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Erased Omnibus #1
Erased, Volume 1
Twenty-nine-year-old Satoru Fujinuma is floundering through life. Amid his daily drudgery, he finds himself in the grip of an incredible, inexplicable, and uncontrollable phenomenon that rewinds time, a condition that seems to only make his drab life worse. But then, one day, everything changes. A terrible incident forever changes Satoru's life as he knows it...and with it, comes a "Revival" that sends Satoru eighteen years into the past!
In the body of his boyhood self, Satoru encounters sights he never imagined he would see again--the smile of his mother, alive and well, his old friends, and Kayo Hinazuki, the girl who was kidnapped and murdered when he was a boy the first time around. To return to the present and prevent the tragedy that brought him back to his childhood in the first place, Satoru begins plotting a way to change Hinazuki's fate...But up against the clock and a faceless evil, does eleven-year-old Satoru even stand a chance?
In the body of his boyhood self, Satoru encounters sights he never imagined he would see again--the smile of his mother, alive and well, his old friends, and Kayo Hinazuki, the girl who was kidnapped and murdered when he was a boy the first time around. To return to the present and prevent the tragedy that brought him back to his childhood in the first place, Satoru begins plotting a way to change Hinazuki's fate...But up against the clock and a faceless evil, does eleven-year-old Satoru even stand a chance?
392 pages, Hardcover
First published February 21, 2017
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November 18, 2020
It's been months since I've been interested enough to sit down and watch a show. Something made me try this anime, and goddamn it was amazing. I finished the whole thing within a few hours. I'm so glad the manga was great as well!
~★~ What is this manga about? ~★~
Saturo Fujinuma is a 29 year old struggling artist. He experiences strange “revivals” that allow him to rewind time to try and prevent bad things about to happen.
When Satoru’s mom is murdered, Satoru is sent back 18 years rather than the usual few minutes. All the way back to 1988, when Satoru is eleven.
Three kids in his fifth grade class were murdered by a serial killer back then. Satoru knows this revival is his last chance to alter the future, saving both his classmates and his mom from the mystery killer still on the loose 18 years in the future.
~★~
This is my first time reading a crime manga. That should be a crime. It’s taken me way too long to start consuming this gem of a genre, and Erased has shown me the light.
The prose alone is so clever, knowing that Satoru must alter time and save four lives while also uncovering a killer. The stakes always feel high, I was hooked from front to back.
Satoru is a seriously great protagonist. Besides his ability to turn back time, he is as ordinary as you and me. Having a relatable and down to earth protagonist placed in bizarre circumstances like in Erased causes so much intrigue; I can’t help but imagine how I would handle his situation.
Read the manga. Watch the anime. It’s too good to miss.
~★~ What is this manga about? ~★~
Saturo Fujinuma is a 29 year old struggling artist. He experiences strange “revivals” that allow him to rewind time to try and prevent bad things about to happen.
When Satoru’s mom is murdered, Satoru is sent back 18 years rather than the usual few minutes. All the way back to 1988, when Satoru is eleven.
Three kids in his fifth grade class were murdered by a serial killer back then. Satoru knows this revival is his last chance to alter the future, saving both his classmates and his mom from the mystery killer still on the loose 18 years in the future.
~★~
This is my first time reading a crime manga. That should be a crime. It’s taken me way too long to start consuming this gem of a genre, and Erased has shown me the light.
The prose alone is so clever, knowing that Satoru must alter time and save four lives while also uncovering a killer. The stakes always feel high, I was hooked from front to back.
Satoru is a seriously great protagonist. Besides his ability to turn back time, he is as ordinary as you and me. Having a relatable and down to earth protagonist placed in bizarre circumstances like in Erased causes so much intrigue; I can’t help but imagine how I would handle his situation.
Read the manga. Watch the anime. It’s too good to miss.
May 29, 2021
*After having this series in my head continuously for three days straight after watching the anime and the Netflix series*
Now I know what's missing!
I would have loved the series more if there was a plot twist towards the end.
Yes, that's it!
