development as he already starts by being to do anything, expressionless he literally reacts the same way through 90% of the anime, only showing some emotion near the end when he starts regretting that he's the perfect MC, we barely know his feelings and he barely portrays them, he's unidimensional, he's always working the same way, even when its on a subject unrelated to him he still solves it the same way he does with the others, and how perfection is a issue you might ask, well, if your character does everything, why would you care about the others, which is what happens on remake, kyouya makes everyone feels like a side character, barely having enough screentime for them and their personal issues, always relying on him to solve even their personal issues that got lucky enough to be brought up, and that's also how the plot goes, since he's perfect, they end up failing because they couldn't rely forever on him, is that a interesting message? yes, but kyouya portrayed it on such a artificial way that we barely got to feel their downfall, Shinoaki feels like i'm watching a 5 year old on the body of a 20 year old, she's overall dumb doing silly childish things, her voice is extremely annoying, her character is only about looks, she's even sexualized right on episode 1, she has no depth, she's also unidimensional always relying on kyouya and barely showing what's special about the character shinoaki, we barely see her doing what's she's known for, which is being a artist, which was supposed to be a big thing based on how much hyped kyouya created on her but it didn't live up, and the romance she has with kyouya feels so artificial that you don't even think they're 2 human beings, Nanako is the love rival, even tho this isn't a harem anime it has cringe harem moments with the other girls, which funny enough has some depth to her character that sadly gets outshined by kyouya being the saviour of all the burden she carried and making her emotionally dependant on him to the point of ruining her characterization, she's not interesting the drama related to her is a pretty simple and common subject that gets easily solved by kyouya and the character has no depth outside of said drama i mentioned, Tsurayuki starts of as smart guy, get's outshined by kyouya, starts relying on him for everything, and gives up because of that, his backstory is boring just saying he's the son of a rich family and has a arranged marriage that's it, his drama is solved without we even going in depth into it, by guess who, yes kyouya the savior of everyone, he feels like a side male character just so the author didn't get forced to add a harem tag to his work, because shinoaki and nanako get way more attention than him as characters and he's mostly a side kick for kyouya, Kawasegawa is a amazing example of wasted potential, the only character with development, the only character with depth and we see her on kyouya first future, on his second future (they work together) and on his new past, giving the best advices, being interested on him, smart, feels like a actual human being whenever her dialogue is playing, and what the anime did ? Treated her as a side character, and i mean it on this one, she BARELY appears on the past, we go through like 4 episodes forgetting she's a character, and there's 0 attempt on developing her or her relation with kyouya even as friends, then we skip to the new future, which shows kawasegawa as a ruined character that relies on kyouya to save her, that doesn't follow what she believed in and that went from a character that scolded kyouya for always finding easy way outs to everything into a character that created a weird love on him by praising him and saying its not his fault that he ruined the future of all the other 4 main characters (including hers), easily the most interesting character that got ignored on the series and ruined near it's end and has the best chemic with kyouya out of all the FMC, about the supporting characters, outside of Keiko being Hoouma Kyouin (steins gate joke) Loli version which is appearing as a relevant plot point all the other support characters appeared like thrice and got completely ignored around episode 6 or 7, the teacher which gave amazing advice never appeared again even tho it was still the school arc, the actual side kick they planned for kyouya also gone, the club members of the weird club they joined also gone, they barely do anything toegther with the other 4 MC, the new support characters on his other future also barely matter, like i don't judge support characters being just "whatever who cares" but i think it's offensive when a anime gives said characters a decent amount of screen time but doesn't properly develop them outside of the bubble of "im still appearing because kyouya will need me at some moment, after he stops needing me i'll never appear again" (not joking that's what happened with the teacher after she gave a advice to kyouya, she was constantly appearing, advice, gone), also i wanna point out something hilarious which is the character of sayuri aka tsurayuki arranged marriage wife thingy, she appears, she sexually assault tsurayuki, she gets sexualized, and on the other episode she's gone, thats it, thats ALL she does, like my god is this anime retarded, how can you introduce someone for NO REASON, literally his arranged marriage HAD NO REASON TO EXIST, same goes for Kyouya sister, she appears twice for 10 seconds, and that's it, why she's even a character related to the MC if she's not even going to matter at all like why just spam random characters that won't do anything for the sake of faking that you have a big cast when you don't, 90% of the support characters could be removed and no one would miss them that's how irrelevant they are. In conclusion every single character in this is superficial and forgetable because of kyouya stealing the spotlight on every situation, kyouya is the issue everyone is under developed and himself is also under developed and funny enough the intention of the anime was to show that kyouya made them worse, but if you intentionally make your characters worse in the benefit of your generic MC that's also bad, you'll still be ruining your characters no matter what logic you follow, it's like, "ill intentionally make my story bad, so people see that was my intention, and consider it good" like thats so bizarre and nonsensical it barely feels like it was made by someone that knows what he's doing, when it comes to looks everyone is generic there's no remarkable or special trais, to the point of the daughter of shinoaki and kyouya being a loli copy paste of shinoaki, A LITERAL COPY PASTE, how can someone be so lazy to not even try to give a child a little bit of character design, the characters are awfu, generic, unidimensional, poorly developed and written, forgetable, and all the other bad things you can consider about a character, that you literally do not care about them, even whenever there's drama, whenever they cry because of said drama you don't feel a thing, you don't care, because there isn't enough development and there isn't enough content for you to care about that character.

