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

[Draco Spirit]

Spoiler for Episode 1:

Great opening episode! Good too see mature material, fears and plot in what could be the anime of the session. I'm surprised the highschool girl got so much face time too, considering the mainplot gone back in time so far she doesn't exist >.< It be interesting to see if she has some relevance in future episodes (maybe themes of don't let opportunity escape you?)

[Kenju of the Right]

what was going through my head at the end

[aakun4]

I'm a big fan of the original work so I knew the show itself wasn't going to disappoint. The only problem is just as expected, Adult!Satoru's VA. It just doesn't work. The dialogue scenes are mostly ok (this is being REALLY undemanding though, it's still far from the standard level of any actual VA) but the monologues are just cringe-worthy.

I'm far from being an expert in what's good voice acting and what isn't, but I think anyone that watches enough anime can notice something is clearly not working here. It's really a shame because it's the only clear flaw I found in this episode and I know a lot of people are really picky about VA work but I hope they won't give up on the series for it, the show is still really worth it.

With that said, the show is still great and the visuals were as great as expected from noitamina. Can't wait for the rest.

[Blueknight78]

Originally Posted by aakun4

I'm a big fan of the original work so I knew the show itself wasn't going to disappoint. The only problem is just as expected, Adult!Satoru's VA. It just doesn't work. The dialogue scenes are mostly ok (this is being REALLY undemanding though, it's still far from the standard level of any actual VA) but the monologues are just cringe-worthy.

I'm far from being an expert in what's good voice acting and what isn't, but I think anyone that watches enough anime can notice something is clearly not working here. It's really a shame because it's the only clear flaw I found in this episode and I know a lot of people are really picky about VA work but I hope they won't give up on the series for it, the show is still really worth it.

With that said, the show is still great and the visuals were as great as expected from noitamina. Can't wait for the rest.

well coming from manga standpoint i get annoyed with the fact which they "cut" a lot of things here like 3 to 4 chapters, if they are planning in have a "ending"(one season only anime) then probably fine but as a adpatation of the manga the ammount of material cut was true unfair.

the pace was really too fast for my taste.

[Seihai]

Originally Posted by aakun4

The only problem is just as expected, Adult!Satoru's VA. It just doesn't work. The dialogue scenes are mostly ok (this is being REALLY undemanding though, it's still far from the standard level of any actual VA) but the monologues are just cringe-worthy.

I personally had no problems with the VA at all. In fact the dry and lame voice felt intentional and realistic to me.

[aakun4]

^ From what I read so far a lot of people actually like it so maybe it's just me lol

Originally Posted by Blueknight78

well coming from manga standpoint i get annoyed with the fact which they "cut" a lot of things here like 3 to 4 chapters, if they are planning in have a "ending"(one season only anime) then probably fine but as a adpatation of the manga the ammount of material cut was true unfair.

the pace was really too fast for my taste.

I know that feeling but it's inevitable really. If they were completely faithful to the manga there wouldn't be enough time to cover enough of the story in 12 episodes and give a decent closure to the anime. Also in current times you need to get the audience interested in your show asap, so ending the first episode with a big cliffhanger is the most efficient way to get the job done.

for those interested:

Spoiler for brief manga comparisons:

The episode covered the first volume of the manga (out of 7 atm). What was skipped was mostly character development for the 3 characters we saw in this episode (Airi, Satoru and Satoru's mom). The scene where Satoru finds his mother dead is different in the manga but it was an ok modification considering the time issues I guess (It's a really great scene in the manga though, sucks we couldn't get to see it animated...)

[Kenju of the Right]

Yeah i thought the chops were worth it because i really wanted it to get to that cliffhanger, there was no better ending

[Haak]

Damn, now I know what all the fuss is about. That was absolutely amazing. Love that cinematic ending.

I did kinda lol when the MC's mom figured everything out though, because I immediately thought "well I guess that's it for her". And I was right.

[Kaoru Chujo]

Promising start. I thought Akasaki Chinatsu (Nibutani in Chuunibyou) as the co-worker was particularly good, but I liked the voice of the (adult) main character, too. His understandably depressive personality is fairly familiar, lol. I read a bit of the manga, but didn't even get this far -- not because I didn't like it, but because I didn't want to know too much. I look forward to hearing Yuuki Aoi as the little girl who was abducted.

[Wandering Soul]

This was a great start. They made a few changes, but they were necessary to end the episode where they wanted it to end. Looking forward to how they do the rest of this.

[Gan_HOPE326]

Just throwing this here, but Satoru's VA made me cringe a couple times too. I've heard "bored and detached" many times and really, on some lines this seemed plain "reading the script as it is". It felt like the apathetic one who couldn't be bothered putting any effort wasn't the character as much as the actor himself. If that makes sense to you.

Other than that, great episode, eager to see it follow suit!

[Dop]

Fantastic.

And personally, I felt the voice acting of the main character sounded perfectly naturalistic and right.

[Flower]

Ep 01

Gotta agree ... that was an excellent start ... really engaging and well done. Definitely the strongest first ep of the season I have seen yet.

Consider me committing to this one already.

[CptChaos]

They skipped so many strong moments. They can easily add some of the flashbacks like the matsuri later on, but the potential of the revivals was kinda wasted. Still a very good start.

Originally Posted by aakun4

I'm a big fan of the original work so I knew the show itself wasn't going to disappoint. The only problem is just as expected, Adult!Satoru's VA. It just doesn't work. The dialogue scenes are mostly ok (this is being REALLY undemanding though, it's still far from the standard level of any actual VA) but the monologues are just cringe-worthy.

It was actually quite the opposite for me. Liked the monologues while the dialogues didn't sound very good.

[Azuma Denton]

Yay for Asian Kung-fu Generation song !!!
Great 1st episode so far. Havent read the original manga, but so far the pacing for 1st episode IMO is alright. Not too fast, not too slow

[Master_Yoma]

That is some first episode the mc just seems to be so unlucky

[Utsuro no Hako]

Originally Posted by Blueknight78

well coming from manga standpoint i get annoyed with the fact which they "cut" a lot of things here like 3 to 4 chapters, if they are planning in have a "ending"(one season only anime) then probably fine but as a adpatation of the manga the ammount of material cut was true unfair.

the pace was really too fast for my taste.

They certainly burned through a lot of material, but it didn't bother me the way the first episode of Gangsta. That felt like they were just cramming as much as they could into twenty-two minutes, whereas this feels like they're streamlining the story to make it more cinematic. A straight scene-for-scene adaptation would be so slow it'd turn off half the audience.

[Irenesharda]

That was a really good first episode. Time to get this murder mystery started!

They did cut out a few things from the manga and they have sped up some things as well, but I still get the overall feeling what is going on. I say this was a pretty good start to the series. I almost wish I hadn't read the manga so I could keep guessing with everyone else, but it'll still be fun nonetheless.

[Julio C]

I wonder if the rest of the show going to focus on him as a kid and try to solve just one mystery along the way?

[Elestia]

Definitely gonna watch this. I came in watching this blind and really enjoyed the first episode. I was surprised to learn the MC was 29 years old, he looked a lot younger than I though.