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Anime Review- Erased

Erased/ Boku Dare Ga Inai Machi
Meaning- The town without me
Country: Japan
Genre: Shounen/Seinen

There are certain events in our lives which have impacted everything afterwards. Some are good some might be bad ones. What if we are given a chance to go back to the past and try to correct that event to our favor? Sounds exciting as well as frightening!


Same chances are given to Satoru Fujinuma.  He is 29 years old struggling manga artist who also works as pizza delivery man. He has special ability termed as 'revival' which sends him back in time just few moments before the a tragedy. He does not have any control over this ability. Usually he will be sent back in time just for one to five minutes before incident takes place.

On one day, his mother is murdered and 'revival' kicks in. But he is sent back in time by 18 years!


Back in those days, he is just a school going kid living with his single mother. He wonders what he has to correct exactly from all those 18 years. Slowly he remembers that time and realizes that he has an opportunity to solve serial kidnapping and murder mystery.

He is an adult trapped in the body of child. So he has to think like an adult but act how a child would. That gives him different way of looking at the things. It is pretty interesting to watch how he chases the murder with the help of his friends. Will he be able to save the kids from brutal murder? Who is the murderer? How the actions in the past will change the future events? All those answers will be unfolded as the show proceeds.




Why it is recommended
  • Fast paced episodes and intriguing plot in first part
  • Limited episodes
  • Nice opening track by Asian Kung Fu Generation
What could have been better
  • Identification of culprit is easy 
  • Ending is little disappointing
  • Gets dark and creepy at some situations
Although I did not find it worth the hype, it certainly is worth your time.


( All images from Google)

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