Kakegurui

Unlike many schools, attending Hyakkaou Private Academy prepares students for their time in the real world. Since many of the students are the children of the richest people in the world, the academy has its quirks that separate it from all the others. By day, it is a normal school, educating its pupils in history, languages, and the like. But at night, it turns into a gambling den, educating them in the art of dealing with money and manipulating people. Money is power; those who come out on top in the games stand at the top of the school.

Yumeko Jabami, a seemingly naive and beautiful transfer student, is ready to try her hand at Hyakkaou's special curriculum. Unlike the rest, she doesn't play to win, but for the thrill of the gamble, and her borderline insane way of gambling might just bring too many new cards to the table.

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Jabami, Yumeko Main

Hayami, Saori Japanese

Saotome, Mary Main

Tanaka, Minami Japanese

Suzui, Ryouta Main

Tokutake, Tatsuya Japanese

Ikishima, Midari Supporting

Ise, Mariya Japanese

Momobami, Kirari Supporting

Sawashiro, Miyuki Japanese

Yomozuki, Runa Supporting

Udono, Mayu Japanese

Momobami, Ririka Supporting

Sawashiro, Miyuki Japanese

Yumemite, Yumemi Supporting

Serizawa, Yuu Japanese

Manyuda, Kaede Supporting

Sugita, Tomokazu Japanese

Sumeragi, Itsuki Supporting

Wakai, Yuuki Japanese

Komatsu, Shouta Producer

Kamiji, Tomoyo Producer

Murakami, Takashi Producer

Hotta, Shouichi Producer

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Aug 14, 2024

Dompa112

Recommended

As a big fan of the genre and MAPPAS track record it was one i hadd to watch. And 24 episodes later its something if recommend for likeminded. Even still it doesnt reach those great heights in anyway. Its just an entertaining show and watch each gamble take place and how it unfolds. While its entertaining it doesnt really put me on a knifes edge like other high stakes game shows like Kaiji and similar where the battles feel much more intense and have a stronger lineup of characters. Ultimately they all felt quite similar to each other.

Music didnt stand out. Neither original or ... OP/ED songs.

Story is ongoing in the manga so it kinda leaves you in the middle. If the continue its good enough to finish from what ive seen so far. But it wasnt as good as keeping me on a knifes edge waiting for it like, say Dorohedero, even though thats another genre.

But again an enjoyable 7/10 that i recommend for fans of the genre.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Oct 31, 2024

haekele

Mixed Feelings

Just read the manga, the art style in the manga is so much better. I almost felt like I wanted to puke watching this. So the main thing that I have to complain about this anime is the art style. They really didn't nail it. That was one of the main attractions for me reading the manga. The characters will look a lot uglier in the adaptation. A lot of the time I just laughed out loud reading the manga and seeing the characters' over-dramatic expressions. But the expressions were done really well, whether it's angry, happy, sad, depressed, cocky, or anything else. You could ... tell just by looking at their faces exactly how they felt. The adaptation doesn't nail those expressions at all. Also, the music is really strange, I don't like, it's kind of annoying. Most of all, I would just straight up get bored watching the anime, which I didn't feel like reading the manga.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Jul 11, 2023

Panda_Roll

Not Recommended

Funny

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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 each other to where it seems more like a prison than anything. That's what I mean, it's not important for this to even feel like a school. Jabami is a gambler so that's all there needs to be in this school.

The sad part is, for how much they make this revolve around this one character, they failed at making her look good. Seriously the way she "gambles" is so stupid it would only work because the plot said so, I mean really really REALLY stupid to where it's boring to watch because the only way for her to win is "because plot" each and every time. There are no mind games, no deception or clever maneuvering like the show advertised. It's just Jabami is awesome, she wins the world! Bow before your ultimate waifu!

The other characters in the show are there to make her look good. Mary is the lancer/rival type who exists to lose to the awesome Mary Sue. Ryouta is the damsel in distress that needs to be saved...etc.

Made by Studio Mappa the art and animation here is beautiful, the crazy and edgy expressions look good. Even the voice acting and music are great. However the writing, story and plot are so bad nothing can really save it.

All it is a Mary Sue waifu with extra edginess to it. The show has nothing more to offer.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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