1 : Death: Seven Darts

Newlyweds Takashi and Machiko find themselves at the Quindecim bar, where the bartender, Decim, has them stake their "lives" in a game of darts. As the game progresses, Takashi suspects that Machiko had been having an affair and attempts to win, only for Machiko to state this wasn't true and that she is pregnant. Machiko lands the winning hit. At the end of the game, it is revealed they had both died in a car crash because of Takashi's jealousy. Machiko subsequently claims she only married Takashi for his money. After Decim prevents Takashi from attacking Machiko, he sends them to the elevators, where Takashi gets reincarnated and Machiko gets sent to the void.

1 : Death: Seven Darts

Unbelieving, Takashi and Machiko try and find a way out, but are unsuccessful. They return to Decim and refuse to play the game. Decim presents them with a room full of strung up bodies and recommends against it. Now fearing for their lives, Takashi and Machiko agree to play the game. Takashi pushes a button that starts the roulette. The game that is selected is darts. A corner of Quindecim illuminates with gold light as two dartboards rise from the ground.

Decim now explains the rules. They both start with 501 points and 7 darts each. Whoever reaches zero, or has the lowest score after all darts are thrown is the victor. Additionally, each section of the dartboard is linked to their various body parts and will inflict pain when hit.

Takashi and Machiko are skeptical until they each throw a dart and cause each other pain. Takashi is now fully convinced, but is confused how someone could do something like this to their bodies. He confronts Decim and demands to know what he has done to him. Taking his time, Decim informs him he hasn't done anything. Decim tells Takashi that if they don't wish to be harmed, they can miss with their remaining darts. However, he will lose if the game were to end with the current score. Takashi returns, and Machiko asks him how it went. Takashi informs her of Decim's "tip", and she happily agrees. The two miss their targets for 4 consecutive turns.

After hearing Machiko deny his suspicions, he gives up on his hopeful dreams over living happily ever after with her, and walks over to her lone dart. Takashi then asks Decim if he could use another player's darts. Decim replies that it only matters where the dart is going, whoever throws it does not matter. Takashi notes that this whole game has been impossible to win as a single person, and that the whole thing was rigged. Knowing that one of them will end up losing, Takashi asks what will occur once the victor is chosen. Decim responds that he is unable to answer that question. Takashi takes her dart, and prepares to throw it, jeering that she must be ready to lose at something because she always wins at home, and addresses her by her nickname, "Macchi".

Takashi scrambles up and tries to yank the darts from the board to try again, but Machiko stops him knowing that they are already dead. Decim confirms they are dead. humans are sent to either Heaven or Hell, Quindecim exists to provide judgement of the deceased. Those who die at the same moment are invited to play a game and be judged.

Having another flashback, Takashi remembers the reasons he began to suspect Machiko of cheating on him. He also remembers riding along to their honeymoon, but he crashed the car while trying to take her phone in a jealous fit. Devastated, he begs Decim to do something, for he must be god. Decim denies this, stating he is only an Arbiter. Takashi then turns on Machiko and accuses her of having someone else's child. Machiko tries to convince Takashi that she wasn't unfaithful, but after seeing how lost Takashi is, Machiko walks away and cries. She then claims that she was cheating on him and was only after his money. Showing a flashback to her having an affair but appearing remorseful. Takashi then tries to stab her with his darts, but Decim reveals a power to control/manifest wire and restrains him. Decim states the game is over and a ruling has been decided before rendering Takashi unconscious.

On 2 October 2017, criticism appeared on social media about a lack of federal action on gun safety which invoked the U.S. government's response concerning the sale of lawn darts toys following a single child's death in 1987: "Just your reminder that after a girl was killed playing with lawn darts in 1987, the U.S. government banned them. Lawn darts."

The sale of lawn darts in the U.S. had been banned for many years before the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) reached a compromise with manufacturers in 1976 that allowed the darts to be sold under certain conditions: they could not be sold in toy stores, retailers could not place them in or near their toy departments, and the darts (which were typically sold in sets of four) had to include a clear warning that they should only be used by adults.

Snow went on to contact several federal legislators and testify before a House subcommittee regarding the dangers that lawn darts carried, and his campaign spurred the CPSC to reinstitute a ban on the sale of lawn dart kits in May 1988. The CPSC said at the time of the decision that:

In October 1988, two months before the ban would take effect, Snow declared that "My year-and-a-half struggle is now over. I made seven trips to Washington. I got blisters on my feet. But I just kept at it and today is the payoff. At least now I can say I kept my promise to my little girl."