Additional final episode critic: Kyouya finnally feels like a real human being, took him the whole anime but ok, any + is welcoming, i won't be changing my score on this tho, lol imagine ignoring 90% of the anime with him being a perfect robot to give this a extra point.

Additional final episode critic 2: Kyouya recognizes his ego as a perfect dude is a bad thing, character development at the end of the anime folks.

Additional final episode critic 3: Cool the side characters are back, that still didn't address the issue i mentioned above tbh, this was more of a second season promotional episode than the end of a season

In conclusion my rating on character is 1, a door has more character development than 90% of the characters in this anime, because at least doors can be different unlike shinoaki and her daughter.

I won't rate enjoyment as it's a subjective rating unrelated to actual quality of the producting, but if you think i'm biased towards enjoyment you can check my Kanojo mo Kanojo review which i gave it a 4 called it bad for a number of reasons and still gave it a 8 on enjoyment

Overall don't watch bokutachi no remake, learn from all the mistakes that this anime made from the source material issues to removing pieces of the source material and creating even more issues, this doesn't deserve the high rating it currently has and i honestly don't get how you people manage to blind yourself to the inumerous flaws this has and forcing into reality inexistant qualities of it, if you wanna watch a anime that's somewhat better on the exact same topic go watch ReLIFE, if you still want to watch remake i reccomend doing so on 2x speed, AND IM NOT EVEN JOKING when i say it get's more enjoyable for some unknown reason, the pacing is just all over the place on the episodes themselves.

My overall score is 2, my eyes didn't deserve going through 12 episodes, but i did it so you don't have to if that's how the saying goes.

Honestly, this was probably the most entertaining anime this season, as well one of best this season. It was a refreshing time travel anime.

The story is good. It has a nice pacing and an interesting plot. It started very strong, introducing a well-beloved introduction to the story. The middle part is also quite exciting with the ongoing plot threads and the introduction of the problem that the protagonist brings to the table. Though the ending was quite anticlimactic. Ending on a cliffhanger is pretty much a kick to the balls. Other than that, there's nothing for me to complain about.

The characters are great. They are ... a strong main cast with interesting quirks and personality. The side characters... well, not so much. The focus of the anime is clearly only the pov of the protagonist. We're basically on his shoes, which is why we don't get much flesh-out scenes on other characters. And there's also the problem of this essentially being Act 1 for the entire story, so it leaves out a lot of character development for certain characters, hence why I'm not too crazy with my rating yet.

The animation is alright. It's pretty limited with a lot of cuts and limited animation. But the composition of each scenes are great, wonderful even. It definitely elevates itself with how the framing works in certain scenes. The art is also not too bad with little to no off-models for the characters. Great stuff.

The music is alright. The ost is okay, and the opening and ending is catchy enough.

Overall, it's a really great anime. One of the better ones not only in this season but also for this year. Totally recommended.

