Can we talk about Death Parade?

It's on my to watch list. Seems cool.

it's good enough but nothing special

>>151891773
Be prepared to take it slow or you might burn yourself out. It's one of those shows that was well suited to watching weekly instead of binge watching.

>>151891703
its good and ending wrapped everything up neatly. whats there to talk about exactly?
feels thread?

>>151892276
Pretty much, I guess. Reminiscing about the good stuff.

I basically just want to give it more exposure because it was kind of underrated so it doesn't get talked about anymore. I don't think it sold that great either so good thing for the conclusive ending.

>>151891703
It was a pretty middling show. That's all I really have to say, shit was two years ago.

Sure. Majority of its staff including a Madhouse co-producer went to studio NUT. So if you liked the directional approach of this, then try Youjo Senki

>>151891773
Watch Death Billiards beforehand.

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garbage show

>>151892406
Ohh, thanks for letting me know. I was already considering that show but that just tipped the scales. DP had some really impressive direction.

>>151891703
the opening was unsettlingly misleading

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>>151891703
BEST GIRL

>>151892365
What was your favorite episode/moments? Detective vs the brother was the highlight for me, neet episode appealed to me as well. and of course the ending.

>>151892469
absolutely, emotionally the pacing can be off putting. One episode bit comedic the next really dramatic.

>>151892406
isnt that the russiandrinking meme loli? ill check it out

>>151891703
what's there to talk about? It's shit

SkyHigh is way better than this shit.

>>151892511
the detective was undeniably one of the best written characters of 2015

I liked the old mangaka having a comfy card game episode, it felt relaxing

>>151891703
Was the best anime of its season.

>>151892511
She appears to be more nazi than anything else.
In the newly released preview for episode 1 the first thing she says is "Guten Tag"

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>the twister episode

>>151892511
Agreed about the ones you listed. I also thought the idol fangirl's arc had a surprisingly poignant ending despite the comedic nature of her character. I liked the part where she's talking about how she believes her life must have been worth something and Ginti just says "Wouldn't that be nice?" in a cynical voice and sends the elevator down.

>>151892694
The interesting thing about that is how the moment he does it, the cat leaves his arms and it's specifically mentioned in the epilogue that it never returned.

Also, remember Ginti's Japanese dolls he was so fond of? In the epilogue, he was polishing a Mayu one.

DP is full of neat details like that, it's great.

>>151892736
That IS pretty interesting. I love those kinds of details but it's been a while since I watched it so I forgot about those little things. It's nice when you notice all this subtle stuff about a show and realize just how much care went into making it.

>>151892670
oh thats a new anime from light novel. nazi loli sounds like anime of the year desu

>>151892736
based cat.

>>151892406
>Youjo Senki shill in Death Parade thread
this fuckin guy

>>151892565
You have good taste, too bad no one will ever scanlate the most recent installments.

Anyone else notice the Light Yagami cameo? I found it pretty amusing that this series can be considered a sequel to Death Note. The titling is even consistent.

>>151892511
One choosing reincarnation as nirvana and the other choosing the void as nirvana.

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>>151892997
>Anyone else notice the Light Yagami cameo
It was mentioned like fifty times while it was airing.

>>151893138
Wait what? When?

>>151893256
two years ago

>>151893286
No I mean which episode? Or I am being rused right now?

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>>151893332
11

>>151892957
Not sure if we're not actually stretching the connections here, Tachikawa isn't even in charge of Youjo Senki. He's already working on his next own anime original though!

>>151893286
>in the second DN ending, Light's transported into the sky through an elevator

Deepest lore, man.

>>151893371
I like the smug smile. Even in death he gives no fucks about all the people he killed.

>>151893376
A co-founder of Madhouse whose latest project as a producer was Death Parade left and founded the studio that is doing Youjo Senki now. On top of that the character designer is the same and majority of prominent key animators from DP also take part in this production.

