ReLife: A story truly capturing the essence of our bonds
contains some small spoilers and references to chapters from the beginning
I have read and seen many works but not many have affected me so emotionally as ReLife has. The concept of reliving your life by going back to study in high school- and to do that with a pill which changes your apperance- was a lot to take in at first. I went in expecting some bizarre manga throughout the series, instead I was surprised to find that most of the chapters were written and drawn with such realism and beauty that you can't help but feel uplifted.
Seeing Kaizaki san work hard with his studies made me feel like I should pick up my math textbook from the dust too. And in all those moments that he made new friends, enjoyed the time he spent with his friends, I too was motivated to cherish my friendships more. That feeling of inevitable loneliness regarding the future when the last year of high school ends, hit me really deeply because I am going through my last year in high school too. I read this manga from the pov of a 17 year old student not well aware of the difficulties of being a working adult, and yet because of the way the manga was written I could truly understand what Kaizaki must have felt like and learned after being a high schooler again. Because it's all too familiar to us, we all might have those moments we'd wish to experience again. This manga isn't merely some wish fulfillment of some unemployed NEET but rather a very wholesome story of friendship and human bonds in general. It reminded me to cherish my friendships, make new bonds and well..study, so I don't fail (don't worry I'll pass). You have only a limited time for making these memories, even if its not as short or definite as the time period in the story, it won't last forever.
But its exactly because it doesn't last forever and hence isn't made mundane, that it is meaningful. It's this transience of our happiness and bonds that makes them so valuable.

I'll read this again a couple years into the future when I have a job, to remind myself of just how much of an amazing journey both this and my own school life was. Maybe I'll even post a 2nd review then (don't count on it tho)
I'd give it a 100/100 but i'm kinda stingy when it comes to perfect 100 scores, so forgive me.

P.S
Big spoilers but-

Thank you for reading :)