There’s some interesting characterisation and while this storyline is never really developed it adds some intrigue and depth to the main plot that you are getting a front row seat to. We learn very little about him but he seems extremely powerful and it is clear some of what Nona is doing is behind his back.
The other character I have to mention is Oculus. The affect on his character is also reasonably subtle and again, the contrast between Ginti and Decim is pronounced and interesting as a discussion point. Ginti, possibly inspired by the events in Quindecim also ends up making an interesting choice during a judgement and for awhile a human girl stays with him. He’s also fairly competitive which seems like an odd character trait for someone who is supposed to make judgements (though Ginti’s existence makes you wonder whether Decim’s cool and fairly personalitiless facade is actually the out of character one). He has little (or no) respect for humans and doesn’t much like Decim. Ginti clearly exists to contrast with Decim as another arbiter.
The rest of the cast are a joy as well (not that they all particularly nice characters as most aren’t but they are fun to get to know). While the show leaves the audience curious about what else may have been and where things might have gone, it doesn’t leave you feeling frustrated at a lack of detail or questioning how one part of the story fit within the boundaries of the world they had established. The machinations of the afterlife or anything else are setting and the rules within that world are consistently maintained even if they aren’t fully explained. The story is about Decim and Chiyuki and the impact their meeting has had on one another. The other part of this is that we don’t need to know everything to understand the story. There are certainly clues about the world we are in, but most of the action takes place within Quindecim and is seen from Decim and Chiyuki’s views which means there’s a lot they just don’t know. It doesn’t feel the need to endlessly explain everything (except perhaps the rules of the game of the week which Decim explains in excruciating detail to his latest human victims). That’s the other thing I love about Death Parade. Whether this was what Nona intended all along is left ambiguous, though it certainly seems that she was after something along these lines.
#DEATH PARADE ANIME SOUNDTRACK SERIES#
He takes on what he has seen throughout the series and internalized it. This makes Decim a believable and interesting character.
Two people who have died at the same moment will show up at the bar and he will have them play a game in order to make his judgement and then one will be sent to the void and the other will be sent to be reborn. He’s an arbiter and it is his job to judge humans. We learn later in the series that Quin was the previous bartender and now that position is held by Decim. If you like anime that make you think and feel then you need to check this out.įor people who want some more details, let’s continue. It is really dark and yet delves into what it means to be human and finds small bits of hope to cling to in an otherwise really bleak and somewhat arbitrary world. If you really hate knowing too much then just finish this paragraph and call it a day. Given the nature of the series, it is impossible to review Death Parade without spoiling some of the plot points. Then the bartender announces that they will need to play a game.Ĭlick here for more anime reviews. They don’t know how they got there, they can’t leave, and the bartender is just a little bit unnerving.