
SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table
Taste attributes: animationaction & adventureactiondramafastimaginarysimplelinearbig & variedcomplex relationshiphuman spirit/resilience/survivalunderdog triumphs
"This is a story about a deranged world."
Boxlist takeA heightened animated series that is fast-moving and sweeping. Best if you like pace over patience.
Taste details
Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Quality rating
7.3 /10
TMDB · 31 votes
Where to watch
We don't know of anywhere to watch SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table in the US right now.
Season
Season 1
· 2026 · 11 episodesEpisodes (11)
1All You Need Is ----7 Jan 2026
Five girls dressed in classical maid outfits wake up in a windowless mansion.
2Chains of ----14 Jan 2026
In her tenth game, Yuki becomes frustrated when the other players refuse to heed her advice.
3In the Name of ----21 Jan 2026
Mishiro refuses to admit her mistake and leads the others into harm's way.
4Bad ----28 Jan 2026
The players reach the finish line, but they must complete a final trial before they can leave.
5---- Is All You Need4 Feb 2026
Yuki prepares for her 30th game.
6Who's ----ing You11 Feb 2026
Yuki wakes up late to a game already in progress.
- 7Good ----18 Feb 2026
8---- It All25 Feb 2026
In a garden reminiscent of a forest and wearing a bunny outfit, Yuki wakes up to artificial woodland sounds.
9Can't Help Falling In ----4 Mar 2026
Moegi tries to lead her stump team full of beginners, but they fall one after another to the veteran rabbits.
10Goin' ----11 Mar 2026
The rabbits flee from the approaching bloodthirsty killer.
11--v-18 Mar 2026
Yuki easily defeats Moegi, but Moegi's death fills Yuki's mind with doubt.
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What lines up
- Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it
- Wholesomeness: Balanced, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
- Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism
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Synopsis
Yuki plays death games for a living, but when she wakes in a mansion with five other women, can she survive a new lethal maze of locked rooms and traps?
Synopsis: TMDB
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- Genre
- Animation
- Year
- 2026
- Episode length
- 24 min
- Status
- Ended
- Studio
- Studio Deen
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