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>the air hockey episode
>the last episode

>>151893376
\\

i didnt realize there was a cameo but i remember now

>>151893332
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiuQJi48SFc

>>151893404
if we go by DP lore he wont have any memories at that moment, but from DN lore he is stuck in limbo(no heaven or hell for death note users)

its a cool inside joke from madhouse however, based studio

>>151893669
Bonus points for Mayu having to pick between either him or Harada and those two having the same voice actor.

>>151893669
>but from DN lore he is stuck in limbo(no heaven or hell for death note users)
Actually DN lore in one of the How to Reads points out that there's no heaven or hell for anyone, suggesting that Ryuk was lying to make the Death Note sound more appealing. "I can kill people without going to hell? Cool!"

The "MU" in DN could very well be the same thing as "the void" in Death Parade, with the bar simply being a stop on the way there.

>>151893371
He looks like the average guy. Where does it come from that he is Yagami?

>>151892497
Post lewd pictures of her.

>>151895663
Really? That's Light's exact hair style, hair color, and even an outfit that he wore in the show.

The fact that it's a show by Madhouse and he's a character who could plausibly be in this situation since he died only reinforces the connection.

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>>151895694
This is a blue board, and there's so little lewds it makes me cry

>>151896541
Wow, that's actually one of my favorite League of Legends artists. Pretty awesome that he did something for Death Parade.

Based on the Patreon link I'm assuming it was commissioned. That's probably the only effective way to get art of lesser known anime.

Started out great, but the overarching plot ruined it. Should have stayed episodic and kept the up the mystery behind the death games.

>>151893376
>He's already working on his next own anime original though!
Really? His work on Mob was fantastic, so that's good news. What studio?

>>151891703
I liked the setting but it was too "fleshed out". In the end the series focused too much on how the world worked and expanded the cast with some pretty dull drama, switching the focus from mysterious atmosphere to something different entirely. As the atmosphere was one of the greatest things I enjoyed in the series, I didn't like the TV that much honestly. Entire thing felt like a wasted potential.

>>151892909
The first time I watched Death Parade I did so without watching Death Billiards then did so before I watched Death Parade a second time. Imagine my surprise when they get to the woman who made children's books.

>>151891703
It's a fucking masterpiece about exploring characters in extreme situations.

Shallow imbecils hate it because they focused on irrelevant bullshit, like the unfinished world building of some overarching plot.

It's like watching NGE for it's mecha parts

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>>151897767
>Shallow imbecils hate it because they focused on irrelevant bullshit, like the unfinished world building of some overarching plot.

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If I ever open a bar, it's gonna look like this.
Also that opening oh lord. I'm so glad I discovered BRADIO.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w0E6y01OuQ

>>151897962
Don't worry, you'll never open a bar.

Oh look, a Death Parade thread.

Those episodes about the cop and the kid looking for revenge were some depressing shit.

>>151891703
It was OK. Dropped at ~6 since it seemed it would just be more of the same. Might pick up again.
Fantastic OP, ED was either not there or I forgot it existed.

>>151891703
Pretty unnecessary to keep going after billiards but it's worth it for the episode about the 2 murderers.

>>151898042
Yeah, but seeing them bitches and whores get voided was quite funny.


Bonus points for plastic surgery can getting reincarnated along with her sweetheart.

>>151897962
When I think of Bradio, it makes me think of Peeping Life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UzJFDRz_f4

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>>151897962
They're pretty cool

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>>151892497
2nd best, even the author agrees

>>151898042
I loved it.

The cop basically said "You failed to change her world, so she should've changed herself". That's fucking rich comming from a guy literally standing in reach, doing nothing because oh "muh justice"

>>151897962
>>151898259
BRADIO really needs to do more op's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w0E6y01OuQ

>>151897962
>>151898259
>>151898552
They're seriously the kings of fun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFsGqTGJodc

>>151896605
That's an interesting opinion. Usually people found the death games repetitive and wished it were more plot heavy.

>>151898048
Man, you dropped it right before some of the best episodes.

>>151898772
They were pretty different from each other. We had the controversial cheating one, the pure love story, the tragic suicide, the edgy murder mystery and even pure comedic one.
If anything, the death games were so interesting that the mediocre overarching plot looked really boring in comparison.

