Each show had a net duration of 80 minutes, which is about half the length of larger touring ice shows like
Stars on Ice or Fantasy on Ice. Despite the shortened performance time, each show had an intermission of 30 minutes for
ice resurfacing. In terms of content, the first half of
Realive was a reprise of selected programs from the first three Ice Stories, while the second half was designed as a prequel for the upcoming fourth installment
White. Unlike previous Ice Story productions, the show did not feature a six-minute warm-up session or closing encore performance.
First half: Realive The show opened with a remix of original soundtracks from the first three Ice Stories, accompanied by spectacular projections and laser lights, and culminated in a countdown on the main screen from 5 to 1. Hanyu entered the ice rink and performed an intricate skating sequence in silence, followed by a reprise of "
Megalovania" from the video game
Undertale by
Toby Fox, which he debuted at the Repray Tour in 2023. After he left the rink for a costume change, a record player and vinyl record with the label "Yuzuru Hanyu Archives" appeared on screen, playing another music remix with video footage from the previous Ice Stories. In less than two minutes, Hanyu returned to the ice and reprised his dance program to the song "Mass Destruction: Reload" by from the video game
Persona 3 Reload, which made its first appearance at the Echoes of Life Tour in 2024. The following video segment showed a compilation of numerical statistics and English newspaper headlines from Hanyu's competitive career, set to an audio edit of his most memorable interviews. The career flashback stopped at the
2019 Skate Canada International, with Hanyu's score results and the title of his short program "" appearing on screen. At that event, he achieved his personal best total score of 322.59 points after the change of the
ISU Judging System in 2018. Wearing the original costume from the 2018–19 season, Hanyu performed the program in full length for the first time in seven years. The music piece was also played during his first Ice Story
Gift in 2023; however, he did not have the opportunity to skate to it live at the venue, so he decided to bring the program back for
Realive. The show continued with a humorous, self-ironic remake of the video segments played at the Repray Tour, showing a small
8-bit version of Hanyu walking around in a virtual world. The segment culminated in a reprise of his program to the song "
Gate of Living" by
Ringo Sheena. Compared to the Repray Tour, Hanyu replaced the dance part that was originally performed on a separate mobile stage with a new choreography on the ice. While Hanyu left the rink for another costume change, a chronological recap of his first four seasons as a professional skater was shown on screen, starting off on "day 0", the official announcement of the conclusion of his competitive career on July 19, 2022. Then a counter moved from 0 to 222, the premiere of his first Ice Story
Gift at
Tokyo Dome on February 26, 2023, visually accompanied by original footage from the show. The recap continued with stops on day 473 and 872, showing scenes from the opening performances of the Repray Tour and Echoes of Life Tour, respectively. The counter eventually came to a halt at 1362, marking the first day of
Realive on April 11, 2026. Amidst circular water waves projected onto the ice surface, Hanyu re-entered the rink and gave an ethereal skating performance to
Joe Hisaishi's music piece "
One Summer's Day" from the
Ghibli movie
Spirited Away. The program was first presented at
Gift in 2023 and later brought back for Stars on Ice 2023 and the Repray Tour. '' program, performed in each show of the
Ice Story series The final part of the first half opened with a backstage documentary about the making of
Realive and Hanyu's preparations at his home rink in Sendai. After the video segment, he performed to the song "Utai IV: Reawakening" by
Kenji Kawai from the
science fiction thriller
Ghost in the Shell, which made its program debut at Echoes of Life in 2024. Hanyu skated in a long, golden costume of unusually heavy fabric, giving the impression of a "ceremonial and mysterious" appearance. The image of an oppressive, dystopian scenery was visually enhanced by large black stains projected onto the ice. Without leaving the rink, Hanyu gave a surprise performance of his signature free skate program
Seimei to
Shigeru Umebayashi's original soundtrack from the movies
Onmyoji I and
II. Still dressed in his golden costume, he reprised the
choreographic sequence and final spin of the program like he did in all closing encore performances of previous Ice Stories. The first half concluded with an unusually early bowing and scream of gratitude by Hanyu, indicating that
Realive had come to an end and a new act would be awaiting the audience after the intermission.
