A struggling artist with a unique ability travels through time to prevent deaths and solve a murder.
Suspenseful and melancholy. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is devastating.
Streaming on Hulu and Crunchyroll.
It stays inside its TV-14, with no sex or nudity and mild language.
Our estimate: fine from about 13. Rated TV-14.
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Satoru Fujinuma is a struggling manga artist who has the ability to turn back time and prevent deaths. When his mother is killed he turns back time to solve the mystery, but ends up back in elementary school, just before the disappearance of his classmate Kayo.
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
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