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Death Billiards is an OVA from the 2012 Young Animator Training Project.

Death Billiards (デスビリヤード, Desu Biriādo) is a 25-minute original OVA which was one of four entries in Anime Mirai 2013, part of the Young Animator Training Project.

After an elderly man is escorted into a mysterious bar, he meets a young man, and the pair find out that they will be participating in a game of billiards, and that they should play the game with "[their] lives on the line." The two explore the deep psychology of their pasts and presents in this film, which is packed with symbolism and enigmatic twists.

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What did the old man say to the bartender at the end?

In the short one-shot Death Billiards, the old man says something to the bartender at the end when they choose which elevator to get into (presumably, one goes to hell and the other to heaven). What did the old man say? He smirked at the end so it…
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Do we know which side is heaven/hell?

Do we know which elevator is heaven and which is hell? In the Death Billiards movie, it seems kind of debatable. As well as the first episode of Death Parade, did the wife or husband go to hell? Does winning the game have any bearing on this? Also,…
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How are Death Billiards and Death Parade related?

I'm watching Death Parade right now and I just heard about Death Billiards, which seems to be a predecessor work for Death Parade. A one-shot of sorts, or so it seems. I'd like to know without spoiling the rest of D.P. how the two works are related,…
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Why was the old man sent to the void?

In Death Billiards, the old man is sent to the void and the younger one is sent to be reincarnated. But why? What was the basis for this decision? It even contradicts other decisions in Death Parade. For example, the one shown darkness was the young…
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How did the young man take his turn? (spoilers)

The sequence of events: The old man pots the two balls The younger man attacks him just as they are potted The old man dies (or is knocked out or something) in the fight Young man returns to the table and proceeds to pot the rest of his…
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Why was the lady in episode 4 of Death Parade sent to the void?

It was clear from her memories that she had suffered immensely throughout her life; being deceived multiple times and being a victim of physical (and maybe even mental) abuse. Also, in the end after she realised that she was dead she expressed grief…
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