Synonyms: The Town Where Only I am Missing, Erased
Type: Manga
Volumes: 8
Chapters: 44
Status: Finished
Published: Jun 4, 2012 to Mar 4, 2016
Genres: Mystery, Supernatural, Psychological, Seinen
Mangaka: Sanbe Kei (Story & Art)
Serialization: Young Ace
Synopsis: Struggling manga author Satoru Fujinuma is beset by his fear to express himself. However, he has a supernatural ability of being forced to prevent deaths and catastrophes by being sent back in time before the incident occurred, repeating time until the accident is prevented. One day, he gets involved in an accident that has him framed as a murderer. Desperate to save the victim, he sends himself back in time only to find himself as a grade-schooler one month before fellow classmate Kayo Hinazuki went missing. Satoru now embarks on a new quest: to save Kayo and solve the mystery behind her disappearance.
Background
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.
The series has been published in Spanish as Desaparecido by Norma Editorial since September 25, 2015.
Related Manga
Adaptation: Boku dake ga Inai Machi
Side story: Boku dake ga Inai Machi Gaiden
Groups Scanlating
/a/nonymous scanlations
Anonymous Tamer
Café con Lenin
Death Toll
Norway Scan
Oyasumi Translations
Licensed in English
Licensed in English
Yen Press (2017)
Source: MAL Manga info, Baka updates
Characters
Kayo Hinazuki (雛月 加代)
Birthday: March 2, 1977
Kayo Hinazuki is Satoru Fujinuma's primary school classmate and one of the victims of the serial kidnapping case 18 years ago. She was a loner due to her mysterious family life, which made her an easy target to kidnap. In an attempt to prevent her kidnapping, Satoru desperately tries to befriend her.
Kayo doesn't have much of a presence in class. Prior to becoming friends with Satoru' group, she didn't have any friends and didn't speak to anyone. She considered Satoru and herself 'Fakes'. She doesn't open up to many people because of her mother's abusive nature.
Birthday: March 2, 1977
Satoru Fujinuma is a 29 year old (in 2006) manga artist who also works part-time as a deliveryman at Oasi Pizza and the main protagonist of the series. He possesses an ability called "Revival", which would bring him back to a time before a life-threatening incident has happened and allow him to prevent it. When he was framed for his mother's murder, he was brought back to 18 years ago when he was 11 years old (1988) where the same kidnapper has killed two young girls and a young boy in his hometown.
Satoru is not very good at conversing with others and prefers to keep to
himself. After the revival, he becomes more lively and outgoing.
Spoiler:
Satoru eventually attempted and succeeded in preventing the original three victims from their death, but remained in a coma for 15 years due to being almost drowned in a frozen lake for obstructing the culprit. The coma resulted in the loss of his memories of the ordeal, especially the real kidnapper and murderer's identity.
Airi Katagiri (片桐 愛梨)
Airi Katagiri is a high school student and Satoru's co-worker at Oasi Pizza. She gets involved with Satoru when she realized oddities as Satoru managed to save people from life-threatening incidents, and was one of the few who decided to trust Satoru when he was framed as his mother's murderer.
She has a bright personality and is quite reliable, as shown when she helped Satoru. She can also be quite aggressive when she doesn't agree with someone' intentions.
Source: Boku dake ga Inai Machi wiki and wikipedia
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