Death Parade presents its own attempt in answering the always interesting question of “what happens after death?” Recently deceased characters wind up in a bar called Quindecim where they are told to play a game they must stake their lives on and are judged during the game on whether their soul will go to heaven (reincarnation) or hell (the void).
The judges in this situation are called arbiters and judge souls based on their memories and the parts of their character that manifest themselves during the life or death game. The winner of the game is not relevant.
The first episode follows a pair of newlyweds. During the game, we learn that the wife, Machiko, was unfaithful and lied and the husband, Takashi, is a bit of a coward and can have a violent temper. At the end of the game, he is sent to be reincarnated and she is sent to the void.
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One of the more disturbing aspects about the anime is the way sins are weighed. According to this particular arbiter, Decim, adultery and deception are weightier than violent rage. Because Machiko cheated and lied about loving Takashi she is sent to the void. Takashi simply flew into a rage and attempted to attack Machiko after the game.
What makes it even worse is we learn in the second episode that Machiko lied to protect Takashi. The head of the arbiters, Nona, even suggests Decim may have mistakenly sent her to the void. The situation is smoothed over with a simple “everyone makes mistakes” and an encouragement to take the situation to heart.
In reality, anyone subjected to this test would wind up in the void. No human is perfect and holy enough to be able to say “I deserve heaven.” Without Jesus the situation is hopeless.
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These episodes made me think not only of final judgment but on judgment we naturally tend to rend on each other all the time. Even when Decim could see the entirety of the couples memories and the characteristics drawn out by the life or death game, he could not see or understand the most important part. He could not see or discern their hearts.
We have even less insight into the lives of even some of our closest loved ones, let alone others that we loosely interact with on a daily basis or people we see on the internet, TV, etc. Any judgment we render on another can only be an educated guess based on dangerously little knowledge.
“But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”
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Only God can see a person in his or her entirety and, further, only God can understand that person. Even if we could see the heart, we don’t have the discernment to be able to judge that heart. It is too great a task and burden for humans and we simply are not worthy of it.
Even though I know all of this, for some reason I still find it hard to not to make a snap judgment of others based on my own limited view. Whether it is because of fear, ignorance, or my own smug sense of righteousness, I can sometimes struggle to keep an open mind that is ready for grace instead of judgment.
I hope I can remember that the only thing that will come from my judgment is a retraction of the grace I was so undeservedly given and the closing of a door to a connection that could have been something beautiful. Nothing good can come from offering someone judgment, but so much good can come from offering someone grace and love.Do we know which elevator is heaven and which is hell? In the Death Billiards movie, it seems kind of debatable. As well as the first episode of Death Parade, did the wife or husband go to hell? Does winning the game have any bearing on this?
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Also, not sure if this is any kind of hint, but the beginning of the episode, when the couple enters the room:
The bartender also states that the husband goes to heaven and the wife to hell. This is in the scene after the end credits for the first episode. I believe you may have missed it or Funimation could have neglected to include it.
As you mentioned, the Funimation subs say Heaven and Hell instead of Reincarnated and Void. I believe that this is due to localization, since most English speakers are going to be more familiar with the concept of heaven and hell after death, rather than reincarnation and void.
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My reasoning is that the husband arrives in the hell elevator because he killed the couple to begin with. Then when it's revealed that the wife cheated, she gets sent to hell.
Looking at this from an outside perspective, the only reason the Heaven and Hell terms were brought up is to make it the situation simpler and clear-cut (i.e., black vs. white) and relatable to the people who undergo this trial. However, the reality of what is portrayed, is that there is no actual reward or punishment (or even a afterlife). The end result simply seems that you either go back to living or you stop existing entirely.
In Noh theater, the Female mask (white one) represents the divine, and the Oni (and animal) masks (red one) represent the demonic. [
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The masks above the door are Noh Masks. These masks come in all different forms, but the ones above the door are a pale female and an oni (demon).
As the bar is an area for assessing the candidates who arrive (see Purgatory or Naraka), we know that they are not fully good - as they would have immediately entered Nirvana . In fact, the test is to see which person is beyond saving and who should be given a second shot at life.
Which, must not be confused with hell. Void is simply emptiness. the redness of the mask is also associated with rage, or feelings of intense anger.
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The pale female mask is human based, and white - giving a sense of calm. It's significantly less intimidating than the oni mask. We can take from this that it is representative of reincarnation (forgiveness).
Episode 2 also confirms that winning doesn't matter - which makes sense. The life-death situation has been created to test the true natures of the people being judged.
, the fates of the man and the old geezer were weakly implied by the billiard balls Decim was holding at the end of the movie: the blue ball linked to the man's heart was up and above the red ball linked to the old geezer's heart, hinting that the man had gone up to Heaven and the old geezer to Hell.
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, in which it is explicitly stated that the masks indicate whether the souls of the dead are sent for Reincarnation or banished into the Void.
The white Noh mask (Koomote) and Hannya mask designate Heaven and Hell, respectively. To clarify, the Void is more like Hell than Nirvana. Ginti gave a description of the Void in episode 11:
It amounts to a space containing nothing — a graveyard for souls. Your mind is all that remains. Terror, regret, despair — it's the sensation of falling forever while embracing all your negative feelings.
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╭─────────╥─────────────┬─────────────────┬───────────┬─────────────┬─────────────────╮ │ Episode ║ Game │ Winner │ Loser │ Heaven │ Hell │ ╞═════════╬═════════════╪═════════════════╪═══════════╪═════════════╪═════════════════╡ │ 1, 2 ║ Darts │ Machiko │ Takashi │ Takashi │ Machiko │ │ 3 ║ Bowling │ Shigeru │ Mai │ Shigeru, Mai │ (None) | │ 4 ║ Arcade Game │ (Tied) │ (Tied) │ Yousuke │ Misaki | │ 6 ║ Twister │ Harada │ Mayu │ (None) │ Harada │ | OVA ║ Billiards │ Man │ Old Man │ Man │ Old Man | | 7 ║ Billiards | Woman | Man | Woman | Man | | 8, 9 ║ Air Hockey | Shimada | Tatsumi | (None) | Shimada, Tatsumi | | 10 ║ Old Maid | Sachiko(, Decim) | (Chiyuki) | Sachiko | (None) │ └─────────╨─────────────┴─────────────────┴───────────┴─────────────┴─────────────────┘ Note: We didn't actually get to see the customers leave by the elevators in episodes 6 and 9. But even without the reliable indicator of judgment that is the masks, there is little doubt that all the customers in those two episodes got sent to Hell.
As you can see, the outcome of the games does not seem to have any bearing on whether the winner or loser is sent to Heaven or Hell. In fact, each of pretty much all possible outcomes is covered in exactly one of the seven types of games. It's unclear whether the winners and losers of a particular type of game will always receive the same judgment, but it's unlikely to be the case that they do.
Guys I saw this page and it said that the Takashi went to hell basically & his wife went to heaven. But in Buddhism, reincarnation is what's considered to be bad. Someone who is reincarnated
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