Haibara's Teenage New Game+

📖 SYNOPSIS

Meet Natsuki Haibara — a socially anxious college senior whose high school memories are basically a highlight reel of cringe and regret. Then one day he wakes up seven years in the past, one month before his first year of high school, with all his university-age knowledge and social awareness intact. Instead of panicking, he sees it for what it is: a second chance to actually live the adolescence he spent the first time hiding from. That means making friends, climbing the social ladder, and maybe — just maybe — getting closer to Hikari Hoshimiya, the girl he could never work up the nerve to talk to the first time around. The catch is that knowing what you should do and actually doing it when you're back in a teenager's shoes are very different things. His adult perspective helps, but high school politics and teenage emotions don't exactly follow a playbook. If you liked the second-chance premise of ReLIFE or the bittersweet do-over energy of Orange, this hits a similar nerve but leans harder into comedy and romance. Studio Comet is adapting this from an award-winning light novel, and director Misuzu Hoshino keeps the tone light without losing the genuine emotional core underneath. It's the kind of show that makes you laugh at Haibara's awkward wins while quietly making you think about your own what-ifs. Coming in 2026 as a TV series — worth keeping on your radar.