DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 7 is an interesting mix of contrasts. On one hand, this episode features a cute first date between a young boy and girl. On the other hand, we have the backdrop of the alien presence putting a constant damper on everything. This includes the aliens themselves, since they find out to their horror that humans are the true monsters here.

DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 7: Details

DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION NA key visual.
Nowhere near as silly as this key visual makes the anime out to be by this point.

DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 7 is the eighth episode (you can read reviews of Ep. 0, Ep. 1, Ep. 2, Ep. 3, Ep. 4, Ep. 5, and Ep. 6 here) of this science fiction slice-of-life anime series. Said anime is the anime adaptation of the manga of the same name by Inio Asano (Solanin, Goodnight Punpun). Said anime also originally premiered as a pair of anime films on March 22, 2024 and May 24, 2024. Production +h. (The Orbital Children) is the animation studio behind this anime. Crunchyroll is the company licensing this anime for its worldwide debut.

Tomoyuki Kurokawa is the director behind DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 7, and alas, he is the only member of the production cast we know is behind this specific episode. For the anime as a whole, we do still know that Tomoyuki Kurokawa (PSYCHO-PASS) is the director. Reiko Yoshida (Violet Evergarden) is the writer. Takaaki Suzuki (Violet Evergarden series) did the world setting. Nobutake Ito (INU-OH) is the chief animation director and character designer. Satoshi Takezawa (Digimon Adventure) is the color designer. Mika Nishimura (Typhoon Noruda) is the art director. Satoi Inami is the CG director. Takuma Morooka (Moriarty the Patriot) is the cinematographer. Masayuki Kurosawa (Laid-Back Camp) is the editor. Takeshi Takadera ([Oshi no Ko]) is the sound director. Taro Umebayashi (Space Dandy) is the composer responsible for the music.

Speaking of the music: the opening theme song is “Shinsekai Yori” (SHINSEKAIより, lit. ’From the New World’) by Ano and Lilas Ikuta. “ZeZeZeZettai Seiiki” also by Ano and Lilas Ikuta is the ending theme song.

Voice Cast

DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 7 features the voices of Lilas Ikuta (Elyse Maloway in English dub) as Kadode Koyama and (Britt McKillip in English dub) as Oran “Ontan” Nakagawa. Other notable voices in this episode include Miyuri Shimabukuro (Meaghan Hommy in English dub) as Ai Demoto and Saeko Oki (Kazumi Evans in English dub) as Rin Hirama.

When and Where to Watch

DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 7 made its airing and streaming (aka. simulcast) debut on July 11, 2024. You can watch this episode of the anime only on Crunchyroll. In fact, you can watch this anime series as a whole only on Crunchyroll as well, due to it being an exclusive there.

DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 7: Synopsis

This guy is mentioned, but doesn’t make an actual appearance in this episode.

Alas, DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION is an ongoing anime series. In fact, DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 7 only just premiered four days ago as of this writing. Thus, you will all get the official synopsis of this episode from Crunchyroll in place of a spoiler-filled plot summary. You can check out that synopsis below:

Ai goes on a bus tour through Tokyo with an admirer. Meanwhile, the company SES continues to work on innovative weapons systems that are intended to ensure that Japan will no longer be dependent on other countries.

DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 7: The Good

DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 7 screenshot showing Ai looking up at her prospective boyfriend.
This is definitely Ai’s turn to shine.

There’s no doubt about it; it’s the story of DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 7 that fascinates and intrigues me. Much of this episode is basically a fun slice of life story that further develops the main characters, especially Ai Demoto. She’s the star of the show thanks to this episode being effectively from her point of view the whole time as she’s engaging in fun high school romance.

However, sprinkled throughout that slice of life are hints of darker things happening in the background. Mostly centered around the JSDF and what their war against the aliens. The aliens who have no wish to fight anyone to boot, and are depicted as the victims of the worst of humanity, especially at the end of this episode. It’s this depiction of humans as the true monsters that’s what makes this episode, and by extension this whole anime, so compelling. I have to give thanks to Inio Asano for creating such a wonderful story.

Of course, complementing that story is the animation. Production +h. continues to maintain a high level of animation quality with this episode, which includes some wonderful landscape shots of the downed alien ships draped over parts of Tokyo. It’s no wonder too. They made the original anime film duology that this anime was adapted from. It only makes sense that they would put in as much effort for the anime series.

DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 7: The Bad

DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 7 screenshot showing Ai crying at breaking off her date with her prospective boyfriend.
Darn, now you’ve gone and made her cry.

There is actual action in DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 7 in the form of military action. However, it’s all concentrated at the end, and it’s more tragic and disturbing than it is heart-pounding. If you want that, then you might want to check out Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Solo Leveling, and/or Kaiju No. 8. Those should have more than enough action to satisfy any action junkie.