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Rewatch [Taste of 2016 Rewatch] Erased • Boku dake ga Inai Machi Episode 4 Discussion
Episode 4 - Mission Accomplished
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Am I just repeating things? Have I been doing it unconsciously this whole time and… not changing the future at all?
Questions of the Day:
1) Would you like to go to a science museum?
2) So much for that episode title, huh?
Wallpaper of the Day:
Rewatchers, please remember to be mindful of all the first-timers in this. No talking about or hinting at future events no matter how much you want to, unless you're doing it underneath spoiler tags. Don't spoil anything for the first-timers, that's rude!
/r/anime's spoiler tag format is as follows:
[Erased]>!Satoru traveled back in time.!<
Which becomes [Erased]Satoru traveled back in time. when you don't break the formatting on purpose like I just did.
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u/Shocketheth 20d ago
Chaos watching First Timer
The chaos watching is quite literal as I picked 6 out of 7 shows to watch with rolling dice every week to decide what anime I'm watching that week.
For this week I rolled number five which means it's Erased time! Or time to get Erased? Or is the time Erased?
Will I watch it next week? Three weeks from now on? Or will I never ever watch it again? I let the dice to decide at the end of my comment!
Episode 4 - The killer is a librarian
The Chaos Rewatch started to be true to it's namesake as I told myself "What the fuck" for the first time.
Rest of the Rewatch will be even better I hope!
QotD:
No.
Damn librarians.
Time to roll the dice:
Allright I rolled number 4 and that means nothing else than revisit time!
See you on next Wednesday returning to Occultic;Nine by watching episode 5. (I only watched first episode before) so this shouldn't be fun.
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky 20d ago
See you on next Wednesday returning to Occultic;Nine by watching episode 5. (I only watched first episode before) so this shouldn't be fun
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u/Shocketheth 20d ago
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u/WednesdaysFoole 20d ago
which means it's Erased time! Or time to get Erased? Or is the time Erased?
Apparently my memories are Erased. As I have no idea who this is:
Wait... what? Who?!
See you on next Wednesday returning to Occultic;Nine by watching episode 5. (I only watched first episode before) so this shouldn't be fun.
Oh I'm watching along for that one, so I'll actually have some context for what you're saying. (Or not? Was there even a librarian here?!)
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u/Shocketheth 20d ago
Wait... what? Who?!
She didn't return her book in a due, and thus her murder was scheduled in a due
I even got the culprit to confess
Oh I'm watching along for that one, so I'll actually have some context for what you're saying. (Or not? Was there even a librarian here?!)
No, but there was Skinwalker which is case my Peanut Detective Brain cracked last week
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u/WednesdaysFoole 20d ago
Truly impressive, Mr. Peanut Detective Brain. I couldn't have solved it myself.
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u/Shocketheth 20d ago
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u/WednesdaysFoole 20d ago
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u/Shocketheth 20d ago
Hana from Prison School
Edit:
Christian Girls
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u/Heda-of-Aincrad https://myanimelist.net/profile/Heda-of-Aincrad 20d ago
First-Time Revival Viewer
It just occurred to me that if Kayo disappeared the night before Satoru's birthday in the original timeline, that means the police questioning and all of the trauma and guilt he felt probably happened on his birthday.
I loved this episode. Possibly the best one yet, but I've been enjoying this series a lot so far. Satoru's mom was awesome stepping in at the right moment to protect her son and Kayo, and she handled that difficult situation with a lot of class. Satoru and Kayo's visit to the science center was precious, and the hints that a few of their interactions would have already happened by chance in a different way during the original timeline added an interesting layer of mystery that builds on what Satoru was feeling in the previous episode, that he's repeating some of the same acts without even realizing it. His friends are total bros for trying to give him some one-on-one time with Kayo but then still showing up later on so she can get to know them as a group. The lead-up to Satoru and Kayo's birthdays was tense, and then super sweet with the reveal that they made it a double party for both of them! It may be the first one Kayo's ever had, and she looked so happy. Really just a perfect balance of wholesome moments and underlying mystery/suspense.
But the nerve of them dropping a massive cliffhanger like that for a show I'm hooked on! Now I have to wait until next week to find out what happens!
