ReLIFE (2016)

Animation · Comedy · Drama

Arata Kaizaki (27) quit the job he landed after graduation in only three months. His life did not go well after that. Now his parents are threatening to stop sending money, and want him to come back to the country. He has no friend or girlfriend to share his troubles with...as he hits rock bottom a strange man named Ryou Yoake appears. He invites Arata to join a societal rehabilitation program for NEETs called ReLife. This program uses a mysterious drug to make him look younger, and sends him back to high school for a year...

IMDb rating: 7.8 (9,634 votes)
Episode average: 8.0 ↑ +0.2 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Language: JA
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

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Seasons

Season 1 (2016)

7.95 avg 17 episodes 7.7 → 9.3 23 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Kaizaki Arata (27), Unemployed	7.7	348
2	Communication Skills: Zero	7.8	315
3	You're Old Now	7.8	305
4	Fall	7.8	298
5	Overlap	8.3	317
6	This Isn't the First Time	7.7	288
7	Test Subject 001 -> 002	7.0	299
8	Rift	7.3	283
9	Revenge	7.5	281
10	Everyone's Selfish Desires	7.5	281
11	A Trip to the Past	8.1	296
12	Double Panic	7.7	283
13	Confession	8.8	384
14	Final Arc: Part 1 - Seed	8.0	293
15	Final Arc: Part 2 - Need	8.1	279
16	Final Arc: Part 3 - Date	8.8	340
17	Final Arc: Part 4 - Life	9.3	565