Alright that somewhat cheesy description aside Boku dake ga Inai Machi or as I'm going to refer to it from now on Erased is about Satoru Fujinuma. He's a pretty normal guy, except for the fact that he occasionally goes back in time. At seemingly random times he's sent back 1 to 5 minutes back in time, usually to solve some sort of accident about to occur. He names this ability Revival. Outside of that though he really is a normal guy, his dream to become a manga artist hasn't really been working out so he has to work as a pizza delivery guy to pay the bills. It's an ok life, nothing too terrible. That is until his mother is murdered and his "Revival" ability sends him back to his grade school days so he can find the killer, who just so happens to also be the guy who kidnapped one of Satoru's classmates when he was a kid.
Joining Satoru on this murder mystery are: Kayo Hinazuki: The Girl who gets kidnapped, even before the kidnapping her life kinda sucked. Having an abusive mother will do that, she acts emotionless and mature in order to hide her pain.
Sachiko Fujinuma: Saturo's mother, she has a keen eye and is almost all-knowing when it comes to her son and his mood.
Airi Katagiri: An optimistic Highschool student and Satoru's co-worker in the present.
and Gaku Yashiro: One of Satoru's teachers and the closest thing Satoru has to a father figure.
The show focuses on Satoru and his quest to protect Kayo, unfortunately that plotline is wrapped up in episode 9 and the last few episodes while not terrible just aren't as good. The pacing kinda takes a hit since well the main plotline was about Satoru and Kayo. This is made worse by the fact that the murderer is pretty obvious.
The Animation and Sound are fine, no worse than any other anime.
It's a show that's good, would've been great if it didn't stumble at the finish line. I gave the show an 8 but honestly it's probably closer to a 7.5
