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So I guess that's it, kind of an open ending. He pulled himself together, got his life back on track, improved his relationship with his siblings, Miyu and Sachiko, despite or thanks to (partially) getting divorced, and in this end he finally met Ozawa. All in all I'm pretty satisfied with how it ended but only after reading the translator's note /below/
I like the idea that all the futures were possible and he chose to return to the one he had lead to be with his daughter and try and fix his own mess instead of escaping it or running away.
At least thats the meaning i took from it it was nice to see what happened to him if he married each with his better perspective and all.
The concept of time travel from a 46-year-old man to a 16-year-old teenager is great but the foundation of the protagonist's behavior and the story's plots were flawed with odd quick pasted scenes that lacked depth in explaining the protagonist's struggle.
The story begins with our protagonist Mitsuhiko, an old middle-aged man who is a to-be-divorcee to Sachiko, with a prostitute, until a fire occurs in the hotel and falls unconscious naked, back to the past of 30 years ago when he was a second-year teenager in high school.
During that time, when he notices his first crush, Satsuki, he approaches her.
[ under construction to summarize with an opinion ]
46-yo Mitsuhiko goes unconscious through smoke of a fire after cumming through the thighs of a prostitute
goes back to the past as a 16-yo, talks to his first crush, Satsuki --gets beat up and protected by her via karate.
later apologizes with money and asks for his sister's bf, Shimotsuma's help, later fucks one of the guy's sluts, Megumi.
didn't have sex for 16 years with his wife who asked for a divorce. In high school, self-consciouly he stares at her and calls her by her first name by accident.
After her friend pesters him about him, confronts him of his feelings, states that he doesn't like her, she later is self-conscious and goes up to him when noticing him at the same train and start talking.
stumbles upon her Satsuki's grandma's cafe restaurant which she skips school to helps out whenever her grandma is sick. Starts working with her.
After bringing her back home, Shimotsuma stumbles upon him and invites him for a drink, where an old lady attempts to flirt with them, gets rejected but later consulted and fucked by him.
Shipping school. As suggested by her grandma who hints that she's interested in him, he invites her on a date.
After first recieving a tape from Satsuki when he asked what she was listening to when they first met, to receiving one from Sachiko when they were talking while walking home, he decides to give them back with a indirect message of confession to Satsuki through the music he installs in them.
Conflicted of his romantic interest and choice over Satsuki vs Sachiko. Along with the improvement of his own aptitudes and saving the world.
Satsuki's grandma falls ill and into the hospital. She called Mitsuhiko. Stating she'll be fine and managa on her own, without the number of her mother, skip school, continue the cafe and pay bills. But he declares that she can depend on him and as she's on the verge of tears, he hugs her.
After seeing Mitsuhiko and Satsuki talking together, Sachiko realizes he likes Satsuki, confesses and rejects him.
During the rehearsal of the festival, Mitsuhiko learns that Sachiko has a boyfriend and stares at her with betrayal as his wife, which Satsuki later reveals felt unpleasant of him staring at her at not focusing on her, and that she was releived that Sachiko got a boyfriend.
After finally feeling determined of his love for her, he reveals everything to her and confesses.
While she doesn't believe his story, they get kidnapped by those bullies.
As he gets beat up, the boss lets them go when he sees their love and his determination to keep her safe in his own way.
Waking up in the hospital the next morning, he faintly loses his memory and then comes back to his present self.
Suddenly he remembers his new life and three kids with Sachiko from another world line. Followed by another world line where he gives up on both. After glimpsing a life with Satsuki and many other lives, he returns to his original world line. He hugs them but gets rejected with disgust and as they leave to a hotel, he apologizes.
As they're separated, his daughter, Miyu skips school at his place. He ponders on his feelings, declaring he's thankful of her life. Suddenly, as a car is about to run her over, he pushes her out of the way.
Pondering on Satsuki's disappeared cafe, he notices a daycare with the same name Himawari. As he was interesting in starting a nurse career, he goes in and notices Satsuki's little sister and applies.
Finally, he sees Satsuki and... that's the end.