Honestly, it feels like the death of QJ in the previous episode in the previous episode was just the start. Zenshu Ep. 10 “CHAOS” is basically what happens when that one death causes the entire show to turn a very sudden and hard turn into some very dark fantasy. Ironically enough, it’s just as the original author of A Tale of Perishing had always intended it to be.

Zenshu Ep. 10 “CHAOS”: Details

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You can already tell it’s going in that direction from the new key art.

Zenshu Ep. 10 “CHAOS” is the 10th episode (you can read my reviews for Ep. 1, Ep. 2, Ep. 3, Ep. 4, Ep. 5, Ep. 6, Ep. 7, Ep. 8, and Ep. 9 here) of this isekai fantasy (and now dark fantasy too) anime series. Said anime series is not the anime adaptation of any manga, but rather, it is its own original anime. MAPPA (Zombie Land Saga, Jujutsu Kaisen, Chainsaw Man) is the animation studio behind this anime series. Crunchyroll is the company licensing this anime for its global release.

Production Cast

Mitsue Yamazaki, Youhei Tsuchiya, Kazuo Miyake, and Yasuhiro Geshi all co-directed Zenshu Ep. 10 “CHAOS”, with Kimiko Ueno as the writer, Shinji Imada as the storyboarder, and Kayoko Ishikawa, Manabu Akita, and Chen Weining as the chief animation directors. As for Zenshu as a whole, we do still know that Mitsue Yamazaki is the director, with Kimiko Ueno as the script writer. Yoshiteru Tsujino is responsible for character design and world setting, with Kayoko Ishikawa also doing character design while also being the chief animation director alongside Etsuko Sumimoto, Kazuko Hayakawa, and Shuji Takahara. Sumie Noro is the assistant director, with Akio Shimada as the art director, Ayako Suenaga as the color designer, Kenta Fujita as the director of photography, Mutsumi Takemiya as the editor, Yukari Hashimoto as the composer, dugout as the sound producer, Makoto Tanimura (Sound Wing) as the casting manager, and Takahiro Ogawa as the animation producer.

Now as for that music: the opening theme song for Zenshu is “Zen” by Band-Maid. Meanwhile, “Tada, Kimo no Mama de” by Sou is the ending theme song.

Voice Cast

Zenshu Ep. 10 “CHAOS” features the voices of Anna Nagase (Madeleine Morris in English dub) as Natsuko Hirose, Kazuki Ura (Ryan Negrón in English dub) as Luke Braveheart, Rie Kugimiya (Luci Christian in English dub) as Unio, Minori Suzuki (Alexis Tipton in English dub) as Memmeln, Akio Suyama (Derick Snow in English dub) as QJ, and Romi Park (Corey Wilder in English dub) as Justice.

The other notable character in this episode is Manaka Iwami (Dani Chambers in English dub) as Destiny Heartwarming.

When and Where to Watch

Zenshu Ep. 10 “CHAOS” made its streaming and airing (aka. simulcast) debut on March 9, 2025. You can watch this episode only on Crunchyroll. In fact, you can watch this entire anime only on Crunchyroll due to it being an exclusive there.

Zenshu Ep. 10 “CHAOS”: Synopsis

Memmeln also plays a big role in this episode, but I still don’t know what she hopes to accomplish yet.

Alas, Zenshu is still an ongoing anime series. In fact, Zenshu Ep. 10 “CHAOS” only made its debut three days ago as of this writing. Thus, you will all get the official synopsis of this anime from Crunchyroll rather than a spoiler-filled plot summary. Here’s that synopsis below:

“Rumors start to spread about Natsuko which leads the people of the Last Town to turn on her.”

Zenshu Ep. 10 “CHAOS”: The Good

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I would call this look “beautifully devastated”.

Wow, the story of Zenshu Ep. 10 “CHAOS” took a sudden hard right into dark fantasy. And honestly? This is the big reason why it’s the best part of the episode. That sudden fall into dark fantasy after many episodes of fun slice of life creates a big mood whiplash that feels quite fitting for this anime. After all, the original in-universe A Tale of Perishing seems to have had a similar case of mood whiplash with the cartoony characters clashing with the very dark fantasy. This episode seems to be the in-universe anime attempting to correct its original course, so to speak. Funnily enough, that mood whiplash made A Tale of Perishing a very divisive anime film in-universe. It might very well be the case that this anime will have the same effect on fans in real life, all because of this particular episode.

Of course, this hard turn into dark fantasy is greatly enhanced by the efforts of MAPPA. Their animation team’s quality animation has ensured that in this grimdark fantasy where all hope is lost and despair is the only thing left, we still get a very good-looking anime. Even the food still looks great despite it being only a meager vegetable soup. Luke is apparently quite good at the cooking arts indeed to make that soup look so good despite how little stuff is actually in it.

Zenshu Ep. 10 “CHAOS”: The Bad

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You know things are going bad when even Unio isn’t kidding around anymore.

Alas, while the sudden turn into dark fantasy is what makes Zenshu Ep. 10 “CHAOS” is what makes it so good, it can also be just a little painful to watch after all the light-hearted antics in previous episodes. If you want some light-hearted anime to relax after all that dark fantasy drama, then I would suggest watching Spice and Wolf, Senpai is an Otokonoko, and/or Blue Box. Those anime should be relaxing enough to prepare you for the next episode of Zenshu.

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