Dead Mount Death Play

A powerful necromancer known as the Corpse God dies during a legendary battle, only to be reborn as Polka Shinoyama, a young boy in modern-day Tokyo. In the process of trying to adapt to his new physical body, he gets targeted by various groups that deal with the supernatural. Among them is Misaki Sakimiya, a high school girl who can see spirits and is out for his blood from the very moment they meet.

Attempting to make sense of this situation where unknown parties want him dead, Polka eventually meets Takumi Kuruya, a contractor skilled in surveillance and hacking, and Lisa Kuraki, a crime boss operating out of Shinjuku. Alongside these—and other unexpected—allies, Polka braves danger to reveal the truth of his reincarnation and the fate awaiting the world he now lives in.

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Sakimiya, Misaki Main

Minase, Inori Japanese

Corpse God Main

Sakakihara, Yuuki Japanese

Kuruya, Takumi Main

Uchida, Yuuma Japanese

Sorimura, Tena Supporting

Takahashi, Hiroki Japanese

Arase, Kouzaburou Supporting

Okamoto, Nobuhiko Japanese

Shinoyama, Sayo Supporting

Taichi, You Japanese

Shinoyama, Polka Supporting

Sakakihara, Yuuki Japanese

Lemmings Supporting

Aoi, Shouta Japanese

Agakura, Majiri Supporting

Akasaki, Chinatsu Japanese

Agakura, Momoya Supporting

Yashiro, Taku Japanese

Ogata, Mitsuhiro Producer

Miura, Fumi Producer

Usui, Hisato Producer

Komatsu, Shouta Producer

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Mar 20, 2024

Rezwan1024

Recommended

At first look the anime isn't much different than some of the generic Isekai I've watched but it changes really quickly. The story is not something to write home about either. Every episode seems to just ravel things up except for a few ones. The story is different however, it's a good way to take a break from all the "trashy Isekai" that tends to follow the same kinda plot. The ending was a lil bit rushed as well. But there's already a second season so I'm not complaining.

Over all the anime is different from the generic Isekais out there and provides a different taste ... and view to this unique genre. Personally I'd rate it a 7.5 out of 10 let's see what the second has in store for us. As for the animations it's not bad but not ground breaking either. It's what you expect for a good experience.

I would suggest this anime to those people who love to watch Isekai but they don't like the same kinda stories. Even if they do this will certainly provide a different perspective for sure..

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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May 14, 2024

The_Namer

Mixed Feelings

Reverse isekai urban dark fantasy isn't a direction you see a lot of anime taking. It has a promising start with a good first episode twist and some interesting setup and conflicts in the early episodes, but it starts to show flaws in key areas as the series progresses. The main problem is structural; for all its attempts to affect the tone of a mature thriller, it's a shonen battle series at heart. Consequently it runs into the problem that afflicts a lot of Jump titles: cast bloat. Any time you think the protagonist's story is going to move forward, we instead cut to a ... bunch of new characters and focus on them, often for episodes at a time. It's rarely just one new character at a time either. Instead, whole new factions pop up each time. Some of them only link tenuously to existing plot threads within these two seasons. By the end of season 1, the supposed protagonist already feels like a side character in his own story, and it only gets more pronounced in season 2.

This wouldn't be a problem if the stories of this ever increasing cast had a sense of progression, but far too often it falls into the pattern where half a dozen new characters pop up, have their tragic backstories revealed in flashbacks, clash with established characters in an inconclusive manner, and then fade into the background where they just comment on what other people are doing occassionally. It's a structure that manages to be both frantic and lethargic, like the author paced it from the outset with the assumption that the story would run for 20 years. Either that or the author is just making up most of it as they go along, which would explain the messy structure.

By the end of this show's two seasons, a lot has happened and many things have been revealed, but it doesn't feel like the protagonist's overall story has progressed beyond where it was after the first few episodes. It keeps pushing to the brink of advancing or resolving plot threads in a meaningful way, but invariably chickens out at the last minute. This ultimately robs it of the dramatic edge that a story like this should have.

Many of the individual pieces of DMDP work in isolation, but the way they're clumped together and lack the will to push forward in less than 500 episodes makes for a disappointing whole.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Jul 10, 2024

Red0Zone

Not Recommended

Part 1 of Dead Mount Death Play serves no purpose as a story.

The first episode hooks you in with this idea that something interesting might occur, but it never does.

The antagonistic forces do not feel like threats.

The Detectives that investigate supernatural situations and people? No more than a suggested inconvenience.

The aforementioned supernatural people? Handwaved in story as not being supernatural at all despite them showing off clearly supernatural abilities.

... The person who originally ordered Polka's assassination in the first place? Don't worry about it.

This show whispers fun and interesting ideas into your ear with no pay off or satisfying conclusion. It only hopes you'll stick around for its unnecessary fanservice randomly sprinkled in so you forget what it promised you narratively.

It gets a 4 out of 10 from me because it had some interesting ideas, but if I'm being honest with myself it deserves a 1 out of 10 for wasting my time.

Don't waste your time hoping for more out of this show outside of the first episode.

This show is the generic store brand plain seltzer of anime.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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