One of the most tragic parts was how the fangirl and the popstar was sent to the void in the end. It really showed how flawed the system was and why Nona wanted to change it with Decim.
A great point, Ginti was a nice example of how flawed everything was, acting just to do his job and move on. If I was doing a broader discussion, I would have loved to cover him in depth!
Decim is probably one of my favourite characters ever... his character development was done so nicely and the sheer amount of emotion i felt for him in that last episode was insane
I think that one important aspect is that they managed to pull off a black swan event: giving us an ending that had to be expected in hindsight, but was still surprising for us... It became clear that she had died and that he couldn't judge her the usual way. The twist was how she could be judged and how they react...
Chiyuki's own death did actually strike a cord with me. It reminded me of the reason why I never considered the path she ended up taking. I didn't want to give my family the pain that Chiyuki's Mother went through. It was heartbreaking watching her try to apologize to her Mother for causing such heavy grief to her. So I have to disagree with you on the ending being terrible. I adore the ending of this series and bawled my eyes out when watching it unfold. I really wanted to hug Chiyuki, seriously. Also not be rude, but so what if her death wasn't as gory or grandiose as previous ones? The old lady before her didn't get a bad way out herself, hell I don't even remember how she died or lived, beyond maybe simply making it to old age and dying peacefully. The old lady was in my opinion to show us that Decim had come to understand that he can do his job better by getting involved with those he judges. But it also in a way foreshadowed Chiyuki's story a smidge. That hers wasn't nearly so drama filled or crazy, her end wasn't mundane, just different. Suicide is certainly not mundane in my opinion, and the reactions the characters had prove that point I feel. Hell people's reactions to it in real life prove that point as well. Suicide doesn't just hurt the person committing the act, who devastates those left behind in the wake of it. This series shows many times the consequences of one's actions and how they can screw things up. The husband got himself and his wife killed over a misunderstanding that he easily could've just calmly asked about instead of being reckless on the road in his misplaced anger. The Idol was killed by a vengeful woman because she blamed him for the death of her sister who adored him. Not that her reasoning was at all right. Chiyuki also learns that her death affected those she left behind, especially her Mother who still grieves the loss of her child. Just some food for thought on that. Again not trying to be mean or anything, just giving my two cents. Just saying that I found this ending to be both beautiful and a massive gut punch emotionally. That's certainly not a bad thing either, not to me.
When he says terrible, he means that it doesn’t follow what an ending is “supposed” to do. Which in my opinion makes it so good and I think that the creator shares this opinion
I came to much the same conclusion. My brain be derpy at times, and it definitely pulled a stupid by missing that. But the rest of my spiel still stands I think.
I try to be, though admittedly I still say stupid shit sometimes. Though while the more recent example got deleted, it was more or less a wake up call to try harder to not say stuff in anger on the platform. Think I've been doing better on that since then. Regardless thank you for those words. If you watch EmceeProphit's most recent video on Final Fantasy 9 you'll see why I hold onto the thoughts of what would happen if I were to suddenly die. Won't discuss it here, as I'm not so comfortable mentioning the whole story here. Besides, EmceeProphit's vid is very much worth it.
i usually dont think suicide to be selfish but Chiyuki's was a very selfish one to me. Her mother gave her life but gave HER skates , that started with innocence and to enjoyed with family and soon friends but Chiyuki took it upon herself to make skating her whole life and something as dramatic to die over without any regard of friends or family she pushed away. No one put the pressure of skating on her head and said "this is what you have to do to be loved" she had a good season of being a child and growing up until that chapter was over in her life. It makes me wonder before her accident was she a good friend to others? or was she the type to let things go to her head and thought she was better than others which is why she had no friends left. She put her worth into a frivolous hobby as skating and no one forced her to. She couldnt wait to die just because she couldn't turn skating into a career, she didn't lose her ability to walk or anything. If her mental health was that bad she shouldve talked, she had the floor but alas she killed herself which seemed to be spontaneous horror, without a thought, i couldn't imagine what the sight and after burial mustve been. Showing no signs of mental illness until a hobby is taken away and still unaware of what seems to just be "sad" emotion turns out is gravely worse than that even **apparently** . So then she shows at the bar remembering her death but in no shape to play the game so needed her memory wiped to finally get remorse (emotion) out of her. tbh it's hard to feel bad for her, i feel for her mother and father more.
What I love about the show is that the story only covers a small spec of time in the overall greater narrative. The events that transpire throughout the 12 episodes leave no real conclusion, no closure, no conclusive explanation for all of the questions the series leaves us with, nothing. The ending of the series serves as the spark that we can hope will one day lead to the change that Nona is striving for, although we as the audience will never get to see it.
I do love when series have the ability to pull of "unsatisfactory" endings like that, especially here where it was so relevant, or almost needed. The idea of questioning who people are would have been lost if the series came out and told us with a "satisfying" resolution
This anime is honestly one of my all time favorites, even as incomplete and unsatisfying as it feels in the grand scheme of things. The fleeting but profound significance of Chiyuki’s influence in Decim’s existence was beautiful to watch. I think the ending is a wonderfully sad example of thematic resonance. You could be going through the worst moments of your life or following the norm to a T, life moves on but that doesn’t make it entirely insignificant. Decim’s accumulation of human experiences throughout the anime was an emotional roller coaster to say the least. He’s really walking the line that divides his understanding of human emotions and his programming as an arbiter. Chiyuki’s pull toward the understanding side has been pushing his development alongside what he takes in from the various judgements, so when she completely turns everything she taught him on its head, it essentially rubber bands him head first into wanting to understand how her life gave her this outlook, which is so on the contrary to their prior time together. She really gave him something special, as fleeting as it was.
