History YMMV / Erased

* FandomRivalry: With ''{{Manga/Ajin}}'', ''LightNovel/KonoSuba'', and ''Manga/ShouwaGenrokuRakugoShinjuu''. Alongside ''ERASED'', all three of these series were the ones being labeled as "anime of the season" by their respective viewers. However, while ''ERASED'' eventually fell victim to HypeBacklash, the other series ended up being {{sleeper hit}}s with ''all of them'' getting second seasons. The most notable of the rivalries was with ''Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu''. Many people who watched that along with ''ERASED'' were the most vocal about their dislike towards ''ERASED'' and how ''Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu'' was the true anime of the season.

* BrokenBase: What genre ''ERASED'' exactly falls into is a huge topic of debate among fans. People either label this as a mystery, thriller, or drama and turn down any arguments that it falls into the other two. Some see ''ERASED'' as a mystery since the story is about Satoru trying to find out who the killer from his childhood is, some lean more on thriller since the whole purpose of the story is to keep you in suspense and create an intense atmosphere. It doesn't help that a lot of the detractors claim that ''ERASED'' fell short as a mystery due to the killer being an ObviousJudas and fell short as a thriller since the cliffhangers only really worked if you read the manga while it was publishing or watched the anime while it was airing. Those who see ''ERASED'' as a drama, however, claim that the mystery and thriller elements aren't relevant as the story is about Satoru reconnecting with his inner child and the mystery is mostly there be one of many conflicts for his character.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The hilarious candy scene in episode 9 is made much less hilarious when you find out [[spoiler:that the candy and the "dating tips" were used by the killer to abduct children]].

* AuthorsSavingThrow: The Netflix series makes a few changes to the source material:
** [[spoiler:Yashiro]] is made to look more like an everyman, as opposed to how ObviouslyEvil he was in the other incarnations.
** Akemi Hinazuki is less over-the-top with her abuse. Additionally, almost all of the onscreen moments where she physically abuses Kayo were omitted.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The theme song, Music/AsianKungFuGeneration[='=]s "Re:Re:", really puts out a mixture of somber wonder and excitement at revealing the truth while showing tender childhood moments mixed with adult hardships.

* DissonantAesop: At the end of the show, Satoru has lost 15 years of his life in a coma after an attempted drowning by his teacher for foiling his murders. He doesn't get to end up with the girl he saved either, who is now married to the other boy he saved. This is painted as Satoru's sacrifice of much of his own life so that his friends could live the lives they previously never would have been able to live. However, this doesn't make much sense when you consider the fact that Satoru has a connection with a magical ability that allows him to travel back in time at random moments to save people, and was what allowed him to travel back to his childhood and prevent those murders in the first place. The ability could've just sent him back with the knowledge that his teacher would try to murder him, but for some arbitrary and ambiguous reason, it doesn't.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: The serial killer [[spoiler:Yashiro is pretty divisive. One camp appreciates him for being a genuinely frightening and devious villain. However, he also has his own fair share of detractors who point out his generic motive and predictability, and consider him to be one of the series' weaker points.]]

** Several fans are horrified and weirded out at the FoeYay of [[spoiler:Yashiro and Satoru]] due to how much the pairing reeks of MindGameShip.

* EndingAversion: The final two episodes of the anime adaptation, due to pacing issues and deviation from the source material, were not very well-liked even among those that were fans of the series.

* 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. Then again, the story fits more in the thriller genre than being a straight-up mystery.

* BrokenBase: What genre ''ERASED'' exactly falls into is a huge topic of debate among fans. People either label this as a mystery, thriller, or drama and turn down any arguments that it falls into the other two. Some see ''ERASED'' as a mystery since the story is about Satoru trying to find out who the killer from his childhood is, some lean more on thriller since the whole purpose of the story is to keep you in suspense and create an intense atmosphere. It doesn't help that a lot of the detractors claim that ''ERASED'' fell short as a mystery due to the CaptainObviousReveal and fell short as a thriller since the cliffhangers only really worked if you read the manga while it was publishing or watched the anime while it was airing. Those who see ''ERASED'' as a drama, however, claim that the mystery and thriller elements aren't relevant as the story is about Satoru reconnecting with his inner child and the mystery is mostly there be one of many conflicts for his character.

** Kayo, who is suffering from physical abuse at the mercy of her mother, is emotionally distant because of it and so spent most of her time alone before Satoru befriended her. You just want to give the poor little girl a big damn hug!

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Akemi, who is revealed to have [[spoiler:suffered abuse at the hands of her ex-husband, which led to her abusive behavior]]. Much like [[Manga/FruitsBasket Akito Sohma]], not everybody thinks abuse justifies abuse. InUniverse Satoru has nothing but contempt for her, so it's open to question how sympathethic she was meant to be.