*Review as on 15th April 2020:
Actually I was bingewatching Elias' channel when I came across this Manga in one of his book hauls from two years ago. He said he liked the anime and so, I had to find the Manga and read it ASAP. And I wasn't disappointed. I love the manga, the artstyle and the characters and the ending is really damn satisfying. But still so many things were left unexplained and some things seemed rather too convenient for the kids. Well, it's okay. But I need to know if that small girl with the bone marrow transplant survived or not! 🤪
The summary is pretty much self explanatory. The plot is basically about a man time travelling to the past trying to change some specific events in his childhood days in order to prevent the kidnapping and deaths of some kids.
I really appreciate the fact that the series didn't go beyond the original chapters and the adaptations for sticking to the original series.
I would have liked the series better if the adult characters were more convincing and represented more strongly as most of the adults in the series are the bad ones. The plot isn't that convincing yet the story sequence worked well. The strong point lies in the friendship dynamics and parent-child relationships.
👉Original Manga (40 plus chapters) is amazing!
👉The anime (12 episodes) is just too good to be true.
👉The Netflix series adaptation (12 episodes) is worth watching as well👍 There are some differences in scene sequences in all the three.
My personal favourite is the anime adaptation.
Now I know what's missing!
I would have loved the series more if there was a plot twist towards the end.
Yes, that's it!
*Review as on 15th April 2020:
Actually I was bingewatching Elias' channel when I came across this Manga in one of his book hauls from two years ago. He said he liked the anime and so, I had to find the Manga and read it ASAP. And I wasn't disappointed. I love the manga, the artstyle and the characters and the ending is really damn satisfying. But still so many things were left unexplained and some things seemed rather too convenient for the kids. Well, it's okay. But I need to know if that small girl with the bone marrow transplant survived or not! 🤪
The summary is pretty much self explanatory. The plot is basically about a man time travelling to the past trying to change some specific events in his childhood days in order to prevent the kidnapping and deaths of some kids.
I really appreciate the fact that the series didn't go beyond the original chapters and the adaptations for sticking to the original series.
I would have liked the series better if the adult characters were more convincing and represented more strongly as most of the adults in the series are the bad ones. The plot isn't that convincing yet the story sequence worked well. The strong point lies in the friendship dynamics and parent-child relationships.
👉Original Manga (40 plus chapters) is amazing!
👉The anime (12 episodes) is just too good to be true.
👉The Netflix series adaptation (12 episodes) is worth watching as well👍 There are some differences in scene sequences in all the three.
My personal favourite is the anime adaptation.
March 27, 2019
4.0 Stars
This was such a compelling story, blending together elements of crime fiction and time travel into a thrilling narrative. It took a little while for the story to get started, but once it did, I was completely hooked in. I am very excited to continue on with the second volume and see where the story goes.
This was such a compelling story, blending together elements of crime fiction and time travel into a thrilling narrative. It took a little while for the story to get started, but once it did, I was completely hooked in. I am very excited to continue on with the second volume and see where the story goes.
June 4, 2018
Very interesting contrast, reading this and "A Distant Neighborhood" on the same weekend.
Annoyingly, they share the abrupt ending of volume 1 as well as the concept of returning to your childhood self to live over the experience.
Annoyingly, they share the abrupt ending of volume 1 as well as the concept of returning to your childhood self to live over the experience.
February 13, 2019
WOW! I am in love with the opening volume of what promises to be a hugely gripping series.
Erased follows the life of 29 year old Satoru Fujinuma whose dream is to become a mangaka but in reality is a pizza courier. He often experiences deja vu (which he terms 'Revival') whereby he relives the same scenes over and over again until he prevents the bad thing from happening. However, when he comes home to find his mother murdered one evening, his revival doesn't take him a few minutes back into the past, it takes him back to his 11 year-old self (18 years in the past).
His mission is this: to prevent the disappearance and murder of his classmate, Kayo Hinazuki.
Kayo is a sweet and introverted child who we later find out is suffering at the hands of her abusive mother. Slowly, Fujinuma is able to befriend Hinazuki and the two grow closer (much to the amusement of the former's friend group). Having changed his actions second time around (to avoid repeating history and condemning Hinazuki to her tragic fate) he believes that he has changed the future and therefore saved Hinazuki.
However...volume 1 ends on a bombshell - Hinazuki fails to arrive at school the next day despite Fujinuma's best efforts to change the future. These last concluding pages really affected me and I ended up crying. Not only is the quality of the storytelling superb but the artwork is very dramatic and gothic which I think really emphasised the sheer tragedy the readers are faced with at the end.
