(L+CR) Boku Dake ga Inai Machi - ERASED [Manga comparisons forbidden]

[Harbinger]

Originally Posted by larethian

Haven't been consistently following the thread. But it sounds like we might get an original ending? Wasn't planning to read the manga initially as I thought it would be faithful, but it looks like I'm going to read it after all if it goes original end. Anyway, that candy discovery was preluded by some really suspicious friend making technique.

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Is Airi even important? (not a question that needs answers or hints from source readers) I originally had the feel that she's 'true route' but it seems like there are too few episodes for that to happen.

I think she's important, but we're in the past --- she isn't even born yet, I think. It's hard to have the spotlight if you aren't born yet :P

[Somnus]

Yaaay~ Finally Kayo gets some (happy) closure.

Though, one thing that's nagging at me hard, is that if teach is the prime suspect here-- cause let's face it, some of those hints are as subtle as a train wreck; I'm STILL worried about Kayo's safety considering he drove off with them and there's only a little old lady to protect her.

[GDB]

Originally Posted by Somnus

I'm STILL worried about Kayo's safety considering he drove off with them and there's only a little old lady to protect her.

The main thing that makes the killer such a threat is that he removes himself from suspicion and frames someone else. If he killed her now, he'd be the last one to have seen her alive and be the prime suspect. Kayo should also be getting checked up on rather frequently by the CPS to ensure she's being properly taken care of.

Basically, his opportunity is gone. And that's half of a crime right there.

[BWTraveller]

Originally Posted by Somnus

Yaaay~ Finally Kayo gets some (happy) closure.

Though, one thing that's nagging at me hard, is that if teach is the prime suspect here-- cause let's face it, some of those hints are as subtle as a train wreck; I'm STILL worried about Kayo's safety considering he drove off with them and there's only a little old lady to protect her.

True, but one thing we know quite well about the killer, Yashiro or not, is that he's meticulous and cautious. He doesn't kill someone until he's found a way to get his hands on them without being caught, and he knows he has a way to do the deed and get away without being seen, and, most importantly, he has a scapegoat who looks good enough for the crime that the cops will focus on HIM instead, giving the killer time to cover his tracks. Yashiro has Kayo's explicit trust, as well as that of her grandmother, for his participation in the rescue; he also has a way to get them alone, kill the grandmother and do whatever he likes to do to those girls, since he's driving them off to a distant location; however, he does not have a patsy to frame for the crime. If Kayo and her grandmother don't come back and turn up dead somewhere, people are going to remember who it was that was last seen with them, which will put him immediately in the spotlight. The killer up until now has gone after loners at times when either no one was around or no one was watching. Everyone's attention was on Yashiro and the pair as they drove off.

[Psyco Diver]

I just remembered Hiromi was killed because the killer thought he was a girl obviously the teacher already knows this since well he's his teacher

[thundrakkon]

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The last time Satoru went to 2006, he discovered, by talking to his mom's reporter friend, that the killer killed Hiromi in order to remove suspicion from himself. It was to misdirect the police into thinking that the killer did not know Hiromi was a boy or did not know Hiromi personally.

[Yamada II]

Episode 9
So Kayo has been taken away by her grandma. Kayo's mom was subject to domestic violence and took out her anger on her daughter. Now Kayo is going to supposedly have a happily ever after ending.

The next kids to die are Aya from the school next door and Hiromi and Satoru wants to save them too. Kenya asks to pitch in and Satoru lets him in.

The problem here is that Satoru knows that there's going to be a murder, but he's the only one who knows that and obviously no one would believe him. So he has to catch the killer or just prevent the deaths of those two but with no one else knowing what is about to happen but him, it's a bit difficult to do.

What is up with this Yuuki guy though? Why is he hanging out with elementary school kids who don't have friends? Satoru, Kayo and now Aya. Who knows how many more kids he hangs out with. He could either be doing it out of goodwill to, like, prevent these kids from any bad person, or he could be the killer and this is how he gets close to his target before killing him. Yuuki is suspicious.

[GDB]

Originally Posted by thundrakkon

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The last time Satoru went to 2006, he discovered, by talking to his mom's reporter friend, that the killer killed Hiromi in order to remove suspicion from himself. It was to misdirect the police into thinking that the killer did not know Hiromi was a boy or did not know Hiromi personally.

They assume. Obviously that cannot be taken as a fact without knowing who the culprit is to begin with. Though it's a sensible direction to take an investigation when all other avenues have proven useless.

[Tarazami]

I'm probably barking up the wrong tree here, but I'm actually suspicious of Satoru's teacher at school. I just get the vibe that he's not as good as he's pretending to be, although it might just be me being super paranoid about innocent characters XD But what was with the whole heap of candy? Is it really as he says (about his smoking withdrawal?)

