Manga by Yayoiso published on the comico app (2013–2018) and adapted into anime in 2016. Kaizaki Arata, a 27-year-old NEET, takes an experimental drug that makes him look younger and must repeat his final year of high school. The author is from Ōita: the characters' surnames are station names from that prefecture and the school is based on her own, while the other settings are drawn from Tokyo.
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Oita Uenogaoka High School — Model for Aoba High Schoolconfirmed
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The high school the author attended is the model for Aoba High School: the anime's credits list it as an art-setting collaborator. The tree-lined entrance and the building appear from the first episode. It is one of Ōita's most demanding schools, which explains how hard it is for Kaizaki to go back to class.
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Kaizaki Station — origin of Kaizaki Arata's surnamecharacter surname
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A station on the JR Nippō Main Line in Saiki. It gives its name to Kaizaki Arata (海崎新太), the protagonist. It does not appear in the anime: the author, a native of Ōita, named her characters after stations in her home prefecture, and some fans tour these stations as a pilgrimage.
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Hishiro Station — origin of Hishiro Chizuru's surnamecharacter surname
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A station on the JR Nippō Main Line in Tsukumi. It gives its name to Hishiro Chizuru (日代千鶴), the heroine. It does not appear in the anime: the author, a native of Ōita, named her characters after stations in her home prefecture, and some fans tour these stations as a pilgrimage.
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Yoake Station — origin of Yoake Ryō's surnamecharacter surname
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A station on the JR Kyūdai Main Line in Hita. It gives its name to Yoake Ryō (夜明了), the ReLIFE observer assigned to Kaizaki. It does not appear in the anime: the author, a native of Ōita, named her characters after stations in her home prefecture, and some fans tour these stations as a pilgrimage.
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Onoya Station — origin of Onoya An's surnamecharacter surname
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A station on the JR Kyūdai Main Line in Yufu. It gives its name to Onoya An (小野屋杏), the transfer student in Kaizaki's class. It does not appear in the anime: the author, a native of Ōita, named her characters after stations in her home prefecture, and some fans tour these stations as a pilgrimage.
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Ōga Station — origin of Ōga Kazuomi's surnamecharacter surname
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A station on the JR Nippō Main Line in Hiji. It gives its name to Ōga Kazuomi (大神和臣), Kaizaki's classmate. It does not appear in the anime: the author, a native of Ōita, named her characters after stations in her home prefecture, and some fans tour these stations as a pilgrimage.
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Kariu Station — origin of Kariu Rena's surnamecharacter surname
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A station on the JR Nippō Main Line in Saiki. It gives its name to Kariu Rena (狩生玲奈), Kaizaki's classmate. It does not appear in the anime: the author, a native of Ōita, named her characters after stations in her home prefecture, and some fans tour these stations as a pilgrimage.
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Yakushi Ai Road Shopping Street (Nakano)episode 6
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In episode 6, Yoake walks through this shopping street on his way to Kaizaki's home: the entrance crossing and shop signs match the anime. It is no coincidence: the résumé Kaizaki shows in episode 1 gives his address as Arai, Nakano.
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Minamisuna 3-chōme Park — the fireworks meet-upepisode 13
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In the final TV episode (13), the class meets at this park, recognisable by its heart-shaped clock tower, to go to the fireworks festival. On the way back, Kaizaki and Hishiro talk on one of its benches.
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Kasai Bridge (Arakawa River) — Ōga's confessionepisode 13
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In episode 13, during the fireworks, Ōga confesses to Kariu on the Arakawa riverbank beside this bridge, whose outline is seen in the background of the scene.
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Deai Bridge — end of the Odaiba date (OVA)Kanketsu-hen OVA
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In episode 16 (Kanketsu-hen OVA, 2018), Kaizaki and Hishiro spend the day in Odaiba and, walking back through Symbol Promenade Park, confess their feelings on this bridge. Palette Town and VenusFort, where the rest of the date takes place, no longer exist: the complex closed in 2022.
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