Quite simply, one of the best mangas I have ever read!
5 stars
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 20, 2023
My very 1st manga!! I watched the show on Netflix a few weeks ago and found out my daughter had volume 1. It took my a little while to get used to having to read in reverse of what I'm used to but once I got the hang of it I was able to blast through.
Surprisinly the show is almost identical, with just a couple of scenes from the book being removed.
Even though I already knew what to expect, I still found it a fun and interesting story, loved it so much I already ordered volume 2!!
Surprisinly the show is almost identical, with just a couple of scenes from the book being removed.
Even though I already knew what to expect, I still found it a fun and interesting story, loved it so much I already ordered volume 2!!
July 22, 2022
What an amazing manga!
We enter the world of Satoru Fujinuma, a young man (and talented artist) who struggles with creating his manga, making friends with his coworkers and dealing with his overbearing mother, while haunted with the memory of a series of child abductions that happened when he was a boy. Imagine Satoru's shock when he discovers that he has the power, "Revival", that allows him to travel back in time, revisiting his younger self. Can he solve the mystery of the missing children and perhaps even prevent the crimes from happening? - Louisa A.
We enter the world of Satoru Fujinuma, a young man (and talented artist) who struggles with creating his manga, making friends with his coworkers and dealing with his overbearing mother, while haunted with the memory of a series of child abductions that happened when he was a boy. Imagine Satoru's shock when he discovers that he has the power, "Revival", that allows him to travel back in time, revisiting his younger self. Can he solve the mystery of the missing children and perhaps even prevent the crimes from happening? - Louisa A.
August 21, 2023
Time-travel crime manga, completely engrossing, how had I never read this before?! Seriously, y'all, it's so good! I couldn't put it down until I got to the end of the series. Content warnings: child abuse, murder, probably some other stuff.
February 2, 2021
Initial reaction: Another one of my favorite series that I read earlier this year but forgot to track. 4.5 for this first volume, review to come eventually.
Full review:
Starting off this retro review, I read this in 2020, but I can't remember the exact day/month I read it. So I'm just going to leave it as marked for December.
To start off this review, I watched the anime for "Erased" or "Boku dake ga Inai Machi" (Loosely translated: "The Town Without Me") and I fell in love with it. Naturally I gravitated to the manga series by Kei Sanbe to do more of a dive into the story and revisit the characters.
And as expected - reading the manga gave me so many emotions all over again.
The version I have of this series is the first of several omnibus hardcovers issued from Yen Press. It collects #1-10. The story resolves around 29 year old Satoru Fujinuma, part-time pizza delivery guy, mostly struggling aspirational manga artist. Despite his ordinary circumstances, Satoru has a special ability that only he can control: he can rewind time with an ability he calls "Revival". He's used this ability to avert several impending disasters that only he seems to be aware of changes across the different alterations. But much like the consequences of such a "Butterfly Effect", where one thing changes, other things are bound to happen, and not always for the better. I definitely appreciated getting to know Satoru in the present day, being charmed by the people in his life from his mother to his cheerful friend Katagiri.
A traumatic loss in Satoru's life sends his life into an unexpected tailspin, lending to his ability sending him all the way back in time to his childhood, with no measure of knowing how he can get back or what it means for the present day. He realizes that to avert the crisis that lingers in the present, he has to revisit the horrible disappearance and murder of one of his former classmates, Kayo Hinazuki. The story does an excellent job of allowing you to get to know Satoru's classmates, viewing a more intricate eye to his past, and gathering the pieces he needs to slowly unravel the mystery. There are cute moments of camaraderie between the characters, but also many moments that are harrowing and heartbreaking to watch given Satoru's attempts to change events on a narrow timeline. This volume ended on the cliffhanger that I thought it would given the events of the anime, but I'm eager to pick up the next volume again as soon as I can do so. It's so well written, engaging, and had me hooked from beginning to end.
Definitely one of my favorite manga series, and I'm looking forward to reading and reviewing the rest of the series.
Overall score: 4.5/5 stars.
Full review:
Starting off this retro review, I read this in 2020, but I can't remember the exact day/month I read it. So I'm just going to leave it as marked for December.
