Kakegurui Twin
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| Man... that was some plot twist at the end of that game. I totally fell for that. But, I'm happy Mary won and her legendary BAKA... BAKA... BAKA!!! Also, that was so sad what happened to Sakura there. I knew that Aoi is not a good guy at all. But, he's pathetic. Sakura deserves better. 6 episodes were not enough for this but I hope this gets another season in the near future. For now, it was great seeing this academy from Saotome's perspective. Sachiko is a very interesting character to me. Maybe, I'll dive into this spin-off manga. |
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| Man, I watched episode 6 before episode 5 and I was so confused with what was happening. Anyway, I hope Sakura has a happy ending, she seems like a honest person. Edit: Sakura literally was okay betting her reputation and then was "what? Did I really lose my reputation Aoi?" that was dumb. |
curvedtreeAug 4, 2022 4:22 AM
| I actually liked this alot more than I thought it would. Might be strange saying this, but it genuinely feels like a Better Call Saul-esque prequel of the main Kakeuguri series. In the sense that we have this protagonist-like character get their own series and we find out what happened in their journey for them to become so arrogant and ruthless. Mary seems alot different and "kinder" than the one we first see in the Kakegurui, not to mention we've never heard of Hanatemari or Yukimi before. Also Also, we know that here Midara isn't a student council president yet, plus there's the Full-Bloom peeps & the 2 ""former members"" in it (Juraku and Aoi). They seem to have to setup alot here and if they actually manage to tie everything back up full circle; I think I'd really like it. >Hanatemari (like Kim Wexler) we dont know what happened to her, we never see her in the Kakegurui timeline. But apparently Mary has her hairpin. Something terrible must've happened to her and Yukimi, likely explusion, for Mary to develop a more hostile and dickish personality. >Full-Bloom being taken down by Mary >Defeating Juraku and Aoi - thus freeing up the position for Midara? >Sado being crushed completely with no chance of opposing her again >Going full circle and defeating Ryota |
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| Not gonna lie I am kinda disappointed that this was only 6 episodes but I guess I should be happy that I am able to see it animated. Anyway This series brings one overarching question: What in the hell happened to Mary so that She ended up the way She was when Yumeko arrived ? In this series She seems more like the post character development Mary She turned into after losing Yumeko despite this being the past. While watching Kakegurui you obviously think that Mary was probably always a bad(ish) person who reformed thanks to Yumeko but this series comes out and shows that She used to be a lot more like her reformed self in the past so what happened that She changed to the point of using Ryota as a chair when Yumeko arrived ? And Despite Tsuzura claiming in this episode that She will be with Mary no matter what happens She is literally NOWHERE to be seen in the Kakegurui anime as well so that is probably related to Mary’s change of personality ALSO If anyone rewatches Kakegurui, the first season episode 7 last minutes has Mary holding Tsuzura’s hairpin in her hands which proves that something must have happened. |
| So the treasure hunt was the actual game, they sure made them go in a loop. This last gamble was the most interesting one, other gambles were so so. Okay season overall, would prolly watch if more comes. |
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| This ended up being extremely good, to be honest a better version of the original Kakegurui series. Really hoping for a S2 |
| It was a good watch but the lack of Yumeko hurts the series a bit imo. 7/10 |
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| looks like it not over yet. happy to be waiting |
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ZER0PT said: It was a good watch but the lack of Yumeko hurts the series a bit imo. 7/10 Yumeko is the biggest problem with the main series, so, have to disagree on that. |
| Mary’s “baka baka baka” when she won was really cute lol Overall that was a pretty decent/ok series. Sad to only have it for 6 episodes, but hopefully Mappa picks this back up because I’ll definitely watch part 2 if it ever comes out. Gonna miss Mary and that OP fr. |
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LuZeke said: ZER0PT said: It was a good watch but the lack of Yumeko hurts the series a bit imo. 7/10 Yumeko is the biggest problem with the main series, so, have to disagree on that. That's surprising since people that I know always love her. |
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ZER0PT said: It was a good watch but the lack of Yumeko hurts the series a bit imo. 7/10 In a way, you're right. By having Yumeko be an enigmatic and seemingly unstoppable MC, the main series can focus the character development on her opponents. Twin's antagonists seem less dimensional, because the focus is mostly on Mary and her struggles during the gambles. As a result, Twin's cast of characters is less complex overall. But on the other hand, this focus on Mary is the reason why she's by far the best written character in Kakegurui. I can't really say which approach is better. The two are just different. Overall, I absolutely loved these six episodes. I still think it hurt the relationship between Mary and Tsuzura that they glossed over the first gamble, but I read the manga, so it didn't lessen my personal enjoyment. This Twin adaption made me remember how well Kakegurui works when it's animated. The vibe of the show is one of the biggest selling points for me and the manga just can't compare in that aspect. |
| Well apart from it being a netflix show and them slapping us in the face with intersectionality. I have to say, I really enjoyed this show. Season 3 when!! |
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| Pacing def felt rushed in twin, but I love how Mary grew to count on her friends and was able to outsmart Sakura in the end. Considering where she started at, that’s some massive growth. Def miss my baby Yumeko and the council president, but this was a nice appetiser while we wait on s3 |
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| Just finished and i want more :( I think it was really good as the main series despite be just 6 episodes. I hope for sequel for both series. |
