Why Death Parade's Flyers is Even Better Than You Realized

[@micheledeconti7535]

The poor people that started the show after only watching this wonderful op

[@yellowjellow5744]

That was me. I thought it would be fun and happy... no

[@_pualani]

I was one of them haha

[@scottyspagett121]

Michele De Conti that’s me and actually I loved everything

[@lukardal9592]

Yes i pity myself too i can’t believe i got tricked into getting my heart broken😭😭

[@RedAstrals]

me

[@jp.8797]

*Death Parade it's not an anime it's a Masterpiece*

[@joncler279]

I might be dumb but ok

[@uncensored008]

Are you saying that anime can't be masterpieces?

[@wikileaks8252]

I have see at least 4 or 5 movies,and recently "corgo".... And death parade is 1000000times ....

[@jeremy_k7574]

The way that the arbiters in the show felt so chill all the time reminded me of how easily humans can get desensitized to daily occurrences. When carrying out their judgements, the cast come across as familiar with their jobs as a manager at a fast food restaurant. Within a handful of episodes, Chiyuki numbers the rules of the death games like a game show host, trivializing the act of putting them on the spot to battle for their souls. That aspect of the arbiters' behaviour spoke to me and how I act in the workplace. I do some pretty brain-dead stuff at the office and don't ask too many questions, and I found the irony in this show's setup enjoyable

[@guydht1]

Yeah, all of that...... PLUS IT FREAKING GROOVES

[@KingArachnus]

I just want to add that BRADIO is a really good band and more people should check them out. They have a couple of albums and several songs I'd say are as good or better than Flyers.

[@AttemptedHeadshot]

King Arachnus please suggest some songs

[@KingArachnus]

@@AttemptedHeadshot Golden Liar, O • TE • A • GE • DA, La Pa Paradise, and their newest single are all pretty good songs to start with.

[@pramaaditya608]

@@AttemptedHeadshot shiawase no nanana, back to the funk, overnight superstar

[@DeadRattle4444]

As expected of people who have Dio in their name

[@JustAWellwisher]

I love this OP. I've always described it as "A Slice Of Life for a Death Parade" because it has that feeling of just presenting the characters having a great time on a day off. I really wish this series had another season to expand on some of the questions it started asking and some of the worldbuilding it has in its later episodes, but I also feel that they did a good job to take the premise (which was originally a oneshot OVA called "Death Billiards") as far as they did... and asking for more could be playing with fire.

[@brettgriffin415]

Death parade is to this day my top anime.

[@keybladesrus]

It's not my top, but it's up there.

[@igobylotsofnames764]

Same

[@piquelitojr]

Its up there for me, but one piece stays my favorite

[@siem9329]

@@piquelitojr 😩🤘🏼

[@siem9329]

@@piquelitojr One Piece, HxH, and FMA:B are in my tops. Add BSD 👀

[@itsleoothebambus4577]

My favorite character is clavis, the elevator guy

[@juanreynaldo1041]

Why?

[@ElinorMahoney]

he’s precious

[@elad5889]

Dude I can't stop laughing

[@ruthtamariska9691]

Same

[@RandomGuy-fx5ue]

Same

[@FarCritical]

BOOM BOOM BOOM DANCIN' THROUGH THE SKIES

[@riven3367]

I sung it in my head xD

[@kayla1822]

*casually singing the along with the intro of the last episode, knowing damn well I’ll be crying by the time it’s over* EVERYBODYYYY PUT YOUR HANDS UUPPP-

[@Top10AnimeBetrayals]

Definitely 1 of the best OPs I've ever seen I can't immediately think of any other OP that can come to my mind from recall only

[@siem9329]

"We are on the crew! We are! "

[@Saya-ng1sl]

thank you for posting this video, it gave me the courage to finally finish the last two episodes of the series, after 4 years of leaving the end of the story in my mind to limbo. I frankly don't remember the series in complete detail, but the void it left always stuck in my mind bc I know my abandonment of the series was cowardly. Around that time I was always afraid of the end, I didn't want to move on and go to the next story, even though that was technically what I did in the end by abandoning it. It's kinda funny how even my own cowardice kinda ties into the story. Well it's been 4 years and I've grown up now, and I learned a lot more about partings and how to handle them, even if I cannot do anything about it. So I finished it, and cried over the ending. Now I can move on to something new, while keeping the story in my heart. Ty again for being the last push I needed to finish this series, and who knows, maybe I'll rewatch it some time in the future.

[@simsim4910]

I love analytical videos over Death Parade. In fact, Death Parade was the First show I ever wrote about. So thanks, it never came to me to look at the OP from this perspective.

