Although the plot is cliche, the anime tries to be unique by exploring the struggles of adult life and imagining that if you were in your dream university, maybe your life would be different. The first episode, with a runtime of 50 minutes, sets the tone for what we can expect in the later episodes, and it did well to give the viewers anticipation for a promising storyline, as we expect the MC to achieve his dreams after entering his desired university.

However, there are a lot of plot holes that I am waiting to be answered as I watch the later episodes of the anime, but I did not see any of them answered, one of them is how he can time leap, and I know it is not the focus of the story, but they add a girl with pink hair, which further complicates it and adds questions, as to who she is supposed to be for the MC? is she a god? why is she helping the MC? Did he deserve the opportunity to go back in time? what the hell?

Moving on from the plot holes, let’s discuss the characterization of the MC. The MC can be inspiring at times due to his actions. We can understand because we the viewers see ourselves in the MC that our lives are boring, depressing, and other reasons, so if only we had the chance to go back in the past and try to do something different or maybe do whatever we want that we think we will enjoy for the rest of our lives. Although the MC tries to look for changes that he wants to make and try to solve other problems that the side characters have and sees his friends make another path that he thinks will affect their future lives, he blames himself because of what is happening, and for me personally, I don’t think he is the person to blame. After all, his friend's future has changed because he has only tried to help them and instead, it backfired, and now he thinks he fucked up the timeline, which now brings us to what happened in the future. In the future time leap where he has a family (the romance is also done badly as hell like the kiss just happened on a whim, but I don’t want to talk about that), I am just confused as to why he did not get any character development because I think he should accept this reality and stop running away, and because of that, we didn’t see any changes in him. He constantly seeks the perfect version of himself, desiring to remain with his friends and indulge in an idealized existence. Unfortunately, such dreams rarely happen in real life, and maybe that is why we have to accept who we are now.

I am disappointed because if the anime had delivered a more impactful conclusion, it could have been unique and inspiring. Instead, it feels like an escape from reality, with the protagonist becoming depressed rather than accepting his present circumstances, which is understandable because we know you want to do things that you enjoy in your life. Still, with the MC, it just feels wrong because he did not try to accept the things he sees and always looks back at the past, to that maybe if he changed something, and that is my main problem with the story, it lacks the character development that I am looking forward to, and as well as with the plot, that leads to disappointment. The 12-episode run fails to provide the anticipated development, and the final episode seems to return to the story's initial point, further adding to my disappointment.

For me, if you have the shittiest start of the anime but somehow try to be creative and stick the landing with burning car wheels and drift your way out, that will amaze your viewers, leaving them satisfied watching this fucking mess. Unfortunately, this anime concludes with a disappointing cliffhanger.

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