How would you feel and what would you do if you woke one day to find that virtually everyone you know has died? Would you think it all a bad dream? Would you try to return to sleep, to forget these horrible thoughts? Saneatsu is experiencing this very nightmare, but for him, it’s reality. Confused and fearful, he meets at school with a teacher and classmates, including members of the student council; there Saneatsu discovers that that he and everyone else in Tokyo are part of a game run by the “Emperor,” who through computer screens gives a binary question once a day. The name of his game is “Tasuketsu,” or “Absent Majority,” and those whose answer belongs to the majority will die. There are other rules, too, and the group of ten from the school, already smaller by the second day, will search through the city as they race the clock and try to help one another avoid death. But the Emperor is ruthless…or is he? The rules of this game are still being discovered, and the race to stay alive has just begun!
Talk about a roller coaster! I don’t remember the last time I both fell asleep and was shocked awake by a single episode, but that’s exactly what happened with Tasuketsu. The former occurred because the majority of the episode felt redundant, with average animation and the most forgettable character designs of all time leading to a somewhat less impressive version of every death game anime you’ve ever seen. The violence is there (guns and ghoulish dead), and so are characters who immediately stand out in one way or another; but there’s nothing particular to distinguish it, nor does this series seem like it’s going to have deep themes about life and death to ponder upon (Alice in Borderland, this is not). I was also preparing to write that while this very average series is going to be someone’s cup of coffee, it didn’t feature anything to keep me interested…but that opinion changed when the last five minutes of episode one hit. A lot happens in that space of time, and to be honest, I haven’t processed all of it. The episode is not going to let me do that, in fact, and won’t for you either, because the twists and turns in the final minutes feel like a red herring in some way. There’s more to the story than what’s shown to us through the eyes of the final two characters who share the last few minutes of episode one’s screen time. And I’m all aboard to find out what that “something more” is, what rules we’re going to be made privy to and what surprises we’ll uncover. I don’t think that I’m likely to complete the full season, as all the observations I made earlier about how average the animation and general story are remain true, but a good ending like the one here is more than enough to keep me hanging on for next week. And you never know, one episode turns into two, and two turns into three, which turns into a whole season if the writing remains compelling.
Tasuketsu -Fate of the Majority- can be streamed on Crunchyroll.
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[…] As the game progresses, Saneatsu and his allies make their final stand against The Emperor. The game tests physical endurance and mental strength. In the end, we learn the game was a twisted social experiment designed to study how far humans will go when pushed to their limits. Saneatsu uses his intelligence and his Privilege to gain the upper hand, defeating The Emperor. However, the story leaves some elements unresolved. Viewers are left to wonder about the long-term consequences for the survivors and the true origins of the game(Beneath the Tangles)(PINKVILLA). […]