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Oct 21, 2011 7:39 PM

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ARRRGGHHH!!!!

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!!

AKUMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jul 27, 2012 9:45 PM

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By now I just find it hilarious when he misses the jackpot hole. I literally laughed out loud when those 2 balls missed.
Oct 6, 2012 7:16 PM

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It's like Kaiji can't get anywhere without getting screwed over at some point.
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Mar 22, 2013 4:33 PM

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Wow, it shattered! Damn, I didn't expect that. Intense episode.
Jul 17, 2013 6:41 PM
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akuma akuma AAAAAKUMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
May 7, 2014 2:29 PM

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After all this I want to destroy the bog. Agh, just too much for my nerves. Every time it looks like it's over, something happens; just too much. It's sadistic lol
Sep 20, 2014 10:28 PM

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What the hell is repelling those balls so effectively? I can't think of anything without being too obvious! I hope this isn't trolling on the mangaka's part!

Dec 25, 2014 12:37 PM

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Well, the bounce in the end was obvious. This arc is way too long. I wonder how are they gonna fill the remaining 3 episodes.
Dec 31, 2014 2:29 PM

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"Rise my balls!"

good god all the loser holes are clogged in the third tray now, theres no way he cant win now. how much longer can they draw this shit out? At some point the third tray will have to be completely full of balls. It looks like this is going to drag on the last 3 episodes; its too late a final short arc like in season1
Feb 25, 2015 12:12 PM

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Endou should join the NFL or WWE with that tackle he hit Ichijou with.
Mar 29, 2015 9:58 AM

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Chance and coincidence. Bad luck and accidents. I know there's science in the balls getting stuck, and the balls tilting to the left on the third plate, but even when marathoning these episodes, the complete reliance now on luck is annoying.

If or when Kaiji wins this, I guess the only lesson he can take away is that if you don't plan perfectly and execute perfectly, you'll end up relying solely on luck and chance to take you to victory. I think it's this reliance that's annoying me right now in the arc. There have been quite a few past gambling times where this reliance straight out loses Kaiji the match. But, I guess when your opponent thinks he's out of tricks to play and is just as strongly relying on Lady Luck to have you lose, then these brute force chance tactics are all okay. =/

If anything, I'm surprised the Chairman is still entertained.
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Apr 15, 2015 4:49 PM

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Awesome ep, i know they said everything is tilted to the left, but the physics is still stupid xD

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May 13, 2015 2:50 AM
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Amazing suspenses, I REALLY thought it was GAME OVER for Ichijou for a second there.... UNTIL THE NARRATOR GO ABSOLUTELY CRAZY XD.
May 26, 2015 8:16 AM

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It`s so good arc actually.
but seroiiusly, i have to see that bog machine again?


Nov 3, 2015 5:20 PM

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Man, the machine just won't give up...
I just can't understand why the balls reacted that way. Even Ichijou seemed to be sure that they would enter.
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Mar 1, 2016 10:05 AM

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anime is very good, but this arc was very crooked and entangled ... It was like Dragon Ball Z... Akagi was very different
Mar 2, 2016 1:15 AM

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Kaiji sure has a knack for getting screwed over at the last second...

rodolfoemiliano said:
anime is very good, but this arc was very crooked and entangled ... It was like Dragon Ball Z... Akagi was very different


Akagi was awesome until
Mar 2, 2016 9:16 AM

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Akagi was awesome until
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in fact, this was the only problem I noticed, the show didn't give us the sense of history has ended... but the pace was much more direct than this...
Mar 3, 2016 5:42 PM

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This machine is definitely a ball buster
Jul 31, 2016 4:50 AM

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Just when i thought it couldn't get any dumber than episode 22 here comes episode 23 with an even dumber events.

Bad episode.

Aug 1, 2016 8:57 AM

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Klassical said:
Just when i thought it couldn't get any dumber than episode 22 here comes episode 23 with an even dumber events.

Bad episode.



How quickly did you compleat it? I watched it in pretty much one day... and I think that's why I've come to hate this show.

I guess when you watch it weekly you don't notice how much it is really dragged out as you'll forget parts from the week before etc.

This series could have been done with 12 episodes instead of 25, I think it would have been much better that way.
Aug 1, 2016 1:01 PM

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Rojo said:
Klassical said:
Just when i thought it couldn't get any dumber than episode 22 here comes episode 23 with an even dumber events.

Bad episode.



How quickly did you compleat it? I watched it in pretty much one day... and I think that's why I've come to hate this show.

I guess when you watch it weekly you don't notice how much it is really dragged out as you'll forget parts from the week before etc.

This series could have been done with 12 episodes instead of 25, I think it would have been much better that way.


Yeah if you watch a show weekly its flaws will bother you less than watching it all at once.

I've watched it daily actually, average 4 episodes a day.
Aug 4, 2016 8:06 AM

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i hate this machine and that episode!!
Oct 7, 2016 10:30 AM

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So intense BUT WHEN WILL IT END!!!!
Oct 10, 2017 4:33 AM

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This is such a tease ;-; It showed so many shots of the balls going into the jackpot hole only to snap back to reality every time. Kaiji had some godly luck by having all the devil tray holes blocked but damn it, it was so close then goddamn Ichijou set up his trump card at the very last second...

Kaijiiiiiii!








