Anime Gold N°7 - Death Parade
One: First of all,I cannot answer the question of where you are
Two: We will now have you play a game
Three: We will have you choose the type of game by roulette
Four: We will have you stake your live on the game
Five: Until the game is over you cannot leave this bar
Those are the rules uttered by the mysterious bartender Decim to those he servers in his bar.
The show starts as two customers, a man and a women who seems to know each other, arriving by lift at this mysterious bar named, Quindecim.
However
Something is wrong they both have no memories of what happened and how they arrived.
And so the venture into the bar where they meet the cold but well mannered bartender Decim
and after a quick drink
Decim asks his guests
"Do you remember anything of what happened just before you came here?"
To which they respond vaguely remembering they where on their honeymoon
The husband then asks Decim, where exactly they where
to which our mysterious bartender answers:
" Very good. Thank you very much. I am now about to explain to you what your circumstances are. I ask that you please pay close attention."
One: First of all,I cannot answer the question of where you are
Two: We will now have you play a game
Three: We will have you choose the type of game by roulette
...
Four: We will have you stake your lives on the game
Five: Until the game is over you cannot leave this bar
Lastly, he does not advise them to forfeit the game:
They reluctantly accept
The game they will be playing is darts. The various areas of the target have various body parts drawn upon them, each is linked to the husband and his wife nerves. Hitting the target will cause the other pain. The winner of the game is the one whose points have fallen to zero or has the lowest points at the end of the game.
The greater the score they get at each round, the greater the pain the other will feel.
This intriguing story, with it's perfect animation and suspense will keep you coming back for more until the very last episode. A definite watch if your are someone who like death games and psychological thrillers. One of my favorites anime of 2015.
Inspired by a short film Death Billiards produced by Madhouse for the Young Animator Training Project.
How will this death game end and what really is this bar? Find out in the gorgeous 12 episodes of Death Parade, a story I truly appreciated and would dare call a master piece
Anime Info:
Genre: Psychological / Thriller / Drama
Name: Death Parade
Creator: Yuzuru Tachikawa
Producer: Takuya Tsunoki
Music: Kotaro Tanaka
Studio: Madhouse
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