Bob Archer, one of the owners of Kent Sporting Goods, a U.S.-based supplier of lawn darts, questioned the CPSC's ruling, saying: "I think things are wrong with guns. Which is the greater evil -- lawn darts that kill three people or guns that kill ... thousands in a year?"

Takashi completely loses his mind as he runs towards her with darts in his hand, ready to strike her. However, Decim, the arbiter, stops him with his strings until he loses his consciousness. He motions Machiko back to the elevator as he carries Takashi inside it where the two of them will be sent to their respective destinations.

The dispute over lawn darts is a small speck in the recreation industry, compared to controversies such as all-terrain vehicles, which have been blamed for hundreds of deaths. But despite his narrow focus, Snow inadvertently became a player in a larger story: the mounting criticism of the Consumer Product Safety Commission under its chairman, Terrence M. Scanlon, who has argued that the commission should seek voluntary compliance from manufacturers of potentially unsafe products rather than turn to enforcement actions that might economically injure businesses.

Gradually he began to make inquiries about lawn darts. His first discovery shocked him: For 17 years, the federal government had had rules on the books aimed at preventing children from using the darts.

Under the compromise regulation, lawn darts could be marketed only as a game of skill for adults. A hazardous-to-children warning had to be put on each package. In addition, they could not be sold in toy stores or toy departments.

There was a warning on the three-foot-tall combo package Snow bought in a neighborhood department store. He is still haunted, he said, by the fact that he never saw it. It was small, less than 2 by 4 inches in size, written in lettering that was extremely thin but whose height met the required one-fourth-inch type standard. Nor was the product segregated from toys. I was with Michelle, and I could touch the Barbie dolls with one hand and lawn darts with the other.

The commission, already under attack for failing to aggressively regulate criticized products such as all-terrain vehicles, swimming pool covers and disposable cigarette lighters, responded by ordering a staff investigation of lawn darts.

The commission collected 21 models of lawn darts from 13 importers and one domestic manufacturer and found that all failed to comply with warning requirements. Ten of the models lacked the required front-panel warning.

Lawn darts (also known as Javelin darts, jarts, lawn jarts or yard darts) is a lawn game for two players or teams. A lawn dart set usually includes four large darts and two targets. The game play and objective are similar to those of both horseshoes and darts. The darts are typically 12 inches (30 cm) in length with a weighted metal or plastic tip on one end and three plastic fins on a rod at the other end. The darts are intended to be tossed underhand toward a horizontal ground target, where the weighted end hits first and sticks into the ground. The target is typically a plastic ring, and landing anywhere within the ring scores a point.

Starting in the late twentieth century, the safety of metal-tipped lawn darts was called into question in several countries. After thousands of injuries and at least three children's deaths were attributed to lawn darts, the sharp-pointed darts were banned for sale in the United States and Canada.[1][2] They are still legal in the European Union.[citation needed]

The game may be played with standard or Handly Cup rules.[3] Either variation can be played one-on-one or by teams of two. In the team versions, the players stand with one member from each team at each end (they should be sure to stand well back when the other side is throwing) and toss the darts to a target about 35 feet (11 m) away (with variation based on the players' skill and the location of the game).

In standard game play, points are scored when a dart lands in the target area. Usually if players from both teams land darts in the target, the scores cancel each other; for example, if Team A lands two darts in the target area and Team B lands one, Team A would get one point and Team B would get zero. Some versions of lawn darts include a smaller bullseye ring for additional points.

With the Handly Cup style, scores are based on darts in the ring plus darts closer to the ring than any of the opposing team's darts. Darts landing inside the ring, or "ringers", are worth three points each, and can be canceled by darts thrown by opponents that also land in the ring. Any dart that is closer to, but outside, the ring than any other dart thrown by the opposing team is worth one point. This means that if neither team managed to place a dart into the ring, but Team A landed two darts closer than did any of Team B's darts, Team A would score two points. If Team A landed one dart in the ring, and one dart closer than any of Team B's darts, Team A would score four points. If both teams land darts in the ring, it is impossible for a dart outside the ring to score any points, as it is farther from the ring than the opposing team's dart that is inside. If Team A and Team B each land a dart inside the ring, and Team A also lands a dart outside the ring but closer to the ring than Team B's other dart, neither team would score any points for the round. Handly Cup style matches are typically played by teams of two, with the pairs alternating until one team's total score is 21 or more. For a point to count, the dart must stick into the ground. 041b061a72