** The SerialKiller, [[spoiler:[[TheChessmaster Gaku Yashiro]]]], is the intelligent and gleefully sadistic murderer driving the plot forward with his killings. His cruel tendencies arising as a [[EnfantTerrible child]] who alleviated his boredom by [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals drowning pets]] and luring young girls to his rapist older brother, the killer eventually murdered said older brother and [[{{Sadist}} gained a taste for killing]], primarily of [[WouldHurtAChild young children]]. As an adult carrying out his long-time fantasies of killing dozens of children and framing innocent people for the crimes, the killer [[DestinationDefenestration flings his fiancée out of a window]] when she becomes suspicious of his crimes, and stabs Sachiko Fujinima to death when she realizes his true identity. When Sachiko's time-traveling son Satoru tries to thwart his crimes in the past, the killer tries to drown Satoru before murdering his way into a political position solely to allow himself easier access to potential victims. In his final confrontation with Satoru, the killer tries to drown the man's close friend Kumi while [[ForcedToWatch forcing Satoru to watch]], before attempting to evade capture for his crimes by burning himself and Satoru alive, bragging even in defeat how he has done nothing morally wrong, merely indulged in a hobby he truly enjoyed.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Kayo's complete lack of involvement in the last part of the story, apart from her hospital visit. We never see how she reacted to [[spoiler:learning the teacher who helped saved her from her abusive mother tried to kill both her and Satoru]]. Kayo could easily have played a role [[spoiler:in the plan to expose Yashiro, since she would have a major stake in bring him to justice for what happened to Satoru and it would have been fitting for Kayo to have a role in bringing the man who originally killed her to justice.]] She and Satoru [[spoiler:also never get to the chance to properly interact after he gets back his memories.]]

** Satoru. As a child, he was greatly affected by the loss of his former classmates Kayo and Hiromi, and as an adult, his mother was murdered, was wrongly accused of it, then went back in time to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong, all the while feeling responsible for the lives of his loved ones, [[spoiler:and he has to suffer for it once the killer finds him and tries to drown him, putting him in a 15-year coma]].
* {{Woolseyism}}: The title ''ERASED'' 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 either 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]].

** Kayo, who is suffering from physical abusive at the mercy of her mother, is emotionally distant because of it and so spent most of her time alone before Satoru befriended her. You just want to give the poor little girl a big damn hug!

** Satoru. As a child, he was greatly affected by the loss of his former classmates Kayo and Hiromi, and as an adult, his mother was murdered, was wrongly accused of it, then went back in time to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong, all the while feeling responsible for the lives of his loved ones, [[spoiler:and he has to suffer for it once the killer finds him and tries to drown him, putting him in a 15-years coma]].

** Satoru as well. As a child he was greatly affected by the loss of his former classmates Kayo and Hiromi, and as an adult his mother was murdered, was wrongly accused of it, then went back in time to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong, all the while feeling responsible for the lives of his loved ones, and he has to suffer for it once the killer finds him and tries to drown him, putting him in a 15-years coma.

* FandomRivalry: With ''{{Manga/Ajin}}'', ''LightNovel/{{Konosuba}}'', and ''Manga/ShouwaGenrokuRakugoShinjuu''. Alongside ''ERASED'', all three of these series were the ones being labeled as "anime of the season" by their respective viewers. However, while ''ERASED'' eventually fell victim to HypeBacklash, the other series ended up being {{sleeper hit}}s with ''all of them'' getting second seasons. The most notable of the rivalries was with ''Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu''. Many people who watched that along with ''ERASED'' were the most vocal about their dislike towards ''ERASED'' and how ''Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu'' was the true anime of the season.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Kayo's complete lack of involvement in the last part of the story, apart from her hospital visit. We never see how she reacted to [[spoiler: learning the teacher who helped saved her from her abusive mother tried to kill both her and Satoru.]] Kayo could easily have played a role [[spoiler: in the plan to expose Yashiro, since she would have a major stake in bring him to justice for what happened to Satoru and it would have been fitting for Kayo to have a role in bringing the man who originally killed her to justice. ]] She and Satoru [[spoiler: also never get to the chance to properly interact after he gets back his memories.]]

* {{Narm}}: Multiple:

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Akemi, who is revealed to have [[spoiler:suffered abuse at the hands of her ex-husband, which led to her abusive behavior]]. Much like [[Manga/FruitsBasket Akito Sohma]], not everybody thinks abuse justifies abuse. InUniverse Satoru has nothing but contempt for her, so its open to question who sympathethic she was meant to be..

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Akemi, who is revealed to have [[spoiler:suffered abuse at the hands of her ex-husband, which led to her abusive behavior]]. Much like [[Manga/FruitsBasket Akito Sohma]], not everybody thinks abuse justifies abuse. InUniverse Satoru has nothing but contempt for her.

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

* HilariousInHindsight: Creator/MitsuruMiyamoto's role as Yashiro is pretty hilarious if you take into account he is the Japanese voice of [[spoiler:[[Disney/TheLionKing adult Simba]]: In Simba's case, he was framed for the murder of his father Mufasa by his uncle Scar, and he finaly gets rid of him at the end. On the other hand, and at least in the manga, Yashiro, while also framed for a crime by a relative of his (in this case his older brother), also became a SerialKiller]].

* {{Narm}}:

* HilariousInHindsight: Creator/MitsuruMiyamoto's role as Yashiro is pretty hilarious if you take into account he is the Japanese voice of [[spoiler:[[Disney/TheLionKing adult Simba]]: In Simba's case, he was framed for the murder of his father Mufasa by his uncle Scar, and he finaly gets rid of him at the end. On the other hand, and at least in the manga, Yashiro, while also framed for a crime by a relative of his, in this case his older brother, he also become into a SerialKiller]].