In the end of the day, Decim had to judge Chiyuki and he was running out of time, because human souls cant stay in Quindecim forever. I think the scene at the end, where he offered her to get revived in exchange for someone elses life, was just a test, because reviving her doesn't make a sense. First, she would instantly commit suicide again, because her memories of Quindecim would get erased. Second, she would end up at Quindecim again someday, because death in unavoidable.
Good way of summarizing the ending that overall it makes sense how that scene made it up to be for it. Which overall by the theme of the show how I see after that is live the life at its fullest until death comes at any moment.
will decim forget abt chiyuki ? like will his memories abt chiyuki get wiped? 😭😭 i remember they mentioned something abt memories getting wiped after the person get sent to void or get reincarnated
Yes, those memories get cleaned out after a while. So just like all the other dummies in the room, he won’t remember Chiyuki but she still left an impact on him
I truly don't blame you for thinking like this. Only people who tried to kill themselves can truly understand how much that inner void affects us and how much it hurts to live once major depression sets in. The series ending breaks my soul every time I watch. The message is pretty damn clear and I don't see how it can be misinterpreted or considered "bad" (??) when it perfectly conveys to the watcher that: 1: Life (emotions) always involves suffering. 2: Life is [extremely] unfair. And 3: Most humans live without even seeking a purpose in/for their life, realizing only in death how their life was either completely "in vain" (as in not involving true love for anyone/anything) or distorted beyond any notion of justice, sometimes so much so that they feel they acted positively in the world when remembering all of their life and clearly would do it all over again, with no regret. The judging system is supposed to be unfair (by human standards) and unchangeable, just as life and its conditions are.
I think there's a misunderstanding, I'm not saying the message here is bad. I'm not even really talking thematically, im simply saying its a "bad" ending in that its sad and not the ideal outcome for the characters, and that they did such an ending very well. It also feels weird to assume that I don't struggle with depression or similar feelings in my life
I completely agree with you. I think the show wanted to portray that life (and death) is unfair. There is always suffering but there can also be good days. There is no true good or true bad. Judging others (and their actions) is difficult (and can be biased). And that death/ending is the only certain thing in life.
Death Parade is something of a pearl in the midst of horseshit. Not saying that as a bad thing but as this ironic picture where something so beautiful is smack dab in the middle of something absolutely unappealing. Chiyuki's story was far more mundane than all of the stories in the series and Nono's plan was typically flawed as it hedged on a game of chance, where Deckham would change and get more involved in his cases, outside of the usual button prompts to cause a change in the situation to exact emotion out of the players, and that the players themselves would choose a different choice that came about from their own will to live and change. Even, (forgot his name) Deckham's rival tried to get the girl who was alongside him to make a different choice ended up not achieving anything at all because she chose to go to the abyss with her idol. All in all it was a the best bad ending as well as an oddly satisfying one as well. One example i can think of is the ending for Claymore, where it deviated from the source because it was all caught up with the series but it also left no room for any sort of continuation either. Priscilla still lives, Raki and Clare were reunited and most of the cast along with them went about their lives like it was a Sunday morning. That ending dud nothing for the anime failed to the up major plot points that were revealed in place of a Deus Ex Machina to end it.
Yeah, on the surface Death Parade sounds interesting, and shocking, but if you explained Chiyuki and Decim to me without the ending it would almost sound boring. But it just pushes ahead through the raw emotion of all the judgements so perfectly, these near boring characters become outlets for even more emotion in a brilliant way. One of the most bold anime out there for sure
taken as an abstract commentary on the internal struggle to deal with emotions, its an amazing finale. As a tidying up of hard plot and world building items, it is very messy and almost demands a second season (or should've been 1 hour episodes)
I understand your views your feelings and your words about the story and having come from my second viewing of the series i feel they nailed the ending that was perfect for this story because from the start it's own writers described this series under psychological horror genre rather then for example a shonen or anything similar it was about the bitterness of life and death, and how death can sometimes just come too soon or abrupt for anyone, when she danced on that ice that was the purest telling of her story similar to a play or a song showing it through images and actions similar to how stories are told irl, and in her death she may not have changed much in quindecim or in the world at large, people need to be judged and sent along to the next world but her impact is felt her doll sitting beside decim closer placed then any other doll showing that she lives in his heart and that smile showing outwardly how he himself is impacted
Really nice video, thanks for making it. I loved how you explained the beauty of it so well. Like, even though its mundane on the surface, the show is really good in my opinion, but it is about emotion rather than individual characters or a striking plot.
Yep, their stories are very simple and plain. But because of that there's a very emotional focus, and it leaves room for them to grow together infront of us. Overall it's exceptionally done
@@ProfessorViralso this show was basically perfect for someone like me who spends most of his time with putting myself into all these characters to understand their emotions
The final test where Decim simulated the entire life of Chiyuki is nothing but pure evil.. if someone who had emotions did that. But her thought process of knowing she died, regretting the pain she lets her mother suffer, knowing that this was a NEVER undoable & eternal mistake, spending the rest of your mentally conscious time in a place that will never fulfill you.. just this pure hopelessness is insufferable and a pain to watch 💔 There is not a single piece of hope left in Chiyukis heart, but then there comes this moment, where you find hope and realize there IS a way out of all this. Realizing that there’s a possibility lets all your feelings run through your body all at once, because life means hope and her having hope again made her feel so intense because she felt close to life again. But then seeing that this was nothing but a simulation, means taking away all her hope and killing the thought of living again, that grew in her heart 🥺😭 This just isn’t fair, no one deserves to go through this emotional roller coaster :( I’m actually surprised how well and composed she reacted in the end, because me despite being a person that forgives easily, I don’t think I could do that.. idek if I could stop crying after seeing that all of it was fake, my tears wouldn’t stop shedding until my body would’ve fully stopped existing
After writing that, I think I realized that some of my thoughts really are just an interpretation of her inner thoughts rather than confirmed things. But I think that’s exactly what this show intended, giving us much room for our own imagination
I honestly thought it was really good overall. I wished there was more world building & it definitely felt like there were loose ends. A part of me wishes there was a season 2, but I feel like it might ruin what we already have.