I would have given more ratings but the show isn't over yet.The plot till the episode 8(till i watched at this date, 29th august) was fabulous.Must-watch slice of lif/drama,with excellent character arcs and beautiful plot developments.The usage of time travel was done good, but if we go deeper into it, some parts were easily compared to another similar anime known as RE-life,which managed to use the concept of time well than remake our life- the main character's personality.The story is about him travelling 10 years back to change his past to fulfill his dream,all that is good, but the character also seems like he's become ... a guy 10 years younger.It would have been better if he had the maturity of an older person inside because his memories of 10 years were still intact,just like in Re-life anime.Other than that, in episode 8(just finished) the new plot twist had come and it has taken an interesting turn.So by far it's good, now that it's complicated the plot, let's see how the story will turn out to be....

Please watch it now,highly recommended if you're into slice of life anime like oregairu,except this happens fully in college and all about screenwriting, arts and music industry, which is my favorite concept.

A time travelling romance slife of life is more a slice of life where everything our mc does ends up ruining everyone elses day.

Theme of Time: The story progresses well and I guess has an ending that does resolve most of the story. The general issue the protaganist deals with is of being too involved and relied upon by his peers. This is devolped throughout with all characters failing at some point and using him to resolve the conflict. As the ending comes along our mc dials back his involvement and the anime hints that he manages to resolve all the creative writer blocks he ... made over time.

Writer Blocks: Throughout the anime our mc takes on the role of producer, telling people what to do, giving them time frames, organising work schedules, all normal stuff a producer would do. Yet him doing this role uninspires and prevents the other characters wanting to be artists which is a stupid anime plot. People of course loose motivation when they have to budge on work ideas but the anime implys any budge/compromise leads to quiting the job...what?! All our mc wanted to do is be creative like the cool gen he looked upto but is unable to be a happy creator as everyone else looses all happiness from him doing just a normal director job. It baffles me beyond belef.

Romance: The romantic side of the anime is severerly lacking as our potential ships dont get any love from our mc. They pry for his attention and love but he is having none of it,even announcing to us the viewer he doesnt like them and its actually a pain that they like him. The one girl he might get with is left open at the end but not open in a they might get together way, more a as we hinted throughout the anime the girl likes mc just making sure you know that as the viewer way.

Overall anime looks great has nice music and all the characters are different and unique. The time travel is more of a story start then actual relevant and the ending made me angry due to the mc just not being allowed happiness.

Pet hall of sakura halls? Re-life? Sure this anime is kinda like these two animes but as a manga reader, this shit gives me Tatami Galaxy vibes.

Story (9) : The plot is pretty simple, the mc goes back in time after regretting what he did in the past in order to correct his mistakes. But as you move ahead in the story, you'll see what I mean by "Tatami Galaxy vibes". Tatami Galaxy is an anime covering the topic "life choices". This is exactly what Remake our life does. Sure he is sent back to the past again, while living in his past this story ... tells us about the futures based upon the major choices kyouya makes in the past he is living in. Remake our life focuses on timelines in I love it

Art (8) : Art is pretty good, I like the sceneries.

Sound (8) : Sounds are good aswell, the opening song is somewhat a vibe.

Characters (9) : Okay for the characters, they are really good. I like how they are really dedicated towards their goals. Kyouya is matured aswell which makes the girls fall for him ^_^

Enjoyment : (9) : 9/10 Enjoyment, I like the idea of focusing on timelines,

tl;dr - If you like romance + drama. This anime is for you, even if you don't like it, you will be captivated by the idea of time lines.

Gotta love this kind of stories, this anime tells the story about what most human crave the most, a second chance in life.

The anime follows the story of a failed man that always having bad luck in finding job,the horror of adulthood.but then somehow he returns back 10 years old,to restart his life back and make it better, but does coming back in time would make it easier to live ?, that's the question.

The premise of this anime really draws my attention,all people have that one mistake that ruin your future and this anime gives a picture what would probably happen if you can actually ... redo and fix it.

Other than teaching us about that,this anime also serve us with a romance between character that interest me a lot.

The interaction between character is lively and fun to watch,the animation is also well animated.


