History YMMV / Erased

* CaptainObviousReveal: Although many readers/viewers were still unaware, [[spoiler:the reveal that Yashiro is the killer]] was considered as far too obvious by those proficient in the mystery genre.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Akemi, who is revealed to have [[spoiler: suffered abuse at the hands of her husband, which led to her abusive behavior]]. Much like [[Manga/FruitsBasket Akito Sohma]], not everybody thinks abuse justifies abuse (although this sentiment does seem to be echoed by onlooking characters like Satoru, who don't look on all that fondly).

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Akemi, who is revealed to have [[spoiler: suffered abuse at the hands of her husband, which led to her abusive behavior]]. Much like [[Manga/FruitsBasket Akito Sohma]], not everybody thinks abuse justifies abuse (although this sentiment does seem to be echoed by onlooking characters like Satoru).

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Akemi, who is revealed to have [[spoiler: suffered abuse at the hands of her husband, which led to her abusive behavior]]. Much like [[Manga/FruitsBasket Akito Sohma]], not everybody thinks abuse justifies abuse.

* ShipToShipCombat: After chapter 35, with [[spoiler:the revelation of Kayo marrying Hiromi and the manga spending a large amount of time on Satoru and Airi's relationship]], Satoru/Kayo fans started to take offense at the very concept of Satoru/Airi, often subjecting Airi to DieForOurShip for those reasons. Interestingly, although there's copious amounts of ShipTease for both options, the story never actually establishes whether any of them have actual feelings for each other.

* CaptainObviousReveal: Although many fans were still unaware, [[spoiler:the reveal that Yashiro is the killer]] was considered as far too obvious by those proficient in the mystery genre.

* ShipToShipCombat: After chapter 35, with [[spoiler:the revelation of Kayo marrying Hiromi and the manga spending a large amount of time on Satoru and Airi's relationship]], Satoru/Kayo fans started to take offense at the very concept of Satoru/Airi, often subjecting Airi to DieForOurShip for those reasons. Interestingly, although there's copious amounts of ShipTease for both options (Satoru protecting Kayo in 1988 in the form of taking her out on dates with both continually blushing in each other's presence, and [[spoiler:the manga putting emphasis on Satoru's relationship with Airi and eventually ending with her accompanying him in the snow with their future being open-ended]]), the story never actually establishes whether any of them have actual feelings for each other.

** Despite the story's usual subversion of tropes and realistic take on human behavior, the anime has a fondness for employing RedEyesTakeWarning whenever possible for any character who's acting suspicious, even when they're not being particularly malicious or the suspicious behavior is a RedHerring.

** Despite the story's usual subversion of tropes and realistic take on human behavior, the anime employs RedEyesTakeWarning whenever possible for any character who's acting suspicious, even when they're not being particularly malicious or the suspicious behavior is a RedHerring.

* {{Woolseyism}}: The title ''ERASED'' (used for the official English translation of the anime and the French translation of the manga) condenses the poetic but rather unwieldy-to-translate original title of "The Town Where Only I Am Missing". It also preserves the title's trick of employing a double meaning in regards to what it actually refers to: [[spoiler:in the same way "the town where only I am missing" initially seems to refer to Kayo's poem about the pain of her abuse but actually refers to Satoru's absence for fifteen years in the new timeline, "erased" could refer to Satoru's actions of "erasing" disastrous events in his revivals or the fact that Satoru was effectively "erased" from the lives of those around him for fifteen years]].

* {{Woosleyism}}: The title ''ERASED'' (used for the official English translation of the anime and the French translation of the manga) condenses the poetic but rather unwieldy-to-translate original title of "The Town Where Only I Am Missing". It also preserves the title's trick of employing a double meaning in regards to what it actually refers to: [[spoiler:in the same way "the town where only I am missing" initially seems to refer to Kayo's poem about the pain of her abuse but actually refers to Satoru's absence for fifteen years in the new timeline, "erased" could refer to Satoru's actions of "erasing" disastrous events in his revivals or the fact that Satoru was effectively "erased" from the lives of those around him for fifteen years]].

** The [[MarketBasedTitle English title name change]] is quite ridiculous, especially when a full Japanese sentence gets subtitled into one word. The French release of the manga also uses the shorter title of ''Erased''.

* {{Squick}}: The idea of the very much mentally still twenty nine years old Satoru taking the eleven-year old Kayo on dates. It's usually done subtly and platonically enough for the audience not to think about the implications too hard... until the episode when he's listening to the sounds of Kayo having fun with his mom in the bath, and ''has to scold himself for his excitation, reminding himself that he's 29 years old''.

* ShipToShipCombat: After chapter 35, with [[spoiler:the revelation of Kayo marrying Hiromi and the manga spending a large amount of time on Satoru and Airi's relationship]], Satoru/Kayo fans started to take offense at the very concept of Satoru/Airi, often subjecting Airi to DieForOurShip for those reasons. Interestingly, although there's copious amounts of ShipTease for both options (Satoru protecting Kayo in 1988 in the form of taking her out on dates with both continually blushing in each other's presence, and [[spoiler:the manga putting emphasis on Satoru's relationship with Airi and eventually ending with her accompanying him in the snow with their future being open-ended]]), the story never fully establishes whether any of them have actual feelings for each other.

* ShipSinking: Does this ''twice'' over the course of a few chapters. [[spoiler:When Satoru finally wakes up from his coma, he learns that Kayo eventually marries Hiromi (and indeed, she brings with her their son, Mirai, when she visits Satoru at the hospital), though it's implied that she ''did'' try to wait for Satoru to regain consciousness. Then there's Airi, who Satoru avoids interacting with, as he believes that she'll have a much peaceful life away from him. Seems to have {{Subverted}} in the last chapter, where they walk together in the snow.]] To be fair, while the former was sunk beyond any hope of recovering, the latter still has a small chance to work out somehow.

* {{Squick}}: The very much mentally still twenty nine years old Satoru falling in love with the eleven years old Kayo. It's usually done subtly and platonically enough for the audience not to think about the implications too hard... until the episode when he's listening to the sounds of Kayo having fun with his mom in the bath, and ''has to scold himself for his excitation, reminding himself that he's 29 years old''.

* ShipSinking: Does this ''twice'' over the course of a few chapters. [[spoiler:When Satoru finally wakes up from his coma, he learns that Kayo eventually marries Hiromi (and indeed, she brings with her their son, Mirai, when she visits Satoru at the hospital), though it's implied that she ''did'' try to wait for Satoru to regain consciousness. Then there's Airi, who Satoru avoids interacting with, as he believes that she'll have a much peaceful life away from him.]] To be fair, while the former was sunk beyond any hope of recovering, the latter still has a small chance to work out somehow.

** Satoru's faces [[DidIJustSayThatOutLoud when he echoes his thoughts out loud.]]

* {{Narm}}: The [[MarketBasedTitle English title name change]] is quite ridiculous, especially when a full Japanese sentence gets subtitled into one word. The French release of the manga also uses the shorter title of ''Erased''.