My favorite part of death parade is they never really explain why anyone was sent where they were sent… there’s no correctness or incorrectness from our pov cause we truly don’t know how they are judged even if we have our own personal opinion. The arbiters are so annoyingly human but not its almost uncanny valley. Like the awful detective said they are unreadable. Their characters are all so preformative that you can feel the insincerity behind the “emotions” they display. They make you wonder if the system is right and we humans just lack the perspective to see it or if no body is right and the arbiters are just as ignorant as us.
I think it worked because it is just a nihilist view of the relation of death and life, of how as we go, even if there's something after, the previous world is out of our reach, and how life is meaningless (it has the meaning that we give to it, but no divine purpose and stuff). And near the ending, of how depression can turn the person into a living dead, and how closing youself in, and shutting who loves you alway also break others, and of how you can't undo somethings. And of how this is how life and death works, despite our will.
I want a Season 2 so bad 😭 this show is too good and there's so much room for story development. They basically already started a Deathnote crossover at the end (and slightly incorporated it into the background storyline) and it would be very satisfying to see what they would decide to do with his soul seeing as how he cant go to heaven or hell. I wanna see Decim be the one to change things. More backstory on Oculus? And maybe we could learn why Genti really harbors so much anger with him in the afterlife? So many possibilities.
While I do think there are some possibilities, I love the ending how it is and would prefer to see new characters, maybe in the future after Decim, so we can see how he was influenced and how he influenced the world, without changing his story much. Or backstory like you mentioned, because more of Ginti and how he came to embody the traditional mindset while hating seemingly everyone would be interesting
@@ProfessorViral in my opinion if they created a s2 I'd hate if it was an entirely new cast. I find that it tends to ruin the story rather than make it better when there's a "new gen" set in the same world.
@@leviAckerman-rn5gd That's true as well from your view in most cases most shows that have multiple of seasons either doesn't flow well at all for some fans or rarely bring a great hit properly.
I genuinely dont want a season 2. It being left how it is on its own is perfect to me. It was a short story that made you think and question yourself and life. If you draw it out more or worst case do it wrong, you ruin what made season 1 so special
Oculus was an interesting character in the series. Also when will they explain God's absence and the impact it has on the afterlife, heaven and humanity? The series was nice and seemed existential especially due to God's absence and the mystery of Oculus and his system. If we get season 2 do you think they will address heaven
I actually liked that there was no definable god to the series. The judgement was left up to individuals who were able to fail and had their own biases, which is super important to the series. So, I'd hope that with any more they actually wouldn't address heaven directly. But, I also really love the story how it ended, so I wouldn't really want a season two at all
I would say Chiyuki was lucky as well that she ended up with Decim if her case was handlee nu that other arbiter she would definitely have ended up in void
If we can trust the face on the elevator towards the end of the farewell scene, her soul re-entered the reincarnation loop. So yes. That left her mannequin behind which Decim got from that floor where the mannequins are dumped when the people are gone. I believe that’s what he dressed up. Although, I wouldn’t so much say ‘came’ as ‘went’ back to life, seeing as this whole arbiters realm thingy is closer to death than it is to life.
I think the ending was not terrible...Through the anime we could'not place ourself really into Chi-san place because Decim didnt know her , didnt understand human feelings. It is like the whole anime tries to play a game with you- you died and need to remember where you've come from and understand the true feelinngs behind people's acts...we play along with Chiyuki almost like the anime wants us to be Decim, re live and understand feelings. The end did not need more to it, the trial of Chi-san was other from the rest because Decim tried to understand her, relly know her feelings because after that he would be able to judge where to send her , what fate to give her... This is what Nona wanted, why to give feelings to the arbitrators, because simply you cant judge a person from so little time playing death games it wont show the real side of ppl.. because fear is the most intense feelings it pushes other feelings to the back...and finally Decim is back to square one with a smile because he understands that you can possibly get to know every passing soul(2/second) based on one-time games but he tries his best. 10/10 will watch again
Explained that we'll 👍the ending broke me. That ice skating scene was ridiculous musically and animation wise. Was no dialogue was great example of show not tell. How to do it right. 👍
Thank you, I'm glad I did a decent job here. I do love how they let the feel and mood do its work in that scene, rather than filling it with words. We knew what to feel already, and they just let us feel it. Such a great way to do it
Oh man - I made be overthinking this but 3:44 made me realize that, even as a character, Chiyuki is still the mannequin that we are implanting our emotions and memories on.
Great video, thank you, but damn. I guess I was looking for a discussion of more specific things like why she was hiding behind the bar after her judgement. Was that one of his dolls? Also, wouldn’t his memory of her be erased anyway? If that’s true then even that slight smile is for nothing lol. Love the show though! I think the story of the killers was fascinating, didn’t see the twist coming :)
Such a great show by far after finishing it for the first time. Ending clicked very well that the concepts of what the show presented brought a whole lot of thinking to ponder much about the differences between human emotions versus others without. Nice show by far getting to it
I'm a huge fan of this style of cycical ending with a slight twist. It shows us change, how much it cost, but not the result of it. We have to consider the rest, and the worth of it ourselves. I think that's why I love them haha
I wonder, would he be able to recognize the new her in a new life? They seem to come to the bar with their current traits, but are those traits maintained within their soul in some way? The rabbit hole begins... 🤣
Just binged watched Death Parade, the ending was so so fucking Bad. I expect Nona failed to change the system and the other 2 human girl gets to go to the void. I thought that they would be save thanks to the emotional attachment of decim and Ginti. It's like swallowing something unpleasant but you have to eat it regardless of the consequences that follows. Ahhh I can't Sleep because of the Ending so Sad yet it slap me face reality theirs no season 2.
