Paradox Live: The Animation: Episode Guide

This page catalogues each episode of the anime! Beware of spoilers in the summaries!

Summary:
Four up and coming hip hop groups -- BAE, The Cat's Whiskers, cozmez, and Akan Yatsura -- receive invitations to a mysterious competition, the Paradox Live. Enticed by the promise of a 10 billion yen prize and the chance to challenge the legendary Buraikan, each team has their own reasons for deciding to participate, and the existing relationships between members of the groups begin to reveal themselves. We are introduced to the concept of phantometal.

Meanwhile, during the one month period to create a song, Allen gets a bit too wrapped up in working on a song for the competition, and works on the new track up to the wire, leading to BAE running late to the opening show and needing to make a dramatic entry to avoid getting disqualified.

Song Sequences:

• Does not have the regular OP or ED sequence
• FLY HIGH!!! - BAE (Anime-original song)
• BaNG!!! - BAE

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Summary:
Kanata grows frustrated with BAE's displays of ostentatious wealth and decides to investigate a BAE performance, whereupon he has the chance to steal Allen's phantometal. After being berated by Nayuta for this act of cowardice, he runs into Allen and Anne, who have come to take it back. They have an argument about who has more right to hiphop, which culminates in Kanata handing Allen his metal back.

Song Sequences:

• Has standard OP and ED
• Get It - cozmez

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Summary:
Shiki deals with the guilt of feeling like he's the reason that The Cat's Whiskers lost their first battle round, and Ryu struggles with feeling like he can't connect to the other members of TCW because he doesn't experience trap reactions. Akan Yatsura pay a visit to Bar 4/7 to ask about Alter Trigger, and Ryu adopts a stray kitten, only to panic when the kitten has an health issue.

Song Sequences:

• Has standard OP and ED
• 4 REAL - The Cat's Whiskers

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Summary:
After attending a The Cat's Whiskers show, Hajun antagonizes the members of the other team only to get blindsided by a comment from Ryu. In response, Hajun shuts himself away in his room, declaring that his teammates know nothing about him and are simply work colleagues. The members of BAE have heart-to-heart through Hajun's bedroom door about their traumas and trap reactions.

Song Sequences:

• Has standard OP and ED

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Summary:
After an argument leads to the destruction of Satsuki's phone, the Akan Yatsura kids are out on the town and happen to stumble upon someone getting harangued by some thugs. They intervene, only to find out that it's Kanata from cozmez, who is looking for Nayuta; according to him, Nayuta disappeared after an argument. Splitting up into search teams consisting of Hokusai and Reo on one hand and Kanata and Satsuki on the other, they look for the missing Nayuta and discuss what family means to each of them.

Song Sequences:

• Has standard OP and ED
• BAD BOYZ -Akan Yatsura Underground- Akan Yatsura

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Summary:
Allen and the Akan Yatsura kids are both gunning for a 200,000 JPY first-edition Buraikan record; Allen picks up some odd jobs around town, while Akan Yatsura run intelligence recon on Ryu from TCW for money from Iori; in the interim, Kanata has an argument of his own with Iori. Ryu is evasive and drags Satsuki, Reo, and Hokusai on a wild goose chase with Shiki in tow, but they end up bonding with each other along the way, right up until Ryu wants to go see a ghost that he saw in a high-rise building. Meanwhile, Hajun shows up at one of Allen's part time jobs with his attitude as terrible as ever.

Song Sequences:

• Has standard OP and ED

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Summary: Kanata has disturbing dreams and finds himself getting sick off the tail end of them, so Nayuta goes out to get him medicine. Shiki resolves to investigate the rooftop ghost and ends up taking a trip down memory lane, recalling his friendship with Nayuta and its tragic end-- only to bump into a Nayuta who does not recognize him wandering through the streets.

Song Sequences:

• Has standard OP
• Fadeaway - Rooftop Friends (special ED)

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