Won the 2016 Anime Trending Award for Best Original Anime; IGN included it in 'best anime of the 2010s' and critics praised Madhouse's tonal control - playing bar-game absurdism against moral philosophy without blinking.
Renewal: A single 12-episode limited series that aired January to March 2015. Madhouse has announced no sequel or continuation. (Wikipedia)
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| Season | Released | BollyMeter | Critics | Audience | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 12015 · 12 eps | 9 January 2015 | 8.2 | n/a | 8.2/10 | MUST-WATCH |
Season 1 · episode BollyMeter rhythm
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Two strangers awaken in a bar with no memory of how they arrived. The bartender Decim offers them a game of darts. The episode functions as a controlled reveal - by the end the situation is both clarified and deepened, with the show's central moral machinery fully visible.
A game of twister between two strangers gradually unsettles the anthology format, with the episode operating as the series' first genuine experiment in sympathy. The hour is evidence the show is capable of more than clever structural design.
The finale resolves the mystery of the amnesiac assistant Chiyuki and forces Decim to confront the limits of purely mechanical judgment. Reviewers were split on whether the emotional turn felt earned; the consensus leaned toward the series having done the work necessary to land it.
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