The theme of story perhaps quite common. About turning back time and prevent bad things from happening. In fact, it is quite similar with the Butterfly Effect but in a different of results.
The main character is pretty average guy, with that kinda broken faith with his life. He doesn't have decent job, his dream crashed, he got no friends or relationship other than his mom, and as a result, he seems losing his faith in his dream and making a connection with people. He sees the world in a negative way in short.
Somehow he got a power to see and go back in time to prevent accident from occurring (which is not mentioned how he got that, just simply have it, not that I care). This ability change his life (if you can turn back time, what do expect? lol)
He discover cares with others, altho it is for his own benefit at first (to change the future) but then he smoothly dragged into a different kind of person, a better person and changed. He got friends.
The conflict was really tide all together smoothly, I can say that each episode leave me hanging and wondering what the hell going to happen next episode! Literally! And it always catch me by surprised in each episodes.
The series plays you with climax and anticlimax, climax and anticlimax, again and again and again but still you sway together with the plot instead of dropping off. The pace is just like that. It is thrilling and dramatic so to say.
Kayo is really lovely character imo. And this anime is one of those anime that can get you connected emotionally with its character (means when they got hurt, sad, happy, you will be hurt, sad, and happy for them) and that will easily put me to rate the story and character to 10. Most of the protagonist and the antagonist behave in a rate which is the insanity is in the normal rate (means they don't overly angry like Eren Jaeger, or overly stupid like Natsuki Subaru...yeah he is over-stupid imo lol)
The arts is great. The character drawing is lovely, it looks good and not boring. The colouring is ok, could be better, I've seen better. But one that standout the most is the environment. How dropping snow, rains and stuff happen pump the feelings into the scene. It fill up the screen with emotional image supporting the scene, whether it was a sad scene, a love scene, or thrill. Sound, hmm...well it is ok in terms of soundtrack it give a bit dept in some part, but for the most part I love the opening and ending so much. Really...Re:re is a really nice song (took them for awhile to be used in a series) and the ending itself is pretty strong and dramatic, went well along with the story itself. I mean I've heard so many Ending single that doesn't fit well with the anime itself (like Tokyo Magnitude ending, which is a bit too lively for a tragic anime series)
I am not picky audience by any means so maybe for some people they will find it boring and stuff, but not me. In term of story, this anime rated at among the top of I ever watched.
Few words to describe this anime:
Time Leap, Friendship, Thrill, Drama, Love