I disagree with you a lot … so much changed…. So much. It’s a beautiful anime that showcases life. Life is not guaranteed a happy ending but it is guaranteed an ending.
I actually love the series, I meant it more of it's an ending where things don't work out well, but it's one of the best to do it. But, there are some down episodes, and I respect your rating!
@@ProfessorViral agreed.its a good show it just failed an execution. Sidenote there's a c plot of light yagami and the high death rate that would of been interesting.anyway great review keep up the good work 👍
Man if they take that PC in your face as subtle as a nail thru your eye virtue signalling out of it, netflix could make one hell of an adaptation outta this.
So I watched up to episode 7 and had to drop it. Absolutely bored me to death every episode after the first one. Doesn’t seem to be any story or interesting character development in it. Should I acruslly finish it, or is it already supposed to be good? (If the first 7 episodes are supposed to be good, then I will not finish this)
I think it's better the further it goes along, but if you haven't enjoyed it so far I would let it be. It's very much the same aspects, just amped up and more personal
the way you define an ending at the start of the video is so insanely restrictive that it seems like you attempt to gatekeep how people should write a story
It's been a while since I wrote this one, so I don't remember exactly what I said, but I'm the first to admit I'm no expert and know no better than anyone else. If that's how it ended up, it wasn't at all my intent and I apologize!
I think chiyuki lost in the test in simulation before decim cried chiyuki said press it decim cried because chiyuki not passed in the judgement its sad
Episode 1, 11 and 12 were all awful imo. The woman went to the void to save the man... they didnt try to resolve that or care. 11 they both went into the void ginty lied. 12 she is reincarnated and decim has a doll of her sitting there. Probably one of the worst animes ive ever seen.... now a good anime that had bad stuff in it is cyberpunk edgerunners.... now thats an actual good anime.
Honestly the show feel overrated, I didn't really feel attached to the characters. And at times I was getting really bored with the show, there were only like three or four episodes that caught my attention but the rest it was pretty lacking. What's so messed up is I heard about this anime a few years ago and I'm just getting around to watch it this year but after watching it I feel empty just completed watching it. I don't know why everybody was hyping this show up back in 2015 or 16 at the time but it's pretty much overhyped
Thats fair. I could argue on its behalf, but I'd just be restating myself haha. But, it's always good to see people who did and didn't enjoy series for a full perspective, so I appreciate the comment!
@@ProfessorViral you're very welcome, I appreciate your gratitude. And I understand not every anime can be top tier anime. So I'm very glad you're listening to the good and the bad when it comes to these shows. I don't hate anybody for watching this show maybe people can find something in it that I can't find.
One of the most tragic parts was how the fangirl and the popstar was sent to the void in the end. It really showed how flawed the system was and why Nona wanted to change it with Decim.
A great point, Ginti was a nice example of how flawed everything was, acting just to do his job and move on. If I was doing a broader discussion, I would have loved to cover him in depth!
i can’t tell if he changed it last minute because of how insulted he was by her comments or if he rlly did deceive from beginning to end
Can I ask a question
@@micah6772 why do you think that?
Didnt she choose to sacrifice someone (Light) for her own gain?
The ending didn’t bother we knew she had to go. But she was the spark of change for him. And seeing her dummy made me shed a tear.
Knowing she had to go made it worse for me. It felt so sad when she starts to crack and that feeling of temporary existence kicks back in
But she got reincarnated
@@cheryllochansingh4831 yes but that’s not her anymore.
@@cheryllochansingh4831she'll be a completely different person
Decim is probably one of my favourite characters ever... his character development was done so nicely and the sheer amount of emotion i felt for him in that last episode was insane
Agreed, I love that he goes from a cold, distant, and almost creepy character to a warm presence by the end. Makes the goodbye so much harder
And in only 12 episodes lasting 20 minutes
I think that one important aspect is that they managed to pull off a black swan event: giving us an ending that had to be expected in hindsight, but was still surprising for us...
It became clear that she had died and that he couldn't judge her the usual way. The twist was how she could be judged and how they react...
Yeah, if you asked me looking back I'd say 'of course that's how it would end!' But it sneaks up on you, 100%. So beautiful, but so terrible...
Chiyuki's own death did actually strike a cord with me. It reminded me of the reason why I never considered the path she ended up taking. I didn't want to give my family the pain that Chiyuki's Mother went through. It was heartbreaking watching her try to apologize to her Mother for causing such heavy grief to her. So I have to disagree with you on the ending being terrible. I adore the ending of this series and bawled my eyes out when watching it unfold. I really wanted to hug Chiyuki, seriously.
