Restart After Coming Back Home
リスタートはただいまのあとで (Restart wa Tadaima no Ato de)
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Fired from his Tokyo job at 25, Mitsuomi slinks back to his country hometown and meets the gentle newcomer everyone there already loves.
- Format
- manga
- Volumes
- 2 in English
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Track record A live-action film adaptation was released in Japan in 2020. Source: Wikipedia
Our take
A man who washed out in Tokyo goes home to the countryside and meets the newcomer the whole town already loves. Quiet and kind. Good for a bad day.
Synopsis
Mitsuomi left for the city with big plans and comes home with nothing. While he tries to figure out what is next, he gets to know Yamato, a man his own age who was adopted into the community while he was gone. Yamato is kind and steady and carrying hurt of his own. The second book, Restart After Growing Hungry, continues their story.
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- Also adapted: Live-action film.
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English publisher: Seven Seas.
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