Dead Mount Death Play Part 2

Polka Shinoyama's life takes a dramatic turn after being forced to use his magical powers in public. His divination cabinet attracts the attention of several people hellbent on exposing his true nature as the reincarnation of Corpse God, a necromancer from the Other World. To make matters worse, Polka and his friends are framed for the murder of one of their protector's employees.

When group member Takumi Kuruya is abducted by his former boss, Kuon Higuro, Polka sends his most trustworthy ally Misaki Sakimiya to their friend's rescue. It turns out that some of the recent incidents the group finds themselves caught up in are interconnected, and Polka needs to be twice as careful if he wants to make it out alive from this maze of pitfalls.

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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

Lemmings Supporting

Aoi, Shouta Japanese

Shinoyama, Polka Supporting

Sakakihara, Yuuki Japanese

Lei, Xiaoyu Supporting

Fukuen, Misato Japanese

Sabaramond, Civil A. Supporting

Murase, Ayumu Japanese

Satsuma, Yoshihiro Director

Yamaguchi, Takayuki Sound Director

Nagao, Akihiro Episode Director

Ono, Manabu Script, Assistant Director, Series Composition

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Jan 8, 2024

TangyAbleOrange

Recommended

This show is engaging for a variety of reasons. It actively engaged me with the various mysteries of its characters, from their motives to their backgrounds to their powers. The ability to juggle more than two "sides" already makes this show impressive, but to then have most of them compelling and entertaining to see play off of each other is simply great. It's a curious case of sort of rooting for everyone but also not wanting anyone to win, whatever "winning" means.

So, yeah, the characters and story are this show's best features. Visually it's pretty great as well, and the soundtrack is serviceable. The ending ... may have felt a bit anticlimactic as a lot was going on, but seeing as it's not really an ending and there's more yet to be unraveled I can't fault it too much. This is definitely one of the better isekais out there.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Dec 27, 2023

Gregory_Senpai

Mixed Feelings

It's nearly impossible for me NOT to compare this to DuRaRaRa!! (previous Naritaverse series), so I won't try.
I really love this series, but I'd like to say upfront, i think if you have to pick between watching the anime or reading the manga - read the manga. The anime didn't really add anything, or improve on the base at all, and I felt some of the animation was pretty rough and felt rushed-out. The voice acting was fine, but nothing on the level of DuRaRaRa!! (which has one of the best ensemble casts in basically anything). I don't think anyone in Deathplay really stood out ... to me as giving an incredible vocal performance, except for maybe Misaki's VA. She was a faily good pscyho. The music was decent, but not "I'm rushing out to buy this OP and ED on iTunes" level (DuRaRaRa! OP1 still a banger btw).
As far as content goes, s1p2 really starts to unravel some of the mysteries in this series at an almost break-kneck pace. There's lots of action, and a whole bunch of interesting new characters, but the chemsitry between them is kinda placid.
This review may come off as being down on this series, but I did enjoy it. Just not as much I as thought I would when it started. And, having read the manga, I wish they had animated some of the epic battles a bit more EPICLY.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Jan 28, 2025

iwoply

Not Recommended

Dead Mount Death Play part two was disappointing. Instead of fleshing out existing characters & plot or answering major questions, it doubled down on adding characters (2-5 each episode) and all but removed the protagonist from the show for ten episodes.

The new characters were either underdeveloped, one note, irrelevant or in the end added nothing to existing plot lines & stories (news reporter). The ensemble cast was lacklustre and unsatisfying given the build-up. The police crew took centre stage but unlike part one they were boring, monotonous and once again hindered by arbitrary bullshit only to find a conclusion in the rushed final 2 episodes.
On ... that note, while major questions and mysteries remain unanswered, a few notable ones got addressed in the final two episodes and while great to finally get answers, one must wonder why they couldn't be addressed during one of the 22 episodes before them.
24 EPISODE season btw!

Getting answers and a possible great conjunction of ensemble arcs in a season two would be great but after part two, 24 episodes & a cop out ending, I have lost faith in this story.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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