To start off this review, I watched the anime for "Erased" or "Boku dake ga Inai Machi" (Loosely translated: "The Town Without Me") and I fell in love with it. Naturally I gravitated to the manga series by Kei Sanbe to do more of a dive into the story and revisit the characters.
And as expected - reading the manga gave me so many emotions all over again.
The version I have of this series is the first of several omnibus hardcovers issued from Yen Press. It collects #1-10. The story resolves around 29 year old Satoru Fujinuma, part-time pizza delivery guy, mostly struggling aspirational manga artist. Despite his ordinary circumstances, Satoru has a special ability that only he can control: he can rewind time with an ability he calls "Revival". He's used this ability to avert several impending disasters that only he seems to be aware of changes across the different alterations. But much like the consequences of such a "Butterfly Effect", where one thing changes, other things are bound to happen, and not always for the better. I definitely appreciated getting to know Satoru in the present day, being charmed by the people in his life from his mother to his cheerful friend Katagiri.
A traumatic loss in Satoru's life sends his life into an unexpected tailspin, lending to his ability sending him all the way back in time to his childhood, with no measure of knowing how he can get back or what it means for the present day. He realizes that to avert the crisis that lingers in the present, he has to revisit the horrible disappearance and murder of one of his former classmates, Kayo Hinazuki. The story does an excellent job of allowing you to get to know Satoru's classmates, viewing a more intricate eye to his past, and gathering the pieces he needs to slowly unravel the mystery. There are cute moments of camaraderie between the characters, but also many moments that are harrowing and heartbreaking to watch given Satoru's attempts to change events on a narrow timeline. This volume ended on the cliffhanger that I thought it would given the events of the anime, but I'm eager to pick up the next volume again as soon as I can do so. It's so well written, engaging, and had me hooked from beginning to end.
Definitely one of my favorite manga series, and I'm looking forward to reading and reviewing the rest of the series.
Overall score: 4.5/5 stars.
March 25, 2017
i've already seen the anime so it was absolutely wonderful to immerse myself into this world and story again as it's one of my favourites.
June 9, 2025
"are you an idiot?" being hinazuki's catchphrase is so goated
September 8, 2020
UGH!! I JUST FINISHED THIS!!! BUT THE ENDING!!!! AH, I NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!!
CLIFFHANGER MUCH.
Oh my gosh!! This "book"(manga) was so cute!!!! (Why did I use "cute"? Oh well)
This "book"(manga) was sPeCtAcUlAr!!!!
I was literally so into it! It hooked me in so fast and I couldn't break away.
Basically, a twenty-nine-year-old man "accidentally" goes back in time all the way to his childhood. (It's called a "Revival" and it is supposed to take him a few minutes back in time, but it took him years and years back) "Back in time", Satoru is trying to save Kayo from a kidnapping/murder (the first of many in his town).
I loved everything about this!
Fast-paced and a decently quick read.
HIGHLY RECOMMEND!
FANTASTIC MYSTERY!
5 out of 5 stars
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
CLIFFHANGER MUCH.
Oh my gosh!! This "book"(manga) was so cute!!!! (Why did I use "cute"? Oh well)
This "book"(manga) was sPeCtAcUlAr!!!!
I was literally so into it! It hooked me in so fast and I couldn't break away.
Basically, a twenty-nine-year-old man "accidentally" goes back in time all the way to his childhood. (It's called a "Revival" and it is supposed to take him a few minutes back in time, but it took him years and years back) "Back in time", Satoru is trying to save Kayo from a kidnapping/murder (the first of many in his town).
I loved everything about this!
Fast-paced and a decently quick read.
HIGHLY RECOMMEND!
FANTASTIC MYSTERY!
5 out of 5 stars
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
January 8, 2019
Erased is a mystery, thriller manga that follows Satoru Fujinuma who is trying to break into the manga world and working as a pizza delivery boy in the meantime. But, he also experiences what he calls the "Revival" when he will live the same moment of time over again until he can stop something bad from happening. Revival ends up sending him farther than it has before, it sends him back 18 years. He soon figures out his mission is to stop one of his classmates, Kayo Hinazuki, from being kidnapped and murdered.