[@PirateKingBoros]

I think it’s simple. A life or death scenario only gives you a peak at who someone is. That’s said while casting aside the fact that we don’t know who’s life or death is hanging in the balance. For example I’d do much different things in scenarios where my mother was in danger as opposed to one where I am. In the end as intense as it is... it is but one scenario. I’d argue that you’d get a better grasp on who someone is if you saw them in a scenario where they believe they have nothing to gain or lose. With no incentive or immediate danger to alter their choice they simply decide.

[@gavinj9374]

So happy to see new analysis videos on death parade! One of my favorite series of all time and I could watch it over and over

[@IllusionGamingBeChill]

Dude you're seriously SUPER UNDERRATED and you deserve so much more!

[@amelit615]

Great video! Death Parade is one of my favorites and I love both the OP and ED. This got me thinking about the OP a bit deeper, while also just reminding me how good this anime was. I really appreciate how you don't just discuss seasonal anime and current trending shows, but go back and make videos about older shows too :)

[@99onone50]

Death parade is in my top 5 anime and flyers is my favorit opening of all time

[@cyrene03]

Really love your analyses on just about everything.

[@nightraysoul4873]

i just watched death parade recently im so excited

[@30Salmao]

This video make me realise one train of thought in which we should, for a moment, forget the main motif of the series: forget death for a moment and take it as a metaphor. Think the arbiters not as immortal being, but as humans (100%) that isn't involved in a certain issue (you can pick any of the cases in the show as an exemple, any of the problems those dead characters goes right before they die) and still act as they could judge other people. Maybe they are a metaphor for judges in the legal system (real world's one), or a neighbour looking to the family next to him. If we take this approach we see clearly a criticism about how naive and low qualified human's minds are to classify acts as good or bad. This applies even to the ones directly involved (for exemple: the people being judged in the show). If you like: even if those people judge themselfs the system would remain flawed and injust. We can argue that only a inhuman and omniscient God could be just in His judgment, because a human comprehension and limited acess to information would always fail any "true moral rules" (by any definition you like for them). But this is my catholic part speaking louder than it should. Hope you enjoyed the reflection as I did enjoyed watching this video. ^_^

[@piotr004]

I have thought about the same, literally like - hey, what if the judges in "Death Paradise" are like judges in our world? It's not hard to imagine that judging people all the time (when that judge is not personally and emotionally involved in every case and has a lot of different cases to judge) can easily make you desensitized...

[@30Salmao]

@@piotr004 I think "desensitized" is a good thing in order to get it right. You would never be just to the law if you feel the cases. Therefore you shouldn't be involved ever, as the law want to (if you have any reason to have fellings by the matter you can't judge it). But if you are human you even being full reason and zero emotion you still being unfair because you can't get all the information 100% accurate. And since in the anime the judges haven't even human like lifes they are way more further from taking the matter right than a human judge in the real world (with all his flaws as human) would be. Of course, that's what I think. You might get it in other way. You are free to judge yourself, I should say xD

[@rexydespayonda5841]

The Ed hits deep at ep 9

[@rogue-4789]

I just found a channel I genuinely like and enjoy. Thank you Sir for your ongoing work.

[@catmeow8422]

Who else just loves the fact how when you watch death parade, you know it's about the after life. But, everytime the opening comes on, it has you singing, "everybody put your hands up~". (btw I was the 666th like)

[@wolfywonder8480]

I think Flyers works so well because it's celebrating life. All these characters are dead or unable to live, but as the opening to a show all about the grievances that come with death, this song is specifically pointing out the mindset most living people have and show the main cast enjoying their time like any living human might. It reminds the viewers that death is only sad because life is often so happy - and while of course one's life experience varies wildly, life is always something that's celebrated, whether it be the birth of a baby, the celebration of a birthday or the fond recollection of times spent with someone no longer here. Life is always loved and celebrated, and this opening shows that perfectly.

[@desmondforde1530]

I love everything about this anime. Thank you for talking about it because more people should.

[@bailey4675]

thanks for talking about this incredible anime, I love your analysis

[@dragonspit77]

I need more Kekkai Sensen

[@ReplayValue]

I feel this so deeply in my soul it hurts.

[@electricstapler]

@@ReplayValue I eagerly await the day I read the manga, and dread the day it finishes, and the day there will no longer be any more Kekkai Sensen.

[@CrossOutBryce]

This has convinced me to watch the show this week! I'm so intrigued by the concept and plot you discussed.

[@ayrtonpavot3096]

Cool vid, you made me remind of this amazing anime, keep the good work!