Also not be rude, but so what if her death wasn't as gory or grandiose as previous ones? The old lady before her didn't get a bad way out herself, hell I don't even remember how she died or lived, beyond maybe simply making it to old age and dying peacefully. The old lady was in my opinion to show us that Decim had come to understand that he can do his job better by getting involved with those he judges. But it also in a way foreshadowed Chiyuki's story a smidge. That hers wasn't nearly so drama filled or crazy, her end wasn't mundane, just different. Suicide is certainly not mundane in my opinion, and the reactions the characters had prove that point I feel. Hell people's reactions to it in real life prove that point as well. Suicide doesn't just hurt the person committing the act, who devastates those left behind in the wake of it. This series shows many times the consequences of one's actions and how they can screw things up. The husband got himself and his wife killed over a misunderstanding that he easily could've just calmly asked about instead of being reckless on the road in his misplaced anger. The Idol was killed by a vengeful woman because she blamed him for the death of her sister who adored him. Not that her reasoning was at all right. Chiyuki also learns that her death affected those she left behind, especially her Mother who still grieves the loss of her child.
Just some food for thought on that. Again not trying to be mean or anything, just giving my two cents. Just saying that I found this ending to be both beautiful and a massive gut punch emotionally. That's certainly not a bad thing either, not to me.
When he says terrible, he means that it doesn’t follow what an ending is “supposed” to do. Which in my opinion makes it so good and I think that the creator shares this opinion
I came to much the same conclusion. My brain be derpy at times, and it definitely pulled a stupid by missing that. But the rest of my spiel still stands I think.
I try to be, though admittedly I still say stupid shit sometimes. Though while the more recent example got deleted, it was more or less a wake up call to try harder to not say stuff in anger on the platform. Think I've been doing better on that since then. Regardless thank you for those words. If you watch EmceeProphit's most recent video on Final Fantasy 9 you'll see why I hold onto the thoughts of what would happen if I were to suddenly die. Won't discuss it here, as I'm not so comfortable mentioning the whole story here. Besides, EmceeProphit's vid is very much worth it.
i usually dont think suicide to be selfish but Chiyuki's was a very selfish one to me. Her mother gave her life but gave HER skates , that started with innocence and to enjoyed with family and soon friends but Chiyuki took it upon herself to make skating her whole life and something as dramatic to die over without any regard of friends or family she pushed away. No one put the pressure of skating on her head and said "this is what you have to do to be loved" she had a good season of being a child and growing up until that chapter was over in her life. It makes me wonder before her accident was she a good friend to others? or was she the type to let things go to her head and thought she was better than others which is why she had no friends left. She put her worth into a frivolous hobby as skating and no one forced her to. She couldnt wait to die just because she couldn't turn skating into a career, she didn't lose her ability to walk or anything. If her mental health was that bad she shouldve talked, she had the floor but alas she killed herself which seemed to be spontaneous horror, without a thought, i couldn't imagine what the sight and after burial mustve been. Showing no signs of mental illness until a hobby is taken away and still unaware of what seems to just be "sad" emotion turns out is gravely worse than that even **apparently** . So then she shows at the bar remembering her death but in no shape to play the game so needed her memory wiped to finally get remorse (emotion) out of her. tbh it's hard to feel bad for her, i feel for her mother and father more.
Yea my dad committed suicide when I was 6 and left me broken till this day. Cuz my family became very dysfunctional and abusive after his death
What I love about the show is that the story only covers a small spec of time in the overall greater narrative. The events that transpire throughout the 12 episodes leave no real conclusion, no closure, no conclusive explanation for all of the questions the series leaves us with, nothing. The ending of the series serves as the spark that we can hope will one day lead to the change that Nona is striving for, although we as the audience will never get to see it.
I do love when series have the ability to pull of "unsatisfactory" endings like that, especially here where it was so relevant, or almost needed. The idea of questioning who people are would have been lost if the series came out and told us with a "satisfying" resolution
The moment you just watch an analysis video about an Anime and remember how it felt watching it and suddenly tears just role down your face.
I'm glad I was able to bring some of that emotion back for you, even if it's a sad ending anime : )
This anime is honestly one of my all time favorites, even as incomplete and unsatisfying as it feels in the grand scheme of things. The fleeting but profound significance of Chiyuki’s influence in Decim’s existence was beautiful to watch. I think the ending is a wonderfully sad example of thematic resonance. You could be going through the worst moments of your life or following the norm to a T, life moves on but that doesn’t make it entirely insignificant.
Decim’s accumulation of human experiences throughout the anime was an emotional roller coaster to say the least. He’s really walking the line that divides his understanding of human emotions and his programming as an arbiter. Chiyuki’s pull toward the understanding side has been pushing his development alongside what he takes in from the various judgements, so when she completely turns everything she taught him on its head, it essentially rubber bands him head first into wanting to understand how her life gave her this outlook, which is so on the contrary to their prior time together.
She really gave him something special, as fleeting as it was.
In the end of the day, Decim had to judge Chiyuki and he was running out of time, because human souls cant stay in Quindecim forever. I think the scene at the end, where he offered her to get revived in exchange for someone elses life, was just a test, because reviving her doesn't make a sense. First, she would instantly commit suicide again, because her memories of Quindecim would get erased. Second, she would end up at Quindecim again someday, because death in unavoidable.
Good way of summarizing the ending that overall it makes sense how that scene made it up to be for it. Which overall by the theme of the show how I see after that is live the life at its fullest until death comes at any moment.
will decim forget abt chiyuki ? like will his memories abt chiyuki get wiped? 😭😭 i remember they mentioned something abt memories getting wiped after the person get sent to void or get reincarnated
Yes, those memories get cleaned out after a while. So just like all the other dummies in the room, he won’t remember Chiyuki but she still left an impact on him
@@kendariusward2170 that's sad :(
i haven't seen it in a while, but i think that Decim keeps Chiyuki's dummy at the bar dressed like her and with a drink, so he will remember her!!
@@hazy9239 i hope he does 😭
@@hazy9239 But why is she a doll she get reincarnated i think?