>>151898401
Why does afro pretend to drink? The beverage does not even touch his lips.

How big DP flop was?
1k sales or 500?

>>151898885
Neither does Decim

>>151898982
Oh.

>>151898772
You're pretty much the first person I've heard to say this. I thought hivemind agreed the attempt to expand on the setting ruined the atmosphere.

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>>151898447
Then the author has slightly sub-par taste. Nona #1

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>>151900160
But thats wrong

>>151898772
I thought the consensus when it aired was that the detective arc was the least favorite and that the series had too many undeveloped characters (or just too many characters in general) by the end.

>>151898447
>>151900160
I thought Nona was supposed to be #9.

>>151900331
Eh? Considering the opinions posted in this thread that just goes to show you how little the word "consensus" means. All you can really say is "I saw a lot of posts saying this thing in the threads I looked at, at a certain point in time."

I once got a ridiculously high number of people saying Pleiades was AotY 2015 in one of my threads and I still know that's not necessarily the consensus. Good show though, I still like Gainax.

>>151892379
>It was a pretty middling show

What was middling about it?

>>151891796
Is there any other show that actually resembles Death Parade?

>>151891703
AOTY 2015. Everyone agrees.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3Joz-XaqU4

>>151900215
But boring girl cannot be the best, anon.

>>151900443
I don't think you can compare the amount of people in this thread to the amount of people in the threads while the series was airing, though.

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>>151900655
>not liking ice queens
shit taste desu

>>151900443
Pleiades was the most dull and shallow anime of 2015. I can't believe people were shilling so hard for this car commercial.

It was objectively bad even by magical girl/moe standards.

>>151900737
Her drama made the series almost unwatchable.

It felt like a waste of potential since the dead people's stories failed to be engaging. The only story I really liked was the detective vs the brother, that was fucking good. Such a shame that the rest of it couldn't be on the same level. I also rather liked Kurokami's (what was her real name?), story. Other than that, it was average.

>>151900535
Hmm, I guess Plastic Memories was poor man's Death Parade.

>>151900784
Not that anon, but Pleiades wasn't even that liked on /a/ outside the threads it had. AOTY threads are garbage that do not reflect the common opinion, rather the most vocal people. Even the amount of people in the actual """voting""" is always low.

>>151900535
>Is there any other show that actually resembles Death Parade?
Even if show is unique it doesn't make it good by default.

>>151900850
>Plastic Memories
They are nothing alike.

>>151900806
idiot

>>151900956
Are you okay anon?

>>151900784
>Pleiades
>shallow
Did we watch the same show?

>>151901098
Not him but I found the show boring and not very memorable but it did have some symbolism and dramatic parts so I wouldn't call it shallow unless the other Anon found the dramatic parts melodramatic.

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>>151891703

No matter how good it is. I can't get my mind off the fact that it's "Everyone is Eventually Screwed: The Anime"

The utter, hopeless, bleakness of the inevitable fate of every human character in this show cancels out all the good things.

>>151900946
>Even if show is unique it doesn't make it good by default.

Death Parade had a pretty amazing atmosphere though and presented situations capable of keeping the viewer guessing about the not only the identity of each player but their eventual fate within each episode as well; no plot armor meant that you never quite knew what was going to happen and the result was a series that was more unsettling than the bulk of anime and manga classified as horror.

>>151900737
kuudere's are great. Kuro-onna had literal zero character thanks to memory loss. Boring as fuck

>>151901194
I won't disagree with the claims that it's "dull" or "boring" since that is after all a matter of opinion and I know it's not for everyone but yeah, I do think it's a little much to call it "shallow." There's a ton of little things to look at if you're into that kind of stuff.

>>151891703
OVA 8/10
Anime 5/10

Bye.

>>151901252
That's called "reality," my friend.

>>151901252
>people die
>it's hopeless

no shit anon

>>151901258

Their eventual fate at a certain point in the future after a certain number if reincarnations, is the same. Every single one, voided.

>>151901304
>>151901328

No, I'm not talking about "death". I'm talking about the void. It's canon that those who go there actually suffer until they disappear.