[Harbinger]

Originally Posted by Tarazami

I'm probably barking up the wrong tree here, but I'm actually suspicious of Satoru's teacher at school. I just get the vibe that he's not as good as he's pretending to be, although it might just be me being super paranoid about innocent characters XD But what was with the whole heap of candy? Is it really as he says (about his smoking withdrawal?)

The teacher is the only reasonable suspect we have. He got the most screen-time. It has to be someone that our MC and his mother know about --- which was established during the first episode when the mother got murdered.

There isn't that many "adult male" character around. I would suspect Kayo's "mom's boyfriend", but we have only seen him for like 5 minutes. The journalist could have been a suspect, but we only saw him interact with Sachiko once... for a few seconds. Little Kenya was on my suspect list for a while, but it turns out he's a bro.

Like I said, the teacher is the suspect by default, because we have no one else to blame. Had there been 2 or 3 more "older" (not kid) guy around, they could have been amongst the suspects.

It's very natural to think it's him. The big surprise would be that it's not him. I would be pleasantly surprised.

[relentlessflame]

IMPORTANT:

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If you want to do this sort of speculation or discussion, go to the source thread. Any future source discussion may result in forum suspensions or bans.

[BBOvenGuy]

Originally Posted by Yamada II

What is up with this Yuuki guy though? Why is he hanging out with elementary school kids who don't have friends?

Once upon a time, that didn't set off alarm bells they way it does in modern society.

[Anh_Minh]

I feel kinda horrible, but when Hiromi said he'd do "anything to help", I couldn't help but think "maybe get a haircut?".

[Nachtwandler]

Originally Posted by relentlessflame

IMPORTANT:

Particularly because of the sort of story this show contains, please don't discuss the source material at all in this thread. There have been a number of people posting various degrees of comparisons and hints, including speculation on the pacing of the show and how many episodes will be needed to align to the source, but all that is "out" as well, because it hints at the resolution to the story.

If you want to do this sort of speculation or discussion, go to the source thread. Any future source discussion may result in forum suspensions or bans.

Eh. But how posting how many chapters adapted for now considered spoilers?

[Kenu]

Originally Posted by Anh_Minh

I feel kinda horrible, but when Hiromi said he'd do "anything to help", I couldn't help but think "maybe get a haircut?".

Does Hiromi have a crush on Satoru?

[LKK]

Originally Posted by relentlessflame

IMPORTANT:

Particularly because of the sort of story this show contains, please don't discuss the source material at all in this thread. There have been a number of people posting various degrees of comparisons and hints, including speculation on the pacing of the show and how many episodes will be needed to align to the source, but all that is "out" as well, because it hints at the resolution to the story.

If you want to do this sort of speculation or discussion, go to the source thread. Any future source discussion may result in forum suspensions or bans.

Originally Posted by Nachtwandler

Eh. But how posting how many chapters adapted for now considered spoilers?

Posting how many chapters have been adapted is a common starting point for a spoiler discussion on "speculation on the pacing of the show and how many episodes will be needed to align to the source, but all that is "out" as well, because it hints at the resolution to the story" as Relentless said.

The conversation usually goes like this:

PersonA: They just covered volume 8!
PersonB: How many volumes are there in all?
PersonA: There are 10.
PersonB: With 6 episodes left, they're going to have to either slow down or start padding with filler. I hate filler. I just knew they were going to screw this show up.

PersonC (thinking after reading the posts): Jeez, thanks for ruining the next 6 episodes for me.

That's a made-up example pulled from my head, but it's to try and prevent these future of the show's adaptation type of conversations that statements about how many chapters have been adapted are forbidden.

[Kazu-kun]

Originally Posted by LKK

That's a made-up example pulled from my head, but it's to try and prevent these future of the show's adaptation type of conversations that statements about how many chapters have been adapted are forbidden.

Since when? I don't see anything specific to that in the spoiler policy

[thundrakkon]

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When people start naming upcoming arcs with potential victims and listing how many chapters and such, it is hinting at a resolution and expectations for said episodes, which are strictly prohibited. You can refer to the last bullet point in number 1 in this stickied thread at the top of the Current Series subforum here.

[Kazu-kun]

Originally Posted by thundrakkon

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When people start naming upcoming arcs with potential victims and listing how many chapters and such, it is hinting at a resolution and expectations for said episodes

If you name upcoming arcs with potential victims, sure. But just saying a series has adapted x number of chapters doesn't give any hint imo. And I certainly don't see anything specific to this in the spoiler policy.

[RDNexus]

But it makes people start double-guessing, doubting the quality of what they're watching and so on.
No matter what, I can see the logic in the mods' actions. Of course, it limits what can be discussed, but what can we do about it?