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Taste attributes: animationdramamysteryactionmonster/alien/supernaturalfresh & originalunsavouryimaginarybig & variedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipsolving the riddle/not as it seems
Boxlist takeHeightened and original: an animated series that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like surprises over comfort.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
Quality rating
8.0 /10
TMDB · 202 votes
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Seasons
Season 1
· 2021 · 24 episodesEpisodes (24)
1Gift from an Angel8 Oct 2021
Having lost the will to live, Mirai Kakehashi decides to kill himself on the day of his middle school graduation. However, Nasse the angel suddenly appears and saves his life. Furthermore, Nasse grants him Wings and Arrows to inspire hope in him. Mirai initially rejects Nasse's offer, but after acquiring the Wings, he…
2Hero of Justice15 Oct 2021
Nasse informs Mirai that he has been chosen to be a "God candidate." Only one out of the thirteen God candidates will be selected to become the next God. Mirai has trouble believing the news at first, but he decides to take the first step towards living a happy life. However, one day, he learns another God candidate…
3Heart's Beloved22 Oct 2021
April arrives, and Mirai is now a high school student. He heads to school on the day of his entrance ceremony, where he sees an angel flying overhead... and is shot by his childhood friend Saki Hanakago's Red Arrow of love. Having fallen for Revel, the angel's trick, Mirai is willing to give his own life to protect…
4Time to Assemble29 Oct 2021
Metropoliman sends a message to the other God candidates through a TV broadcast. He wants the candidates to assemble and discuss who should become the next God. However, God candidates Metro Blue and Metro Yellow who show up to the meeting do not believe Metropoliman's words. A rapidly shifting battle takes place at…
5Death Sentence5 Nov 2021
"I couldn't do anything..." With only those feelings of helplessness on their minds, Mirai and Saki leave Jinbo Stadium. It's hard to believe the two of them alone could challenge the overwhelmingly powerful strategist Metropoliman... However, another new God candidate makes contact with Mirai and Saki. His name is…
6Two Painful Options12 Nov 2021
Serial middle school girl murderer Girl A escapes from the facility where she's being held. Mirai's group deduces that in order to lure out other God candidates, Metropoliman gave her Wings and an Arrow so she could escape. Mira despises Metropoliman's willingness to play dirty and do whatever it takes to become the…
7Tower of Nightmare19 Nov 2021
Mirai and Mukaido use their Wings to fly to Grand Tower, where a sinister trap has been laid. Their enemy Metropoliman appears from within the shroud of smoke. Mirai finally directly confronts Metropoliman, who scornfully calls him a small fry who lacks the courage to fight. However, once Mirai is cornered, he acts in…
8Symbol of Promise26 Nov 2021
The battle they just had at Grand Tower cast a shadow on Mirai and the others in many ways. Saki, who wasn't able to participate in the fight, seems to be bothered by something. She then asks Mirai to kill her. Why was the kind and ordinary girl Saki chosen to be a God Candidate? Mirai finds out the truth and then…
9The Face of an Assassin3 Dec 2021
A new God candidate sets a trap for Mirai and his companions. The long-haired handsome man, a God candidate who wields swords in addition to Wings and Arrows, is named Hajime Sokotani. Hajime, who has lived a tragic life until now, worships Metrpoliman, who is his polar opposite, and wishes to become his loyal…
10Where the Tears Go10 Dec 2021
Mukaido's wife and daughter are taken hostage by Hajime. He is so intent on rescuing them that he is caught inside a trap from which there is no escape. Mirai also enters the trap in order to save them. Meanwhile, with only a Red Arrow, Saki is left at home because she cannot help in a fight. Though she can't fight…
11Your Own Worth17 Dec 2021
Revel is promoted to first-rank angel and Saki acquires her Wings. They rush to the park where the fight is taking place, and she successfully shoots Hajime with a Red Arrow. Through the power of the Red Arrow, Hajime experiences love for the first time in his life. After an intense internal conflict, what choice will…
12A Fine Line Between Offense and Defense24 Dec 2021
Fuyuko, one of Kanade's underlings, is a researcher who develops killer viruses. Fuyuko threatens Mirai and his companions by telling them that she'll conduct an indiscriminate terrorist act and spread her killer virus. She demands that they allow her to test her newest drug on them if they want to prevent the attack…
13World Peace7 Jan 2022
Mirai and Metropoliman agree to fight fair and square by taking turns firing Arrows at each other. As their duel unfolds, Metropoliman reflects on the past and his own personal values.
