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 it is prevented. One day, he gets involved in an incident 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.

Boku Dake ga Inai Machi (僕だけがいない街, lit. The Town Where Only I am Missing), also known as ERASED, is an ongoing Japanese fantasy suspense seinen manga series written and illustrated by Kei Sanbe and serialized on Kadokawa Shoten's Young Ace magazine since 2012. Volume 1 was released on January 26, 2013 and 5 volumes have been published so far. It is published in French by Ki-oon. An anime adaptation by A-1 Pictures began airing on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block from January 7, 2016.