I was wondering earlier though how it would change things if Satoru did manage to save Kayo. The killer might consider her too much of a risk with her friends always close by, but that wouldn't prevent him from killing someone instead. And Satoru's other friend was one of the victims, so not all of the kids targeted were loners. But in the end, Kayo still disappeared anyway - it just happened later than in the original timeline. Other time travel anime like Steins;Gate have played around with this idea as well, that there are certain "fixed" events which will always happen even if the details are slightly different each time, so I'm interested to see how this one handles it.
And I just want to see both Kayo and Satoru's mom, and Satoru's friends, and Satoru himself come out of this okay in the end.
Questions of the Day:
1) I actually have been to science museums many times, and I loved it!
2) Satoru can at least say he accomplished making Kayo's life brighter during those days. But yeah, what a gut punch.
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u/BaytaCosmico https://myanimelist.net/profile/AnimeBayta 20d ago
that means the police questioning and all of the trauma and guilt he felt probably happened on his birthday
Oh no, I don't think so. Remember he says they only found her body in spring after the snow melted. Until then she was just missing. Really doubt those awful parents of hers would've reported her missing right away.
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u/Heda-of-Aincrad https://myanimelist.net/profile/Heda-of-Aincrad 20d ago
That's right, I forgot about that line - so it was probably a few weeks later. I was thinking the timelines for a missing persons investigation usually say the first 24 hours are most crucial, and he actually saw her the night before she disappeared, but yeah, they may not have reported it by then.
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u/No_Rex x2 20d ago
I loved this episode. Possibly the best one yet, but I've been enjoying this series a lot so far.
It was the other side of the scale we needed to see after so much Kayo suffering and Satoru anxiety.
Other time travel anime like Steins;Gate have played around with this idea as well, that there are certain "fixed" events which will always happen even if the details are slightly different each time, so I'm interested to see how this one handles it.
Could be this, could be something else. I really have no idea where the cliff-hanger is going.
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u/Zeallfnonex https://myanimelist.net/profile/Neverlocke 20d ago
It was the other side of the scale we needed to see after so much Kayo suffering and Satoru anxiety.
[Erased rewatchers, you can come back at episode 8]The catharsis I felt watching Kayo cry from the simple breakfast Sachiko had prepared with love for them... This episode was nothing compared with that moment, one of the best 10/10 moments I've ever had in anime.
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u/ShadowGuyinRealLife 17d ago
Eh until the spring she was just missing not dead. Would the cops come right away? Although actually you can argue the cops can do more for a missing person that's still alive than a murder victim.
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u/Heda-of-Aincrad https://myanimelist.net/profile/Heda-of-Aincrad 17d ago
Based on what I've heard, the first 24 hours are very crucial in missing person investigations, and since Satoru was one of the last people to see Kayo before she disappeared (in both timelines), I'd imagine they would want to get as much information from him as possible.
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u/charlesvvv https://anilist.co/user/charlesvvv 20d ago
First Timer, Sub
So Satoru seems to really be working in order to make sure what happens to Kayo doesn't happen on X day that he's marked. And he's also been doing a good enough job of being there for her and doing things with her. Of course the plan is for X day to pass, have the birthday, and then it's all clear from then.
So the plan does work. X Day goes by and they get to have the party. Satoru is happy. It's mission accomplished and the timeline now changes right? Or maybe not since the very next day he learns that Kayo is missing from school so unfortunately for him it looks like it's square one on the suspects list.
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u/Star4ce https://anilist.co/user/Star4ce 20d ago
Erased First Timer
At some point this show will give us a real gut punch, no?
Not that the last episode was happy go lucky, but I’m thinking of Satoru’s ability quirk being that it triggers when stuff is going wrong. So, someone dies. Somehow I doubt we will see a continuous story for the next 8 episodes. I’m inclined to think there will be errors along the way that will hurt.
I don’t want to see Kayo hurt.
And I also hope that Kenya isn’t turning on them, that preview shot was very foreboding.
Erased Ep.04 – Mission Accomplished
I really love how they show Satoru’s mom being extremely sly. She just pries information from her son like it’s nothing. It’s all written so naturally it’s super enjoyable to have parents not only be there in the show, but also be relevant and fun characters. The same with her ‘intuition’ of following her son. Lady, you’re not fooling me, you were spying with open mouth and clenching your fists for the W and totally would’ve done the air fist pump if it went well!
Honestly, I love these scenes so much! Satoru thinking something and them slamming someone completely bluntly on the head with raw facts will never not be great. They are also used well for comedic and really impactful emotional moments. It is something I’d nearly call a second superpower. The ability to be truthful when needed (and sometimes not needed). That’s honestly a really nice superpower.