Second half: Prequel In the second half of the show, Hanyu performed the medley
Prequel: Before the White, composed by Marihiko Hara. He appeared on the ice in a long, all-white costume covered by a translucent black robe, and was sitting in the middle of the rink. The large octagonal screen came down to cage him, while showing an animation of a toddler sitting in a cosmic space. The opening act was set to the soundtrack named "A quiet chaos" and was presented primarily in monochrome lighting. When the screen moved up, Hanyu started running around the rink, making his first steps on the ice. At the same time, a cracked celestial body appeared on the screen, and the toddler grew up to a small child. The first segment concluded with Hanyu spinning in a vortex of magenta, yellow, and cyan blue—the three
primary colors in
subtractive mixing. Illuminated by warm spotlight, he skated to the soothing music of the second piece titled "Before the White", while the child on screen awakened and started walking. Mid performance, Hanyu was moving back and forth along a projected straight line that divided the rink into black and white halves, resembling a
moonwalk in slow-motion. At the end of the segment, the medley title
Prequel: Before the White appeared on screen and was projected onto the ice surface. In the third act titled "Magenta Paradox", five black squares of different sizes with a white outline were mapped onto the ice. Hanyu performed a short dance in each, with their colors successively changing from black to magenta. He then lay down below the screen, which now showed the small, blue-haired child walking through a vast landscape and remote forest, set to the piano piece "Realive Interlude". Along the way, he met a crystal-shaped figure named "kaku". The two characters continued their journey together, while the small child gradually discovered the different colors of the world. As the lighting changed from magenta to yellow, Hanyu got up from the ice and skated to the piece "Tiny Yellow", moving within a circular space created by yellow rays of light that were projected from the screen onto the rink. In the attendant video footage, the previously bare trees had transformed into a forest with lush greenery. Towards the end of the performance, the scenery gradually shifted from land to water, with the lighting changing from yellow to cyan blue. Hanyu disappeared behind the descending screen, which now showed the two animated characters swimming underwater. Accompanied by the music piece "Awaking", the small child walked on a narrow path, while the crystal character kaku led the way and hopped up a stairway made of ice. The video segment concluded with the gathering of dark clouds and the two companions emerging from the water. The penultimate act, titled "Still in motion", opened with Hanyu standing in the middle of the rink, surrounded by multiple long stripes of white fabric, hanging down from the main screen above. During his skating performance, he successively pulled the stripes apart, creating the visual impression of a wind-like network. The symbolic entering through a
Torii gate, which marks the transition from the mundane to the spiritual world in
Shinto religion, further added to the sacred atmosphere of the scene. In the final video segment, the small child and the crystal figure kaku were reunited in a calm place of light blue. When the child touched kaku for the first time, the screen slowly turned white and eventually black, with snow starting to fall onto the ice. Hanyu stood in the center of the rink, looking up and spreading his arms amidst the silent snowfall, then he skated the last act of
Prequel to the music piece "Chroma". During his performance, the video footage showed the crystal figure being shattered into pieces in outer space, leaving the small child all alone again. Followed by a single blue spotlight, Hanyu now skated in the dark, only him and his shadows being visible to the audience. At the end of the performance, the rink was illuminated in blinding white light, while Hanyu slowly glided backward and left the rink as if he were falling backwards. The
Prequel part concluded with the show's ending credits, set to the music piece "Hiss Coda". The following video segment showed the small child falling through the cracks of a damaged sphere in outer space. When he reached the ground, an all-white museum appeared in front of him, and the title of the fourth Ice Story
White was revealed on screen. It was the only video footage accompanied by Hanyu's narration voice in the second half of the show. After the announcement of his next solo production, Hanyu returned to the ice for a personal message to the audience and a farewell round to the closing act of Hara's ten-piece composition named "Curtain Call". ==Athletic merit and records==