Oct 12, 2017 9:00 AM

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Akuma, akumaa, akumaaaaaa!
Nov 12, 2017 3:33 PM
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Damn that ending was crazy asf. This is too good
Feb 18, 2018 12:46 PM

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OMG, what the fuck is wrong with that machine? This is getting ridiculous.
Mar 9, 2018 2:44 PM
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I'm going to be so pissed if he loses. I'm already annoyed that the balls missed at the end. There were already a lot of fake outs.
Mar 10, 2018 9:44 PM

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The Devil is telling me to keep watching.

Man this so fucked up ,I can't believe it.

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Mar 19, 2018 1:27 PM

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FMmatron said:
The Devil is telling me to keep watching.

Man this so fucked up ,I can't believe it.
Seriously how could you keep all this up I'm dying for this ard to finish, you definitely have GOLDEN KINTAMAS xD.
Dec 7, 2019 11:10 AM

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This shit is getting really annoying. I should've expected it when I saw how many episodes there are left, but I still had a hope it won't be so drawn out nor that he will need to win at the very last try.
It's not even exciting anymore, just lame.
Jan 10, 2020 4:27 AM

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Holy shit this anime's pretty good with suspense!!
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Aug 13, 2020 9:01 AM

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Tbh I cant help but feel its dragging it out now. He's literally cleared everything and theres STILL not going in. We've been on the Borg plot for a while now and they've done the "he's gonna win" tease like 3 times now. Its gonna make when he actually wins much cheaper if they use the same music etc.

Honestly when he failed the first time I was like "Ok, probably shounen logic where fails once and wins the second" then he lost again. So I was like "Ok third times the charm I guess and he even has a bunch of plans and luck" then he loses again. Ok so at this point Im like "Ok, he's literally blocked EVERYTHING!! There is no way he can lose". Still loses.

I hope they are able to make it interesting when he finally does win but yeah, does feel dragged out now. I guess I expected that to an extent cause I can see the images on MAL for the last few episodes and they were still at the Borg.

I can see people's opinions are going one of two ways: Very excited from the tension or like me thinking its dragging on for too long.
DarknessRealityAug 13, 2020 9:05 AM
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Sep 3, 2020 6:05 PM

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This is beyond ridiculous, him winning or losing just seemed retarded at this point lolz but yeah enjoyable.

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Feb 20, 2021 10:56 AM

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For fuck's sake.
I'm too impatient for anime like this...

JUST WIN!AKUMA!AKUMA!AKUMA!
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Feb 20, 2021 10:58 AM

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Come on , I am going to complete all 2 seasons in 3 days : 17 , 15 and 20 episodes(today) , but this damn game ... My patience wants to screaaaaaaaaaaaaaam.
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Jul 26, 2021 9:42 AM
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Good to see some debate in this thread instead of blind worshipping. For fuck sake let Kaiji win already, his plans have for the most part been amazing, the planning and effort to make everything work. This arc I feel has been dragged way too much. They can definitely cut some scenes with the audience and cheerleaders, we don't like like 10% of screen time each episode dedicated to random people saying "KAIJI SAN!!!" a million times.

Also, am I the only one that dislikes Endou a lot? He hit Kaiji after it seems like he lost. He keep acting like he's the only one that will get screwed if Kaiji doesn't win. Was greedy with the first contract, trying to take half the winnings. "Probably" going to screw Kaiji over with that second contract. Goes from "OMG KAIJI I KNEW I SHOULDVE TRUSTED YOU" to "FUCK YOU KAIJI, WHY DID I TRUST AN IDIOT LIKE YOU" to "YAY KAIJI" in an instant. You don't deserve to celebrate victories if you're not willing to go through tough moments.

So yeah, let Kaiji win already, this is taking forever. I'd be fine if it was entertaining psychology stuff like in season 1, but it's mostly Kaiji "Go in!", Ichijo "Don't go in!", Audience "Kaiji San!", "So close!" The payoff of the win better be good and worth all this stalling.
Aug 31, 2021 6:14 PM

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I can understand the weekly watchers being annoyed but damn it's the third time I'm rewatching Kaiji and this arc is still as fucking intense as I remember. I was smiling the whole 20 minutes and it hasn't stopped for like 3 episodes
Sep 12, 2021 12:33 PM

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How is this not over yet??????????????
Jan 8, 2022 8:20 PM

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I hope the end of this arc is worth it cause jesus christ it's taking too fucking long.
Apr 11, 2022 5:21 PM

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I feel bad for the people who watched this while it was airing
Oct 16, 2022 2:16 PM

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sorry but this arc has been garbage. could have been condensed to 6 episodes yet it's taking up the whole damn season. this is now at One Piece level of wasting time.
Jan 5, 2023 2:13 AM

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Just how long is this gonna take? Man it's not even intense anymore, it's plain boring. There was nothing to move the balls this time
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Feb 14, 2023 10:33 PM

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the problems just keep coming. even tho kaiji managed to clog up the other trays.
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My theory is that the remote arrived, it is an obvious trick but it is very last resource, a magnet kind of deal, that's why they moved so unnaturally. While the magnet might make it impossible in a normal play, if you clog enough balls to force the balls past the magnet field, you can get it, the question if they will even manage to do it or not.

And yes, while I might hate your average dragged out power scaling anime, with writing like this where the level of immersion is still pretty solid, I can get marveled at the amount of tension this show can keep for so long, its like a progressive rock song, it can last for 30 minutes and still go at full swing the whole way, to me, that makes this arc nothing less than amazing.
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