Erased had a lot of things to be a masterpiece. A lot.
The plot is intriguing and hooks you completely, the characters are amazingly written and the whole show is entertaining.
THAT WAS....UNTIL THAT TERRIBLE ENDING.
Well, now let's go
Synopsis by our friend wikipedia: "The story follows Satoru Fujinuma, a young man living in Chiba who somehow possesses an ability known as "Revival", which sends him back in time moments before a life-threatening incident, enabling him to prevent it from happening again. When his mother is murdered by an unknown assailant in his own home, Satoru's ability suddenly sends him back eighteen years into the past."
Firstly, the things that I liked... and that is
Almost everything! The directing was a bit heavy handed at times, imo there could be some changes here and there, but that's personal.
I watched the first episode and immediately went on a rampage to watch everything in that same day.
I was expecting some kind of turn near the end, a brilliant thing...
And nothing happened.
So let's go to things I really dislike
First off, why did they make so godamn obvious who the culprit was? Not going to give spoilers here but from the start I was thinking "Hey, this person is so suspicious it's probably not them"
AND IT WAS THEM.
For no other apparent reason than "oh boy they psycho >:::v they kill kidss!!! Scary!!"
In the end, I think they were fairly well written. Just...why not make the culprit another person?
Another thing [SPOILERS]
OKAY YOU CAN READ AGAIN NOW
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Satoru's friends have no f l a v o r or much relevancy. I heard that in the manga they were way more complex characters so I guess that's what happens when you try to put a whole manga on a 12 episode anime.
I also think the whole thing when he screamed for his powers to conveniently work was really really forced but ok.
Okay, let's go to the thing you have been all waiting for....
WHAT THE HELL IS THIS ENDING?
Not just the ending, everything after episode 10.
It sounds like someone tought "what's the worst ending I could write?" and just went with it.
I seriously cannot stress enough, it is so lame.
I was watching it with my mom at the time and she called what was happening in the roof
So is Erased worthy your time?
Yeah, maybe it is maybe not. I personally think it doesn't really matter the ending is so horrible if the anime had a great start.
Do you think endings can ruin an anime? This one isn't for you tho.
Are yoh chill about anything and thinks the synopsis sounds cool? Go ahead!
Remember to drink water and bye bye
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