[@anothersecret08]

The first time I was watching death parade, the op was cut off from the episodes I would watch. Only after finishing the last episode did I finally hear the opening and I was overcome by c o n f u s i o n.

[@mzywica]

That must have been a wild ride lol

[@ElinorMahoney]

The song itself is a complete twist from the show’s message, given that one of the lyrics is something like “Let’s celebrate our time and body while we’re still alive”, which I really like. It really warps your gaze on the show.

[@madisonlicalzi6586]

Death parade is my favorite thing in this world. Best anime change my mind

[@skullsquad900]

Other than feeling this song is my mental theme song. This show is up there with my favorite Philosophical Anime; Garden of Sinners, Monster & Paranoia Agent. *Also, could you please do a video on Monster. The anime is Beautiful!

[@tilleul6917]

Same here, I felt the same vibes than the opening of Paranoia agent, a kind of anxious dissonnance when you laugh seeing the world breaking apart.

[@wii240]

This show was so good I went to the library and borrowed the blu-ray after watching the first episode

[@eavennesyerie1954]

I watched this to take a break from studying law...:'))))) Great video though!

[@piotr004]

It's like watching "Death Note" as a break from studying law and math (because you know: "I will continue solving equations with my right hand, while with my left, I'll write a name, take out a potato chip and eat it!").

[@dinolover]

The opening is great cause it feels like a day off for the characters. Just a day where they can party, chill, and do whatever they want and that's something to celebrate.

[@ramonbullock6630]

Very nice content.

[@reyscesenevara1791]

might wanna do it again

[@EnbyNomad]

Death Parade was the exact series I needed at the time it dropped

[@Dr0Qui3T]

BRADIO makes some awesome music btw. I dont know how many other openings they have made but they should be given more opportunities to create unique openings like Flyers.

[@ivanj46]

There's Hotel Alien as OP for Peeping Life TV Season 1

[@sunnernitesenpai8520]

Everybody put your hands up 🎶

[@bleakedge]

great vide man!

[@douglaslaney4659]

Hey! I love this video.

[@RuneKatashima]

Sort of funny for me you put this up, I was just looking up the Flyers song because a YT outro sounded like it (it wasn't it).

[@crip_sy]

If you haven't seen the original music video for Flyers by Bradio, the band behind the song, let me tell you, it's even more of a masterpiece than the anime opening.

[@rendyyy2094]

True

[@daniels.5523]

I gotta admit that I started watching the show just because of the OP.... Just as many of us here...

[@jervisyuu5675]

I am a simple man, I see Death parade content, I Subscribe.

[@ileanajimenez475]

Just finished this anime a couple days ago and I loved it, the only thing is that it was pretty short, but I enjoyed every single episode. If you are watching the anime for the first time -like me-, then from the name you can understand that this is some kind of party or show that they do for the people in the afterlife. But then, from the very first episode you can get the contrast of it. It's a pretty good message when Decim always says that he respects when people lived their lives to the fullest and well, this is a reminder for us at the end :) PD: That Psycho Pass Symphony (one of my favs btw) as BGM tho. +1000 pts haha.

[@nicolenavarro1046]

my favorite opening

[@burntlemongrass]

And that’s why Death Parade is my favorite anime

[@txmm246]

3:20 i hear psycho pass in the background ?

[@Seissmo]

The art is beautiful.

[@KaNoMikoProductions]

The criticism of the judgement system is laid out in the show itself explicitly, so I don't know why you went into such detail about it or acted as if we needed to have it explained to us why it's flawed. Also, it's not fair to say that arbiters, in general, can't understand why someone would lie to save their loved one, when the one who didn't get it was Decim, who might be described as a bit emotionally stunted. Meanwhile Nona got that part just fine. In fact, she offers a deeper analysis than Chiyuki on the matter.

[@johnwu4257]

Nice video! have you ever considered analyzing the Promised Neverland?

[@ReplayValue]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqO8lmWBn9iLi7s and kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHq7hX6AnbaShdE

[@cupcakezrul2434]

Death Parade doesn’t get the attention it deserves it’s literally the best

[@Joshiki_]

I don't know where you live, but i can assure you Death Parade is famous all over the world.

[@cupcakezrul2434]

BestJo - Rocket League! I’m in america. I dont know if it’s me or just the social media I’m using or whatever but I dont hear or see much about death parade

[@bruh742]

love the psycho-pass theme in the background

[@jomarrie6809]

i would like to see what you think on episode 9 the most breathtaking ep. i have seen from anime in a while now

[@groovyky9813]

I 👏 want 👏season👏 2👏 and 👏I👏 want👏 it 👏now 👏

[@xoLoveTruelySucksxo]

There's talk of a season 2 in 2021 but its not comfirmed

[@Joshiki_]

And that's people is why i fucking love anime.

