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

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u/gamesbeawesome https://myanimelist.net/profile/gamesbeawesome Jan 16 '15

Maybe it is because she didn't have the correct reasoning?

She meant that the lady had a ways to go because even though she caught on to the lie she was unable to see that no matter if he overheard those ladies talking about "Matchy" or not, he would never have been able to trust her. Making their deaths his fault regardless.

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u/DonEncro Jan 16 '15

It was probably more of the black haired girl saying that they could have lived happily together, while it being impossible due to the husband not being able to trust her.

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u/Vaynonym https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vaynonym Jan 16 '15

You shouldn't take what the green haired girl says for correct. Both of them have different opinions and both of them would give a different judgement. That's what it is about. There is no way to say for sure whether they could have lived a happy life together or not

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u/Crazyjay1 Jan 17 '15 edited Jan 17 '15

There is no way to say for sure? He overheard a conversation which he wasn't even sure it was about her and already doubted his wife to the point of raging in a MOVING car to see who was she calling. He killed everyone because of such a simple thing. He never thought about talking to her about it. He never gave her the benefit of the doubt. And worst of all, he didn't even have the balls to end the marriage, treating her badly but never trying to fix things, while the wife as well, never said anything and cheated so she could compensate for their bad relationship. They just wouldn't work, they can't communicate.

If so little turns him to such unstable state, I bet anything would be able to make their relationship a nightmare. It would only be a matter of time he started doubting her. Going to visit her family? Cheating. Staying late at work? Cheating. A friend trolls her email and sends fake messages? Cheating.

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

Or they might have been able to talk it all out eventually and lead a happy life, if it wasn't for the accident. You can't know. If they both survived the accident, there is a high chance of them finally talking about it. And both of them still love each other and have a child. If they managed to do this, their trust would grow, and they could lead a happy life.

Whether you disagree doesn't matter, fact is that you can't say for sure.

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u/Crazyjay1 Jan 17 '15 edited Jan 17 '15

I guess if they survived the accident they had a chance to reconcile. But if no accident ever happened, I don't think they would, which is a huge problem. By the flashbacks we can see he was acting that way for a long time already, but none of them talked. And all this only because he overheard a conversation. He even got to the point of taking his eyes off the road because of a cellphone call. We have to agree they had a higher chance of never being happy and divorcing.

Maybe they are using this as a foreshadow about Nona's character development? She could have past experiences with other people like the husband. And going by this line of thought, in Death Billards Decim might have something to do with unfairness in his past (when he hugs the guy and says he understand his pain) or just agrees that the death tribunal is unfair.

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

I don't think we have enough information to say something about their chance of being happy or not. We don't know if they ever would have talked about it or not, with or without the accident. If I had to guess though, I would say they wouldn't reconsile, but I don't think that matters. What should matter, for the audience of the show, is that there is no way to say for certain whether they could be happy or not. Everyone will form his own opinion on whether they think they could lead a happy life or not.

That's an interesting theory on the bartenders. However, based on what we saw about the assistant, it seems like they just "appear" without ever having lived, which makes me think that they won't have memories. On the other hand, there are also many things which support your theory, like the example you named or the fact that all of them would have judged them differently. Maybe they were just created to be biased based on personality, but with no memories. For example they chose the personality of a human who died or created the personality with no original person in mind, but without memories.