I truly don't blame you for thinking like this. Only people who tried to kill themselves can truly understand how much that inner void affects us and how much it hurts to live once major depression sets in. The series ending breaks my soul every time I watch. The message is pretty damn clear and I don't see how it can be misinterpreted or considered "bad" (??) when it perfectly conveys to the watcher that: 1: Life (emotions) always involves suffering. 2: Life is [extremely] unfair. And 3: Most humans live without even seeking a purpose in/for their life, realizing only in death how their life was either completely "in vain" (as in not involving true love for anyone/anything) or distorted beyond any notion of justice, sometimes so much so that they feel they acted positively in the world when remembering all of their life and clearly would do it all over again, with no regret. The judging system is supposed to be unfair (by human standards) and unchangeable, just as life and its conditions are.
I think there's a misunderstanding, I'm not saying the message here is bad. I'm not even really talking thematically, im simply saying its a "bad" ending in that its sad and not the ideal outcome for the characters, and that they did such an ending very well. It also feels weird to assume that I don't struggle with depression or similar feelings in my life
I completely agree with you. I think the show wanted to portray that life (and death) is unfair. There is always suffering but there can also be good days. There is no true good or true bad. Judging others (and their actions) is difficult (and can be biased). And that death/ending is the only certain thing in life.
Death Parade is something of a pearl in the midst of horseshit. Not saying that as a bad thing but as this ironic picture where something so beautiful is smack dab in the middle of something absolutely unappealing. Chiyuki's story was far more mundane than all of the stories in the series and Nono's plan was typically flawed as it hedged on a game of chance, where Deckham would change and get more involved in his cases, outside of the usual button prompts to cause a change in the situation to exact emotion out of the players, and that the players themselves would choose a different choice that came about from their own will to live and change. Even, (forgot his name) Deckham's rival tried to get the girl who was alongside him to make a different choice ended up not achieving anything at all because she chose to go to the abyss with her idol. All in all it was a the best bad ending as well as an oddly satisfying one as well. One example i can think of is the ending for Claymore, where it deviated from the source because it was all caught up with the series but it also left no room for any sort of continuation either. Priscilla still lives, Raki and Clare were reunited and most of the cast along with them went about their lives like it was a Sunday morning. That ending dud nothing for the anime failed to the up major plot points that were revealed in place of a Deus Ex Machina to end it.
Yeah, on the surface Death Parade sounds interesting, and shocking, but if you explained Chiyuki and Decim to me without the ending it would almost sound boring. But it just pushes ahead through the raw emotion of all the judgements so perfectly, these near boring characters become outlets for even more emotion in a brilliant way. One of the most bold anime out there for sure
taken as an abstract commentary on the internal struggle to deal with emotions, its an amazing finale. As a tidying up of hard plot and world building items, it is very messy and almost demands a second season (or should've been 1 hour episodes)
Omg, this fandom is still alive. I love you guys 🙏
Im always glad to provide a little bit more Death Parade : D
DECIM AND THE PURPLE HAIR GIRL WERE IN LOVE YOU CANNOT DENY IT
If they were, it doesn't matter now. And that's what's so sad 😭
I understand your views your feelings and your words about the story and having come from my second viewing of the series i feel they nailed the ending that was perfect for this story because from the start it's own writers described this series under psychological horror genre rather then for example a shonen or anything similar it was about the bitterness of life and death, and how death can sometimes just come too soon or abrupt for anyone, when she danced on that ice that was the purest telling of her story similar to a play or a song showing it through images and actions similar to how stories are told irl, and in her death she may not have changed much in quindecim or in the world at large, people need to be judged and sent along to the next world but her impact is felt her doll sitting beside decim closer placed then any other doll showing that she lives in his heart and that smile showing outwardly how he himself is impacted
I really like your comment. I couldn't agree more!
If someones feeling to end it all watch death parades finale ep and it will make them think again
How this guy so underrated?
Hey, I'm just glad that there are people watching!
Hey can I ask something
@@arvinarooni6681 still waiting to ask?
the only time i cried during watching this show was at the very last scene, when Decim smiled to the newest souls, using Chiyuki's advice.
Really nice video, thanks for making it. I loved how you explained the beauty of it so well. Like, even though its mundane on the surface, the show is really good in my opinion, but it is about emotion rather than individual characters or a striking plot.
Yep, their stories are very simple and plain. But because of that there's a very emotional focus, and it leaves room for them to grow together infront of us. Overall it's exceptionally done
@@ProfessorViralso this show was basically perfect for someone like me who spends most of his time with putting myself into all these characters to understand their emotions
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The final test where Decim simulated the entire life of Chiyuki is nothing but pure evil.. if someone who had emotions did that.
But her thought process of knowing she died, regretting the pain she lets her mother suffer, knowing that this was a NEVER undoable & eternal mistake, spending the rest of your mentally conscious time in a place that will never fulfill you.. just this pure hopelessness is insufferable and a pain to watch 💔
There is not a single piece of hope left in Chiyukis heart, but then there comes this moment, where you find hope and realize there IS a way out of all this. Realizing that there’s a possibility lets all your feelings run through your body all at once, because life means hope and her having hope again made her feel so intense because she felt close to life again.
But then seeing that this was nothing but a simulation, means taking away all her hope and killing the thought of living again, that grew in her heart 🥺😭
This just isn’t fair, no one deserves to go through this emotional roller coaster :(
I’m actually surprised how well and composed she reacted in the end, because me despite being a person that forgives easily, I don’t think I could do that.. idek if I could stop crying after seeing that all of it was fake, my tears wouldn’t stop shedding until my body would’ve fully stopped existing
After writing that, I think I realized that some of my thoughts really are just an interpretation of her inner thoughts rather than confirmed things. But I think that’s exactly what this show intended, giving us much room for our own imagination
I honestly thought it was really good overall. I wished there was more world building & it definitely felt like there were loose ends. A part of me wishes there was a season 2, but I feel like it might ruin what we already have.