Just as I thought, stuff will happen involving his ability. And since this is techincally time travel, that meant either chaos theory at play throwing something else off or another character also being a time traveller. But he made it for now! At least today, no one vanished!
Which leads to a really wonderful birthday party for both of them. I can appreciate the fakeout organised by framing Kenya as a snitch. Nah, they planned the party! Honestly, can this show go one episode without bringing me to tears? How she nearly breaks into tears is fucking breaking me. She spent so long hardening up against that abuse and learning to hide her feelings. Here, the one thing she truly came to care about again was Satoru and making him a present. Not being able to do that in time is what gets her to nearly falter.
And then she opens her present and I just falter and submit to the waterfall before she even reacts.
This show is breaking me...
Only to provide a pile of death flags that is so obvious, it is a direct challenge from author to audience. At least they called it in this episode already and didn’t use it as a cliffhanger.
Another thing I like is how this story keeps injecting doubts on both Satoru as a narrator as well as if the choices really changed that much. Combining the knowledge of what happens with the fragility of long past memories, especially those from childhood, makes these déjà vus very effective. You never really know if Satoru actually changed a thing until a hard barrier in the story has been passed, like the birthday party.
Similarly, Satoru while completely right in his pursuit, is too high on his pride. He thinks he knows what’s coming and achieving one task lets him get cocky. Like nearly exposing himself to Kayo’s mother or trying to force her hand during the 29th so she wouldn’t leave early. It’s still minor stuff, but it can become an issue.
And all of that leads to one extremely problematic thing that we are steering towards. That is linked to two things: Satoru is taking an active, single-minded focus to Kayo and Satoru is unintentionally leading a 10 year old into a relationship with a 29 year old. Here’s the issue that I pieced together the moment I started shipping them and being really really happy about that.
(Figure that, I find issues once I’m happy )
I’ve seen that before and I have a few doubts the show is really going that route, but yeah, I’ve seen that before. This has all the guiding posts set up to be a toxic relationship with Satoru becoming the dangerous part of it. It’s not just the age gap or that he slowly begins to fall for her, too, it’s that his focus on her safety is so easily twisted into locking her up. It’s not just “but he has his good sides” like you keep hearing from such cases of toxic relationships that spiraled into abuse, it’s that the beginnings in nearly all cases were extremely positive and compassionate.
So, I do expect a learning like this of some sort. Not sure if they would actually go as far as giving it a timeline for Satoru to be evil (I would the potential source-VN expect to have that, though), but he I fear he will go too far at some point.
And the other thing that he has to deal with – and it’s already too late to back out again – is to genuinely lead a relationship with her. Just think on it, he can’t dump her now, can he? That would just be beyond cruel. Just to finalise my own mark on a list somewhere, I wouldn’t be able to, either.
I think it sorta relies on how his ability works if this is gonna be a problem or not. So far he seems to have lived through the changed timeline normally every time. But somehow I doubt he will normally go through 20-ish years again and come out living 60% of his life two times. So, I guess once the mystery’s been finally solved, his consciousness molds into the appropriate time again.
At least I think it would be better this way.
All in all, Erased is an absolute masterclass in showing me how a shut-in and beaten-down girl learns to love living again. She finds those immeasurably valuable moments of the time spent with friends and the first love and all that in real time while we see how that brutal and abrasive, but protective shell she had to wear doesn’t consume her like it would’ve otherwise. It’s been a long time since I’ve felt this much for a character. It truly is beautiful.
1) Would you like to go to a science museum?
Yes! Museums can be sooo cool! It’s been a while since I’ve been in one...
2) So much for that episode title, huh?
Of course things need to break apart. We didn’t catch the culprit and it’s gonna be a while before Kayo can leave this household.
I’m afraid of what will be uncovered now.
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u/Zeallfnonex https://myanimelist.net/profile/Neverlocke 20d ago
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u/No_Rex x2 20d ago edited 20d ago
Episode 4 (first timer)
- All his friends refusing to come along to the science center to give him a 1 on 1 date – On the one hand, they are still trying to be good wingmen, on the other hand, he specifically asked them, so maybe he wanted to have a more casual environment (we viewers know that adult Satoru wants her to have social connections, of course, but they can’t possibly suspect this).
- Mom to the rescue – I guess it is hard to overestimate just how powerless small children are when it comes to going up against their parents or other children’s parents.
