# Tasūketsu: Fate of the Majority

Tasūketsu: Fate of the Majority (多数欠, Tasūketsu, lit. "Missing Majority") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Taiga Miyakawa. It began serialization online on Comic Smart's Ganma! website in September 2013 and consists of four parts. As of December 2020, Micro Magazine has released six volumes. A 7-minute original video animation (OVA) adaptation, titled Tasūketsu: Judgement Assizes and produced by Imagica Lab, was released in January 2021. An anime television series adaptation produced by Satelight aired from July to December 2024.

## Characters
### Saneatsu Narita (成田 実篤, Narita Saneatsu)

    Voiced by: Masatomo Nakazawa (OVA), Yūto Uemura (TV series)
    The main male protagonist. High school student, 15 years old. His mother died in a car accident when he was very young, and he receives monthly living expenses from his father.

### Saaya Fujishiro (藤代 紗綾, Fujishiro Saaya)

    Voiced by: Anna Nagase (TV series)
    The main female protagonist. High school student, 15 years old. She is a member of the student council.

### Ryūta Ichinose (一之瀬 龍太, Ichinose Ryūta)

    Voiced by: Kazuki Ura (TV series)
    High school student, 15 years old. Saneatsu's best friend.

### Kazuhiko Satō (佐藤 一彦, Satō Kazuhiko)

    Voiced by: Kazuki Ura (OVA), Kōki Ōsuzu (TV series)
    High school student, 16 years old. Nicknamed Ippiko (いっぴこ).

### Omi Jin (神 臣, Jin Omi)

    Voiced by: Yuki Shirato (OVA), Shiori Mikami (TV series)
    High school student, 15 years old. Often mistaken for an elementary-schooler due to his height.

### Eren Kunashiri (国後 依恋, Kunashiri Eren)

    Voiced by: Yuki Nakashima (TV series)
    High school student, 16 years old.

### Tōjūrō Yagihashi (八木橋 藤十郎, Yagihashi Tōjūrō)

    Voiced by: Tomotaka Harada (OVA), Daisuke Ono (TV series)
    High school student, 18 years old.

### Ryōhei Sudō (須藤 良平, Sudō Ryōhei)

    Voiced by: Kazunori Nomiya (OVA), Jun Kasama (TV series)

### Sōtarō Shinozaki (篠崎 宗太郎, Shinozaki Sōtarō)

    Voiced by: Shuta Morishima (TV series)
    High school teacher, 27 years old.

### Ren Iruga (入賀 煉, Iruga Ren)

    Voiced by: KENN (TV series)

### Hisoka Midō (御堂 密, Midō Hisoka)

    Voiced by: Kenjiro Tsuda (TV series)

### The Emperor (皇帝, Kōtei)

    Voiced by: Yuka Terasaki (TV series)
    The leader of the game Tasuketsu.

### Bōrinmaru Gokokuhōtenji (護国鳳天寺 暴麟丸, Gokokuhōtenji Bōrinmaru)

    Voiced by: Kotomi Aihara (TV series)
    Middle-schooler, 13 years old. Nicknamed "Gobō" due to the difficulty in pronouncing his name.

### Rika Suzuki (鈴木 理科, Suzuki Rika)

    Voiced by: Shiki Aoki (TV series)
    Former delinquent, 17 years old. She was expelled from high school for bad behavior. Smokes very heavily in the manga, but this is cut from the anime.