| I'm really glad that I was able to watch more Kakegurui, but I'm very bummed about the episode count. Six just wasn't enough. Wish they would have given it the full Kakegurui & Kakegurui XX treatment. 12 episodes at least... An OP with singing (not that I dislike the instrumental track in Twin), and better animation. MAPPA has a lot on its plate that I am a fan of too (AOT, VS, and CM) so I'm not like too annoyed about this, but it did bum me out. I can't believe I began watching Twin three days ago and I'm already finished. I was not aware at all that it was going to be six episodes. |
| The only defect: six episodes. |
| “The past, the future, and the present. Everything flows and all is connected. This eye is not merely seen reality. It is touching the truth. Open the eye of truth... There is nothing to fear.” -Cowboy Bebop |
| I need more episodes |
| The probably pushed the twist too far at the end I mean you really need to have an IQ of 500 to decipher the true meaning of both maps I swear xD Anyway that was great and with the behavior of the boy that was a wise decision to not join them in the end even though it looks like he'll try to force her, poor Sakura though :/ I'm really frustrated it only has 6 episodes, seriously they should have at least made it one cour... I enjoyed it as much as the original Kakegurui but it is a letdown to see how short it is. |
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| I liked this mini show waaaay more than I thought I would, all the characters were pretty interesting and didn't feel as obnoxious as with the main series, there was no self insert character and I really like Mary, she is so much more interesting and engaging than Yumeko, it is great how emotional she gets both when losing and winning, she is the best, shame it was only 6 episodes, the ED was great too, the song was super catchy and those visuals were great, love that I don't know what to call it, like clean pastel palette. |
| Focusing on Mary instead of the utter force of nature that Yumeko is made this slightly more enjoyable for me than the main show, even if that meant that the gambles had to be simplified due to Mary not being even close to Yumeko's skill level (although that raises the question of why they felt the need to explain some of these for so long). My only real complaint would be that it's a little hard to reconcile this Mary as the same character we saw turn Ryota into a human chair in episode 1 of the main show, though as there's a lot seemingly a lot more story beyond this point in the manga I can just about accept it (at least enough to not have my immersion entirely broken). |
Roch2001 said: Well apart from it being a netflix show and them slapping us in the face with intersectionality. I have to say, I really enjoyed this show. Season 3 when!! Slapping us in the face with intersectionality? What are you referring to? |
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dowoma said: Roch2001 said: Well apart from it being a netflix show and them slapping us in the face with intersectionality. I have to say, I really enjoyed this show. Season 3 when!! Slapping us in the face with intersectionality? What are you referring to? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersectionality |
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…did not answer my question. How does the anime slap you in the face with intersectionality? |
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| Finished it finally. This anime prequel is really damn good and I liked how it used Mary in a way that stays honest about who she has been throughout. Good finale too with the whole treasure thing lol. Always coming back from the dark. |
| When I saw this on Netflix being released, I noticed I forgot to watch the second season of this series and then watch this. I quite enjoyed the second season of the main story, but these 6 episodes were actually pretty meh, and for whatever reason the color grading was really weird for me for whatever reason. It was okay but nothing to compare to the original series IMHO. |
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| I enjoyed more the first season but this spinoff is more entertaining than second season. |
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| At first I thought I misremembered something somewhere, turned out her friends aren't not even in main series. I'm curious what happened to them. Yumeko is one of the series charm. While Twin is not bad, I feel that it's missing something. |
| The spin off is not bad but kinda boring compared to the original The games were not that interesting either except for that dating game |
| Decent, but pales in comparison to the original. Mainly the uninteresting games (dice, and then dice, but wait...dice!). Would it have killed to put a card game or something else in there? The dating game and treasure hunt were also unnecessarily obtuse and without worthwhile prestige payoffs. 6 episodes didn't do it any favors either. I liked the Prince Charming stuff, though, really glad it wasn't just an act and Hanatemari didn't turn heel (yet, fingers crossed). Toss me on the "Miss you, Yumeko!" pile. 7/10 |
| "You can't decide the future, but I'm going to re-educate you in the past!" - Erna Kurtz |
| Now, this is what i call a gamble, no life or death or other crap that the character can't lose, just pure bet in all possible outcome until the end. |
| First two episodes were nice, third and fourth were kinda cringey and these last two were decent at best. Overall, a kind of average set of episodes but Mary made everything ten times more entertaining. No wonder given she's the only character I truly care about in Kakegurui. Will miss the ED, by the way. Baka, baka... baaaakaa~/10 |
| "Who do you think you are, Miharutaki Sakura?" No, who do you think you are, Sado? Juraku really needs to get her pet to shut up. Also hahaha, I was somewhat satisfied when I heard Mary shout and reject Aoi.. and call him an idiot too. XD Oh, I forgot what happened in Kakegurui (season 1), but was Tsuzura ever mentioned/shown? Because seeing Mary's power in Kakegurui feels like it was also thanks to Tsuzura, she had a lot and important role in Mary's school life (and gambling, of course) before meeting Jabami. Always liked it every time Mary said "baka baka baaakaaa~!!" ┣¨ｷ(〃ﾟ3ﾟ〃)┣¨ｷ |
hanakocheeksOct 4, 2022 1:33 AM
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| Too bad this only has six eps and not more as it was nice seeing this prequel focusing on Mary, where I'm curious to know what happened to all the new characters and Mary change in attitude as those differ from what we've seen in Kakegurui. |
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| Mary & the gang won due to the power of friendship! Feelsbad for Sakura because she seemed to like Aoi a lot but he didn't gave a single damn about her beside her family's name :/. This was a fun watch, you can never go wrong with Kakegurui! ;D |
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