Living For the Day After Tomorrow is a touching, methodical stroll through a summer where little girl's wish to become an adult is granted. The series is based on the manga written and drawn by J-ta Yamada and spans 12 episodes across two DVD's. Joining the glut of movies and shows that deal with age swapping, Living For the Day After Tomorrow doesn't cover much new ground. But that certainly doesn't make it unwatchable. In fact, I enjoyed this little drama series quite a bit and grew to really like most of the characters as the story progressed.
After losing his parents, Hiro is forced to leave his life in America to care for and raise his younger sister Karada Igokawa. Young Karada feels as if she's a burden to her older brother. Karada makes a secret wish at the town shrine; she wishes to become an adult to free Hiro of his burden. Karada has no idea what chaos will ensue when she makes her wish. Shoko, an old friend of Hiro's, happens to be with Karada at the shrine when she makes her wish, which has the side effect of turning Shoko into a little girl. Once the wish is granted, the wishing stones in the altar are turned to charcoal preventing them from simply unwishing the wish.
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