### Hayato Sōma (相馬 隼人, Sōma Hayato)

    Voiced by: Kentarō Kumagai (TV series)

### Raion Ōno (王野 頼音, Ōno Raion)

    Voiced by: Yuki Kaji (OVA), Toshiki Kumagai (TV series)

### Shūji Nihonyanagi (二本柳 周示, Nihon'yanagi Shūji)

    Voiced by: Satoshi Niwa (TV series)

### Hikari Ebina (蛯名 光, Ebina Hikaru)

    Voiced by: Sayumi Suzushiro (TV series)

### Kō Kirishima (霧島 輝, Kirishima Kō)

    Voiced by: Kaito Ishikawa (TV series)

### Kai Kasai (葛西 甲斐, Kasai Kai)

    Voiced by: Noeru Kawashima (TV series)

### Seraphiel (セラフィエル, Serafieru)

    Voiced by: Yusuke Shirai (TV series)

### Maria Kisaragi (如月 麻里亜, Kisaragi Maria)

    Voiced by: Yoko Hikasa (TV series)

### Kotetsu Tsugawa (津川 虎徹, Tsugawa Kotetsu)

    Voiced by: Taku Yashiro (OVA)

### Haruto Yanagi (柳陽 翔, Yanagi Haruto)

    Voiced by: Ayumu Murase (OVA)

### Kanato Sakurai

    Voiced by: Daisuke Motohashi (OVA)

## Media
### Manga

| No. | Release date | ISBN |
| 1 | January 30, 2015 | 978-4-8963-7492-6 |
| 2 | June 17, 2015 | 978-4-8963-7512-1 |
| 3 | February 29, 2016 | 978-4-8963-7685-2 |
| 4 | August 31, 2017 | 978-4-8963-7686-9 |
| 5 | August 30, 2019 | 978-4-8963-7914-3 |
| 6 | December 18, 2020 | 978-4-8671-6093-0 |

### Anime

A 7-minute original video animation (OVA) adaptation titled Tasūketsu: Judgement Assizes, created through a crowdfunding campaign and directed by Rabbit Machine at Imagica Lab, was released on January 29, 2021. The OVA's theme song is "Jesus Knows" performed by Exina.
An anime television series adaptation was announced in January 2024. It is produced by Satelight, and directed and written by Tatsuo Sato, with Tōru Hamazaki serving as assistant director, Nami Hayashi designing the characters, and R.O.N composing the music. The series aired from July 2 to December 25, 2024, on Nippon TV's AnichU [ja] programming block and other networks. For the first cour, the opening theme song is "Emperor Time", performed by Vivarush, while the ending theme song is "Game Over", performed by Issey. For the second cour, the opening theme song is "Fly Higher", performed by Travis Japan, while the ending theme song is "Reasons", performed by Aina Aiba. Crunchyroll streamed the series.

