Erased

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Boku dake ga Inai Machi
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僕だけがいない街

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?

(Source: Yen Press)

Note:
- Was nominated for the 18th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Reader Award in 2014 and for the 7th, 8th and 9th Manga Taisho Award between 2014 and 2016. Also nominated for the 40th Kodansha Manga Awards in 2016.
- Volume 9 contains the 5-chapter “Boku Dake ga Inai Machi:Re” side story.

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Deception Loyalty Rehabilitation Starting a New Life Surveillance Teamwork Violence Abuse › Domestic Emotions › Childhood Love Slice of Life › School Life Super Powers › Special Ability
Health
Medical › Coma
Kinship
Important Family Single Parent
Mental Health
Depression Mental Illness › Repressed Memories
Violence
Bullying Revenge
Activities
Crimes Investigation
Art Forms
Writing Photography
Conflict
Strategic Battles › Strategic Minds
Crimes
Kidnapping Murder Attempted Murder Identity Theft Murder › Mass
Audience Demographics
Male Oriented › Seinen
Character Traits
Sociopath Personality Traits › Psychopaths
Outfit > Accessories
Glasses-Wearing Male Lead Glasses-Wearing Protagonist
Character Types
Male Lead Fugitive Mature Child Cast › Primarily Child
Male Lead
Ability Male Lead › Smart Male Lead Personality Male Lead › Perceptive Male Lead
Locations
School Asia › Japan Natural › Snowscape School › Elementary
Narrative Tropes
Framed Backstory › Tragic Past Death Tropes › Death of Loved One Identity Tropes › Disguise Memory Tropes › Amnesia Romantic Dynamics › Important Non-Romantic Relationship Survival › On the Run
Character Change
Age Regression Character Growth
Plot Structure
Past Plays a Big Role Time Manipulation
Time Manipulation
Time Loop Time Skip Time Travel Time Rewind
Storytelling Techniques
Flashbacks › Extended
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Creative Arts › Comic Artist Education › Teachers Media › Paparazzi Security › Detectives Transportation › Delivery Man
Relationship
Childhood Friends Friendship
Family Relationship > Family > Parent-Child
Mother Mother and Son
Sexual Content
Child Abuse
Time Period > Period Piece > Late Modern & Contemporary
20th Century 21st century

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Vol 1, Chap 1 Skips/Abridges Chap 28, 29, 32, 34 and 35
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Vol 6, Chap 35 - Adapts the full story but condenses and alters the events of Vol 6 to 8 and skips Vol 9

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