Original Title: DesperaDrops (デスペラドロップス)
Release Date: November 30, 2023
Developer & Publisher: Red Entertainment Corporation / D3 Publisher
Genre: Romantic Thriller ADV
Platform: Nintendo Switch
Language: Japanese
From shikishi posted to https://hypnosismic-anime.com/special/countdown/ (updated to day 11/Saito):
Takeuchi's comment: If you watch, you definitely won't go wrong! [T/N: He specifically uses a word referring to winning a legal case.]
Sakakihara's comment: I want you to enjoy it to the fullest! [T/N: Written as if Jyushi is saying it.]
Hayama's comment: Each moment [until the anime airs] seems like an eternity. Well, wait for it with anticipation!
Kuroda's comment: Watch it!
Kawanishi's comment: Prepare for it until the anime airs! [T/N: He specifically uses a word for lesson preparation.]
Iwasaki's comment: They're moving in the anime! Sasara-san and his pleasant companions!! Absolutely watch it!! [T/N: This last sentence is in the Kansai dialect.]
Ito's comment: It's thanks to everyone! Please watch the second season! [T/N: Ito uses a humble term for "please", in line with Doppo's business speak.]
Kijima's comment: I'm looking forward to when I can meet you again, kittens!
Hayami's comment: Please sincerely look forward to it!!
Nozuyama's comment: Please watch!! I beg you!! It'll be repaid double!!
Saito's comment: Everyone, relax and feel replete [when watching the anime]. [T/N: There were almost no resources on what まろまろ means in Japanese and English because it's written in an archaic style, so I had to make do with what I could figure out. I admit I got rather irrationally irritated at this word while doing so *sweatdrops*.]
(Note: This post will not be updated as the countdown continues.)
For those who have missed the Kuroshitsuji special Red stage this morning, here is a short video accompanied with Yana T’s editor’s comments.
Five people appear in character color formal clothes of black, red, blue, green, and purple!
⚫️ Daisuke Ono 🍴 Sebas utters his defining lines in a beautiful voice! Kneeling in the “Yes My Lord” pose when greeting the audience → It's really cool, but the P4 cast members imitated it lol
🔴 Toshiki Watanabe 🦊 I love the original anime, so when I got the role I was so happy that I was in a daze for a few days.
🔵 Junya Enoki 🦉 I didn't think I would be accepted for a cool role other than a fighting one 🕷️🖐️👄 (He meant probably his monumental character Yuji Itadori off JJK and Tokyo Revengers?)
🟢 Shunsuke Takeuchi 🦁 When I was a student, I watched the first and second season anime and sang Grell's character song at karaoke. 🎤
🟣 Tachibana Ryumaru 🐺 The agency gave us a surprise congratulations for passing the audition...
It seems that the P4 cast members watched the anime before becoming voice actors, which is very moving.
Shunsuke, I have my eyes on you. He voices so many important secondary characters in the series that I have watched, thinking it belongs to an older, mature man, when he is as young as Ryota Suzuki.
Paradox Live The Animation Episode 3 Review - The Found Family
TCW have such a calm and soothing vibe; they’re so warm and adorable too! Compared to BAE who are a group of inseparable besties and cozmez who are actual brothers, TCW feel like a little family with Saimon as the dad, Yohei as the mom, and Shiki and Ryu are their kids. It feels like a nice change in tone from the energetic vibes that the youngsters of BAE and cozmez gave off. Maybe it’s because TCW have actual working adults in the fray?
Speaking of which, BAE vs cozmez ended with the former as winners, but why did TCW vs Akan Yatsura already spoil the results after the opening sequence? That’s no fun! However, I do think that the prime focus wasn’t about their rap battle but the group as a whole and plot related stuff. The main focus of this episode is like a snippet of TCW’s daily lives with Ryu finding a cat one day and Shiki trying to recover from his trap reactions and anxieties over his mistakes on stage.
Saimon is the gentle father figure to the kids and loyal and trustworthy confidant of Yohei. He’s definitely the glue that sticks them together because he’s the one who found all of them one day, pertaining to his bad habit of picking up strays. I do find him adorable as heck with the way he gets swayed by Ryu’s puppy eyes and the Kurobuchi’s kitty eyes combination and asks Yohei if they can keep the cat. Yohei’s the caring but nagging mother hen who acts like he doesn’t care but truly does. I do wonder how these two met because they seem to be long time friends. Regardless, whoever designed these two and the kids deserve a raise because they’re all so gorgeous. Like, Paradox Live doesn’t skimp with the designs. They’re all legit 10/10’s.
Shiki is very anxious. He has very poor reactions to phantometals and his trap reactions probably are worse than Allen’s. The way he screamed in the middle of the night was really hard to watch. I do wonder what his connection is to Nayuta. Are his reactions related to Nayuta? Other than his trap reactions, Shiki as a character is a very meek individual. He’s insecure, has low self-esteem and always holds back. From what I know, all Paradox Live characters have sad backstories, so I assume the same for Shiki.
Ryu’s the biggest mystery in the group. Nothing is known about him. He has no memories nor a given age. I’m not even sure if Ryu is his actual name. Eccentricities and enigmas aside, Ryu’s biggest unique factor is his inability to have trap reactions. He can use phantometals all he wants and he won’t get withdrawals from them. While Shiki states that it’s a gift, it makes him different from the rest and that worries Ryu. It seems that Ryu’s biggest worries is being ostracized as an anomaly. There are glimpses of his memories as he seemed to have once been a lab rat and ran away. Is he related to Alter Trigger in a way? I have to say, Ryu’s my favorite of TCW despite me simping for how fine Saimon is at times. I think that his positivity is infectious and the way he described Akan Yatsura as Momotaro characters and Zen as muscles was hilarious.
Speaking of which, Akan Yatsura, from their brief screen time, also gives me big family vibes. Given how Iori and Yohei are connected, it’s like Akan Yatsura had a family outing and went to visit Yohei’s bar as a detour. I do wonder if these two groups will focus more on the darker side of this show’s story.
Also, I heard Akira Ishida as the crazy scientist in that one brief sequence change. They legit got a well-known VA like Ishida in this anime as well as Kenta Miyake as the Paradox Devil. They’re not playing around with the VAs at all. Heck, TCW’s voice cast list is pretty stacked. Saimon’s voiced by Ryota Takeuchi; Yohei’s voiced by Yuu Hayashi; Ryu’s VA is Natsuki Hanae and Shiki’s Junta Terashima. I’m familiar with all four VAs, so it feels great that they’re showing off more of their talents.
TCW’s song gives more of a jazz bar vibe and I like it a lot! It’s a lot different from the loud and fast tempo BAE and cozmez songs had. It matches their vibes a lot. Are all of their songs like this?
Anyways, this was a good episode and it makes me want to see more of this adorable family. I’m assuming next episode is focused on Akan Yatsura, and I’m excited to learn about them too! I feel like these episodes are more focused on characterization rather than singing and I’m not too sure how I feel about that. On one hand, it’s nice to learn about the characters and not get the songs overshadowing them. On the other hand, I don’t like that the rapping is always towards the end. Anyways, what are your thoughts about this episode?