Tasuuketsu

During his school computer class, Saneatsu Narita is presented with a strange screen posing a yes-or-no question that quickly disappears. The next day, Saneatsu wakes up to a world where everyone, save for himself and a few others, is dead.

An announcement from a mysterious figure known only as the Emperor begins to shed light on the situation. The question that Saneatsu saw on the screen is part of a game called Tasuuketsu. Every day, the survivors will see a question appear on a screen, and answering it will determine who lives to see the next day. Responding the same as the majority will guarantee death, and the last player standing will earn the right to meet the Emperor.

Saneatsu resolves to beat the Emperor at their own game, making use of the hidden envelopes containing powers that can aid the players. With the help of his small group of friends, Saneatsu must avoid falling into the machinations of the other players and win this wicked game.

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Narita, Saneatsu Main

Uemura, Yuuto Japanese

Koutei Supporting

Terasaki, Yuka Japanese

Iruga, Ren Supporting

KENN Japanese

Gokokuhoutenji, Bourinmaru Supporting

Aihara, Kotomi Japanese

Seraphiel Supporting

Shirai, Yuusuke Japanese

Ebina, Hikari Supporting

Suzushiro, Sayumi Japanese

Kirishima, Kou Supporting

Ishikawa, Kaito Japanese

Kasai, Kai Supporting

Kawashima, Noel Japanese

Kisaragi, Maria Supporting

Hikasa, Youko Japanese

Meguru, Tsukioka Supporting

Aiba, Aina Japanese

Satou, Tatsuo Director, Series Composition

Tateishi, Yayoi Sound Director

Aiba, Aina Theme Song Performance

issey Theme Song Performance

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Nov 6, 2024

Zakah

Recommended

Preliminary (17/24 eps)

Short and limited review for a few interesting points, not looking to spoil anything overall. The story does have a slow start and didn’t really get going till around episode 4-5 for me.

Tasuuketsu Is a death game themed show, the story follows a group teaming up in the death game to find and stop the creator with various hurdles along the way. It has some aspects similar to Btoom or Future diary but less on screen violence but it’s still there.
While being a death game simply killing each other indiscriminately isn’t the initial goal. The participants must find terminals to submit questions to the ... emperor, who will then pick a question to tally the responses of yes or no based on the factual truth and then one side is not so lucky afterwards.

Features godlike abilities that can be gained called “prime rights” but they require a sacrifice of varying sorts to gain them. Then there are “rights” which while useful are not comparable to prime rights and do not require a sacrifice.

The show does a good job of building suspense between episodes along with the many plot twists.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Nov 1, 2024

Myxery

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (12/24 eps)

Spoiler

This anime does NOT deserve to be the lowest rated for the Summer and Fall 2024 seasons as it is far from the worst. Is the anime great? No. Is it bad? Also no. It's quite average while still being interesting to watch, even if it's not the most stunning piece of art anime has to offer.

It's a pretty standard death game anime which follows the character types and plot points that anyone who is familiar with the genre will know. The most interesting thing about this specific death game is the power system where participants can acquire "rights" which basically function as superpowers to ... a limited degree.

The world is more interesting and fleshed out than most of the characters, so if you're looking for a death game focused on complex interpersonal relationships this show probably isn't for you. If you like seeing people use their powers in interesting ways or are just here for seeing a group of scrappy teens (and adults) overcoming a death game, give this anime a shot, it might be up your alley.

One of the biggest things that brought this from a 5 to a 6 for me though is what happens after the events of episode 10, so if you don't want spoilers, this is where you should take your leave.

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Episode 10 is where the main group defeats the mastermind behind the death game, which you may notice is not even halfway through the anime! And yes, a new antagonist shows up for the second half, but the death game itself is fully over, for real. So from episode 11 onward the plot follows the surviving characters as they try and maintain order in a collapsed, essentially post-apocalyptic world and deal with the fallout of some of their friends dying during the final battle. This may seem like a minor thing to those less experienced in the death game genre, but many stories centering death games end with the mastermind's defeat, so seeing the characters and world deal with the aftermath of the death game and the massive death toll this particular one had on the world is refreshing while still maintaining the high energy from the first half.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Nov 12, 2024

Richlord

Not Recommended

Preliminary (13/24 eps)

This has got to be the worst death game anime, I've seen.
Is it the terrible pacing, poor writing (maybe adaptation, I don't know, cause anime watcher only), poor animation, terrible characters.

Personally, I always try to watch anime I start to the end, no matter how terrible, I always power through it (why do I hate myself?). There's only a handful of animes I've dropped completely and this definitely made it to No. 1 on that list.

I was powering through the whole thing, thinking it was a 12 episodes anime, just for episode 13 to drop, I just knew I couldn't put myself through this any ... longer.

If I recall correctly i almost cried while watching an episode because of how bad it was.

The show is that bad.

Reviewer’s Rating: 1

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