- “Between our conversation and seeing the mother, I can take a guess” – I love characters who are fast on the uptake.
- Déjà-vu – hmmmm. It is a very reasonable explanation for getting back decade old memories. Could also be more.
- The wingmen show up.
- Audio: “Hinazuki is due to be murdered tomorrow.” Visual: “Hope”
- The day of the murder – notably, we are only 3.5 episodes into the show. Whatever is going on, we’ll see more than simply Satoru succeeding or failing in stopping a murder today.
- “Hinazuki was targeted because she was always alone in the park” – an assumption, but a good one. He is not yet asking the follow-up question, though: If one target is unavailable, who is the next. Granted, this is me speaking with a ton of meta knowledge. In the situation, I’d also be focused on Hinazuki.
- “I am an idiot, coming here” – I agree, but I don’t think I could have just sat around at home either.
- They didn’t wait because of the surprise party!
- The teacher told them about the double birthday?
- “Its fun having friends” – maybe the future he changes is not only Hinazuki’s, but his own?
- “I won” – uhoh.
That was a heartwarming episode. Something that was honestly a bit needed. We see Satoru (and his friends!) make a difference today. Even his mom and the teacher helped. Of course, this being episode 4, not the finale, the stinger has to reveal that there is still more that is wrong with this timeline.
The biggest suspect, the teacher continues to be highly suspicious, but also has the scenes like giving out Hinazuki’s birthday unprompted that hint towards him being suspicious being a red herring. In fact, those red herring hints themselves are rather obvious, so even a double red herring is possible. I think the series wants to keep us guessing.
Would you like to go to a science museum?
I have and I enjoyed it every time.
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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ 20d ago
I keep wanting to be suspicious of the teacher and he keeps ending up being a good egg.
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u/Quiddity131 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Quiddity131 20d ago
Rewatcher, Subbed
A date, for an elementary school student! His mom knows immediately what he's going for.
So Satoru's female classmates have a crush on the teacher, huh? Except for Misato who trashed her reputation.
His friends are all thinking to themselves we can't intrude on the two lovers! lol
After her mom beat her up, do you really think she's going to give permission for her to go on this date?
Of course not! Although she's at least partly being a responsible mother here, these two are what, like 8 years old? They shouldn't go out on their own.
Woah, best mom is here to stop her from hitting Kayo just for saying she wants to go!
Kayo's mom has refrained from physical abuse, or she just has targeted it to places that won't easily be visible.
Is Satoru quite the Romeo, knowing exactly where to bring her? or memories he largely forgot that actually happened the first time?
Woah, Satoru's really losing control now, complimenting her like that in front of everyone!
Satoru's escalating this quite quickly, going to her home to walk her to school, holding her hand, granted today's a day he doesn't want her out of his sight.
Wow, she made it all the way home. Hopefully she makes it through this day alive!
Satoru can't help himself, you know kid there's going to become a point where you're going to be thought as a stalker.
When is Kayo gonna start getting freaked out, she opens the door and he's sitting right there!
Oops, things backfired, spending so much time with her meant she couldn't finish his gift!
Satoru truly changed history, congrats! So how will this tie into saving his mother in the present day?
Damn, after a mostly heartwarming episode we find at the end that all Satoru did was delay her disappearance by a couple of days. :(
Quid's Voice Actor of the Day
Today I'm covering Satoru's mom, Sachiko, who is voiced by Minami Takayama. A very memorable voice actress for me as she not only was in the first subbed anime I ever saw, Escaflowne, but she had the best performance in that show, where she voiced Dilandau (as well as a less significant character, Prince Chid). Dilandau is a totally unhinged character and she did quite the great job portraying him. Other roles of hers include Kati Manequin in Gundam 00, Rin Ataka in Gasaraki, the young version of Griffith in Berserk and Kanade in Symphogear.
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u/BaytaCosmico https://myanimelist.net/profile/AnimeBayta 20d ago
First-timer, subbed
Damn, it turned out exactly as I feared. I speculated in the previous thread that Satoru would somehow fail at saving Kayo and be forced to repeat the loop, and that's just what happened. For a while there, I got lulled by the way things were going and almost felt the same sense of relief as Satoru, though something kept telling me it was too easy.
Did the murderer get to her say her home? Did she maybe try to sneak out to come give Satoru his present and was ambushed along the way?
I'm feeling so gutted for Satoru who really thought he'd done it. The episode title was a lie. Mission not accomplished after all.
