The BEST episodes of Death Parade

Every episode of Death Parade ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Death Parade!

When two people die at the same time, they’re sent to a place that’s neither heaven nor hell—a lavish bar between worlds where the stakes are high and the rules are simple: if you win you live again, if you die… you’re gone for good. Decim is the bartender charged with serving the souls who enter Quindecim. He may make a mean cocktail, but his true profession is to play the role of arbiter—a judge who determines whether or not a soul is worthy of reincarnation. To aid in his judgment, the bar’s patrons are forced to play simple games laced with sadistic twists designed to bring their true natures to light. To Decim, judgment has always been black and white—that is—until he meets a mysterious young woman whose fate seems impossible to decide. His indecision shakes the very foundation of the games and raises the biggest question of all: Who is fit to judge the dead?

Last Updated: 8/8/2024Network: Nippon TVStatus: Ended
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Suicide Tour
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8.66
235 votes

#1 - Suicide Tour

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/28/2015

Oculus confronts Nona concerning Decim, demanding to know what she has done to him. Chiyuki awakens in her house the living world again to find that Decim has brought her there to offer her the chance to reclaim her life.

Directors: Yuzuru Tachikawa
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Memento Mori
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8.22
214 votes

#2 - Memento Mori

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/21/2015

Mayu is given a chance to spare Harada's soul from the void, for a price. With Chiyuki's judgment pending, she revisits her love of ice skating, with the hope that the memories she recovers will help her to come to terms with her passing.

Directors: Yuzuru Tachikawa
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Death Counter
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8.17
225 votes

#3 - Death Counter

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/7/2015

As the two contestants continue their game, Shimada is surprised to learn that Detective Tatsumi is sympathetic to his desire for revenge against his sister's attacker. The black-haired woman is troubled by how far Decim is willing to go.

Directors: Yuzuru Tachikawa
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Story Teller
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7.87
204 votes

#4 - Story Teller

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/14/2015

Decim visits Nona and tells her that he believes that their way of passing judgment is flawed. Nona sends him another customer, whose case may unravel the mystery of the black-haired woman, and whom Decim chooses to judge without the aid of any memories.

Directors: Yuzuru Tachikawa
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Rolling Ballade
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7.83
255 votes

#5 - Rolling Ballade

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/24/2015

College student Shigeru Miura wakes up in Quindecim, and falls in love at first sight with the woman at the bar. Unable to remember even her own name, the woman asks him to play a game with her, after being assured that it will jog her memory.

Directors: Yuzuru Tachikawa
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Death Rally
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7.77
208 votes

#6 - Death Rally

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/28/2015

Prior to the arrival of a pair of guests--a police detective and young man raising his sister--Decim wonders if there has been a mistake, since the memories he has received are those of a killer. But despite his protestations, Nona prods him to continue.

Directors: Yuzuru Tachikawa
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Death Seven Darts
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7.76
315 votes

#7 - Death Seven Darts

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/10/2015

A young couple, Takashi and Machiko, arrive in the bar Quindecim without any recollection of how they got there. The bartender tells them they cannot leave until they first finish playing a game, one in which their lives will be at stake.

Directors: Yuzuru Tachikawa
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Death Arcade
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7.62
229 votes

#8 - Death Arcade

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/31/2015

TV personality Misaki Tachibana is convinced that she is in Quindecim as part of a hidden-camera TV show, and enlists her counterpart, Yousuke Tateishi, to help her liven the show up. Decim takes measures to ensure extreme conditions for the contestants.

Directors: Yuzuru Tachikawa
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Death Reverse
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7.50
276 votes

#9 - Death Reverse

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/17/2015

A black-haired woman awakens in an unfamiliar place, unable to remember even her own name. She is taken by a girl named Nona to Quindecim, where she is told that she will be an assistant, and is instructed as to the purpose of the bar's existence.

Directors: Yuzuru Tachikawa
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Cross Heart Attack
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7.49
223 votes

#10 - Cross Heart Attack

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/14/2015

A high-school girl named Mayu arrives at a Japanese-style bar being tended by Ginti. He demands that she play a game against the man in the bar, who she instantly recognizes as Harada, of the boy idol band C.H.A, and she eagerly accepts.

Directors: Yuzuru Tachikawa
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Death March
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7.27
248 votes

#11 - Death March

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/7/2015

Two more people - a young boy and an older man - arrive at Quindecim, but this time, Decim senses something out of place. Before Decim can explain the game to the pair, the older man reveals that he remembers having seen Decim and the bar before!

Directors: Yuzuru Tachikawa
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Alcohol Poison
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7.26
204 votes

#12 - Alcohol Poison

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/21/2015

When the black-haired woman stumbles upon a picture book, she asks Decim about it, and he tells her that it might belong to Quin, Quindecim's previous bartender. Decim reveals the reasons why he spends so much time putting together mannequins.

Directors: Yuzuru Tachikawa
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