The games themselves are also poorly constructed some come off as unnecessarily complex, others are just too simple and easy to beat. This problem is apparent in every gamble in the show and kills the opportunity for viewers to engage with the gambling games and the characters playing said games. Doing this is lazy of the writers as it solely relies on having to tell the audience what happened, rather than show it as it is happening. As such, viewers are forced to believe Yumeko was able to piece everything together without fault. Throughout the entire game, the audience is given no insight into what Yumeko is thinking or even a hint as to how she was able to figure out Meari’s scheme until it is given through exposition after she has already won. Meari manipulates the majority of the class’ votes to her advantage, however Yumeko still wins decisively and reveals exactly how Meari cheated. The game Yumeko and Meari play is a card-game variation of rock-paper-scissors where the crowd of people watching them write the symbol of “rock”, “paper” or “scissors” on cards, where they are collected and put into a box for both players to draw three cards and play the game. Ironically, Yumeko’s first gamble at the academy is against Meari, and it is here where the first major problem of the show lies. Throughout the show, Yumeko befriends beta cuck bitch-boy Ryouta Suzui and fellow gambling gal Meari Saotome who help her as she gambles to her heart’s content.
Her actions end up disrupting the student hierarchy of Hyakkaou Academy, causing the Student Council to come up with ways to stop her. The show focuses of Yumeko Jabami, a new student who gambles for the fun of it and is really good at it too good, in fact. They bet their fortunes against one another regularly, and those who become in debt are practically slaves to the holders of their wealth. I use the term school lightly because there seems to be no actual classes or learning happening, instead the school is more like a gambling den, where every student partakes in gambling. Kakegurui takes place in Hyakkaou Private Academy, a prestigious school where the student are the most wealthy and privileged students in all of Japan. I was disappointed with Kakegurui from episode 1, because even after just one episode, it is obvious to see that Kakegurui is a terrible gambling anime. All that was left for me to do was watch it, and this is where the hype for this show died for me. I had heard good things about the manga and it was being produced by Studio MAPPA, a studio that I have high hopes for despite not being impressed with any of their previous works. So when I saw that Kakegurui was airing this season and also happened to be the most popular show of Summer 2017, I was pretty excited. Unfortunately, these kinds of anime are extremely rare to come by, as nearly all of them are practically unknown to most of the anime community and nearly impossible to watch any of them legally.
These shows have given me goose bumps from sheer awe and admiration while watching psychological battles of witsĪnd strategy between people willing to risk their very lives on even the simplest of games. 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. The rest I spent foolishly.” – George Raft.
“Part of it went on gambling, and part of it went on women.
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