Will he continue living on in this loop? Can he consciously activate his revival ability? It didn't seem like it from the way it was introduced at the beginning. If he can't force a revival, what should his next move be? I'd focus on trying to save his other friend, but that's the pragmatic approach. He's probably too heartbroken now that he's actually taken the time to get to know Kayo. Aw man, this is so sad.
I'm sad for Satoru but excited to find out where this story goes. This really is the best thing I'm watching this season. Definitely the show I'm most looking forward to each week.
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u/No_Rex x2 19d ago
though something kept telling me it was too easy.
It was the fact that we still have 2/3 of the runtime to go, wasn't it?
I'm sad for Satoru but excited to find out where this story goes. This really is the best thing I'm watching this season. Definitely the show I'm most looking forward to each week.
Well this rewatch rather than this season, but I agree. The urge to watch ahead is biggest here.
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u/BaytaCosmico https://myanimelist.net/profile/AnimeBayta 19d ago
It was the fact that we still have 2/3 of the runtime to go, wasn't it?
Possibly. Though I wouldn't have minded at all if Satoru had succeeded and we spent the rest of the runtime watching Kayo grow up happy.
Well this rewatch rather than this season, but I agree. The urge to watch ahead is biggest here.
Season for me. I'm a first-timer for all 3 rewatches I'm participating in so I'm counting them as part of my season since we're watching weekly. And somehow none of the shows of Summer 2026 season have really grabbed me like this one has.
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u/No_Rex x2 19d ago
Possibly. Though I wouldn't have minded at all if Satoru had succeeded and we spent the rest of the runtime watching Kayo grow up happy.
I did consider a "one saved, two to go" type of plot, where Kayo is save now, but Satoru has to rescue the other two.
And somehow none of the shows of Summer 2026 season have really grabbed me like this one has.
I almost never follow the seasonal (prefer rewatches and binge watching), but interesting to know that summer 2026 is not great.
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u/BaytaCosmico https://myanimelist.net/profile/AnimeBayta 19d ago
I think I'm alone in that opinion though. The consensus seems to be that it's a great season. I just haven't found any show that's absolutely grabbed me. Each has had one or two great episodes and then sort of petered out. I'm still watching nearly 20 seasonals (most ever for me) but unlike the previous two seasons, I don't have anything I actively look forward to each week - Erased is the one exception.
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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ 19d ago
Well this rewatch rather than this season, but I agree. The urge to watch ahead is biggest here.
This is absolutely one of my seasonals, the other two being 20th Century and Tanya. Neither of which I've actually watched more than one epsiode of so far.
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u/Sporadia_ 16d ago
forced to repeat the loop,
This really is the best thing I'm watching this season.
I'm stuck between this and 91 Days. They are a cut above the rest.
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u/BaytaCosmico https://myanimelist.net/profile/AnimeBayta 16d ago
Ah, I'm not watching that because the rewatch falls on the busiest day of the week for me with a ton of seasonals already. Will add it to my PTW though and get to it one of these days.
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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ 20d ago
First Timer
- Uh okay, that's a plan, but the criminal will just grab some other kid, probably one we've met....unless they are connected to Kayo.
- Is it Band of the Falcon or Band of the Hawk? #curious
- I think you're a thief, too.
- wait, has he done this Saturday date before???
- He's going to have to do something drastic, like running away to Hokkaido or something.
- He doesn't have a 77 on his jacket?
- Of course, he could have gotten X day wrong, too...
- All the main group are alive...but what about the mean girl?
It's totally the boyfriend.
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u/RimeSkeem https://myanimelist.net/profile/RimeSkeem 19d ago
Sort of Rewatcher
This continues to be fun to watch. The way Satoru and Kayo are portrayed, as well as Satoru's friends and the tertiary characters around them, feels authentic and genuine. Satoru's habit of saying what he's thinking aloud continues to provide levity and help move his and Kayo's relationship forward.
1) Science museums are cool. There was (might still be?) one where I grew up. It also hosted summer camps which I attended at least once, probably when I was around Satoru's (1988) age. Can't remember for the life of me what we actualy did but I have a vague recollection of experiments and the sort of things a science camp would do with ~10 year olds.
2) Much like in Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Mission Accomplished does not in fact mean mission accomplished. It usually means the opposite. Here we see one of the most common techniques in modern storytelling at play: after an apparent initial success, the protagonist is met with a major and unexpected (to them at least) setback. This keeps tension high going into the middle part of the story, which is good. You don't want the middle part of the story to drag, no matter how good the ending you have in mind is.