Overall 9/10,im really enjoying this show so far

Watching Bokutachi no Remake feels incredibly nostalgic to me. Even the show itself, being a romcom, does harken back to the early to mid 2010s when shows like these were more prominent. However, BokuRema does fall into the standard trappings commonly associated with this genre in spite of its unique concept.

BokuRema feels like a Visual Novel, where you're watching Kyouya making choices and reaching Bad Ends. The problem is that Kyouya himself isn't a very interesting character. He is your typical doormat nice guy who's loved by everyone. There is nothing special he brings to the table and he sucks out a lot of the ... fun with his passiveness. The rest of the cast don't fare any better, they are your typical romcom archetypes, again with nothing special brought to the table. Nothing terrible, just nothing special.

I do like the moments where the gang starts making their doujin game, as well as Kyouya's stunt in the gaming companies. But apart from that the show didn't draw me in with the usual character building scenes. You're just going through the motions at this point, especially if you're like me and read a ton of VNs with a similar premise. It's charming to see in anime form in 2021 yes, but it still feels so generic regardless. The special collaboration cameo from episode 6 was really cute though.

The time travel plot is interesting, but by the end of the show you're not given any answers beyond a "Read the LN for more!" cliffhanger. It does feel irresponsible to resolve your show with such a blatant ad, and it certainly dampers the entire experience of the show.

All in all, the show was a nice throwback albeit a generic one.

5/10

Hey, all I'm saying is that you NEED to watch until the end of the 8th episode to actually start seeing how good this show is. I don't know if the ending will be hot garbage but so far it is looking very very good! Another thing, I know this show isn't for everyone, but like at least give it a shot! If you like art you can see some great art here. While personally I don't like the look of the eyes on the characters they are all unique designs and the art work (imo) is really, really cool. If you want a ... show about time travel, this one does it extremely well, I'm guessing it will explain later how he time traveled cause it never really explains that now. Though that is part of the fun cause you and the mc and kinda experiencing it all at once! Anyways, this anime is a 10/10 and is one of my favourites, peace

Bokutachi no Remake is one of the gems for me this season. We get to see a lot of SOL in high school but not so many in college .It's not often that we get authentic, down to Earth shows about college students .This has pretty nice vibes along with dose of mature themes of how life suddenly gets fucked up and how our decision in teenage self changes a lot of what we wanted to do from what we are doing now.
Although while starting i was not expecting anything but was surprised of how accurate depiction of college life with hard hitting themes (personally)

This ... anime tells us a story of a person who although had a heart for pursuing Art and Creation in an Art college but chooses more easy and safe route in other college

Later in his life regrets his choice and quits his jobs for a game development company but eventually the company shuts down and he becomes jobless again. the theme of tough adult life, important life choices, choosing passion or security, finding what you are good at and what you want to do, what do you love is what is making this anime special to me


Now to characters ;
Kyoya - What I really like up till now is how our protagonist is cool headed, composed and there is a humility in Kyoya that wins my heart. Also it's great to have a MC who's not a crybaby and/or awkward with second hand embarrassment vibes.

ShinoAki - what can i say so early in series just that she is beyond adorable, and her development into a great artist is going to be very exciting to me

Kawasegawa - Gorgeous and Strong character , her and the kyoya's interactions are very interesting and engaging , hoping to see good development

Tsurayuki Rokuonji and Nanako Kogure - both of them seems very interesting characters with realistic personalities, their conversations so far are a good reflection of so many of us who are like this .

Animation and music - in this regard i would say that they match up to the slice of life and drama feel of the show. There are some scenes that absolutely made me go ‘Utsukushi’ and music is very appropriate and cozy, so no alms there . although not mind-blowing level of animation here but I kinda think everyone will dig this slice of life with correct vibes.


Will update as we move forward in season and explore this wonderful cast

finally oh god , finally one of the worst show this season already finished . if I'm going to give a simple opinion in my perspective , this show is a failed version of relife . that's it .

Starting with a fucking bad development characters for nanako , shinoaki and tsurayuki . and then how cringey the conversations were and it’s very easy for our mc to persuade others to do things like he wanted . and also the outplaced romance and love triangle scenes and screen time that should’ve been used for other shit .

