Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
RemanTheArchean
Was this supposed to be a satire of something? If it was, I didn't get it.
Japan seems to think poker is some hardcore crazy game. To me, poker is a game for people like Nate Silver, i.e. it's a hobby for geeks and nerds to check if they paid attention during stats class. Seeing overexaggerated anime monologues saying things like "PREPARE TO DIE, LOSER!!! I'LL SPLATTER YOUR BLOOD ALL OVER THIS TABLE" in regards to poker is just bizarrely goofy.
The games of chance aren't actually really the focus of the show though. The show is much more interested in showing weirdly overexaggerated expressions that are sometimes sexual. I could pause at nearly any point and I'd often be left with something that could be screenshotted and used as a silly anime reaction picture on 4chan, if I wanted. Th…
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The past 5 or 6 years there was a trend called "best girl" anime. The whole thing revolves around pushing the main waifu front and center for the purpose of selling the manga. This gets exaggerated with the anime because now she needs to sell the manga AND merch.
Enter Yumeko Jabami, her character intro in the theme song AND the show is boobs first. I'm not joking, We first get a shot of her bouncing chest with the theme song saying her name over and over THEN her face. That's not a good start.
Because everything revolves around her the rest of the "story" and plot suffers. The school is called Hyakkaou Academy. An elite school for the rich to.... ummmmm... Gamble?
No seriously where are the teachers in this? Why are there no classes? All you ever see is students gambling or bullying…
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(Introduction)
A show about rich high school student, stupidly gambling there lives away for kicks but everything changes a little bit when compulsive Psycho Gambler with Red-Eyes Black Hair Jabami Yumeko enter the scene. To literally give the student council, who doesn’t do anything but sit around all day, an intense facial workout. Get ready to be amazed by Studio MAPPA's artistry, for almost every single character in this show have the ability to make ridiculously funny faces that will give Reddit some temporary memes to play with.
Get mind-blown to the intensely good animated atmosphere of Kakegurui Gambling, which are the few things I found respecting in this show. And If you ever get lost what the heck is going on during the middle of the gameplay, don’t worry, after every match, J…
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So, there’s this gambling den where people risk their future. Money is power in capitalism and the more you have the more powerful you become. Ok, it makes sense so far… And then it stops making sense because the gambling den is a freaking high school, where the only thing that is not going on in there is learning. Everybody is acting like a horny lunatic and the author wants us to believe the educational system is fine with letting its young people to become unstable gambling addicts.
And yes, I know it’s not supposed to be a serious anime. It’s trash entertainment for immature people, but I have seen many who tried to defend the show as a psychological thriller and a character study, by making it sound like it’s all about the effects of gambling on rich people, as well as how the whole…
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Kakegurui is a Kawamoto Homura manga that's been adapted into both anime and live action forms. The first series of the anime came out in 2017 from MAPPA. The same studio that we only forgive for Sakamichi no Apollon because they proved they can do well with Dororo. Let's see how they did with this one.
Story:
Our tale takes place in a prestigious school where the children of rich and powerful families are allowed to gamble away their futures. For at this school, gambling is considered justice and all students take on gambles. Our protagonist is transfer student Jabami Yumeko. A girl who joins the school to sate her gambling fetish and wants nothing more than the opportunity to go up against the student council.
For the sake of argument, let's pretend the premise isn't completely, irr…
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You know, a bad show, to me, is not simply a matter of the quantity or size of the flaws you can find in it, however it is that you decide to measure such an arbitrary idea, but what kind of flaws it has. I can deal with some plot holes, for once (I mean, even the almighty FMA has 2 big ones at the end) as long as the work can properly contextualize them and not make me care. Members of the cast being inconsistent, though, make it tougher to stomach. I’m also not someone who asks for absolute realism, but simply verisimilitude and consistency. Disregard all of those and the work starts to go sour for me. The worst offenses, though, are when the work becomes morally bankrupt, when it asks me to sympathize and side with people who are clearly contemptible. Kakegurui is one of those shows.
S…
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I won't be comparing this anime to Kaiji, because that would be an insult to kaiji.
*spoilers*
The best way to summarise kakegurui's problems is this: it's trying too fucking hard
The premise is this: the very top of the wealthy and powerful instead of sending their kids to the best school money can buy, send them to a ghetto tier school where seemingly no lessons happen and everyone just sits around playing games, in fact I don't think I've even seen a teacher.
