Death Parade
At Quindecim, a bar receiving the dead, arbiter Decim judges souls through life-or-death games and begins approaching human emotion after meeting a black-haired woman with no memory of her identity.
- Genre:
- サスペンス / 心理劇 / ファンタジー / 群像劇
- Medium:
- Anime
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Death Parade — Timeline12 events
Takashi and Machiko are ordered to play life-or-death darts
The disoriented married couple Takashi and Machiko arrive at Quindecim, where bartender Decim tells them they must play life-or-death darts to leave the sealed bar.
Vol.TVアニメ第1話 #1 デス・セブンダーツCh. — Official TV anime episode 1 synopsis; because no calendar time is established, timing is relative to the depicted sequence. ↗
The black-haired woman begins assisting Decim's judgments
Unable to remember even her name, the black-haired woman is brought by Nona to assist Decim and learns how judgment works while observing another pair's game.
Vol.TVアニメ第2話 #2 デス・リバースCh. — Official TV anime episode 2 synopsis; timing after episode 1's judgment is estimated from narrative order. ↗
Shigeru and an amnesiac woman compete in bowling
College student Shigeru Miura meets a beautiful woman at Quindecim and agrees to the bowling game ordered by Decim so that she can recover her memories.
Vol.TVアニメ第3話 #3 ローリング・バラードCh. — Official TV anime episode 3 synopsis; timing follows narrative order because no calendar time is given. ↗
Decim drives a game toward extremity for judgment
Yosuke Tateishi and television personality Misaki Tachibana compete in an arcade game, and Decim intervenes to create the extreme state he considers necessary for judgment.
Vol.TVアニメ第4話 #4 デス・アーケードCh. — Official TV anime episode 4 synopsis; timing follows narrative order because no calendar time is given. ↗
A guest claims to recognize Quindecim and Decim
Some time after the black-haired woman begins assisting, Fujii and a boy named Jiro arrive, and Decim grows wary when Fujii claims to recognize both him and the bar.
Vol.TVアニメ第5話 #5 デス・マーチCh. — Official TV anime episode 5 synopsis; the passage of some time since she began assisting is explicit. ↗
Mayu and idol Harada enter Ginti's game
High-school student Mayu Arita arrives at the Japanese-style bar Viginti, where arbiter Ginti orders her to play a game against her favorite idol, Harada.
Vol.TVアニメ第6話 #6 クロス・ハート・アタックCh. — Official TV anime episode 6 synopsis; timing follows narrative order because no calendar time is given. ↗
The black-haired woman finds the book from her recurring dream
The black-haired woman repeatedly dreams the same dream and discovers its picture book at Quindecim, leading Decim to suggest that a former arbiter may have left it behind.
Vol.TVアニメ第7話 #7 アルコール・ポイズンCh. — Official TV anime episode 7 synopsis; the recurring nightly dream is explicit. ↗
Two men with histories of killing are sent to Quindecim
Shimada and Tatsumi, who identifies himself as a detective, arrive and search for an exit until Shimada finds a bloodstained knife in his belongings, after which they enter Decim's game.
Vol.TVアニメ第8話 #8 デス・ラリーCh. — Official TV anime episode 8 synopsis; timing follows narrative order because no calendar time is given. ↗
The black-haired woman tries to stop Decim's judgment method
As Shimada and Tatsumi recover their memories, the black-haired woman sees those memories and urges Decim to stop, but he continues to expose the darkness in both men for judgment.
Vol.TVアニメ第9話 #9 デス・カウンターCh. — Official TV anime episode 9 synopsis; the late stage of the continuing judgment follows directly from the official text. ↗
Decim questions his method of driving the dead to extremes
Influenced by the black-haired woman's words, Decim questions deliberately pushing the dead to extremes and offers to step down, while the woman's remaining time grows short.
Vol.TVアニメ第10話 #10 ストーリー・テラーCh. — Official TV anime episode 10 synopsis; timing after the preceding judgment is estimated from the stated causal link. ↗
Chiyuki recovers her name and memories of life
The black-haired woman remembers that her name is Chiyuki and, through a game guided by Decim, recovers memories of childhood, a beloved picture book, and life with her family.
Vol.TVアニメ第11話 #11 メメント・モリCh. — Official TV anime episode 11 synopsis; the point when she remembers her name is explicit. ↗
Decim takes Chiyuki elsewhere for her final judgment
As Oculus confronts Nona over her experiment in an arbiter's capacity to change, Decim puts Chiyuki to sleep and takes her away from Quindecim for judgment.
Vol.TVアニメ第12話 #12 スーサイド・ツアーCh. — Official TV anime episode 12 synopsis; it explicitly places the event at the point of Chiyuki's judgment. ↗
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