History YMMV / Erased

* FandomRivalry: With ''{{Manga/Ajin}}'', ''LightNovel/KonoSuburashiiSekaiNiShukufukuO'', and ''Manga/ShowaGenrokuRakugoShinju''. Alongside of ''Erased'' all three of these shows were often labeled as "anime of the season" by their respective viewers. However while ''Erased'' fell victim to SeasonalRot and HypeBacklash those three shows ended up being [[SleeperHit sleeper hits]] with the latter two even getting second seasons. The most notable of the rivalries would be with ''Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju'' however because many people who had watched that alongside of ''Erased'' were the most vocal about their dislike towards ''Erased'' and how ''Show Genroku Rakugo Shinju'' was the true anime of the season.

*** The entirety of the first half of Episode 09 is even worse in regards to Kayo's mother's Hidden Depths. The reason she mistreated her own daughter was [[spoiler:because her husband was also an one-dimensional evil father that happened to mistreat her wife - which then led her into unleashing her own abusive nature.]] This was supposed to be a TearJerker as [[spoiler:she was revealed to be more human and broken than what was believed (her mother wasn't a good parent either, as her sudden appearance alongside Satoru, Sachiko, Yashiro and the Child Services before it was enough to trigger this whole mess)]], but for the most part it's just a failed RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap moment of a character whose backstory was just parroting characterization.

*** The entirety of the first half of Episode 09 is even worse in regards to Kayo's mother's Hidden Depths. The reason she mistreated her own daughter was [[spoiler:because her husband was also an one-dimensional evil father that happened to mistreat her wife - which then led her into unleashing her abusive nature.]] This was supposed to be a TearJerker as [[spoiler:she was revealed to be more human and broken than what was believed(her mother wasn't a good parent either, as her sudden appearance alongside Satoru, Sachiko, Yashiro and the Child Services before it was enough to trigger this whole mess)]], but for the most part it's just a failed RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap moment of a character whose backstory was just parroting characterization.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The hilarious candy scene in episode 9 is made much less hilarious when you find out [[spoiler: the compartment used for candy is also where Yashiro hides laxatives and the "dating tips" were used by him to abduct children]]

* FanPreferredCouple: Some fans weren't too happy when [[Kayo ended up marrying Hiromi, her relationship with Satoru remaining as JustFriends]].

** The SerialKiller, [[spoiler:Gaku Yashiro]], is the intelligent and psychopathic [[TheChessmaster mastermind]] behind [[BigBad almost all of the terrible events in the story]], and while the anime adaptation may have given him humanizing characteristics, the original manga version was an utter monster. As a child, the killer felt bored and "empty" in life, and as a result, began performing [[EnfanteTerrible wicked actions]] to bring thrill into his life, from drowning numerous hamsters, to luring little girls to his violent older brother who would rape them. After killing said brother and getting away with it, he [[{{Sadist}} became obsessed with the thrill he acheived by murdering people]], and to this end, began kidnapping and brutally murdering [[WouldHurtAChild little girls]] and [[FrameUp framing innocents]] for his crimes, and, when his fiancée became suspicious of his crimes, he [[DestinationDefenestration flung her out of a window]] and made it look like a suicide. Spending decades kidnapping, murdering, and framing innocents, Yashiro spurs [[TheHero Satoru Fujinuma]] into action when he viciously murders the man's mother and frames him for it. [[spoiler:When Satoru is sent back in time to save 3 children from Yashiro, Yashiro attempts to drown him, now 11 years old, for thwarting his plans, which results in Satoru being plunged into a coma for 15 years, throughout which Yashiro murdered his way into a political position. Luring a now-awake Satoru to an isolated campsite along with Kumi, a young leukemia patient, Yashiro plans to drown Kumi while forcing Satoru to watch, before burning him alive. Even when beaten, Yashiro, refusing to be arrested for his crimes, tries to kill both himself and Satoru in one fell swoop]]. Claiming he is no worse than anyone else simply because he murders people, the killer used his "unfulfillment" as an excuse to perpetrate his decades-long list of atrocities.

** The unnamed, manga-exclusive, and [[PosthumousCharacter flashback-only]] older brother of the killer manages to stand out as horrific and monstrous despite only appearing in one chapter. A sociopathic [[BigBrotherBully bully]], the brother regularly assaulted his own little sibling and other kids at his school. Showing his true monstrosity, the brother formed a partnership with the willing killer where, after killer lured little girls to him, he would rape them, a process that went on for years and resulted in [[SerialRapist dozens of rapes]]. When the brother [[AccidentalMurder accidentally strangled]] one of his victims to death trying to keep her from calling for help, he tried to [[FrameUp frame his younger brother for the crime]], showing no regret or empathy for his victim. Though only a [[TeensAreMonsters teenager]], the brother made his mark as the most monstrous character in the story along with his SerialKiller brother.

* {{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...other than an anime-original scene 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''.

* DracoInLeatherPants: [[spoiler:Yashiro]], after the reveal for certain fans, probably not helped by [[spoiler:his attractive appearance as a young man]].

*** The entirety of the first half of Episode 09 is even worse in regards to Kayo's mother's Hidden Depths. The reason she mistreated her own daughter was [[spoiler:because her husband was also an one-dimensional evil father that happened to mistreat her wife - which then led her into unleashing her abusive nature.]] This was supposed to be a TearJerker as [[spoiler:she was revealed to be more human and broken than what was believed(her mother wasn't a good parent either, as her sudden appearance alongside Satoru, Sachiko, Yashiro and the Child Services before it was enough to trigger this whole mess)]], but for the most part it's just a failed RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap moment of a character whose backstory was just parroting characterization.

* HarsherInHindsight: The hilarious candy scene in episode 9 is made much less hilarious when you find out [[spoiler: the compartment used for candy is also where Yashiro hides laxatives and the "dating tips" were used by him to abduct children]]

* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler: Gaku Yashiro. To him, life and death is just a game. Killing isn't personal, he's simply bored. He longs to experience thrills in his everyday life, to observe the psychological reactions and devastation his murders cause.]]

* MagnificentBastard: [[spoiler: Gaku Yashiro. He is ''terrifying''. His sadism and predatory blood-thirst is matched only by his intelligence. Cold and calculating, he accounts for damn near everything that may or may not go wrong. He correctly deduced Satoru was interfering with his plans all along, and easily baited the boy to reveal himself as his target's savior.]]

* NightmareFuel: TheReveal in episode 10. Satoru is crushed when he realizes [[spoiler:that he's in the car with the killer. And then said killer sends the car into a freezing lake that nearly kills him and takes away 15 years of his life]].

* ShipSinking: [[spoiler:The idea of Satoru/Kayo as an item is torn apart with a vengeance in chapters 34 and 35, in which it's revealed Kayo has grown up to marry Hiromi and had a son with him.]] The ship being sunk isn't brought up by any of the characters in-universe, but certainly caused quite a few waves in its fanbase.

** Interestingly this is changed in the anime, where Satoru first reaction is to [[spoiler: go to his mother's body to see if she's still alive. He's then seen by a neighbor, who gets the wrong impression, and then the police show up. Satoru then tries to run from the police, which is understandable given the circumstances.]]

** However Satoru do admit to himself that he likes Airi, in Chapter 4 of the Manga version, in a failled atempt to hide this from his mother.

* SpiritualLicensee: With the use of Time Travel to prevent murders from happening and solving the mystery, many have called this an anime adaptation of ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange.''