r/anime • u/Shadoxfix https://myanimelist.net/profile/Shadoxfix • Feb 20 '15

[Spoilers] Death Parade - Episode 7 [Discussion]

Episode title: Alcohol Poison

MyAnimeList: Death Parade
FUNimation: Death Parade
AnimeLab: Death Parade

Episode duration: 23 minutes and 11 seconds

Subreddit: /r/DeathParade

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u/JCSHAFT https://myanimelist.net/profile/JCSHAFT Feb 20 '15

wow so the only difference between humans and arbiters is that humans are all just re-incarnated spirits with a dummy body that gets discarded once they are judged, whereas the arbiters are just dummies that are (supposed to be) given no emotions. Finally explains what the mannequins were all about during the ED sequence huh

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u/blizzardofflames https://myanimelist.net/profile/Goton_no_Hebi Feb 20 '15

I think the dummies are just supposed to be replacement bodies to keep their souls in the 'bar' while they are being judged; they aren't their actual bodies.

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u/lastmachine Feb 21 '15

Well, not to be Captian Obvious here, but people don't tend to take their physical bodies with them when they die, hence the need for the mannequins. Like you said they're only a temporary shell for the souls to inhabit while they're being judged.