About “7th Time Loop” in a few words:

“7th Time Loop” is an enthralling anime series that intricately weaves the concept of reincarnation with the suspense of a time loop. The story centers around Rishe Weitzner, the duke’s daughter, who finds herself trapped in her seventh reincarnation following the annulment of her engagement to the crown prince. Each life offers Rishe a new role—from a merchant to a maid, and even a knight—yet, each ends with her untimely death at 20. This cycle of rebirth is not just a tale of survival but an introspective journey into the choices that define us. Rishe’s quest for a life of leisure is derailed by the proposal of a prince, previously her killer in another life, setting the stage for a tale of romance, intrigue, and the quest for a life beyond the loop.

Meet the characters from 7th Time Loop

Arnold

Arnold is the kind of anxious genius who fixes the time loop’s little gears with a mug of cold coffee and a pocket full of sticky notes. He’s obsessively practical, stubborn, and endlessly optimistic in that brittle, I-refuse-to-give-up way — but also embarrassingly sentimental, like he cries at cartoons sometimes. He can be a one-man salvage crew for impossible problems and then freeze at a door handle for five minutes, which is both infuriating and adorable. His role is the tinkerer/grounded anchor of the group, the person who remembers the plan and the spare batteries, even if he forgets people’s birthdays. Also, he hates pears but always keeps one in the bag “for luck” (don’t ask), which is probably a metaphor or just him being weird.

Rishe

Rishe is quiet like a locked clock, very precise but with these tiny unpredictable flares — you think you have him pegged and then he smiles sideways and changes the rules. He’s the emotional calibrator, calm in crises but with a kind of private fire, the friend who knows exactly when to say nothing and when to shove you out the door. He plays a little guitar (or maybe a ukulele? I can never remember) and hums under pressure, which is both soothing and slightly suspicious. There’s something secretive about him, sure, but it’s less sinister and more like he’s hoarding small joys for himself: pocket lint, a perfect pen, and one immaculate handkerchief.

Theodore Auguste Hein

Theodore Auguste Hein sounds like a man who walks into a room and rearranges its laws of physics, and honestly sometimes he does. He’s the strategist, brilliant and a little theatrical — think chessmaster with a soft scalp and a sarcastic eyebrow. He is pedantic and annoyingly correct about details, but also absurdly compassionate in ways that sneak up on you (like sending soup at midnight, very specific soup). There are flashes where he gets stubbornly nostalgic, collects moth-eaten postcards for no sensible reason, and confesses he’s terrified of escalators, which I still can’t reconcile. Role-wise he keeps the group’s plans coherent and dangerous in the best way; he loves order and occasionally breaks it just to prove a point.

Oliver Laurenz Friedheim

Oliver Laurenz Friedheim is the charismatic chaos sprite who can talk his way out of a time loop and into your heart in under a minute. He’s playful, reckless, and disarmingly loyal — a flirt who actually remembers your coffee order and will defend you with either words or bad puns. He loses keys constantly, yet somehow always has the crucial map when it’s loudly needed, like some dramatic, unreliable hero trope come true. He’s fond of small rebellions: sneaking into forbidden rooms, planting flowers in impossible places, and laughing when plans go sideways (sometimes because of him). Also, he claims he hates rules but has an immaculate collection of rulebooks he pretends to read for “research.”