

In Angel Beats!, God’s presumed representative is a mysterious girl called Angel.

Yuri blames God for the situation that they now find themselves in (more about that below). She wants Otonashi to join the SSS in its fight against God. SSS stands for Shinda Sekai Sensen, or literally ‘World of the Dead War Front.’ It also gets translated as ‘Afterlife Battlefront,’ which is less of a mouthful. Yuri, or Yurippe as some people at school have nicknamed her, is the leader of an organization called the SSS. Typical, average teen student Yuzuru Otonashi wakes up one day with a case of amnesia. Warning: There are a few unavoidable spoilers ahead. When it’s not being silly and funny, there’s actually quite a bit of metaphysical philosophy in there as well.

The series pokes fun at high school and high school anime cliches and tropes. A mysterious school is actually a waystation for people who aren’t quite ready to be dead yet in the anime series Angel Beats! It’s a short, fun series only thirteen episodes long.