Satoru was a character that I could easily relate too. He was doing what he needed to do to get by and trying to figure out how he was going to reach his dream. He has a big heart that does care about others that showed the deeper into the story I got.
Revival was interesting. At first it was jarring as I had no idea what was happening (as I was gifted this book and had never seen the anime or live-action), so it took me a little bit to understand what was going on, but as soon as I understood I found myself paying more attention to the panels and trying to figure out what needed to be changed. It was a concept I really enjoyed seeing.
The suspense built slowly over time to the point where I was sucked in and didn't notice just how engulfed in the story I was. It was wonderful and left me really hungry for the next volume as I need to know what happens. The pacing throughout this was superb!
TRIGGER WARNINGS child abuse (abuse is shown and results are shown when abuse has been inflicted), murder
Satoru was a character that I could easily relate too. He was doing what he needed to do to get by and trying to figure out how he was going to reach his dream. He has a big heart that does care about others that showed the deeper into the story I got.
Revival was interesting. At first it was jarring as I had no idea what was happening (as I was gifted this book and had never seen the anime or live-action), so it took me a little bit to understand what was going on, but as soon as I understood I found myself paying more attention to the panels and trying to figure out what needed to be changed. It was a concept I really enjoyed seeing.
The suspense built slowly over time to the point where I was sucked in and didn't notice just how engulfed in the story I was. It was wonderful and left me really hungry for the next volume as I need to know what happens. The pacing throughout this was superb!
TRIGGER WARNINGS child abuse (abuse is shown and results are shown when abuse has been inflicted), murder
January 24, 2018
entertaining and intriguing. Really enjoyed it and can't wait to read the next one.
January 23, 2021
This was so interesting. I went into the story completely blind so at first I was a bit confused, but wow. The mystery of this was excellent, the writing and story too. Once it got into it to the big revival, I couldn't put it down.
September 1, 2024
so cute but so sad! it’s now been like exactly four years since i watched the show so i’m curious to see the differences :)
June 6, 2024
I feel like all I’ve been reading lately has ended up at five stars (mostly a result of the fact that Goodreads doesn’t allow 4.5 stars), but out of everything I’ve read in the past few months, Erased is definitely the work that deserves the rating the most—I’d give it six stars if I could. I loved the introduction to this series, and am so excited for the next three volumes!
At no point in this volume did I feel like I knew what was going to happen next, and, honestly, I can’t say much about the plot in this review without spoiling something. Things get intense very quickly, and the mystery and suspense doesn’t let up. I don’t know if I would go so far as to call Satoru an unreliable narrator, but even he acknowledges the incompleteness of his memories of his childhood, and how the kids in his town were, essentially, raised to forget certain events. The combination of this unreliability of Satoru’s own memories, as well as his own unwillingness to remember, results in events coming back to Satoru and therefore to the reader in bits and pieces. Like I said, with the story being pieced together like so, and more information being revealed every chapter, it’s impossible to anticipate what will happen next, and I was hooked the entire time.
Speaking of Satoru, he’s a fantastic protagonist. Because he’s just a completely normal twenty-nine-year-old guy. He lives alone, works part-time at a pizza place while trying to get his manga career off the ground, and eats nearly exclusively pre-cooked meals. Sure, he has Revival, but Satoru’s attitude towards it is closer to how one might deal with an inconvenience rather than a near-superpower. Nothing about him, superficially, is “special.” Except the fact that, deep down, he’s just a good person.
And I will never be able to express how thankful I am that the whole going-back-in-time thing did not turn into a creepy, perverted plot point. I don’t consider this spoiling, but I guess it could be seen as so, so warning—but thank you, Sanbe, for not including any romantic arcs between Satoru and any of the kids in 1988. I could not have stomached that. I realize not indirectly pairing up eleven- and twenty-nine-year-olds is the bare minimum to thank an author for, but thank you anyway.
Plot aside (which, again, I can’t discuss too much, but which is FANTASTIC), I adore the art style as well. It’s blocky, in sharply contrasting blacks and whites, and as a whole is what I consider to be quite a dramatic style, which I think only adds to the atmosphere of Erased. Facial features of each character (their eyes and mouths, for example) are quite dramatized as well, which really helps distinguish them and make each character unique.
