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PotassiumBob said: BonzoPlant said: Oh my god you are like the first person to pick up on that, I had to go through hundreds of comments of stupid people thinking she was actually guitly. She saw how miserable the thought of killing his own child made him feel, and she thought she'd make him feel better by pretending to have cheated on him. Also it is revealed later in the anime that this specific arbitor has trouble picking up on human emotions, which makes it even more obvious. There was no pretending though. There is plenty of evidence that she cheated. And there is also evidence that she has been cheating for some time. There is also vague evidence that this not her first time dating someone for money and she is well known in her circle for doing so. The question is not so much if she was cheating or not, that's a fact, she cheated. The question is what she is "guilty" of in the confines of this decision of the game. The guy was paranoid, that's for sure, but he was right. She was cheating and has been. We do know that she did fall in love with her husband, that she was pregnant, and that she felt guilty when she cheated after they where married. I bet from that point on she would never cheat on him again and they would live happily. But once again, that doesn't change the fact that she cheated. She was smarter than him, and manipulated him. And at the end she did so for his sake and not her own. This is what the arbitor did not pick up on. We saw the flash backs of how happy she was right before the wedding, we then saw how unhappy and disgusted she was when she cheated after the wedding. Her "soul" changed at that point, laying in that bed. So she went in all the way for the sake of her husbands in a way to save herself by sacrificing herself. What the arbitor didn't pick up on was that and the assistant did pick up on, was the wife changed after the wedding, she did love him and was happy, she learned her lesson and was willing to accepted her punishment while trying to protect her husband. One can argue that since she changed, and learned, that she deserves to be reincarnated. While he learned nothing and changed nothing. To me this is like saying, well the murder felt bad and regrets what he has done so he should be freed, well that doesn't change the fact that the victim is still the victim. I still think she was "guilty", the out come was correct and they both got what they deserved. Late reply but in the credits there is a scene where there is a table and a reservation name tag on a plate and it has already been translated as Machiko, the one she mentioned from highschool. So it's still just a theory that she cheated on him. |
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| 7 dart finish was impossible from start; the minimum number of darts required to finish is 9 darts. The game was meant to test the contestants. |
| My First expression on this anime was like holy shit I didn't expect it to be episodic, so let's not worry about that and give a moment for that great animation, I haven't seen a marvelous animation like that in quite a while to be honest. The story was really promising and different from any other anime yeah what ever, Apparently that cheap ass bitch went right to hell and it seems like the game don't decide who wil go to hell or heaven I could be wrong so we will basically know more about it in the future I guess, so far so good I hope this keeps the glass up xD |
| I'm in the camp that thinks she didn't cheat. She sees that the man she had a child with is not the man that is in front of her, the man in front of her is pathetic and unrecognizable. The man she loved and had a child with never really existed. I think she was not sent to hell, she's gone to eternal rest. In this anime universe there's no heaven and hell, only reincarnation and the void (eternal rest). People who haven't lived properly get reincarnated, like the husband. For others, it's eternal rest. In other words, being sent to the void is GOOD. She has been freed from suffering, the repeating cycle of life. She has gone back to emptiness, the state we are all in before we are born. The husband has been reincarnated, which I suppose can be good or bad. He might eventually be sent to the void. EDIT: Well the next episode clears things up. Apparently I'm wrong on many points. The void is treated like it's a place where souls get lost in darkness, which doesn't sound like the soul having eternal rest. |
Ero-CamelMay 15, 2017 8:52 AM
| Of course she cheated, they showed her in a flashback with another man. Good episode, looking forward to the rest. |
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ReilaNimu said: Avenger-senpai said: It is pretty clear she didn't cheat. What other man? I have no idea what you are talking about.Of course she cheated, they showed her in a flashback with another man. Good episode, looking forward to the rest. Maybe replay the scene? Right after she says there's someone else she loves they show a flashback of her being in bed with a man that doesn't look like him while she's holding her face to the sheets/pillow. |
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| Been wanting to watch this for a while and finally got to it. Great first episode. |
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| Some pretty fucked up shit, especially with Machiko being a cunt at the end, but hey, at least she's going to hell. |
| “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 |
| That was cheesy. In the second episode it would get even cheesier, triple twist and reincarnation. |
| And still, Bill will live on. He will befriend the next inhabitants of the earth, beings of light who revere him as a god. And Bill will outlive them all... for millions and millions of years...exploring, learning, living, until the earth is swallowed beneath his feet. Until the sun is long since gone. Until time loses all meaning and the moment comes that he knows only the positions of the stars and sees them whether his eyes are closed or open. Until he forgets his name and the place where he'd once come from. He lives and he lives until all of the lights go out. |
| Liked this episode, but didn't feel like the game of darts had any real meaning. How suddenly the guy wants to win, without wven knowing whether there was anything at stake, seemed forced to me. Initial reactions to finding yourself inside a psychopaths bar quite unrealistic also. |
| Strong first episode. OP was great and interaction between the couple was emotional and strong |
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| This anime is so dope, i love this. |
| wtf were those final minutes, everything was fucked up |