14Two Lights14 Jan 2022
Mirai and Kanade are unaware that their duel is being streamed online by someone. As people all across Japan and even the MPD watch the stream and leap into action, their duel approaches its end. A Red Arrow seeking happiness against a White Arrow that will grant his desire. What fate awaits those who battle for their…
15Diffused Power21 Jan 2022
In exchange for Mukaido's life, his actions finally end their long battle with Metropoliman AKA Kanade. However, Mirai notices that Kanade has secretly been shot with a Red Arrow by someone else...Who was controlling Kanade? The MPD begins investigating the identities of the God candidates, and the situation enters…
16World's Greatest Assassin28 Jan 2022
God candidate and grade school student Susumu reveals information relating to the new God selection process on a live TV broadcast. As a result, people around the world begin searching for God candidates. Mirai and Saki are under a lot of stress. The whole world is looking for them, and their identities must not be…
17The Other Five4 Feb 2022
With the help of Hoshi and Yumiki of the MPD, Mirai and Saki begin searching for the other God candidates. Acquaintances of the middle school-aged Nakaumi brothers have been dying one after another. Believing one of them must be a God candidate, Mirai and Saki head to the Nakaumi family home. There they witness an…
18Last Supper11 Feb 2022
Mirai, Saki, Susumu, and Nakaumi... So far, the intentions of four God candidates have been confirmed. Two candidates remain. One of them, Yuri Temari, has been captured by the police and is under house arrest. Mirai's group sets out to rescue her... Mirai's group hopes to choose the next God through a discussion…
19The Future of Humanity18 Feb 2022
In order to bring the final God candidate into a discussion, Mirai and the other four God candidates reach out to them through a live TV broadcast. As the situation grows tense when Self-Defense Force attack helicopters show up, the last God candidate finally appears. His name is Gaku Yoneda. Known as the world's…
20The Price of Honor25 Feb 2022
The first meeting of all the God candidates ends in the worst possible way, and the candidates split into two factions. The leader of one group is Mirai, while the other group is led by Yoneda, whose partner is Muni, the Angel of Destruction. Hoshi, Yoneda's former classmate, tells Mirai about an experience he had…
21The Time for Talk4 Mar 2022
Mirai's group and Yoneda secretly prepare for their upcoming showdown. When the time is ripe, Yoneda makes the first move. He uses the media to tell Mirai's group the time and location of their final showdown. Mirai and Saki spend some time alone together so they can brace themselves for what is coming. Finally, the…
22Wings of Determination11 Mar 2022
The new national stadium is chosen as the location for their final showdown. After describing his theory on the future of humanity, Yoneda requests a one on one conversation with Mirai. Mirai agrees, and Saki, Temari, Nakaumi, and Yumiki depart... leaving Mirai, Yoneda, and only Hoshi to observe the events. Yoneda is…
23At the End of Thought18 Mar 2022
Just when the White Arrow is about to strike Mirai, his partner Nasse undergoes a decisive change that impacts the course of battle. As the situation rapidly changes again and again... The long battle between the God candidates finally comes to an end.
24The Final Arrow25 Mar 2022
God has been chosen and the world's memories of the God selection process has been erased. Professor Yoneda returns to his normal life with Temari as his new laboratory assistant whereas Mirai and Saki shape their future together with the intention of opening a flower shop of their own. Years eventually pass since the…
Specials
· 2021 · 25 episodesEpisodes (25)
- 1Episode 14 Oct 2021
- 2Episode 28 Oct 2021
- 3Episode 315 Oct 2021
- 4Episode 422 Oct 2021
- 5Episode 529 Oct 2021
- 6Episode 65 Nov 2021
- 7Episode 712 Nov 2021
- 8Episode 819 Nov 2021
- 9Episode 926 Nov 2021
- 10Episode 103 Dec 2021
- 11Episode 1110 Dec 2021
- 12Episode 1217 Dec 2021
- 13Episode 1324 Dec 2021
- 14Episode 147 Jan 2022
- 15Episode 1514 Jan 2022
- 16Episode 1621 Jan 2022
- 17Episode 1728 Jan 2022
- 18Episode 184 Feb 2022
- 19Episode 1911 Feb 2022
- 20Episode 2018 Feb 2022
- 21Episode 2125 Feb 2022
- 22Episode 224 Mar 2022
- 23Episode 2311 Mar 2022
- 24Episode 2418 Mar 2022
- 25Episode 2525 Mar 2022
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What lines up
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
- Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism
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Synopsis
As his classmates celebrate their middle school graduation, troubled Mirai is mired in darkness. But his battle is just beginning when he receives some salvation from above in the form of an angel. Now Mirai is pitted against 12 other chosen humans in a battle in which the winner becomes the next god of the world. Mirai has an angel in his corner, but he may need to become a devil to survive.
Synopsis: TMDB
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Cast
- Miyu Irino
- Yui Ogura
- Mao Ichimichi
- Natsuki Hanae
- Toshiyuki Morikawa
Details
- Genre
- Animation
- Year
- 2021
- Episode length
- 24 min
- Status
- Ended
- Studio
- Medicos Entertainment
- Taste scores
- How we score
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