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| Dunno what to believe lol. Did she had one affair but the baby was his, or maybe she didn't have any affair, the question will remain unanswered. |
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Farabeuf said: Radiant-Howl said: I think it was interesting that they decided to have some of Takashi's suspicions to be proven correct and that Machiko wasn't completely guilty or innocent. It forces the viewer to come up with their own answers about what is right and wrong, despite the answer they suggest (that the wife should have been the one sent for reincarnation), and ultimately makes the show more engaging. . I very much agree with your views here. It really isn't black and white at all. I do hope the future "players" have this less than clear cut dynamic that might challenge us as viewers. I also expect that we'll get a lot more behind the scenes action. Decim's subtle reaction to being wrong in his judgment might be a sign of future conflict. True. I think that the message here is that people can't easily be judged as "good" or "evil", therefore the whole afterlife system seems to be faulty at its core. While seemingly human, Decim and Nona clearly aren't, as they seem very far from understanding human emotions. A lot of interesting concepts going on. I like the show, it's pretty thought-provoking. |
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| hmmm....I imagine this episode was meant to show that the system is flawed, that this is far from a perfect tribunal, I definitely do not think either really deserved Hell/Void. And to be honest, this kind of judgements is very scary. Plus, it is mentioned that the arbiters can't make a decision just by seeing the memories, yet the way people might act in this instance can be even more unreliable, as seen in this episode, where Machiko clearly felt regret but decided to say something completely different to her husband. |
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| So she cheated on him, and she lied about the baby not being his because she didn't want him to suffer thinking he killed his baby. She probably cheated on him because he was not able to trust anyone, maybe to spite him. I don't feel like she deserves an awful fate, if the void is bad like they seemed to suggest. |
| So confirmed that she cheated. Both fucked up, even though the guy's behavior was justified it was still pretty shit since it was based on a suspicion. |
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| Wow that was genuinely a good twist, enjoyed it. |
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| I really like the twists Madhouse has done so far, they're easy to understand but you also question what's really the truth and what isn't. I thought Nona had bad morals for a second there, but I see where she's coming from. The man wasn't able to trust others so she decided to give him a second chance, though Decim doesn't understand that. At least — that's what I believe. Great episode, I think Death Parade will be a favourite of mine. |
| This show is definitely interesting to say the least but now I'm wondering the format of the next episode. Will it be half game and half of the arbiters watching, or will it be like the first two episodes with the game being one episode, and the ones watching from behind the scenes being another. |
| “I love heroes, but I don't want to be one. Do you even know what a hero is!? For example, you have some meat. Pirates will feast on the meat, but the hero will distribute it among the people! I want to eat the meat!” - Monkey D. Luffy |
| Good episode explaining what happened the last episode, with some backgrounds and how the bar works. |
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| I liked how they went with a recap to further explain the behind the scenes of how it all works. Emotional episode |
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Well then, let's get right into the shit, shall we? Shitty sequence that doesn't fit at all.  CREEPY.  I don't trust the elevator guy. Anyhow, we revisit last week episode. No matter what you say, Machiko was a BITCH and a THOT. She cheated on the guy(when she was married no less) and deserves to be sent to the void/darkness. The guy on the other hand was a good guy. Don't care if the bitch regretted it afterwards, doesn't make her any less redeeming(You are supposed to regret cheating after all). The arbiter is not as cool as he was in last episode. To think that he regrets his decisions means that he is not fit to be a death god.  Throni said: Decim did nothing wrong! That bitch deserved to burn! My point exactly. I hate this NTR type show. What's the purpose? We are no closer to figuring out this whole mess to begin with. Anyways, resurrection or the void, what is the difference? How will you judge the people who didn't die in groups? How will you judge whether a person who died alone has to be sent to resurrect or void? What about a baby? Or Light Yagami's victims? The facial expressions of the couple are straight out copied from Studio DEEN. Shame on you Madhouse, only DEEN is allowed to pull that off. |