Altogether, I am loving Erased even more than I thought I would, and now that the next three volumes have arrived to my house (I was waiting for them to get here before letting myself finish Vol. 1, to avoid cliffhangers … ), I am eager to continue with this series.
At no point in this volume did I feel like I knew what was going to happen next, and, honestly, I can’t say much about the plot in this review without spoiling something. Things get intense very quickly, and the mystery and suspense doesn’t let up. I don’t know if I would go so far as to call Satoru an unreliable narrator, but even he acknowledges the incompleteness of his memories of his childhood, and how the kids in his town were, essentially, raised to forget certain events. The combination of this unreliability of Satoru’s own memories, as well as his own unwillingness to remember, results in events coming back to Satoru and therefore to the reader in bits and pieces. Like I said, with the story being pieced together like so, and more information being revealed every chapter, it’s impossible to anticipate what will happen next, and I was hooked the entire time.
Speaking of Satoru, he’s a fantastic protagonist. Because he’s just a completely normal twenty-nine-year-old guy. He lives alone, works part-time at a pizza place while trying to get his manga career off the ground, and eats nearly exclusively pre-cooked meals. Sure, he has Revival, but Satoru’s attitude towards it is closer to how one might deal with an inconvenience rather than a near-superpower. Nothing about him, superficially, is “special.” Except the fact that, deep down, he’s just a good person.
And I will never be able to express how thankful I am that the whole going-back-in-time thing did not turn into a creepy, perverted plot point. I don’t consider this spoiling, but I guess it could be seen as so, so warning—but thank you, Sanbe, for not including any romantic arcs between Satoru and any of the kids in 1988. I could not have stomached that. I realize not indirectly pairing up eleven- and twenty-nine-year-olds is the bare minimum to thank an author for, but thank you anyway.
Plot aside (which, again, I can’t discuss too much, but which is FANTASTIC), I adore the art style as well. It’s blocky, in sharply contrasting blacks and whites, and as a whole is what I consider to be quite a dramatic style, which I think only adds to the atmosphere of Erased. Facial features of each character (their eyes and mouths, for example) are quite dramatized as well, which really helps distinguish them and make each character unique.
Altogether, I am loving Erased even more than I thought I would, and now that the next three volumes have arrived to my house (I was waiting for them to get here before letting myself finish Vol. 1, to avoid cliffhangers … ), I am eager to continue with this series.
April 28, 2020
ok, I think this volume is the clearest example of me needing to re-think how I rate manga, because I don't know what else I could have asked from this first volume. It was engrossing and well-paced and had me completely immersed in the story, and I've literally already ordered volume 2 (of the omnibus version, so 3&4 of the original volumes). AND YET, I still find myself saying I'm not sure if it's a 5 star volume. I mean TBH part of the problem is probably that I haven't given any books 5 stars on my first read in nearly a year and a half, so maybe I just don't know what a 5 star book is anymore. But I think I need to realize that this is definitely one. 5 for you, Erased! You GO, Erased!
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immediately after finishing:
that was?? so good?? idk if it's like a 5 star volume but if the series continues like this, the series certainly will be.
literally don't even know what to say?? but like wow I'm relieved I understand my taste in books bc I've been hyping this up in my mind for ages and it's living up to the expectations, and possibly... exceeding them? idk this was great.
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immediately after finishing:
that was?? so good?? idk if it's like a 5 star volume but if the series continues like this, the series certainly will be.
literally don't even know what to say?? but like wow I'm relieved I understand my taste in books bc I've been hyping this up in my mind for ages and it's living up to the expectations, and possibly... exceeding them? idk this was great.
December 14, 2018
Intenso e impactante de entrada. Conozco la historia y de todas maneras logró provocarme de todo, me hizo llorar y el final. EL FINAL. Es casi perfecto, pero le creo a todas las personas que ponen que los confundió un poco o se les hizo algo complejo al inicio, creo que me hubiera sentido igual de perdida si hubiera leído el manga antes de ver la adaptación ^^U
July 7, 2017
My daughter let me borrow her copy of Erased and I really enjoyed it. It's an intriguing story, and I'm curious to know what happens next!
August 30, 2018
*actual rating 3.5
I don't love this, but I didn't dislike it either. it was a cool concept though, and I will be reading the next two
I don't love this, but I didn't dislike it either. it was a cool concept though, and I will be reading the next two
November 21, 2018
Great first start to this series. The idea behind these books is very interesting. I haven't seen the Netflix show yet.
