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I'm watching [Death Parade](http://myanimelist.net/anime/28223/Death_Parade)
right now and I just heard about [Death
Billiards](http://myanimelist.net/anime/14353/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, and if it's recommended to watch D.B. before D.P.

_Update:_ After seeing Death Billiards, I'd say it's best to watch it after
episode 2 of Death Parade, but before episode 7. D.B. is pretty much like the
first episode of D.P., but with different bar customers.


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How are Death Billiards and Death Parade related?


Death Billiards was an OVA, and indeed a 'once-off' type of show. It's very
similar to the current series and you could probably drop it in as a longer
episode.

Some of the surprises will have already been revealed in Death Parade, but it
should still be entertaining as it's mostly focusing on the billiards, rather
than what goes on behind the bar.

It's the same location and such, just billiards instead of darts or another
game. It's not necessary viewing for Death Parade either as there aren't any
plot points that haven't been covered by the first few episodes.


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It probably makes the most sense to watch _Death Billiards_ before _Death
Parade_ because it is a pilot episode and the TV series makes a passing
reference to the bar customers from the movie. Chronologically speaking, the
story of _Death Billiards_ takes place sometime after episode 5 and before
episode 10 of _Death Parade_.

> If you take note of the roulette board in _Death Billiards_ , it actually
> featured _Chavvot_. This roulette board was only switched in from the
> beginning of episode 5 of _Death Parade_ at Nona's request. In the first
> four episodes of _Death Parade_ (and in episode 6 at Ginti's bar), the
> roulette board only had a generic symbol on it.  
>  
>  The old woman who died and arrived at Quindecim in episode 10 of _Death
> Parade_ was revealed to be the wife of the old man in _Death Billiards_ , as
> shown on her set of cards and in her flashback. Also, during a flashback of
> the old man in _Death Billiards_ , it was hinted that he passed away before
> his wife. Therefore, _Death Billiards_ should occur before episode 10 of
> _Death Parade_.

@nhahtdh made a good argument that we could further restrict the occurrence of
the events in _Death Billiards_ to that before episode 8

> if we take Chiyuki's mentality into consideration. She couldn't have been as
> relaxed as was shown at the end of _Death Billiards_ if she had just sat
> through the trial of the two killers in episodes 8 and 9.

If you want to watch _Death Billiards_ in between the _Death Parade_ episodes,
you should watch it after episode 6 and before episode 7 (or 8, the next best
choice) because the only billiards game in _Death Parade_ is played in episode
7, which lasted only about 90 seconds and commenced without any explanation to
the rules of the game, so it would be a nice continuity to finish the movie
first and then jump back to watch episode 7.

* * *

**TL;DR:** Watch _Death Billiards_ either before episode 1 or in-between
episodes 6 and 7 of _Death Parade_.


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