Arata Kaizaki

Arata Kaizaki is a 28 year old male (27 in the beginning of the story) who is the second test subject of the ReLIFE program in Kanto and is under the watchful eye of Yoake Ryo, who is also under the ReLIFE drug.

Appearance
Pre-ReLIFE- A tall young adult male with broad shoulders and blue eyes.

Post-ReLIFE- His height remained the same, but his frame seemed to have gone away and his face took on much more of an adolescent look. His hair became shorter and his eyes remained the same.

Personality
He likes helping others and he cares for everyone. He has a strong sense of justice which is one of his strongest points, but is also a major flaw.

He describes himself as persevering and someone who would stick to something until the end once he has made up his mind.

History
He used to work in a company that did a Flower Business under the leadership of his senpai. He was disappointed at the way the people in the company did their work wrongly and blamed it on her. He tried to fight for her sake which did not work well as he planned. In the end his senior committed suicide, an event which traumatized Kaizaki. Afterwards he tried to justify her death which resulted in him being fired from the company, three months after his employment.

The event became a black stain in his life as well as in his resume which hindered his chances of being employed in other companies, until he eventually turned into a NEET.

Relationships
Michiru Saiki - Kaizaki's superior at his previous job. She was a victim of constant harassment by her colleagues, something that really bothered him. When Kaizaki tried to help her, the attacks became even worse and Saiki committed suicide. Arata blamed himself for her death and lost faith in society and on his own worth, leading to the events depicted in the story.

Hishiro Chizuru - He becomes her first friend. He thinks she's cute and is impressed she's trying her best to overcome difficulties in her life,unlike him.She initially gave him a little sister vibe,but in the recent chapters he's realized that he's in love with her. However he's unwilling to act as he sees that playing around with a feelings of a young girl is unhealthy as the memories will be erased at the end of a year. Kaizaki believes that is a very cruel and unethical thing to do. Currently he supports her as they go through the year keeping his feelings intact.

Kariu Rena - She lends him a pencil on his first day of school.He goes out of his way to help mend her relationship with Honoka and improve the relationship between her and Hishiro. He also was responsible for Ohga realizing his feelings for Kariu.

Kazuomi Ohga - Ohga was one of the few students to first interact with Kaizaki. Kaizaki thinks he's a flashy dude. Kaizaki and Ohga are good friends as seeing how Ohga helps Kaizaki with his studies,despite Kaizaki failing a lot. Kaizaki is disappointed that Ohga is dense in love matters despite being handsome and eventually makes him realise his feelings for Kariu.

Onoya An - Initially introduced as a transfer student as well, Kaizaki thinks of becoming a friend to Onoya. During golden week, she tries to hit on him and is revealed to be an ReLife employee. Although he is irritated by her constant clinging and intrusive personality, they have a good relationship.

Yoake Ryo - As his supervisor in ReLife experiment, Kaizaki often consults him before taking any action that might affect others. Yoake, on his part to make his ReLife successful advises Kaizaki on a regular basis. Although he always sticks close to Kaizaki and Kaizaki feels creepy about it, they have a friendly relationship.

Quotes
"For someone who's given up once in this society, I'm so arrogant".

"When it's about people,there's never one correct answer.It's not like there's a correct answer,more like the best answer doesn't exist".