Satoru Fujinuma

Satoru Fujinuma is the main protagonist from the Boku Dake ga Inai Machi anime and manga.

Satoru is a 29 year old (in 2006) manga artist who also works part-time as a deliveryman at Oasi Pizza. He possesses an ability which he calls "Revival", which would bring him back to a time before a life-threatening incident has happened and allow him to prevent it. When he was framed for his mother's murder, he was brought back to 18 years ago when he was 11 years old (1988) where the same kidnapper has killed two young girls and a young boy in his hometown.

Appearance
Satoru is a young man with messy black hair and dark blue eyes. He is also fair skinned with a skinny build. Since he was a kid, Satoru wore glasses due to his eyesight.

Personality
Satoru is an introvert, seeing it as a lack of communication skills on his part, often pretending to get along with people in order to maintain healthy relationships since his youth, as he had trouble understanding someone's emotions. While eventually overcoming this dilemma, he was unwilling to accept his own flaws, such as being irritated by people's behaviors, having a bad tendency to think out loud and casually point at someone's mistakes. After the serial kidnappings, Fujinuma tried forgetting about the incidents to the point he blocked it from his memory. This also caused him to be afraid of self reflecting on himself and recalling his past, which stemmed from the guilt of not saving his friends and classmates when the chance presented itself, ultimately leading him to become a disillusioned adult. Following his mother's murder, Satoru is sent to the past with determination to fix his mistakes, which forced him into uncomfortable situations. Despite this, when a rerun occurs Satoru nosiness gets the better of him and he always goes to help the person in need, showing he is truly and deeply compassionate. Fujinuma is caring towards his friends and slowly opens up to and trusts them. He can be easily embarrassed and annoyed, but is truly kind at heart. Sachiko described his way of living as "grabbing the bull by the horns". After managing to change the past, Satoru becomes more lively and outgoing.

Trivia

 * Both voice actors of this character are their first debut in seiyu industry.