Lets ignore how pants-on-head retarded this concept is for a moment though at the risk of getting off track, our protagonist is a mary sue superhuman gambler female who frees our limp wristed neutered male protagonist from debt slavery, after which he follows her around like a lost puppy never saying or doing anything interest…
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I have been watching anime for a long time. Hell I’ve just been on this planet for a long time.
Throughout that time I do not remember a situation where I was so fixated on one certain aspect that completely capitulated everything else.
That is where I am with the faces in Kakugurui.
These issues with obnoxious faces is nothing new for me and can be seen in my Daily Lives of High School Boys review as well as my opinions on Drifters.
But Kakegurui has achieved a level of obnoxious faces into a territory that has not been explored that I shall deem as egregious faces.
The show’s art style is presented in a way that resembles sadistic hentai with these faces.
I for one am not a masochist nor a sadist that will get enjoyment from an entertainment medium that way.
I also am not a hentai…
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Kakegurui sends us to an elite school where betting decides not only the future of the student, but also the future of his assets and career. For me it is something unheard of in this area. Although I've seen RPG series of games to fantastic fantasy worlds where life is based on games, Kakegurui [at least for me] has brought something unprecedented in proportion to the bets in a realistic way! I intend to be a bit truthful in my criticism, without overdoing it like some people who have entered the show and have often made revisions ahead of time, before they even have even tried a few episodes. The psychological part of Kakegurui for me worked a little more towards the middle, however, it fell a little from the middle to the end. Even then, there were parts that even if they did not work,…
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Welcome to Hyakkaou Private Academy, a gambling paradise where success is rewarded with wealth and prestige and those who fail are punished with massive debt and dehumanization. In this twisted establishment, taking big risks and cheating profusely are a commonality amongst the school's student body. While many may be turned off by these extreme conditions, protagonist Jabami Yumeko, a major gambling addict, finds herself right at home when she transfers to the academy. She doesn't have any elaborate plans or aspirations and only desires one thing; the ecstatic feeling she derives from gambling.
WARNING: The plethora of psychotic lesbians in this anime may be too much for the weak of heart to handle. Proceed with caution.
The male protagonist in the show is Ryouta Suzui. He's basically y…
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Plot:
Obsession, repression, insanity, and thrill-seeking, these are all topics primarily emphasized in Kakegurui. What was interesting in the show was that gambling, for me, was really just a tool to deliver a message; because if we are to judge Kakegurui simply as a gambling show it would be plain awful. The setting is rather generic as the show occurs in a school, although to be fair it is a rather “special” school that is built on gambling. The hierarchy is constructed based on who has the most money, which the general rule of thumb anywhere, and who is the most competent gambler, meaning who is the most adept in psychological warfare. Consequently, fortunes can be overturned since practically all students are engaged in gambling their assets away with hopes of securing their immediate…
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A word of caution before getting into this review: There will be minor spoilers.
I thought that overall, Kakegurui was pretty damn fun and enjoyable. 6 may seem like a bad score, but I think it's fair. I scored it based on what it says by it, and it means "Fine". Perfectly how I would describe this when I look at this as objectively as possible in my review, and not out of pure enjoyment (else it'd be a 7 or 8, to be honest). Now with that out of the way, into the review.
CHARACTERS
Let's start out with the characters. The majority of the notable characters are female. I find this rather unique in a gambling anime since this very rarely happens. The majority of characters also show a crazy side, most of them being female since, as I've said before, most of the notable characters are…
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It where two reasons that I started to watch Kakegurui (Compulsive Gambler) this season. The first where that I´m planning to read the manga, and was curious about it. And the second and more important one, is that Kakegurui is produced by studio MAPPA. Which happens to be one of my favourite studios after seen what magic they created with the “Shingeki no Bahamut”-series. Their animation quality is nothing but as close to flawless as you can get, and they do have a brilliant way of bringing forth the specific design of the show they produce – they surely know how to place the effects for maximum output. And that applies to what they have done with Kakegurui as well. Stunning work indeed.
But as we all know, that great animation quality is just a factor to the whole experience of an anim…
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For over the past few years in the anime industry, they brought as so many ''Game'' genre animes like SAO, Accel World, Log Horizon, Btooom! and other ''Game'' animes out there. But the thing is, most of them or should I say ''Almost'' of the anime with a ''Game'' genre are about going into a video game itself and it's getting boring tbh. Summer 2017 season is going to end along with one of its unique ''Game'' anime which is very different to other animes this season because not only it excels to the ''Game'' genre with being different to other animes out there but also it excels on the psychological part of it. Welcome to Kakegurui. A 12-episodes anime that offers both the craziness of gambling and mechanism of it.