There is no need for season 2... it is already great as it is.
If u like a girl anime . U reccomend claymore.
My favorite part of death parade is they never really explain why anyone was sent where they were sent… there’s no correctness or incorrectness from our pov cause we truly don’t know how they are judged even if we have our own personal opinion. The arbiters are so annoyingly human but not its almost uncanny valley. Like the awful detective said they are unreadable. Their characters are all so preformative that you can feel the insincerity behind the “emotions” they display. They make you wonder if the system is right and we humans just lack the perspective to see it or if no body is right and the arbiters are just as ignorant as us.
I think it worked because it is just a nihilist view of the relation of death and life, of how as we go, even if there's something after, the previous world is out of our reach, and how life is meaningless (it has the meaning that we give to it, but no divine purpose and stuff). And near the ending, of how depression can turn the person into a living dead, and how closing youself in, and shutting who loves you alway also break others, and of how you can't undo somethings. And of how this is how life and death works, despite our will.
I want a Season 2 so bad 😭 this show is too good and there's so much room for story development. They basically already started a Deathnote crossover at the end (and slightly incorporated it into the background storyline) and it would be very satisfying to see what they would decide to do with his soul seeing as how he cant go to heaven or hell. I wanna see Decim be the one to change things. More backstory on Oculus? And maybe we could learn why Genti really harbors so much anger with him in the afterlife? So many possibilities.
While I do think there are some possibilities, I love the ending how it is and would prefer to see new characters, maybe in the future after Decim, so we can see how he was influenced and how he influenced the world, without changing his story much. Or backstory like you mentioned, because more of Ginti and how he came to embody the traditional mindset while hating seemingly everyone would be interesting
@@ProfessorViral in my opinion if they created a s2 I'd hate if it was an entirely new cast. I find that it tends to ruin the story rather than make it better when there's a "new gen" set in the same world.
@@leviAckerman-rn5gd That's true as well from your view in most cases most shows that have multiple of seasons either doesn't flow well at all for some fans or rarely bring a great hit properly.
I genuinely dont want a season 2. It being left how it is on its own is perfect to me. It was a short story that made you think and question yourself and life. If you draw it out more or worst case do it wrong, you ruin what made season 1 so special
Oculus was an interesting character in the series. Also when will they explain God's absence and the impact it has on the afterlife, heaven and humanity? The series was nice and seemed existential especially due to God's absence and the mystery of Oculus and his system. If we get season 2 do you think they will address heaven
I actually liked that there was no definable god to the series. The judgement was left up to individuals who were able to fail and had their own biases, which is super important to the series. So, I'd hope that with any more they actually wouldn't address heaven directly. But, I also really love the story how it ended, so I wouldn't really want a season two at all
I would say Chiyuki was lucky as well that she ended up with Decim if her case was handlee nu that other arbiter she would definitely have ended up in void
So did chiyuki ever come back to life? Her dummie towards the last clip in episode 12 made me confused
I don't believe so, I think that was just to amp up Decim's new emotions at the end
If we can trust the face on the elevator towards the end of the farewell scene, her soul re-entered the reincarnation loop. So yes. That left her mannequin behind which Decim got from that floor where the mannequins are dumped when the people are gone. I believe that’s what he dressed up. Although, I wouldn’t so much say ‘came’ as ‘went’ back to life, seeing as this whole arbiters realm thingy is closer to death than it is to life.
I think the ending was not terrible...Through the anime we could'not place ourself really into Chi-san place because Decim didnt know her , didnt understand human feelings. It is like the whole anime tries to play a game with you- you died and need to remember where you've come from and understand the true feelinngs behind people's acts...we play along with Chiyuki almost like the anime wants us to be Decim, re live and understand feelings. The end did not need more to it, the trial of Chi-san was other from the rest because Decim tried to understand her, relly know her feelings because after that he would be able to judge where to send her , what fate to give her... This is what Nona wanted, why to give feelings to the arbitrators, because simply you cant judge a person from so little time playing death games it wont show the real side of ppl.. because fear is the most intense feelings it pushes other feelings to the back...and finally Decim is back to square one with a smile because he understands that you can possibly get to know every passing soul(2/second) based on one-time games but he tries his best. 10/10 will watch again
I wish the last dummy was really Chiyuki🥲🥲
Explained that we'll 👍the ending broke me. That ice skating scene was ridiculous musically and animation wise. Was no dialogue was great example of show not tell. How to do it right. 👍
Thank you, I'm glad I did a decent job here. I do love how they let the feel and mood do its work in that scene, rather than filling it with words. We knew what to feel already, and they just let us feel it. Such a great way to do it
Oh man - I made be overthinking this but 3:44 made me realize that, even as a character, Chiyuki is still the mannequin that we are implanting our emotions and memories on.
Great video, thank you, but damn. I guess I was looking for a discussion of more specific things like why she was hiding behind the bar after her judgement. Was that one of his dolls? Also, wouldn’t his memory of her be erased anyway? If that’s true then even that slight smile is for nothing lol. Love the show though! I think the story of the killers was fascinating, didn’t see the twist coming :)
I think eventually his smile will become force of habit. So even when he forgets Chiyuki he might still do it.
Such a great show by far after finishing it for the first time. Ending clicked very well that the concepts of what the show presented brought a whole lot of thinking to ponder much about the differences between human emotions versus others without.
Nice show by far getting to it
I'm a huge fan of this style of cycical ending with a slight twist. It shows us change, how much it cost, but not the result of it. We have to consider the rest, and the worth of it ourselves. I think that's why I love them haha
I can't say every single statement resonated with me but I very much enjoyed every second of this; Nice video!
