Erased (僕だけがいない街)

I don't think this is going to reach readers.

The characters' emotions

and the sadness of the story just aren't coming through.

Wait, have you made your debut...? Debut...?

Right, of course, my apologies. Mr. Satoru Fujinuma.

You need to be committing more.

I can't see the author

in the work.

Okay? Okay. Good luck.

Editor-in-chief, sorry to keep you waiting.

I'm scared.

I'm scared to face myself.

I'm scared I'll find out that I have nothing to offer the world.

I hear myself saying every day:

"If only I did things differently then."

They're not words of regret.

They're just excuses.

To protect myself from breaking.

We've got two new deliveries.

Fujinuma.

We have work to do.

Here you go.

-Katagiri is off for delivery. -Okay, be careful. Here.

-I'm off, then. -All right, be careful.

Fujinuma.

Don't eat the pizza on your way there.

I won't.

I don't get it.

Is that some millennial joke?

Could she at least say something I could use for my manga?

Nobody has probably noticed, but in our mundane daily routines,

there is always something happening around every single person.

And what you pick up is what makes a great manga author.

Oh, there I go thinking about manga again.

I'm not picking up anything.

It's happening again.

There's no mistake.

Something is going to happen again.

Something bad.

It always does.

I don't want to get involved. But I have to find it.

What seems off?

I need to find it.

Somewhere around here.

Something bad is going to happen.

Where is it?

Find it.

Pick it out.

Found it. I found what's wrong.

Hey. Stop.

Wake up.

Stop.

Wake up.

Hey. Stop.

Hey!

Stop!

Fujinuma?

Wake up, already!

Stop the truck!

Hey! See?

I knew it.

I shouldn't have gotten involved.

Oh, you're awake.

Do you know who you are and why you're here?

I'm Satoru Fujinuma, age 29.

I tried to save a child from a truck... and was involved in an accident.

Thank goodness.

That was two days ago.

It's a miracle you weren't more seriously hurt.

They'll discharge you after you clear your examination.

Is there anyone you want to contact? Like a friend or a girlfriend?

There isn't anyone I'd bother telling.

Snip, snip, snip.

What is that?

You seemed like you were trapped in a cocoon or something.

You don't seem like the type to open up to other people.

But I have new respect for you.

I was there.

The truck driver died of a heart attack at the wheel.

How did you notice that?

Hey, Katagiri...

why do you work?

I have a dream.

And I want to make it happen with my own money.

Aren't you ever worried about...

telling someone your dream, and then having that dream never happen?

Nope.

I feel like... the more you say it, the more likely it is to come true.

Well, take care.

Oh, apparently your mother is on her way here.

Bye, then.

My mother?

So annoying.

I call that phenomenon "Revival."

I usually go back between one and five minutes

and experience the same scene.

It's always right before something bad is about to happen.

It's as if...

someone is forcing me to try to prevent it.

As a result,

I've prevented countless mishaps.

Usually,

I manage to turn a negative into something neutral. But sometimes, like this time, there's a witness,

and I get labeled a hero.

I didn't have to take any blame for the accident.

Welcome home, Satoru. How are you feeling?

This isn't the countryside. You gotta keep the door locked.

-So, are you all right? -Yeah.

So, I'll be staying here for a while. -What? -You need someone to look after you.

I'll be fine.

I've got my work and my manga.

If you can't write your manga because your mother's here,

then you were never going to write it anyway.

...his first victory.

In the honwari, Miyabiyama defeated Asasekiryu,

while Hakuho was victorious against Baruto,

leaving them even at 14 victories apiece.

In the championship match,

Hakuho avenged his earlier loss to Miyabiyama

to be crowned Yokozuna.

Hey, Satoru.

Can you get to Ueno on one train?

No.

So, you are here to sightsee.

The 7-year-old girl Ayaka Sakamoto missing since the 8th of the month,

has been safely found this morning.

Ayaka was admitted to a local hospital,

but appeared to be unharmed and in good spirits.

Hey, Satoru.

Do you remember? What?

Ayaka Sakamoto is 7 years old...

The incident that happened in the neighborhood

when you were in fifth grade.

No.

We were all doing the best we could.

We just tried to make it easier

for you kids to forget about it.