Story: 8/10
Kakegurui brought as a simple story where a student (Jabami Y…
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*No Spoiler Concise Review*
TL;DR: If Kaiji and Shokugeki no Soma had a forbidden love child, you get Kakegurui: a show that throws all realism out of the window and the female MC orgasms every time she whispers "Kakegurui" or "Let's Gamble."
[Story: 3/10 , Characters: 5/10, Art: 8/10, Sound: 6/10, Enjoyment: 5/10]
What is Kakegurui? It's a psychological mystery anime where the MC, Jabami Yumeko, a transfer student, starts attending Hyakkaou Private Academy, a normal school by day & a gambling heaven/hell by night, whose sole purpose is to teach their rich spoiled brats in the art of dealing with money & manipulating people. This show throws all realism out of the window and declares that the best gamblers are those who are addicted to gambling, not those who stay calm. This show is both…
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“Part of it went on gambling, and part of it went on women. The rest I spent foolishly.” – George Raft.
To those of you who have watched Kakegurui I ask: Why did you watch this anime? Were you intrigued by the aesthetic look of the show? Or maybe what drew you to Kakegurui was the concept; gambling! The latter was what caught my eye, as past experiences with gambling anime have proven that they hold some of the most entertaining and exhilarating moments I have ever seen. These shows have given me goose bumps from sheer awe and admiration while watching psychological battles of wits and strategy between people willing to risk their very lives on even the simplest of games. Unfortunately, these kinds of anime are extremely rare to come by, as nearly all of them are practically unknown to mo…
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Kakegurui- The Great Value Brand of Kaiji: Now with Chicks!
The dim, incandescent can light burns the back of your head from above. Your mouth is a desert, lips parched as you struggle to even swallow your own saliva. An irregular heart beat increases its oscillations, and your vision blurs as you attempt to read your own cards. You're a house pet, a term coined only for those drowning in the debt of the student council and this one hand of poker could either seal your fate for the rest of your life, or set you free of the shackles of your dues. Anger, guilt, nervousness and tension well up inside your brain, clouding any sense of strategy once present in your arsenal. The remaining cards are dealt, each one like a subsequent dagger being driven into the heart. Your fingers dig into the c…
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Gambling is a fairly common topic in manga, though it is seldom adapted into an anime. There is good reason for this: there is little in the way of action that would benefit from adaptation, and exposition really drags on when it needs to be voiced rather than just read. And alongside these conceptual problems, there's the moral repugnancy that Kakegurui revels in, which should serve to further alienate any potential audience. But despite all of this, Kakegurui has somehow won against a stacked deck, and in this review, I'll take a look at how this oddball became a mainstream success.
This anime covers the first 27 chapters of the manga, and then adds on an anime exclusive ending. These chapters essentially serve as an introduction to the world of Kakegurui, establishing the characters an…
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As the players take their seats, excitement fills the air. Cards, gathered up in one quick swoop, become the weapons of this match, as each fighter tries to gather their wits under the intense stress and tension at play. Pulse quickens, the heart accelerates, at the sight of their weapons, as each fighter stares at their enemy in silent anticipation, awaiting any indication into the contents of their hand. As time passes the air grows all the more incredibly heavy and thick, sweat adorning both of these brave warriors, as, suddenly, the signal to throw down their cards to determine the victor is called. Who will receive Lady Luck's blessing this time?
Gambling! High octane stakes and tension! Narratives surrounding the use of gambling are supposed to be exciting, tense, give us a sense of…
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I’m not a fan of using buzzwords but it’s hard to ignore the edginess when watching Kakegurui. Based on the manga of the same name, this adaptation translates to a gambling story. I can’t help but think of a wicked thriller when watching this show. It basically takes the idea of gambling and transform it into madness with its characters, setting, and ideas. However, does it live up its hype and worth watching? The answer is quite the opposite.
Getting into this show for some people will likely not be easy. It’s not a recommendable show for anyone unless you really fancy a psychological thriller that deals with a crazy cast of characters. The show itself takes place at Hyakkaou Academy. It’s a peculiar school that prepares students for proficiency related to strategizing, mental strength,…
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