Hey, I'm glad you still enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
Nah cause when gibtin made a kokeshi dolls of mayu I was crying so hard 😭
Chiyuki got reincarnated so someday she'll come back to Decim or Ginti-
I wonder, would he be able to recognize the new her in a new life? They seem to come to the bar with their current traits, but are those traits maintained within their soul in some way? The rabbit hole begins... 🤣
I like the ending but I did cry but chiyuki was the only dummy that was smiling in all dummy in decim collection they should have end up together
Just binged watched Death Parade, the ending was so so fucking Bad. I expect Nona failed to change the system and the other 2 human girl gets to go to the void. I thought that they would be save thanks to the emotional attachment of decim and Ginti. It's like swallowing something unpleasant but you have to eat it regardless of the consequences that follows. Ahhh I can't Sleep because of the Ending so Sad yet it slap me face reality theirs no season 2.
Exactly, its just heartbreaking and nothing changes. As someone who loves unsatisfactory endings, I love it haha
Can you make a discussion on anohana, it was really great,i would love to see a your opinion on it
I haven't heard of it until now, but it sounds quite interesting! I'll keep it in mind!
@@ProfessorViral it is a really great anime you would love it
Omg yes!!!
I disagree with you a lot … so much changed…. So much. It’s a beautiful anime that showcases life. Life is not guaranteed a happy ending but it is guaranteed an ending.
You're absolutely right,people hold this show to high standards when its jus ok & that's ok lol
I actually love the series, I meant it more of it's an ending where things don't work out well, but it's one of the best to do it. But, there are some down episodes, and I respect your rating!
@@ProfessorViral agreed.its a good show it just failed an execution. Sidenote there's a c plot of light yagami and the high death rate that would of been interesting.anyway great review keep up the good work 👍
This show is simply amazing. 🙂
Man if they take that PC in your face as subtle as a nail thru your eye virtue signalling out of it, netflix could make one hell of an adaptation outta this.
The ending isn’t that simple i loved it🎉
I guess another anime of so much for so little would be sonny boy
Oh yeah, I've written on Sonny Boy a few times now. A great case of beautiful simplicity
I just binged this.. it was actually much better than I though as to how it came together. But I do agree the ending was lacking
The ending just made me sad
Exactly, that pure emotion is what makes it so good
I’m watching so many spoilers right now
It is a video about the ending 😂
This anime made me cry ngl.
Was she send to the void(since we can see the puppet at the end)?
No to reincarnation the puppet of void was different
i didn't feel much for the end. Episode 4 got me though, got me bad
Episode 4 really amped up the brutality between "contestants," so that's very fair
@@ProfessorViral nah it was what their lives were before dying that got me
There was something i didint understand wich was the fourth rule i didint really get it
So I watched up to episode 7 and had to drop it. Absolutely bored me to death every episode after the first one. Doesn’t seem to be any story or interesting character development in it. Should I acruslly finish it, or is it already supposed to be good? (If the first 7 episodes are supposed to be good, then I will not finish this)
I think it's better the further it goes along, but if you haven't enjoyed it so far I would let it be. It's very much the same aspects, just amped up and more personal
the way you define an ending at the start of the video is so insanely restrictive that it seems like you attempt to gatekeep how people should write a story
It's been a while since I wrote this one, so I don't remember exactly what I said, but I'm the first to admit I'm no expert and know no better than anyone else. If that's how it ended up, it wasn't at all my intent and I apologize!
I think chiyuki lost in the test in simulation before decim cried chiyuki said press it decim cried because chiyuki not passed in the judgement its sad
She does go to the reincarnation elevator though, as they say goodbye Decim is seen in front of it
I think he cried because he saw what an emotional pain his simulation caused.
Episode 1, 11 and 12 were all awful imo. The woman went to the void to save the man... they didnt try to resolve that or care. 11 they both went into the void ginty lied. 12 she is reincarnated and decim has a doll of her sitting there. Probably one of the worst animes ive ever seen.... now a good anime that had bad stuff in it is cyberpunk edgerunners.... now thats an actual good anime.
right on point... nuff said
Thanks!
best*** ending ever. no 'worst'.
What happened to the girl ? At the end we see a puppet of her so im a bit confuse..
She gets reincarnated because she passed the test. The puppet is just one Decum created to remember her
@@ProfessorViral thanks
nice video
Thanks!
Honestly the show feel overrated, I didn't really feel attached to the characters. And at times I was getting really bored with the show, there were only like three or four episodes that caught my attention but the rest it was pretty lacking. What's so messed up is I heard about this anime a few years ago and I'm just getting around to watch it this year but after watching it I feel empty just completed watching it. I don't know why everybody was hyping this show up back in 2015 or 16 at the time but it's pretty much overhyped
Thats fair. I could argue on its behalf, but I'd just be restating myself haha. But, it's always good to see people who did and didn't enjoy series for a full perspective, so I appreciate the comment!
@@ProfessorViral you're very welcome, I appreciate your gratitude. And I understand not every anime can be top tier anime. So I'm very glad you're listening to the good and the bad when it comes to these shows. I don't hate anybody for watching this show maybe people can find something in it that I can't find.
Can i ask a question?
No
@@Smg07070 ok
@Noémi Faludi i still haven't watched full metal alchemist was that a spoiler?
@@arvinarooni6681 yes bro, it was a major spoiler, but doesn't there are still many things you haven't seen considering you didn't watched this scene
why did he send her to the void??
He didn’t send her to the void. She was reincarnated. He used a dummy to make something that looked like her.
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