Boku dake ga Inai Machi

Synopsis

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? [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Background

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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