April 23, 2022
A crime manga where the MC has a rewind time ability to prevent disasters? Sure. He goes back 18 years to prevent his mother's murder? Even better. He is able to prevent more murders? I'm hooked.
August 12, 2019
RESEÑA EN EL BLOG ➜ http://bit.ly/2YSjY6tEl gran sueño de Satoru es ser un mangaka. Él ya ha debutado con una pequeña obra que por desgracia careció de relevancia, es por ello que se esfuerza para intentar llegar a sus lectores y mientras lo logra tiene un trabajo de medio tiempo en una pizzería donde comparte turno con una adolescente llamada Airi.
Todo en su vida parece mediocremente normal pero él esconde un secreto ya que por algún motivo cuando una tragedia sucede regresa en el tiempo unos minutos para detener el evento. Es precisamente cuando intenta detener un accidente cuando florecen recuerdos de su infancia. Recuerdos que por años ha encerrado en su mente y que regresan trayendo enormes consecuencias que lo obligan a volver en el tiempo, sólo que este último salto lo lleva de regreso 18 años, al año 1988.
No sonreía porque hubiera logrado hacer amigos. Conseguí hacer amigos porque hablaba con ellos con una sonrisa en la cara.
Para comenzar esta reseña les confesaré que ya conozco la historia pues el manga fue adaptado en el 2017 en un live action de la mano de Netflix y fue protagonizado por Yuki Furakawa y yo, como buena enamorada fan de Furakawa tuve que verlo y al final terminé totalmente enamorada de la historia (y un poco más de Yuki) pues es un thriller psicológico que envuelve en sus garras al receptor. Así que en cuanto supe que Panini iba a traer el manga supe que lo necesitaba si o si en mis otakus manitas.
Ahora sí, el manga está protagonizado por Saturo, un hombre de 30 años que vive una vida un tanto mediocre pero quien tiene la capacidad de dar saltos en el tiempo para evitar desgracias. A estos saltos él los conoce como llama revival, pequeños bucles temporales que le permiten regresar apenas unos minutos para descubrir cómo evitar la tragedia, si es incapaz de encontrar lo que “falla”, él se mantendrá en un bucle temporal viviendo lo mismo una y otra vez hasta que sea capaz de descubrir como detener el accidente. Además de ello, cada que Satoru vive un revival tiene que pagar por ello y ese precio puede ser una cosa mínima, como la pérdida de un libro hasta un pago vital.
Tengo que aclararles que él no es capaz de controlar estos saltos en el tiempo pero sí está obligado a actuar en consecuencia a ellos.
Que sea capaz de estos revival ha traído consecuencias en la vida de Satoru pues hay gente que lo considera un héroe. Pero su él no se siente para nada así, sobre todo cuando comienza a recordar hechos de su pasado cuando no fue capaz de salvar a alguien. Y es que Satoru poco a poco irá recordando que cuando era niño en el año 1988 hubo una serie de desapariciones en su localidad donde varios niños de su distrito fueron secuestrados. Según su madre en ese entonces se atrapó al criminal, pero ahora las cosas parecen indicar que las autoridades cogieron a la persona incorrecta.
Al ser este el primer tomo no quiero ahondar gran cosa porque espero a lo largo de estos nueve tomo tener el tiempo suficiente para hablarles más a detalle de todos los puntos fuertes de esta historia. Pero sí que tengo que decirles que Satoru es todo un personaje. Un increíble y peculiar personaje principal que va a saber llevar perfectamente en sus hombros todo el peso de la historia.
Una historia con tintes sangrientos y misteriosos que estoy segura los va a enganchar desde este primer tomo.
April 9, 2021
It's out of character for me to read the book version of something last, particularly when there have been so many adaptations, but in the case of Erased (a forgettable and not particularly meaningful name, compared to the Japanese title, The Town Where Only I Am Missing), I suppose it was ease of access. I saw the film version on a flight to Japan a few years ago, without realizing it was based on a manga. I didn't expect it to be a suspenseful film (I just saw 'time travel' and hit play immediately, heh), else I probably wouldn't have watched it, but once I started, I needed to see how it ended. I enjoyed it, even though I noticed how rushed the story was - and promptly forgot about it after that.
