Title : Erased
Written by : Kei Sanbe
Published by : Kadokawa Shoten
Magazine : Young Ace
Original run : 2012 – 2016
Volumes : 8
The future is always a blank slate.
Synopsis
Satoru has a special ability that he calls “revival”. Revivals are triggered regardless of his intentions and allow him to repeatedly time jump to the scene immediately before a “bad thing” (incident, accident, etc.) until the cause is removed. One day, a revival occurred while he was shopping with his mother Sachiko, resulting in the prevention of a kidnapping. However, Sachiko is murdered the next day by someone. Satoru strongly believes that he will be able to trigger the revival and prevent Sachiko’s murder, and he is sent back to his boyhood through a time leap that is longer than he has ever experienced before.
Review
This is a mystery manga centered around a murder case with the science fiction element of time travel. The well thought-out storyline and carefully drawn settings make it easy to understand without being complicated, despite the time travel involved. The length of the eight volumes is also just right. In the story, the main character returns to the past and creates new choices through his own strong will and courage to move forward in order to change the future, and the same goes for those of us living in the present. We can change the future ourselves.
