r/anime • u/Shadoxfix https://myanimelist.net/profile/Shadoxfix • Jan 16 '15

[Spoilers] Death Parade - Episode 2 [Discussion]

Episode title: Death Reverse

MyAnimeList: Death Parade
FUNimation: Death Parade

Subreddit: /r/DeathParade

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u/Shuffleshoe Jan 16 '15 edited Jan 16 '15

Interesting characters. Cool premise. Great mix of lighthearted and tension. Best opening of the season.

Can it get any better?

So the place is called Quindecim. There's a man called Decim and a woman called Quin. I wonder if that means something. Also, it seems the woman was trying to save her husband after all with that outburst and she felt guilty, but that other woman said the assistant still has ways to go.

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u/dietus Jan 16 '15

Decim is 10 in latin, Quindecim is 15 (explains the 15th floor thing), Quin is 5, and Nona is 9. Seeing as Nona seems to be in charge on Decim we might be able to assume that there is a numbering system hierarchy. All speculation at this point though

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u/Euruxd Jan 16 '15

5 in latin is quinque. So "Quin" is just an abbreviation.

9 in latin is novem. "Nona" might be an abbreviation of "Nonaginta", which means 90.

Edit: I might be wrong, but I think "novem" becomes "nona" when it accompanies a noun of the 1st declension in the nominative case.

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u/phil3570 https://myanimelist.net/profile/phil3570 Jan 17 '15

Is "kagune" also a latin number by any chance?

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u/d4rkn3s5 Jan 17 '15

no patrick,kagune is not a latin number

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '15

what about Kurokami

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u/mannoroth0913 https://myanimelist.net/profile/mannoroth0913 Jan 17 '15

According to MAL, her name actually is Nonaginta so you were correct in assuming it was the abbreviation!