[Bokutachi No Remake] The Anime Incorporated the Spin-off to the Main Story

almost 3 years ago

Bokutachi no Remake anime has a different beginning from its source material Light Novel and Manga. I said so in my previous two articles. I didn't know while writing them that the additional parts aren't anime-original. They're an adaptation of the Spin-off!

Remake Our Life is originally a Light Novel which has 9 volumes at the time of writing. The franchise however has a Manga and a Spin-off Light Novel. Bokutachi no Remake Ver.β explores a what-if scenario in which the time travel doesn't happen.

The fandom calls this spin-off: Eiko Route since she's the romance sub-plot winner here. She doesn't win in the main story.

There are currently no English translations for the Spin-off, so I don't know how different it is from its anime adaptation, but one thing is for sure: Kyouya doesn't go back in time so he must've found a way to fix his present-time life along with Eiko.

In the original Light Novel and Manga, Kyouya doesn't get a job at Succeedsoft. Instead the manga shows his failure at his old company and trying to shake-off the debt collectors coming for his boss. (The anime makes a nod to that in the dream sequence.)

So Kyouya doesn't meet Eiko until he travels back in time in the original story. Any mention of her being his (ex-)boss is anime-only.

Focusing on Eiko Kasegawa in the beginning is an interesting anime choice. I wonder how knowing her in the future will change the story. I know that it'll change the audience perspective on things even if the plot itself doesn't change.

Looking at the direction of the first two episodes, I believe more nods to her future self will be made. While I don't know if this anime will become a hit, I'm sure it'll become a cult-hit and Best anime of Summer 2021 for many!

What do you think?

If you like Bokutachi no Remake, you might enjoy my other articles on the series: The First Impression/Review and "Why Kyouya's First Run Wasn't a Failure?"

First image is made using Ver.β's 2nd cover. The second image uses a page of the Manga's fist chapter along with the anime's nod to that scene.
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3 comments

@poshtoken 83

almost 3 years ago

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@kuronokenshi 72

almost 3 years ago

This anime has caught my attention but I had no idea it had so many changes (even a slightly different path) compared to its light novel. for the moment I liked the anime and I may be encouraged to read its Manga someday.

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@ahmadmanga 72

almost 3 years ago (Edited)

I found that the manga adaptation is the weakest. The art does convey the story well but I don't feel it does anything more than that. (A good manga in my opinion makes you feel the characters even with its art alone.) I hope that changes by the later chapters though.

There are only two and half novel volumes translated but they have better art than the manga, (there isn't much of it though,) and since it's written, there are more explanations in the novel than in the Manga.

The anime is better than both in my opinion, it takes out all the unnecessary parts of the story which makes it better.

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