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Summer Time Rendering

★ 8.2 12K votes 2022–2022 1 season · 25 episodes Ended BS11
AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 10/10Time travelTime manipulation as a core mechanic.This show: 9/10Mystery boxCentral riddles sustained across whole seasons.This show: 8/10AtmosphericMood and place thick enough to touch.This show: 8/10SerializedContinuous arcs where every episode builds on the last.This show: 8/10TenseSustained suspense and pressure from start to finish.This show: 8/10Puzzle plotNonlinear timelines, twists and structural games that reward attention.This show: 7/10Small townA tight community where everyone knows everyone.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Natsuki HanaeJohn ChoiMerk NguyenJason JinAnna NagaseEmi Lo
Starring
Natsuki HanaeJohn ChoiMerk NguyenJason JinAnna NagaseEmi Lo
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About

"A time-loop mystery that actually plays fair"

A young man returns to his sleepy hometown island for a childhood friend's funeral, only to uncover shadowy doubles secretly replacing the townspeople. When he's killed, he wakes up days earlier, forcing him to relive the same stretch of summer while racing to piece together the mystery before it kills everyone he loves. It plays like a tightly wound thriller wrapped in nostalgic, humid summer atmosphere: methodical, clue-driven, and increasingly tense, with a puzzle-box structure that rewards close attention rather than passive viewing.

Watch it for

the meticulously clued time-loop mystery that rewards careful attention and rarely cheats.

Maybe skip if

you dislike slow-building mysteries that ask you to track details across repeated timelines.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12022
8.419K251h 10m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Goodbye, Summer Days8.2
1K—
▶2Shadow8.0
861—
▶3Washing Ashore7.6
822—
▶4Jamais Vu8.5
879—
▶5Vortex8.5
841—
▶6Maelstrom8.0
763—
▶7Enemy8.5
765—
▶8Memento8.0
718—
▶9Let the Tears Flow8.6
820—
▶10Into the Darkness7.8
689—
▶11Feeding Time8.1
673—
▶12Bloody Night9.1
986—
▶13Friend8.0
653—
▶14To be/Not to be7.9
64523 min
▶15Lights, Camera, Action9.2
1K—
▶16Original8.1
629—
▶17Decision7.5
612—
▶18Meeting9.2
888—
▶19Maid in Black8.3
637—
▶20All is (not) lost.8.9
79923 min
▶21Shinpei Ajiro's Longest Day8.1
609—
▶22Homecoming8.4
629—
▶23Eternal Night7.9
612—
▶24Summertime Re-Rendering8.7
78024 min
▶25I'm Home8.5
779—

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Natsuki Hanae Shinpei Ajiro
John Choi Tetsu Totsumura
Merk Nguyen Mio Kofune
Jason Jin Sou
Anna Nagase Ushio Kofune
Emi Lo Ushio Kofune
Stephen Fu Shinpei Ajiro
Kenshô Ono So Hishigata
Saho Shirasu Mio Kofune
Jenn Wong Hizuru Minakata, Ryunosuke Minakata

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