Erased

Struggling manga artist Satoru leads a mundane life, yet has the innate ability to travel back in time to prevent imminent tragedies.

After Satoru discovers his mother brutally murdered in his apartment, he goes back 18 years in time, before classmate Kayo's kidnapping and murder.

As Satoru relives his childhood days at school, he befriends Kayo and stays by her side on March 1 to thwart the kidnapping that would take her life.

Unsure if Kayo is alive, a distraught Satoru is suddenly sent back to the present, where the police search for him as a suspect in his mother's murder.

Satoru meets with Sawada, a former colleague of his mother, who is also looking for a connection between her murder and the kidnappings from the past.

Kayo shows her friends the bag that the angry stranger stashed inside the bus. Inspired by Satoru, his mother and teacher take action to help Kayo.