“Student Ren's life spirals into horror as nightmares of beheading mirror real decapitation murders in his city.”
Dies irae
Dies irae
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Synopsis
Student Ren's life spirals into horror as nightmares of beheading mirror real decapitation murders in his city.
Ren Fujii is a normal student who just had a fistfight with his former best friend, leading him to break off their friendship. But with the help of his childhood friend, Kasumi Ayase, and upperclassman, Rea Himuro, he's gradually returning to his normal school life. Then a series of brutal murders in which the victims are decapitated begins to strike their city. Strangely, at the same time, Ren starts to have terrifying nightmares of being beheaded by a guillotine. But these are just a prelude to the painful and terrifying battles to come. (Source: Crunchyroll)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 30 sampled reviews
What 30 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.58 · split reception
5.2 pts
Recommenders 7.9 · others 2.7
↓ 2.07
Running avg · Nov 2017 → Feb 2026
- 7 “So this is strange to me. I loved the 00 episode so much it instantly became one of my favorites but the rest seems so rushed that they managed to create an anime with basically no depth to the...”
- 8 “So, I really don't know what's going on ten out of the episodes in, yet I'm enjoying it in its entirety. The characters are hard to keep track of but I know that I like them, the art is pretty...”
- 9 “This anime delivers a surprisingly good story with excellent character designs that stand out from contemporary releases. While it suffers from unfairly low ratings and some viewers question its...”
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- Format 11 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 13m all episodes
- Aired Oct 2017 – Dec 2017 Fall 2017
- Source Tv media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-10936 catalog
Produced by
- Genco Producer
- DMM pictures Producer
- Greenwood Producer
- My Theater D.D. Producer
- Brave Hearts Producer
- Crunchyroll SC Anime Fund Producer
Licensed by
- Funimation Licensor
- Crunchyroll Licensor