Erased, known in Japan as Boku dake ga Inai Machi, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kei Sanbe. It was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Young Ace magazine from June 2012 to March 2016, and is licensed in English by Yen Press. An anime adaptation by A-1 Pictures aired on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block from January to March 2016, and a live action film was released in March 2016. A live-action drama series was released by Netflix in December 2017. A spin-off manga was published from June to November 2016 and the spin-off novel series by Hajime Ninomae was released in Kadokawa's Bungei Kadokawa magazine from November 2015 to March 2016.
Cover of the first tankōbon volume, featuring Kayo Hinazuki
The four main characters of Erased (from left to right): Satoru Fujinuma (29 years old, background), Airi Katagiri, Kayo Hinazuki and Sachiko Fujinuma
Young Ace is a monthly seinen manga magazine in Japan published by Kadokawa Shoten, started in 2009. A spin-off web manga magazine titled Young Ace UP began publication in December 2015.
Cover of the July 2012 issue of Young Ace, published by Kadokawa Shoten on June 4, 2012