 Without change,we end up becoming the very person we hate. I was dead until the moment I met you. I was a powerless corpse pretending to be alive. Living without power, without the ability to change my course, was bound to lead me to a slow death. |
| This episode was interesting because explain more about the story. |
| At the very least, it's nice to know that Death Parade's afterlife is stocked with alcohol. |
| Regretting that you become a cheating bitch doesnt make it fine and justify cheating. Judgement was right on this one. The thot to the void. |
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| I thought it was weird but this episode kind of confirmed my suspicions. At least he knew he misjudged. |
| Looking back on it, she really deserved what she got.She cheated and she hides the fact that she cheated.We are not sure baby was his, could be from her cheating partner too.Adding these into her mistake throw made the husband more insecure, expecting him to think rationally after that is not logical.She is not that evil and husband is not that victim(afterall he tried to kill a woman with child) but Decim's decision was right.She started the fire with cheating/hiding and she acted like a psycho in front of her husband to spite him. Everyone can play good guy all they want, but anybody would lose their mind if they learned that their partner cheated on them and pregnant. |
Νεχ ποσσυμ τεχυμ ωιωερε, νεχ σινε τε. |
| Well, this was a nice method to add more episode to the series than what they actually have. Decim is not wrong at least to send Machiko to the void since she did cheats on her husband. In fact, both of them should go to the void since her husband also want to kill her. Although, I don't know what kind of moral they're using for the judgement. |
| He who smiles in a crisis has found someone to blame. |
| Great job at confirming/clearing suspicions from previous episode. Decim's decision-making is fallible and I guess the black haired chick is there to validate and/or correct his arbitration through differing perspectives. I am starting to like this dynamic and the show has piqued my interest now. |
 Truly a Divine Comedy  |
| so it was the other way around, how could nobody see that? it is their job after all |
| “Life is a constant process of dying.” |
| It seemed that the Assistant could clearly understand human feelings, and it seemed like Decim as a judge couldn't be wrong |
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| Amazing intro and already loving the cool looking bartender named Decim or sumn |
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| I hated the guts of that machiko lady after Episode 1 but now that I've watched Episode 2, I don't know whom to hate :") That's life I guess, nothing is black and white I feel like they're playing with my mind |
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| not bad for a repeated episode from a different perspective. personally, the ED and OP just aren't as great as i heard they were. |
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| Ah okay, so the Arbiters aren't necessarily all-knowing. Decim made a mistake with the previous couple, I suppose? Interesting to see more of how the Quindecim system works. Explaining more of the process causes me to have a lot more questions though. What exactly are the arbiters? How they born? Is there a God overseeing this process? Is there punishments for making mistakes? What is that place we see near the end? I suppose it's a good thing that I have many questions. Hopefully the most important of these are going to be answered in the remaining episodes. I'm only two episodes in after all. |
| I didn't liked this one. A man doesn't have clear idea of human emotions is making decision of who goes to void or reincarnation. And why only these two and also why there is no end of this. The theory is just like a circle here which never ends. Feel bad for Machiko. She just had the punishment of the wrong mistake and the Fool got away. From the other side, I would like to see more. But till now it didn't impressed me. How fool I am! I just accidently voted for 5 where I wanted to give it just 2 :P |
Svk32145 said: @Maddy_ReDark what do you mean ? It was not a simple mistake as I spilled coffee on you. She cheated . Sure he suspected quite easily but the situation was very misleading. .... Thanks for the explanation. But was there any proof? Do you mean I've missed something important? I saw only their assumptions. The final words of the wife didn't seemed enough true to me. And actually no one likes to show their messages. It is a private space. And they were just newly married. Other hand, the man was too aggressive. Though he tried to save her sometimes. But my point is the man was too doubtful and he tried to through his opinion on her. Even if I agree that the woman was bad and deserved the punishment, I don't like that the man didn't got any punishment. Because of the man the accident happened. What I didn't liked most is there is only two things - reincarnation and void. But things can be between this two. And another thing is they didn't explained what about the other crimes or good deeds but just if you are wrong in relationship you are in void. The woman may could be a good hearted person who used to help others but this side never came in front. She was thrown to the void. That was too much of punishment. And I think it was just based on her last speech not on any solid proof. If you read this again then I would like you to let me understand if I am wrong here. |
