Gyakkyou Burai Kaiji: Hakairoku-hen


Kaiji: Against All Rules

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Synonyms: Gyakkyou Burai Kaiji S2, The Suffering Pariah Kaiji: Backslide Arc
Japanese: 逆境無頼カイジ 破戒録篇
English: Kaiji: Against All Rules
German: Kaiji: Against All Rules
Spanish: Kaiji: Against All Rules
French: Kaiji: Against All Rules
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Type: TV
Episodes: 26
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 6, 2011 to Sep 28, 2011
Premiered: Spring 2011
Broadcast: Wednesdays at 00:59 (JST)
Licensors: Sentai Filmworks
Studios: Madhouse
Source: Manga
Genre: SuspenseSuspense
Themes: Adult CastAdult Cast, High Stakes GameHigh Stakes Game, PsychologicalPsychological, Strategy GameStrategy Game
Demographic: SeinenSeinen
Duration: 24 min. per ep.
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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Score: 8.251 (scored by 106847106,847 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #3172
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #1233
Members: 194,074
Favorites: 2,787

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Synopsis

Owing to an increasing debt, Kaiji Itou ends up resuming his old lifestyle. One day, while walking on the street, he stumbles upon Yuuji Endou, who is hunting Kaiji due to the money he owes to the Teiai Group. Unaware of this, Kaiji eagerly follows Endou, hoping for a chance to participate in another gamble, but soon finds out the loan shark's real intentions when he is kidnapped.

Given that Kaiji is unable to pay off his huge debt, the Teiai Group instead sends him to work in an underground labor camp. He is told that he will have to live in this hell for 15 years, alongside other debtors, until he can earn his freedom. His only hope to put an early end to this nightmare is by saving enough money to be able to go back to the surface for a single day. Once he is there, he plans to obtain the remaining money needed to settle his account by making a high-stakes wager. However, as many temptations threaten his scarce income, Kaiji may have to resort to gambling sooner than he had expected.

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Yajima, Tetsuo
Episode Director, Storyboard
Kawamura, Kenichi
Episode Director, Storyboard


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"Chase the Light!" by Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas
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Ending Theme

1: "C Kara Hajimaru ABC" by Wasureranneeyo (eps 1-25)
2: "Mirai wa Bokura no Te no Naka" by Kaiji with Redbourn Cherries (eps 26)




Reviews

May 14, 2011
Ok this is my first time to write a review so please go easy.

Let me start by saying I'm a huge fan of psychological thriller series and I must say Kaiji is one of the best there is in that aspect. Season 1 was just amazing, keeps you thinking and surprises you with the twisted outcomes. In Season 2 Kaiji has done it again, each episode keeps getting better and better makes you at the edge of your seat hunger to know whats will happen next.

If your a fan of Psychological thrillers such as Death note or Liar game, Kaiji is a must watch ...
May 28, 2014
Mixed Feelings
Kaiji season 2 offers a solid conclusion to the anime series however the series itself is a decrease in quality from season 1 Kaiji Ultimate Survivor.

Taking place a few months after the first arc, Kaiji is taken underground to pay his debt by manual labor which will take him around 15 years to complete his sentence. After a few months later, Kaiji is then allowed to be outside for a few days in which he hears about a casino with the infamous pachinko game "The Bog" which if Kaiji wins can pay off his entire debt.

The differences in this season being the 3rd series of ...
Aug 16, 2020
There are some decent points to the story that are overshadowed by the drawn out filler. Most of the bog episodes until the end can be skipped because they amount to rolling pachinko balls over and over with an obnoxious narrator telling the viewer the obvious. Character development was non-existent from the previous series, would have liked to see more interesting arc from Kaiji. Minor point, but the crying and melodrama took me out of the anime time and time again. Worth addressing that many compare this show to Kakeguri. I find that comparison to be unfair since Kakeguri is more ...

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