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Scum of the Brave
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
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TV DNA
How Scum of the Brave actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Scum of the Brave reads strongest on World Building, Spectacle and Humour.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The story
What it's about
In the mid-21st century, Tokyo's mafia can turn into ether-enhanced Demon Lords, and Braves hunt them down. Yashiro, the Grim Reaper, reluctantly takes a new apprentice named Aki Jogamine, a high school girl training to become a Brave. He soon finds himself dragged into one troublesome case after another. The supernatural story of a scumbag master and his self-proclaimed apprentice begins!
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Latest Episodes
S01E24
A Brave's Lie
S01E23
A Brave's Truth
S01E22
A Brave's Ideal
S01E21
A Brave's Pride
S01E20
A Brave's Rescue
S01E19
A Brave's Motivation
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Cinematography
- Tsunetaka EmaDirector of Photography
Music
- Kenichiro SuehiroOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
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