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| "I'm pregnant with your baby! Please, do what you must, but don't hit my stomach!" "Okay." *hits stomach* Who...who wrote this? Is this show supposed to be a morbid comedy? I get these are death "games," and are supposed to be playful, but the original short film was Death Note's level of over-dramatizing mundane activities, which I felt to be really fun. This just feels stiff and awkward. Also, towards the end, it felt like the show was struggling desperately to try and make the visiting characters to be as pathetic as possible, if just to absolve the viewers of any potential guilt in witnessing a newly married couple harm each other. I guess it's not technically sadism if the given characters somehow deserved their pain...? Also, was it not possible to throw the darts at the ground? How about to try and draw? I feel this show would be better with actual terrible people playing the games, which would make Death Parade more of a karmic purgatory, rather than punishing random jerks. |
| Bitchin' OP. I remember the first time I heard it was when RAB made a video with it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RRU1hoHQdg |
| That was one wild first episode. Though I'm not sure about the decision on who went to the void and who went to be reincarnated, I think maybe they both should've been given another chance? idk. |
| Why I didn't start to see it before, man, it's so dark. Also, Decim badass as hell! |
| Watching this made me feel pretentiously disgusting jfc |
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| That was really good but really sad. I wasn’t sure what this was going to be. I just heard it had some horror and many people recommended this. Didn’t expect it to be so emotional. Now I’m super sad 😭😂 |
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| Its an interesting first episode. This was the episode that really stuck in my head the first time I watched Death Parade. I think she lied at the end there about being with another man. If she was thats a shame cause there could have been the possiblility they both go to heaven. I like the plotwist towards the end though with the door reveal. Even the MC was surprised when that woman started walking away. |
| Yuritopia FTW!!!!!!!!! BANZAI TO YURI !!!!!!!!!!!! |
| I thought the husband is a doctor. Well, that was 1 heck of a acting skill if she's lying about not cheating. However, that last word she said was more like a lie, although I didn't get the point of lying since Decim didn't say that both people can't go to the same destination. Or maybe she's just disgusted by the way her husband act at the end. |
| He who smiles in a crisis has found someone to blame. |
| This show feels too weird. The sudden tonal shift in character behaviours was rather jarring and their motives are too open to interpretation. Maybe that's the whole point. Let's see how this actually turns out to be. Really awesome ED though. |
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| I liked this episode, but tbh, I preferred Death Billards one better. It just felt really uncomfortable all that drama at the end, besides, you could argue both ways about if she loved him or not, if it was an act by the end or not. KreatorX said: The sudden tonal shift in character behaviors was rather jarring and their motives are too open to interpretation. Maybe that's the whole point. YES! That was what I wanted to say but wasn't able to find the right wording. This episode would probably be better with a rewatch, but I m not about that life. |
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| They both should have been went to void. The doctor wants to kill a child and that’s inhumane. |
| Wow that was a surprise, I mean everything. The plot is awesome and something really distinct, not to mention the artwork and animation, fantastic! Guess I'm gonna have a lot of fun with this. |
| Amazing OP and first episode. Can't wait for more |
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| This is really cool, so Quindecim is an intermediary place for death. |
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| Damn that was good |
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| That frigging bitch ;3 Lying her ass off even after that...tho I'm glad to know that the old man from Death Billiards went to hell ;3 |
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| ah finally found a dark anime :D fits perfectly since im watching a comedy anime while watching this ~ the OP isn't what i call a 10/10 win, but it was decent. i'll probably like it more and more after listening to it a few more times. the ED wasn't my cup of tea. i guess the only part which i liked was the throwing darts part. the rest was meh. the whole going insane thing didn't really hit me. i mean it was expected because these were just random characters i don't really care about. the next episode looks interesting though~ |
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| The man was totally a fool. What a disgrace!! Once he tries to save her and another moment he become heck of a selfish being. The woman was better than him. And I wonder if her last sentences were true! The bartender is cool |
| So she WAS cheating him the entire time? Just as simple as that? Ok then... not the most amazing reveal but it was alright. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't captivated the whole time, but this single first episode didn't live up to death billiards imo. And wow, decim actually told us where they went afterwards? I thought every other line from him was going to be "I can't tell you" or something. Just some questions I'd like to eventually get the answers to are what is the point of the games, and why do they have memory loss when they enter this purgatory. And I'm guessing it doesn't matter whether they win or lose, which is why decim doesn't tell them what the outcome is should the win or lose. He basically just has to watch how they play the game; how they play it is what's important. Perhaps it's a way to genuinely judge their character before sending to whatever place they are to go? Didn't even know there was a reincarnation option lol, thought it was just heaven and hell. EDIT: just properly read the synopsis, whoops, guess there actually is no heaven or hell in this, just reincarnation and "the void", whatever that may be I'm just wondering if this anime is going to actually be smart or just LOOK smart. Anyhow, if it can continue what has been doing, I'm probably going to be completely captivated through and through. And yeah I kinda dig that opening |
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