#### Episodes

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original release date |
| 1 | "Tomorrow" Transliteration: "Ashita" (Japanese: 明日) | Tōru Hamazaki | Tatsuo Sato | Tatsuo Sato | July 3, 2024 (2024-07-03) |
| 2 | "Good Intentions" Transliteration: "Zeni" (Japanese: 善意) | Yasuyuki Fuse | Tatsuo Sato | Noriaki Saito | July 10, 2024 (2024-07-10) |
| 3 | "Motion" Transliteration: "Dō" (Japanese: 動) | So Toyama | Tatsuo Sato | So Toyama | July 17, 2024 (2024-07-17) |
| 4 | "Transition" Transliteration: "Ten" (Japanese: 転) | Sokuza Makoto | Mitsutaka Hirota | Takeshi Mori | July 24, 2024 (2024-07-24) |
| 5 | "Nearby" Transliteration: "Hata" (Japanese: 傍) | Kōsuke Shimotori | Toshizo Nemoto | Tōru Hamazaki | August 14, 2024 (2024-08-14) |
| 6 | "Assemble" Transliteration: "Shūketsu" (Japanese: 集結) | Yasuyuki Fuse | Mariko Mochizuki | Teppei Taketani | August 21, 2024 (2024-08-21) |
| 7 | "Pass Down" Transliteration: "Tsunagi" (Japanese: 繋) | Tsuyoshi Yoshimoto | Mitsutaka Hirota | Takeshi Mori | August 28, 2024 (2024-08-28) |
| 8 | "Operation" Transliteration: "Sakusen" (Japanese: 作戦) | Hideki Tonokatsu | Toshizo Nemoto | Takeshi Mori | September 4, 2024 (2024-09-04) |
| 9 | "Emperor" Transliteration: "Kōtei" (Japanese: 皇帝) | Toru Hamasaki | Toshizo Nemoto | Takeshi Mori | September 11, 2024 (2024-09-11) |
| 10 | "Closing" Transliteration: "Yui" (Japanese: 結) | Yasuyuki Fuse | Tatsuo Sato | Chihiro Kumano | September 18, 2024 (2024-09-18) |
| 11 | "Foreboding" Transliteration: "Taidō" (Japanese: 胎動) | Makoto Noriza | Tatsuo Sato | Toru Hamasaki | September 25, 2024 (2024-09-25) |
| 12 | "The Key" Transliteration: "Yō" (Japanese: 要) | Kosuke Shimoshima | Mitsuki Hirota | Noriaki Saito | October 2, 2024 (2024-10-02) |
| 13 | "Shock" Transliteration: "Shōgeki" (Japanese: 衝撃) | Hideki Tonokatsu | Mitsuki Hirota | Chihiro Kumano | October 9, 2024 (2024-10-09) |
| 14 | "The Lie" Transliteration: "Uso" (Japanese: 嘘) | Yasuyuki Fuse | Toshizo Nemoto | Mori Takeshi | October 16, 2024 (2024-10-16) |
| 15 | "Interrogation" Transliteration: "Jinmon" (Japanese: 尋問) | Kusa Toyama | Mariko Mochizuki | Mori Takeshi | October 23, 2024 (2024-10-23) |
| 16 | "Team" Transliteration: "Nakama" (Japanese: 仲間) | Hideki Tonokatsu | Mariko Mochizuki | Noriaki Saito | October 30, 2024 (2024-10-30) |
| 17 | "The Scenario" Transliteration: "Shinario" (Japanese: シナリオ) | Kosuke Shimoshima | Toshizo Nemoto | Chihiro Kumano | November 6, 2024 (2024-11-06) |
| 18 | "Covertness" Transliteration: "Anyaku" (Japanese: 暗躍) | Yasuyuki Fuse | Mitsuki Hirota | Mori Takeshi | November 13, 2024 (2024-11-13) |
| 19 | "Innocence" Transliteration: "Mujaki" (Japanese: 無邪気) | Takeshi Yoshimoto | Mariko Mochizuki | Mori Takeshi | November 20, 2024 (2024-11-20) |
| 20 | "Loyalty" Transliteration: "Chūsei" (Japanese: 忠誠) | Toru Hamasaki | Mitsuki Hirota | Mori Takeshi | November 27, 2024 (2024-11-27) |
| 21 | "Either Fate, or a Miracle" Transliteration: "Unmei, Aruiwa Kiseki" (Japanese: 運命, あるいは奇跡) | Kosuke Shimoshima | Toshizo Nemoto | Noriaki Saito | December 4, 2024 (2024-12-04) |
| 22 | "The Battlefront" Transliteration: "Tokkō Sensen" (Japanese: 特攻戦線) | Yasuyuki Fuse | Toshizo Nemoto | Chihiro Kumano | December 11, 2024 (2024-12-11) |
| 23 | "Showdown" Transliteration: "Kessen" (Japanese: 決戦) | Toru Hamasaki | Mariko Mochizuki | Mori Takeshi | December 18, 2024 (2024-12-18) |
| 24 | "Towards the Light" Transliteration: "Hikari no Sasu Kata e To" (Japanese: 光の指す方へと) | Outside the mountains | Tatsuo Sato | Outside the mountains, Tatsuo Sato | December 25, 2024 (2024-12-25) |

## Reception

The series ranked second on AnimeJapan's "Most Wanted Anime Adaptation" poll in 2019; it ranked seventh on the same poll in the following year.