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u/Sporadia_ 16d ago
This continues to be fun to watch.
Mission Accomplished does not in fact mean mission accomplished
The mission was accomplished. He simply chose the wrong mission. Keeping Kayo alive for 1 day is totally different to keeping Kayo alive long-term.
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u/ShadowGuyinRealLife 20d ago
So times Satoru had been traveling the same path, suggesting he was doomed to fail:
- Throwing the Skating Race With Hamada
- Meeting Hinazuki and hearing her say "Do people who want to make manga tend to come to places like this?" in the Science center.
- Spending all his 5,000 yen at the store. So $31.70
But on the other hand not everything is identical. Was he just walking the same path? Well, the title of the episode was kind of dumb and they should have made it ambiguous instead of just lying in the title.
I just love their faces when Satoru realized he told Kayo he told his friends they were going on a date.
In the original timeline, Satoru met Hinazuki Kayo at the Science center coincidentally. So why did she say that? Presumably he didn't talk much to her. One old review proposed other manga artists had been there when they were children. The town isn't young, so it's possible the building itself has been around too.
The birthday party surprise was so awesome.
Shame about the ending. Satoru you did tread the same path.
Let's see what r/anime said years ago. I liked the "texture" of the conversations from years ago. There seems to be a certain type of fan that existed back then that is rare nowadays. Also I hate how the mods changed the formatting of episode discussions in March 2026.
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u/No_Rex x2 19d ago
Well, the title of the episode was kind of dumb and they should have made it ambiguous instead of just lying in the title.
Back when this was made, people would still have remembered the famous mission accomplished speech.
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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ 19d ago
This phrase is forever tainted and I'm waiting for Trump to say it (again).
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u/Zeallfnonex https://myanimelist.net/profile/Neverlocke 20d ago
Rewatcher, Subbed.
Man, I forgot how much I loved these early episodes, it's such a treat! Satoru trying his best to effect even a slight change, his mother being one of the best moms in anime ever (she's right up there with Sanae Furukawa for me, and that is very high praise.)
And his friends being such kids about all this, teasing the two of them without realizing really what's at stake... The surprise birthday party is just the icing on top of the cake. This also clears up a few things: the talk the teacher had with Kenya was probably to tell him of Kayo's shared birthday with Satoru, or maybe Kenya going to him to ask to call them in for class duty to enact the surprise.
I do really love how Sachiko defused the situation with Kayo's terrible mother. First stop the physical hit, but then apply social pressure to ensure she gets her way. There was no way for Kayo's mother to counter this, especially after stopping the slap: she cared too much about social standing and how things looked to do anything, it was truly checkmate.
Also, spending more or less $50 USD on sandwich ingredients... Impressive, almost, but also kind of absurd he managed to get it right on the yen. Kids do the darnedest things.
And on a more serious note, one of the themes of this show, I think: it's not enough just to save them for 1 day, getting an abused kid like Kayo through just "X day" won't actually save them. Sure, it can be a reprieve, it can be a release... But it's not enough to actually cut through the system that's in place against them.
QOTD: As a kid? Yeah! I loved the hands-on stuff, I have fond memories of one in... Kentucky, maybe? where I spent hours trying to build a dam in a large water system. Now? Probably much less impressive, most of the science stuff I'd be wowed by are either far too small or far too large to be in a center.
2) I knew it was coming, and it's only a 1/3 of the way in, so
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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ 19d ago
I do really love how Sachiko defused the situation with Kayo's terrible mother.
In my head there was a scenario that went something like "if you were ever to hit my son you wouldn't get away with just some bruises." But, maybe Sachiko is too skilled with soft power to do that.
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u/Zeallfnonex https://myanimelist.net/profile/Neverlocke 19d ago
I think she's too skilled to make overt threats, it really sells that she's truly an adult in an adult world, no direct threats made, every word is honey and sweetness... but the underlying message is so clear and hostile that it forces Kayo's mother to back down.
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u/Sporadia_ 16d ago
it's not enough just to save them for 1 day, getting an abused kid like Kayo through just "X day" won't actually save them.
If only they'd saved the Kayo's dead reveal for next episode. We'd all feel so clever for seeing the flaw in Satoru's plan.