Last year the TV drama version popped up as a recommend for me on Netflix, and I turned it on without initially realizing it was the same series as the movie I'd seen, but a more in-depth adaptation. (The movie is really THAT COMPRESSED, that I had a sense of deja vu for the entire first episode before realizing it was the SAME STORY as I'd seen on the plane a year or so before.) This time, though, I was really into the in-depth storyline of the live-action drama and the main character's excellent acting. I couldn't remember at all how the film ended, but was positive the j-drama went in a totally different direction.
After that point, Netflix had its hooks in me and presented me with an anime adaptation, even though I JUST WATCHED the drama. I was still reeling from how good the drama was, so I gave it a go. Surprise - another different ending!? It's like I'm having my own personal Revival. Each version I see, I like a little better. So I finally added the first two volumes of the manga - the original source material - to my shopping cart, despite the astronomical price for the hardcover version in Canada.
The art, to be frank, is a bit of a turnoff, especially after watching the beautifully drawn anime version. I deducted one star for the art, else this would be a 5-star review for me. It has a harshness to it; the lips of the female characters in particular, I disliked. I was happy to see an immediate fleshing-out of details that were left out of the TV/movie adaptations: more of a look into Satoru's thoughts in the opening chapters, more development with Airi (a character who felt jammed in haphazardly in the live-action) and Yuuki, a closer look at how Revival works. I understand that in later volumes, there's more backstory included for Yashiro and others as well.
Volume 1 was definitely an enjoyable read even for someone who knew what to expect from the book based on seeing other versions, and if you haven't seen others, I think it's a great intro to a very compelling storyline. I'm looking forward to reading the next one.
Last year the TV drama version popped up as a recommend for me on Netflix, and I turned it on without initially realizing it was the same series as the movie I'd seen, but a more in-depth adaptation. (The movie is really THAT COMPRESSED, that I had a sense of deja vu for the entire first episode before realizing it was the SAME STORY as I'd seen on the plane a year or so before.) This time, though, I was really into the in-depth storyline of the live-action drama and the main character's excellent acting. I couldn't remember at all how the film ended, but was positive the j-drama went in a totally different direction.
After that point, Netflix had its hooks in me and presented me with an anime adaptation, even though I JUST WATCHED the drama. I was still reeling from how good the drama was, so I gave it a go. Surprise - another different ending!? It's like I'm having my own personal Revival. Each version I see, I like a little better. So I finally added the first two volumes of the manga - the original source material - to my shopping cart, despite the astronomical price for the hardcover version in Canada.
The art, to be frank, is a bit of a turnoff, especially after watching the beautifully drawn anime version. I deducted one star for the art, else this would be a 5-star review for me. It has a harshness to it; the lips of the female characters in particular, I disliked. I was happy to see an immediate fleshing-out of details that were left out of the TV/movie adaptations: more of a look into Satoru's thoughts in the opening chapters, more development with Airi (a character who felt jammed in haphazardly in the live-action) and Yuuki, a closer look at how Revival works. I understand that in later volumes, there's more backstory included for Yashiro and others as well.
Volume 1 was definitely an enjoyable read even for someone who knew what to expect from the book based on seeing other versions, and if you haven't seen others, I think it's a great intro to a very compelling storyline. I'm looking forward to reading the next one.
January 4, 2023
4.5 ⭐️
-0.5 for unnecessary language
The cliffhanger at the end… but the curve balls all through the book… I might have to come back in a few days for a real review but let’s just say I just put the whole series in my TBR pile!
-0.5 for unnecessary language
The cliffhanger at the end… but the curve balls all through the book… I might have to come back in a few days for a real review but let’s just say I just put the whole series in my TBR pile!
December 7, 2023
“the last promise between me and hinazuki was never fulfilled” WHAT IF I KILL MYSELF
December 29, 2020
Incredibly unique story with twists and turns! I absolutely loved it and the illustration style.
July 25, 2025
Ça m’a donné envie de regarder l’anime !
January 8, 2018
I am coming to this fresh from the live action series and the adaptation was wonderfully spot on that it felt like I was re-watching the series. I cannot recommend this enough, it reminded me a bit of one of my favorite movies The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.
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