Every single soul, Chiaki, the cute lovers, everyone, will eventually suffer there after a certain number of reincarnations.

>>151901367
When did it say that?

>>151901367
>>151901415
You're speculating based on your belief of the nature of reincarnation.

>>151900535
>Is there any other show that actually resembles Death Parade?
In certain major respects, there's anime/manga like Bartender, Shigofumi, Skyhigh, Ikigami, etc.

>>151901466

It didn't explicitly say that. But it makes sense if you think about it.

Take those who were voided for example. Was it their first ever human life or were they reincarnated previously? How many reincarnations did it take before they were finally sent to the void?

How many reincarnations will it take before Chiaki is sent to the void. Did the series mention that there are "special" souls destined to be infinitely reincarnated?

>>151893371
I remember being so excited thinking by the last episode it was going to be revealed that this show was indeed connected to Death Note. Like that was the biggest twist of the show.

>>151901499

Are you saying the reincarnated souls in the series are "special" in that they will always pass the test after each life no matter what?

>>151901678
It's a belief one could reasonably hold.

>>151901499
>>151901678

To add to this I'm not talking about the nature of reincarnation, I'm talking about statistics.

In order for dice to always land at a specific number it must be rigged, otherwise it will eventually land at a "bad" number.

>>151901656
>Decim turns to the camera.
>"I guess in the end this truly was a Death Note."

I really liked this show but since I haven't seen any eps since it aired, I can only remember a few eps in detail. I'm planning on buying the bluray.

>>151901774

It's a nice speculation, I was hoping for that as well, but there's not a single sign or clue of it anywhere in the series no matter how much I looked. A simpler answer is that statistics will eventually win in the end.

>>151901258
>Atmosphere
Literally ruined by expanding the premise and explaining how the story works.
>eventual fate within each episode as well
You're confusing this with the speculation of the very first episodes: it's later in detail explained what happens to each player and even what happens when the elevator enters the void.
>No plot armor
Obviously you knew the series doesn't suddenly kill all its main characters.

The series was interesting, but overall the further it went worse it got, up until the point I had hard time actually caring about the last episodes. It was mediocre shit, let it go.

>>151901990
>You're confusing this with the speculation of the very first episodes

That was never the subject of speculation. The general assumption from the very beginning was that something horrible happened, the nature of which was simply elaborated on. The tension within each episode was derived from whether each soul was either reincarnated or cast into the void.

>Literally ruined by expanding the premise and explaining how the story works

None of which got shafted by the before-mentioned elaboration.

>No plot armor
It killed one of them. And within any given episode half the cast had no plot armor at all.

>>151896599
>Wow, that's actually one of my favorite League of Legends artists
He's not. Freelancer.
http://zeronis.deviantart.com/gallery/

>>151902391
I know that, but he did some good work for League of Legends. That's what I meant. Although I do believe he worked for Riot Games for a time since he went by the name RiotZeronis and that's still his Twitter handle.

>>151902319
>And within any given episode half the cast had no plot armor at all.
Not that anon but the fact that the expendable constantly changing cast between episodes died because the premise of the series pretty much stated they are going to die isn't something to write home about. Be proud about any other element of the show, just not this one.

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>>151896541
>sexualizing Nona

people like you should be hanged

>>151902512
>Not that anon but the fact that the expendable constantly changing cast between episodes died because the premise of the series pretty much stated they are going to die isn't something to write home about

It's a good premise.

>>151902524
>not sexualizing lolibabas
What's wrong with you?

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>>151902319
>That was never the subject of speculation.
Speculation around the first episodes was based around this. There were even huge pictures with walls of text floating around the board. Were you even here when the series aired?
>the nature of which was simply elaborated on
>None of which got shafted by the before-mentioned elaboration.
This is pretty much what killed the series for me. Every single story aspect was "elaborated" on and the series lost majority of the charm that billiards had, when there still was sense of mystery and creepy atmosphere that couldn't be made sense of.
>It killed one of them. And within any given episode half the cast had no plot armor at all.
Who cares about changing cast who are destined to die anyway? There wasn't even surprise element or tension of any kind. When you praise the aspect of "no plot armor" you are pretty much claiming that the story characters feel vulnerable and the writing is unpredictable, both elements that DP lost in the long run.