I'm not going to talk about how bad it ... is . that's up to you to give your own opinion about it . what I'm going to talk about is much bigger issue .

the issue was the time travel concept . I've said about this a lot before , but they seems not to fix this one to the end of the series . I mean our mc just time travel three times , three motherfucking times , but not even a single question came out of his mouth .

for me this is their major flaw . at first I thought that it was okay , our mc sent to the past and just remake his life , oh okay cool , maybe we won't see the time travel shit again . but the major problem started from the second time travel .

when he get sent to the future , we need to know that this guy can't be that stupid . all the bizarre situation happened , ain't no way a normal human can comprehend this shit . in my eyes , they intentionally make our mc oblivious about the situation .

we don't even know who the hell is this keiko girl . who is she to him? why she send him to handful amount of time travel ? why they don't explain to us the reason why our mc get sent back and forth to the past and future?. in the end , we ain't getting any answer man holy crap .

my final words is , even a child book I've read when I was 5 years old had a better plot than this show . and I really hope this one won't be getting any more season .

It is a amazing complex anime where it shows the complications of every action you make either good or bad will have consequences and life teaches you that in every action you make either good or bad choice no matter how many times you go back in time you realize that life is a never ending test and it puts you into many trials you have to face ; you must never give up no matter how hard the test gets and must always try to strive to resolve it and accept the consequences of your actions ; knowledge means power but with knowledge comes ... great responsibility that can easily be misused; a great lesson and a great series 10/10 people that went through many life tests and kept striving for a better day will understand this message :) it brings a fulfillment to people to know someone else envisioned this entropy message ; that there is gradual decline into disorder in the universe no matter the actions we take we just have to keep moving forward and be the best version of ourselves ; this anime was one of the best series i saw this year *thank you to the author*

I admit that the adventures in this anime are solved quite easily, it becomes anecdotal almost a pretext. But well, what is played in this anime is always the relation that the MC has with the others which evolves and influences his entourage. It's not really an anime about audiovisual creation but a work about the links between a group of individuals. Everything else is just a scenery planted there for the characters to interact. It suits me this way, I like this anime a lot and I hope that the final episode will be good and will open a second season.

Very exciting start of the series with double length 1st episode. The story starts as another re-life 10y into the past of not fulfilled bankrupt game developer/producer, who is given another career chance. From working professional perspective I would prefer to see longer time jump as 10y is really short and while one is 30y old one can still consider his career open and full of opportunities. The university settings and story focused on exploring your best options for future career is very welcomed. This makes this anime something more than entertaining escapism. Characters are reasonable and slowly develop as series progresses. Our protagonist armed ... with his past work experiences and bitter disappointments is placed by divine powers in the pole-position to team up with the future stars of art creators. He works hard this time; but would his effort pay back or will they be in vain? Has he enough resolve, will, smarts, inventiveness and strength to change his future? Are his assumptions on educational path and career choices correct? Or is this only a dream?

Music and art/animation are overall solid but have both good sakuga moments and generic/repetitive (with music particularly bit annoying) moments. The harem, fun service and smiley elements lure in the student bedrooms and parks to give excitement to younger generations of otaku. Nothing too horrible.

The glitches exist but can be forgiven. Easily one of the most enjoyable shows during this season with new ideas served compared to repetitive-generic average anime of 2021. So far waiting impatiently for each episode to come while re-watching already released at least twice.

Bokutachi no Remake was a really fun anime from start to finish, from episode 1 I already loved the setting and all of the characters and that definitely didn't let up throughout. I liked the take on the time travel genre a lot as well, it was constantly focused on and didn't just feel like a cheap plot device.

The story was pretty reality-bound aside from the time travel, I liked all of the routes the characters took and how Kyouya was mostly present for all of them and I think the school setting was actually really cool and interesting despite it being literally just a ... school.

Speaking of the characters I absolutely loved all of them, the girls were all perfect and I loved the main 2 guys as well, everyone's interactions were great. The dialogue was pretty good and it felt like they all just genuinely got along and understood each other even during the conflicts. Kyouya's main conflict with himself throughout was pretty interesting and I think it's a really interesting problem to focus on.

Overall I think this show was great, it did pretty much all I wanted it to do (at least all that would fit in 12 episodes) and I had a lot of fun watching!