[@jamsheeddevotee7588]

Bradio is underrated as fuck.

[@varice2248]

Fair argument, I think Flyers is fucking clutch too, but I still think the undisputed king of anime OPs and Eds convaying the message of the show AND being great still goes to Sugar Song and Bitter Step

[@nihari_in_oxford]

I would love to see the death note cameo as real xD Imagine. L vs light

[@artemishunt948]

people forget the arbiters quite literally dont feel emotion... its the whole plot

[@candead]

Concuerdo

[@jonyloco4134]

That psychopass ost

[@jonyloco4134]

just noticed that both are linked by the theme of judgment and justice

[@yogengensono]

Flyers is the biggest trap in anime history

[@ZanraiKid]

Shazlem It definitely shares company with Madoka Magica’s first trailer kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHS3eap7j7BlgKM.

[@sasquatchprom2k198]

Hey have you ever thought about talking about Hyouka?

[@ReplayValue]

lol

[@AkashDas-ig9hr]

ID INVADED review pls

[@MisterAnimann]

The moral question of Death Parade never quite landed for me because it wasn't much of a question. We don't know anything about the origin of the games or why the Arbiters do things the way they do, so we can only assess the merit of the system through the point of view of the humans, who are being tortured, seemingly for no reason. Why do people always arrive in pairs? Surely some people of the people who have been voided were better than some who have been saved because they had better "partners"? Why do different people get different Arbiters, and therefore different criteria for judgement? What's the point of absorbing a person's memories if the things they did in life don't impact their judgement? Even if life-or-death scenarios do provide an accurate representation of a person's character, why bother preserving a "good" person over a "bad" one if they're just going to be reincarnated anyway? Do certain souls have a predisposition towards good regardless of life circumstances? If not, wouldn't every soul fail the test and be voided eventually? Why can't every human be reincarnated? Are there new souls being created causing a space problem? The whole thing is very, well, arbitrary. The Arbiters seem to be all-powerful or at least extremely powerful, so without the answers to these questions we're left to assume that things are the way they are just because they (or Oculus or God) will it. Maybe, despite their friendly appearances, all of them except Decim are a bit like Ginti and just enjoy tormenting humans, but I think the show was going for something a little more ambiguous and complex than that. It was always raising the question of if the judgements were fair, and for me the answer was always, "Well, of course not". It's still a fantastic anime and a fantastic OP, I just wish they had some more time to flesh some of those things out.

[@tilleul6917]

I see Death Parade as an existentialist critic of manichean religions where there is a black or white "absolute moral judgement" of mortal lifes. The arbiters makes mistake and the whole system is flawed and non sustainable in the long term, and sooner or later you will get a crappy life leading to the void, so this system is absurd, that's my take on the show.

[@texposeidon1256]

As humans we are not to truly judge others, God is the one and only true righteous judge.

[@unitedgibberish4479]

Let’s say hypothetically assassination classroom and Death parade did a crossover what would happen how would it end and who would be in it

[@matthewedson6173]

👌

[@dennisgrammenos1232]

Am I the only one who thought this anime was gonna be a dark comedy with these guys being in a gang and killing for fun while they had some special powers?

[@animeizsyellenide]

A great op that's very misleading for a great and underrated anime

[@3rrSensei]

is it just me who gets distracted by that pscho pass ost in the background?

[@renatocuri5105]

Memento Mori

[@SuddenClaps]

It's great

[@theinfiniteloopdaed7073]

Are you serious? Ive finished my reeatch of death parade exactly 6 days ago, how can this be possible...?

[@Sarcastic_darkstar]

I dropped death parade after 3 episodes. It didnt stick with me. Mayb ill give another try and see.

[@dragonspit77]

you definitely should

[@limboproductions224]

Second half has the better episodes

[@_its.stephanie.rose_]

Same!

[@siem9329]

When you watch the anime when it was on going. Elite gang only 😩

[@user-wu2we3vq9r]

bop

[@alyssabranam]

thank you, no one realizes this!

[@rstame]

Finally someone i can agree with the openings.

[@c0mplex_Ale]

i couldn't skip it once

[@wikileaks8252]

THERE ARE MANY MOVIES LIKE DEATH PARADE.... BUT DEATH PARADE IS 10000TIMES BETTER

[@rdawg_the_slayr2786]

Nah I new it was good

[@justagirlwithmouse]

"black haired women"

[@Yeslipoi2]

I loveeeee this openning, sadly the show is so misogenistic

[@ElinorMahoney]

How?

[@annikan9250]

how?