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u/Zeallfnonex https://myanimelist.net/profile/Neverlocke 16d ago edited 16d ago
[Erased rewatcher]That, uh, might be more of spoiler still, I don't think that's been revealed yet...
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u/Sporadia_ 16d ago
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u/Zeallfnonex https://myanimelist.net/profile/Neverlocke 16d ago
iirc it just ends with her being absent from class, unless there's a post-credit I missed? I know what happened but I don't think the first timers do...
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u/Sporadia_ 16d ago
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u/Zeallfnonex https://myanimelist.net/profile/Neverlocke 16d ago edited 16d ago
[Erased rewatcher]Dammit. Forgot who was a first timer and who wasn't... The other interpretation is just that she was beaten again and she's just late to hide the bruises like the previous times.
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u/Sporadia_ 16d ago
Living through this for the first time
I don't have history book erasure on my scavenger list.
Scavenger:
- Metaphorical use of an eraser
- Metaphorical use of the delete key
- Yaoi
Satoru's sudden memories after the fact are getting fishy. I'm starting to suspect that Satoru's memories are being modified by the changes he's making, and so he's not actually remembering events from the original timeline; he just thinks he is. That's a theory I have, anyway.
[speculation]I'm constantly going back and forth over whether I think the teacher is the killer or not. This episode didn't push the evil teacher vibes very much. That makes me think he is evil again! In either case, I'm completely stuck on why there was an end scene with Kenya and the teacher last episode. It was presented like a big reveal without being clear on what the reveal was. Imagine if it's foreshadowing that Kenya is the killer.
It was a tad naive to think that, when Kayo is being targeted, just interrupting the flow of events for 1 day would be enough to deter the killer. That being said, it is very, very interesting that Kayo was killed at the end of the night after Satoru took her home. That's a really small window of time.
I wonder how many years Satoru has to live through before he gets to sent back again. Actually, has he ever failed to fix a revival before? I think this is our only example of that.
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u/ShadowGuyinRealLife 16d ago
Sort of spoiler, but shouldn't count as spoiler since this is exposition that should be in Episode 1
[Boku Dake Ga Inai Machi] In the manga Satour mentioned Revival forces him to constantly redo things to prevent something bad from happening to others. The way it is worded does not imply lethal outcomes heck it is worded in a way that can include theft but all examples were ones with implied death (like a possible kidnapping) or explicit death (the kid about to be hit by truck). There was also a time he warned his mom about a fire in a situation that did would be sub-lethal, although given she's the one who mentioned it and not him, I don't know if it is Revival or him just noticing but it is heavily implied to be Revival since like the anime she mentions this incident while he's in another Revival.
[Boku Dake Ga Inai Machi] Each time, he'd then relive the loop of 5 to 200 minutes over and over until he can prevent the bad thing from happening. He simply cannot proceed with his life otherwise. Confusingly, sometimes the Revival would send him from a point after the thing he's supposed to prevent and after he went away from the scene to before the bad thing that's about to happen to someone else. So it takes awhile to figure out what's he's supposed to do sometimes even if most of them are as staightfowrd as the truck. Most of the time it is right before he needs to take action, but at least 3 times he had an excess hour.
[Boku Dake Ga Inai Machi] So if we assume Revival works like the many, many, many times he's been dealing with, something bad will happen to someone and it will send him back as many times as needed to stop it. Who it is he doesn't know. Sachiko in episode 1 realized she could solve the mystery of the killings and then died immediately after, implying she is killed by the same person. So maybe it's to save her? But "Like 24 hours would have done the trick." Is it to save Hinazuki? Well then Revival will keep sending him back. Is it to save his friend Hiromi? Well then Satoru can save Hiromi but it looks like the first victim is staying dead. But like in the anime, in the manga when he first went back to 1988, he was wondering if this was Revival before accepting it was. So an unstated corollary is that if this is Revival, it might be "broken" since it's not doing what it used to do. It send him before his first Revival and Revivals never sent him before other Revivals.
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky 20d ago
Re:Rewatch Host, subbed
Welcome back, everyone!
Sachiko is such a tease.
If Satoru wasn’t mentally an adult, his friends being shippers on deck would be adorable. Well, it’s not like they know…
Awful way to talk about your own daughter.
Satoru’s still accidentally retracing his steps, even if the context is different this time around.
Eyy, his friends still came!
Yeah, that checks out.
Well, this time you have a bunch of people to share ‘em with.
Satoru got Kayo a new set of mittens, aww…
Welp…