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Those Summer Days
Synopsis
Six former classmates meet at their high school reunion: legal secretary Tamaki, businessman Takumi, single mother Yuka, shoe salesman Taichi, tech CEO Shoji, and teacher Moé. As their conversation turns to long-ago loves lost, Yuka makes a shocking confession: in the summer of their second year, she lied to keep Tamaki and Takumi from getting together! After a night of drinking and reminiscence, Tamaki awakens to find herself ten years in the past, on the day that fateful summer began. But just as she learns Takumi has returned to the past as well, they both receive a mysterious text message… Those life-changing summer days have come around again, but can the past truly be changed?
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Maffy
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The setting itself is not a unique idea, but it was still interesting to find out about the mystery of a group of friends being thrown 10 years into the past, but ultimately, it is not handled properly. We are given false hints by purposefully hiding important information, because the key answer to everything was obvious but it just read more
LadyAxeFace
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The first half was strong for feeling mysterious for why they had been transported back in time, and also a secondary mystery of who is sending them threatening texts. It's also strong for having adults that very much behave like adults even if they are in teenage bodies, and for the characters all having realistically conflicting motivations.
Unfortunately, the story feels much weaker once the mystery is revealed, and as a result the story evolves into a character drama. I feel like it also read more