Mundane Afterlife: Difference between revisions

 

Can overlap with [[A Hell of a Time]] or [[Ironic Hell]]. Compare [[Cool and Unusual Punishment]].

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* ''Inverted'' in ''[[Amakusa 1637]]''. At one point, the locals ask the time-traveling protagonists to describe the "Heaven" they believe they come from. When the protagonists comply, they are themselves shocked and moved when they realize the modern society they describe - one of electric light and heating, religious tolerance, rule of law, and ample food - ''is'', in fact, Heaven for the [[Crapsack World|medieval peasants]]. A paradise that they'd been taking for granted.

* ''[[Bleach]]''. Not only is the afterlife medieval Japan complete with social classes, but people are still born and die in it. Die in it in any manner that doesn't [[Deader Than Dead|destroy your soul]], and you [[Reincarnation|reincarnate]] back in the living world. Note that Hell is separate from this setup, and we don't quite know how it works. Especially since we've only seen it maybe once, waaaay back around Episode 5.

* ''[[Haibane Renmei]]'' takes place in a mundane version of purgatory, where children and teenagers are purified from their sins before going to heaven.

* Japan's afterlife in ''[[Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru]]'' is strikingly similar to everyday life. The Egyptian afterlife is the classical one, though.

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