At first, this seems like a quick anime to watch. The episodes all came out at once. While the premise was promising, I didn't expect to get much out of this anime. Oh man, was I wrong.
oga and kariu
This anime is all about building relationships. And the best couple has to be Oga and Kariu. These two kept dancing around each other. I'm a fan of the friend turned lover romance. These two were so cute. You could obviously tell that Kariu liked Oga. It was as plain as day, but Oga was so oblivious. (Reminds me of me. Because apparently, people liked me? I don't know why, but they did. And I didn't know until a friend told me.) I loved their confession. It was so cute and random. One of the BEST things I've seen all week.
relife cast
Interestingly enough, the side characters got lots of screentime. The story focused a lot on Kariu who isn't technically a side character. She had the volleyball with Tamarai arc and the cute confession arc. This was completely different than what I'm used to. I really liked getting to know all the side characters. They had complex stories, and they really had their stories told. It was different and strange but the good sort of different and strange.
friendship
One thing that I adored about this anime was its deeper meanings and themes. The one main theme that stuck with me was basically YOLO. You have to take chances and do the things you want to do. It's something that stuck with me. I want to climb mountains and travel the world now. I feel like I can do anything.
Another theme is not to let your monsters get to you. Kariu went through this awful emotional turmoil of feeling rejected and lost. It's something people feel every day. And her emotional state borderlined a type of depression in my opinion. It hurt my heart to see this. Because people go through this. It's a sad truth.
kaizaki
Sadly, Kaizaki seems to take a side character role. Even though, he's technically the protagonist. He's more of the best friend who cheers you on and picks you up after a beating. I really didn't like this because he should have had a more flashy role. I understand that part of his ReLIFE is to change, but he really didn't change. Not onscreen at least. We were given way too many arcs of him just helping the side characters. He needed a bigger role.
fireworks
The biggest problem I had was that ending! I won't give too much away. But that ending was such a cliffhanger. We had a sudden plot twist (Which, by the way, I didn't see coming at all)
3/5
