Death Parade Episode 1 Discussion

Nitemare25 said:
Alright, so here is my take.

I think she cheated, but had regretted it, and was truly in love with her husband. That's the only way I can really explain how it seems like she's putting on an act at the end (Not looking at someone while talking to them is usually a sign of lying in anime, right? And she kind of goes overboard.), but we get some definite proof that she was cheating in the form of a flashback. I believe the Matchy story may actually be real, though at first I thought she was lying and actually talking about herself. I'm not exactly sure why she went to hell (I would agree there is some doubt brought about by the wording of where they were going as to which one is really hell, but how the masks look and how they switched kind of eliminates most of that doubt I think.), but I think that although she had tried to forget about her mistake, she saw him suffering and felt responsible and guilty, so she kind of made the choice to go to hell in the end. I'm not really sure how though....

Monjoex said:
decim look almost like ginko

ChaoticSilence said:
I think I understand who gets sent to "heaven" or "hell". It all depends on their actions in their life and not about who wins the game at all. That explains why the Machiko did not get a second chance despite winning the game.

Monjoex said:
decim look almost like ginko

Jonesy974 said:

I wonder if that also means her little excuse was fake too. When she said oh her friend had a similar name and just happened to be nicknamed matchy, and she had a doctor husband that she was cheating on...I assume she was actually talking about herself but just lying.

tingy said:

Well apparently she did have friend who was invited to the wedding named Machida Yuuki.

kikohunter said:
MAL overrates everything. The average show should have a score of 4~5 while it's 7~8 on MAL, meaning that people think most shows are good or very good which is false. Most of anime is mediocre.

Altius said:


That's so this isn't about who is the good guy or bad guy... also not about who had more sins when they were alive...

But about who realize their mistake and still have regrets... Maybe the one that realized their mistake or full of regrets get a second chance to reincarnate..

chakracat said:

This is some strong psychological shit and I'm not disappointed.

Feaor said:
The start felt almost identical to Death Billiards, I hope they can mix it up so it doesn't feel stale.

AoiBochhan said:


Well Takashi was the one that got the chance to reincarnate this time, but I don't think he realised any mistake, he was being distrustful towards his wife, till the very end

If anything, Machiko is the one more likely to have realised her mistake (that is if she did cheat on him) yet she was sent to void

Laciie said:
There are a lot of people who seem to think she really did have that affair but I really don't. I mean a lot of her body language gives it away. If she didn't give a fuck about him (which, by her words she shouldn't have because she says "who would marry someone like you?!") then why didn't she laugh right at his face? Why did she turn around and cry first? If she didn't care about him at all and was perfectly fine with what she did (since she tries to justify herself) then why did she do that? Not to mention that there was a bit of that teeth clenching before he said that. And lying on the trying not to cry before going into the elevator. And finally, we have that really painful look right before she descends. And her "confession" was so damn exaggerated.

Her flashbacks didn't show a bit of this cheating stuff only his. And did he really catch her cheating?? He just "caught" her enjoying herself on her phone with whoever. Sure that might be enough to arouse suspicion but communication is important in relationships and this episode really shows that. To me it's probably the sort of thing where Takashi may have read too much into something. I mean shit, I'm always on the phone talking to my friends late at night, in the car and practically everywhere. Don't you think that we would've seen at least one flashback on her part if her confession was really the truth? All of her flashbacks are of her loving him and being happy with him; but a majority of his flashbacks are his on contrived theories as to how she might be cheating on him. Takashi remembers her being tired, and her friends talking about this person named "Matchy" apparently (idk if the subs I saw were weird or what but anyways), her on the phone at night, during the day, and in the car. She remembers meeting him, having fun with him, being happy at their wedding, smiling at the pregnancy test. If she was really cheating they would've given us a stronger clue like the memories of cheating actually being prominent. None of her flashbacks give us that information.

What I think is that she lied so she could confirm/justify what he thought because at that point, after the shock of knowing that they're both dead, after remembering all his conspiracies of the probability of his wife's affair, and being confused as hell and all he's almost in no mind to think things through rationally. So she probably thought that if she just confirmed his theories then he'd feel a little righteous. She was probably also under the influence of shock and probably really hurt because of what he was saying because hell who wouldn't? Like I get why he's hurt but he hasn't even confirmed this affair with her. Communication is important guys.

Anyways again the last scene is really what gives me a strong feeling that she never cheated because that's not a look of "Aw, fuck I spilled" but that's a look of pain and sadness and I can't find another way to read that.

Sourire said:
anime of the season

Todd_ said:
That was decent. The premise is interesting. But not anime of the season worthy. I was sort of confused who this series was about before watching it, but I guess it's about the Bartender and Friends.

koolvid said:

Anyone who thinks she didn't cheat are they trying oi ignore this part of the episode or are they just blind? http://i.imgur.com/04gpXu4.jpg