It was mediocre shit, let it go.

>>151902600
Maybe so, but it's still retarded to sell the premise by claiming it has no plot armor.

The ice skating episode was better than anything seen in the entire run of Yuri on Ice.

>>151902684
>There were even huge pictures with walls of text floating around the boar
>walls of text about something that ultimately didn't matter that much

Going into it as part of the world building was interesting, but the actual source of drama came from which of the two doors either of the two souls went into. But nothing fundamental really changed or was ruined when it was revealed that the losing character was sent to the void rather than to a generic fire and brimstone hell.

>>151902857
How it is possible that the speculation that "didn't matter that much" was much more interesting that what the series had ultimately to offer?

>>151902684
>There were even huge pictures with walls of text floating around the board.
Can I get one of these?

>>151902925
The show was a character drama, it was never about misteries or crazy twists and characters dying, despite what you seem to think.

>>151902925
Who knows. Perhaps for the same reason that people autistically create walls of text about power levels? The tendency of some of people to do that sort of thing isn't a knock against the work they're writing the text about though.

EVERYBODY

>>151902956
I didn't save them, look in the archive

>>151902992
No, but you specifically mentioned "no plot armor" as a series sales point, that's why I've been speaking about character deaths. I have on multiple occasions stated that my beef with the series is how the atmosphere got less tense the more it was expanded on. The premise worked better as a stand-alone death billiards.

>>151903000
>autistically create walls of text about power levels
But those are rarely more interesting than the series they are writing on about.

>>151903204
Neither is the question of whether the losing souls go to the void or simply to hell. It's trivia.

>>151903169
That wasn't me.
But the series' intention was to talk about communication and understanding, which is why it was Decim's and Chiyuki's relationship that tied all together in the end.

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Explain this

>>151903381
But why is the trivia more interesting than the entire series? Doesn't it tell about the series quality.

>>151900535
Anything episodic is similar, Shigofumi and Shinigami no Ballad off of the top of my head are almost the same formula.

>>151892379
>two years ago
>tfw remember the threads like they were yesterday

I miss happier times

>>151903381
>It's trivia
Even so, it's the one of the best memories I have of the series. It was a downhill ride from there on.

>>151903477
>But why is the trivia more interesting than the entire series?

It isn't. But there are always people who obsess over it anyways.

>>151903477
It's not, but there are people that obsess over Eva's lore over the characters too.

>>151898614
>new album in 2 weeks
here's hoping it's great

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0AkKVDmdtM

>>151903586
>>151903690
Not that anon, but the main charm point for death billiards was the mysterious and charming atmosphere. It still existed in the first episodes and encouraged speculation. It was less about speculating trivial details, more about trying to understand how the world actually worked. The more you knew about the world however the more you understood there wasn't anything worth speculating about hidden under a layer of poor writing. The series we got was very different in tone than the ova, and frankly somewhat disappointing.

>haven't seen a Death Parade thread in a long time
>decide to rewatch a few episodes today
>there's a thread
Truly a magical moment. I fondly rememeber how much /a/ speculated during the first few episodes.
it might not have been the best thing ever, perhaps even a tad disappointing, but it was definitely of higher quality than a lot of shows that we got past year.

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>>151901098
You tell me, ESL-kun.

>>151905576
How is that incorrect though? Pleiades was shallow as fuck.

>>151905576
>ESL
>for calling you out on the bullshit claim that Pleiades is shallow

>>151907432
Well, you're either stupid or english is not your first language. Which is it?

>>151903479
>happier times
They weren't very happy times, really - Naruto was everywhere even though it was fucking over, /pol/ was hemorrhaging, Liar Game was pulling some bullshit about China, and we were learning that moot wasn't here forever.

>>151907906
>I AM THE TASTEMAKER, BOW DOWN TO ME!