| Wait what huh wait huh what NANI?? Everything I was thinking about regarding the first episode has been cleared up in this one. I'm just glad that it's not all as shallow as it initially appeared to me. Damn it's got some layers. At first I was thinking man are these arbiters so dumb that this newbie was able to catch on things that they couldn't? Turns out the newbie was the one not catching onto the even MORE subtle things. Again I'm just hoping that this anime will actually be smart and not just LOOK like it's being smart. Still kind of feel sorry for that lady though. Sure she cheated on him but is that enough to send her to the VOID? Didn't she somewhat redeem herself by sacrificing herself for her husband? When 2 people are brought in does one have to be reincarnated and one be sent to the void every time? If both prove themselves to be worthy and pick up mjolnir can they both be reincarnated? It's only episode 2 but I hope they'll clear this stuff up as we move along. If not, no matter, it just has to be as riveting as it has been |
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BetaMaleUltra said: Wait what huh wait huh what NANI?? Everything I was thinking about regarding the first episode has been cleared up in this one. I'm just glad that it's not all as shallow as it initially appeared to me. Damn it's got some layers. At first I was thinking man are these arbiters so dumb that this newbie was able to catch on things that they couldn't? Turns out the newbie was the one not catching onto the even MORE subtle things. Again I'm just hoping that this anime will actually be smart and not just LOOK like it's being smart. Still kind of feel sorry for that lady though. Sure she cheated on him but is that enough to send her to the VOID? Didn't she somewhat redeem herself by sacrificing herself for her husband? When 2 people are brought in does one have to be reincarnated and one be sent to the void every time? If both prove themselves to be worthy and pick up mjolnir can they both be reincarnated? It's only episode 2 but I hope they'll clear this stuff up as we move along. If not, no matter, it just has to be as riveting as it has been There will always be people who have different opinions than you. Cuz,I think what Decim did was justified. Once a cheater, always a cheater. That bitch deserved it fully. Many people here on this thread are talking about forgiveness. But they died before even going that far just because the wife didn't talk about it. Maybe he would have forgiven her, who knows. I, for one would never, but those are just personal beliefs. A cheater should be punished no matter what.If the husband had cheated, I still would have said the same thing. Cheating is unforgivable (at least according to me).One thing that I noticed is that most of the people who were saying that the wife is innocent are female, including some of my friends. I wonder why! |
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| some behind the scene from the last episode. my hunch was right, machi lied to make takashi feel less guiltu of himself. tragic. we meet 2 more characters this episode, a playful boss (that probably has a dark side) and a ..guy who's ? cant make much of him yet but he's definitely not like clavis |
This anime op is so good all the characters are really enjoying and dancing.this anime tells that the bartender acts as a arbiter gives a judgement to departed people sends them to reincarnation and void. reincarnation means people get another chance of life to born as human.void means fell into darkness there is no return.there is no heaven or hell.bartender is so cool and few times he makes mistakes on his judgments. |
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| This felt like a recap but with a lot of information and some explanation.. So Machiko did cheat but still felt something for her Takashi.. welp, they could have lived a happy life. And the little girl is scary af lol. |
   “You yourself have to change first, or nothing will change for you!” ' |
| learned some background info about the arbiters and the whole purpose of the bar and the games also kinda got a different perspective on the first episode which was really cool to see! nona's got some style, but the personality reminds me a lot of my manager in the café i worked at, all the friendly stuff she says seems fake :V :D i like the black-haired girl tho, she'll be a good assistant to the arbiters since she understands human emotion much better than them! and to be honest, i somehow didn't get the clues that what machiko did was an act :D so getting that cleared up really made me feel dumb and made me feel like the anime is smarter than me, which is a feeling i love while watching these kinds of mysterious, thriller-ish anime <3 i'm loving this show so much, i don't want it to end :D |
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