ERASED (僕だけがいない街)

Satoru Fujinuma,

you're under arrest for murder and attemped murder resulting from arson.

Him!

It can't end here.

There's something...

I still have to do.

Hey.

Go back...

Go back!

Just once more!

Please!

Please!

Go back!

I'm glad I mustered the courage and came here.

I'm really...

glad.

Are you stupid?

Yeah.

Satoru!

Hinazuki!

Hey there!

I finished what I had to do early.

Sorry we're late.

Are we in the way?

Of course not!

- Right, Hinazuki? - Right.

I have to pull it off.

Satoru is a gentleman!

This time for sure.

Definitely this time.

Doesn't have to be graceful,

but I can't have any regrets.

Because if I fail, I'm not getting another chance.

This is my final Revival.

ERASED

I'm starving.

Wanna get a bite?

I don't have any money.

I just got my allowance.

Why don't we have okonomiyaki on me?

- Yeah! - Nice one, Satoru!

All right!

By the way, Satoru...

Did you read that book I lent you the week before last?

Poe's "The Switched Man."

Sorry. I haven't read it yet.

I don't remember that.

A book he lent me 18 years ago...

The story's really interesting.

Read it when you get home.

I'm back!

Welcome home, Satoru.

Hold on, dinner will be ready in a minute.

What's wrong, Satoru? Don't just stand there...

Did you have a fight with Kayo?

No. I'm fine.

I see.

Okay, let's eat.

Sorry, Mom. Remember this.

The fact is, you can go to Ueno without changing trains.

What's that supposed to mean?

February 29th, 1988

February 29th, 1988.

The day before Kayo Hinazuki becomes the first victim of a kidnapping serial killer.

It's the third time I've met this day.

Satoru's got guts!

That's what he said last time, albeit a day early now.

Ice Hockey Club 1988 National Champions

I'm throwing caution to the wind this time.

Kenya...

Um, sorry.

I guess I lost the book you lent me.

Satoru, can I talk to you out in the hall?

Don't worry about the book.

It never existed.

Satoru, let me say this first.

Recently... How can I put it?

I've seen you being serious...

and it makes me happy.

Before, you used to pretend,

even though you didn't care at all about other people.

You did the best you could then, in your own right...

but I like you better now.

Except I want an answer to this nagging suspicion I have.

Satoru...

who are you?

It's like you've become another person.

Or more like, another personality has been added.

I realized you'd changed the day I saw you looking at Hinazuki.

I'd noticed Hinazuki's cuts and bruises a long time ago.

But I couldn't do anything.

I always just...

looked on from a distance.

And yet you addressed the issue right in front of my eyes.

It was like a will that said,

"This is what you're gonna do" had possessed your body

and put me to shame too.

Satoru, who the hell are you?

I...

I...

I'm...

...a superhero.

Or, I want to be.

You're Satoru after all.

Kenya...

Hinazuki is going to be murdered.

I saw where she's physically abused.

I swear I'll stop it next time.

Satoru, you don't become a superhero after achieving results.

You already are one.

Let me help you.

I want to become one, too.

A superhero.

I thought you hated Hinazuki.

Like how people have an aversion to others similar to themselves.

Yeah. I did hate her.

But I was also attracted to something about her.

I kind of get it.

Satoru, Kenya...

Stand in the hallway with those buckets.

Superheroes often get the short end of the stick.

Tell me about it.

I need to make a stop.

Hiromi, Kenya and Hinazuki, will you wait for me at the children's center?

- Sure. - Okay.

MARCH

Tomorrow, March 1st,

Hinazuki will be safe as long as she isn't left alone at the park.

The problem is March 2nd, the day of the birthday party.

I want Yuuki to have an alibi.

Yuuki, is your dad's bedroom on the first floor?

Y-Yeah.

Facing the main street.

Why?

Oh, I was just thinking it was probably noisy at night.

N-Not really...

All right. One more thing...

Yuuki...

Do you sometimes see Kayo Hinazuki?

W-Why?

Recently, she's become a part of our group.

R-Really?

No wonder I haven't seen her around for several days.

Yes! Kayo!

That's the best damn possible result!

That was the first time I'd heard Yuuki uttering something close to a curse word.

S-See you, Satoru!

See you!

I'm sure the real killer happened to see him with Hinazuki

and decided then to use him as a patsy.

Yuuki, wait for me.

I'm gonna prevent the murder from ever happening.

SHIRAKABA CHILDREN'S CENTER

Hinazuki! Kenya!

Hiromi...

February 29th (Monday) Satoru, we're in the gym next door! Kenya

Over here!

Sorry, Satoru!

We all came over here.

Yeah! Get in on this, Satoru!

I guess three people can't play Othello.

I have to be careful.

If I don't avoid drastic changes like this,

I won't be able to make predictions through March 2nd.

I'm back!

One, two...

SATORU & HINAZUKI HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Satoru! Hinazuki!

Happy birthday!

March 2nd 1988