Not as problematic as it may seem.
Summary:
- If My Wife Became an Elementary School Student reveals a new visual, cast and release date.
- An official website has been launched.
- The title of the series is rather deceitful.
If My Wife Became an Elementary School Student (Tsuma, Shougakusei ni Naru) is a manga written and illustrated by Yayu Murata. An anime adaptation was announced in March, 2023, and we have some great news, as the series is scheduled for 2024.
The series follows a single father who lost his wife in an accident ten years ago. And now, a 10-year-old girl shows up at his doorstep, saying that she’s the reincarnation of his deceased wife.
New details revealed
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An official website has been launched for the anime adaptation, revealing the main staff behind the project and a teaser visual.
Studio Signpost (Kingdom) is working on the anime and Noriyuki Abe (Bleach) is directing the series. Sawako Hirabayashi (Kuroko's Basketball, Horimiya) will write the script for the adaptation, and Narihito Sekikawa (Halo Legends) is responsible for character design.
All other details about the production of the upcoming anime adaptation are yet to be revealed, and we don’t even know which season it’s going to air, as there hasn’t been an exact release date. But it’s good to know the year at least.
Don’t trust the title
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After reading the English title of the series, fans got a wrong impression of what it’s going to be like. And let’s be honest, when we hear “If My Wife Became an Elementary School Student,” it’s easy to let your mind go to a problematic place.
However, manga readers beg you not to trust this instinct. This is not just a story of a grown man with a ten-year-old wife, this is a manga that explores themes such as grief and denial, and it will make its characters and you contemplate the idea of mortality and even the meaning of life.
That’s why fans are so upset with the series’ title, they think it doesn’t do it justice and makes a lot of readers stay clear of it, when in fact they shouldn’t, as this is a great series, capable of making you feel all sorts of things.
If My Wife Becomes an Elementary School Student is a wonderful drama that explores the trauma caused by loss, and manages to provide endearing and even sometimes hilarious moments at the same time.
Manga readers admit to shedding a couple of tears while reading it, and can’t wait to see the series animated to do it all over again.