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Synonyms: The Town Where Only I am Missing, BokuMachi
Japanese: 僕だけがいない街
English: Erased
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 9
Chapters: 49
Status: Finished
Published: Jun 4, 2012 to Nov 4, 2016
Genres: Mystery Mystery, Supernatural Supernatural
Themes: Psychological Psychological, Time Travel Time Travel
Demographic: Seinen Seinen
Serialization: Young Ace
Authors: Sanbe, Kei (Story & Art)

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Score: 8.361 (scored by 4085940,859 users)
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Ranked: #2512
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #171
Members: 89,630
Favorites: 3,353

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Satoru Fujinuma is a 29-year-old who works part-time as a pizza deliveryman in order to make ends meet due to his unsuccessful career as a mangaka. But there is more to this struggling adult than meets the eye, as he possesses a mysterious ability which takes him back in time right before a life-threatening incident occurs. When "Revival," as he calls it, triggers, it will continue to send him back again and again until he is able to save the lives of the individuals involved.

But Satoru's life is about to take a turn for the worse when a loved one is killed by an unknown man and he is framed for the crime. Desperate to get away so that he can assess his situation, he is inexplicably sent 18 years into the past—right before the disappearance and death of his classmate, Kayo Hinazuki, an event that has plagued him since childhood.

Satoru, now an elementary school student, must get his wits together and save the young girl from an untimely demise by figuring out the identity of the person responsible. But just how is Kayo's murder connected to the present?

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Boku dake ga Inai Machi was nominated for the seventh, eighth, and ninth Manga Taisho Award, where it ranked second, fourth, and fourth in the final rankings, respectively. The series was also nominated for the 18th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Reader Award and placed on the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! rankings in the Male Readers division from 2014 to 2016, where it ranked 16th, 9th, and 10th, respectively.

The series was published in English as Erased by Yen Press as 2-in-1 omnibus volumes from February 21, 2017, to September 18, 2018. It was also published in Spanish by Norma Editorial from September 25, 2015, to February 23, 2018; in Argentina by Editorial Ivrea from September 1, 2016, to June 1, 2017; in Polish by Studio JG from April 28, 2017, to October 2018; and in Brazilian Portuguese by Editora JBC from December 2018 to July 2019.

The series was adapted into a live-action movie released in Japan on March 19, 2016, and a live-action Netflix TV series released on December 15, 2017. The other adaptations have altered endings, while the Netflix series remains the most faithful to the manga.
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Characters

Fujinuma, Satoru
Fujinuma, Satoru
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Hinazuki, Kayo
Hinazuki, Kayo
Main
Fujinuma, Sachiko
Fujinuma, Sachiko
Supporting
Kobayashi, Kenya
Kobayashi, Kenya
Supporting
Katagiri, Airi
Katagiri, Airi
Supporting
Yashiro, Gaku
Yashiro, Gaku
Supporting
Sugita, Hiromi
Sugita, Hiromi
Supporting
Shiratori, Jun
Shiratori, Jun
Supporting
Hinazuki, Akemi
Hinazuki, Akemi
Supporting
Osamu
Osamu
Supporting

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27 Recommended
4 Mixed Feelings
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Dec 1, 2016
Tetragon
Recommended
This manga is one of those rare gems that you sometimes stumble across. To be honest, I did not expect much, especially because the title isn't particularly catchy nor is the artwork especially powerful or elaborate. But within the first five pages, this manga had me hooked: I had this uncanny feeling that I was reading something that was bigger than life. Boku Dake ga Inai Matchi reads like a Greek tragedy; by going back to save lives, to save himself, the protagonist destroys his own future.


Although the panels are very clean, almost to the point of being bare, the mangaka managed to keep the ...
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Jun 28, 2017
Leegf
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I've longed to read the manga since the moment I had finished watching the anime. I had the feeling something wasn't right about the way anime ended. Fortunately, I was right.

The story begins quite smoothly and slowly giving the time to get to know the characters, their way of thinking and living.
There are some things which are just given to a reader without any further explanations. You just have to assume them. I wouldn't say I liked it but that's not the most important part here so let it be.
The story tells us about a "detective game", involving time traveling. The most ...
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Feb 9, 2021
Resting_Bonfire
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Boku dake ga Inai Machi

The Town Where Only I Am Missing




Didn't read the manga until after the anime adaptation. Among other things, I wanted to know whether this whole topic of time travel is explained in more detail in the manga.

If anyone is interested, no, it is not explained. In other words, the manga is just like the anime, with one major exception.
From the point in episode 10 when the breakup came, the anime took a different direction. The manga had a different and longer finale from then on. Among other things, I liked this one more because you had seen a lot more ...
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