Erased: Review

Erased is a Japanese anime about a 29-year-old man named Satoru that works at a pizza place but does manga and his plan is to become a manga writer.

When he was in elementary school there were a series of kidnappings in his town and one of those students that were kidnapped and murdered was in his class. He had only ever seen her a few times and that was when he was walking home from school. He would always see her in the park by herself. One of the times he saw her there was the last time he ever saw the girl. At that time even before it happened Satoru was a very shy kid but there was this local guy who would always play with him and tell him to believe in himself. That man was sentenced to life in prison for the kidnapping and murder.

When it happened Satoru blamed himself and felt that he could have done something to prevent her death. He knew that his friend was not the one who did it. The parents of the students in the school all tried to make their kids forget about it because at the time they we’re all in danger.

Now that Satoru is an adult he has this special ability that he calls “revival”. During revival happens he goes back in time from 2 to 5 minutes. It always occurs when something bad is about to happen. He has stopped many bad situations because of revival.

His mother witnesses what could have been a kidnapping. She looks into whom the man was because she knew she had seen him somewhere before and figured out the truth about the kidnappings but that very day she was murdered by an unknown man. Satoru moved his mothers body and had blood on his hands because of it. A neighbor walked into the house and saw Satoru with his mothers dead body. She screamed and called the police on him. He ran away from the police before they could ask him anything.

He had a revival. However, this time he didn’t know where he was. A young boy ran past him telling Satoru he was going to be late. He knew that kid from somewhere, but he didn’t know how or where. He followed the kid to a big school. As the boy ran in the school there read a big sign on the front of the school that said: “1988 National Champions”. He was back in elementary school.

I love this anime very much. I pretty much finished it in one day and love every bit of it. The day it ended. I wasn’t begging for more because I was very pleased with how it ended. The way it ended satisfied me and I didn’t want it to be messed with because it was perfect
I recomend this to anyone who enjoys thrillers and even better if you like anime.