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- This is Isaiah Colbert,
the Otaku of Kotaku,

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and welcome to the Kotatsu Anime Corner.

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Brought to you by Acura.

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This spring anime season is
filled with too many series

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to haphazardly put on
without a proper screening

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from a trusted source.

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I'll answer the critical
question of whether these anime

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are safe to watch with
other people in the room.

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For this week, we're
looking at Hell's Paradise.

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Studio Mappa shows are,
typically, all hits and no misses,

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and Hell's Paradise
won't change that trend.

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Hell's Paradise, which fans have heralded

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as a part of the dark trilogy,

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alongside other mega
popular Mappa shows like

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Jujutsu Kaizen and Chainsaw Man,

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follow legendary ninja, Gabimaru,

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and a group of criminals
in the Edo period of Japan,

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as they seek a pardon from the Shogun

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by attaining an elixir of life,

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found on the island of Shinsenkyo.

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Shinsenkyo also just so
happens to be called Kotaku,

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which is mondo cool.

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What's less mondo cool for Gabimaru

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and the rest of the anime suicide squad,

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is that the island hosts
dangerous creatures

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eager to turn their victims
into human flower pots.

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Anime which attempt to portray horror,

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like Netflix and Crunchyroll's
Jungi Ito anthologies,

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often fail at delivering
a worthwhile adaptation.

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Hell's Paradise is a happy
exception to that trend.

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In typical Mappa fashion,
Hell's Paradise's

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gory action hits just as hard as its

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hauntingly quiet moments of introspection

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between Gabimaru

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and the perpetually
perturbed Samurai, Saigiri.

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If you're needing a fix for
a horror slash action series,

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that has a tad more to say

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than just showcasing
gratuitous amounts of violence,

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put Hell's Paradise on your watch list.