Kakegurui Twin

Her name is Mary Saotome—she is brazen, insolent, and defiant, yet highly intelligent. Upon transferring to Hyakkaou Private Academy, where a student's worth is determined by their wits through gambling, she seizes a glorious win against a classmate and immediately captures the attention of the devious student council members.

With the bottom of Hyakkaou's rigorous hierarchy determined by least gambling winnings, the future for Tsuzura Hanatemari looks grim. As Tsuzura's childhood friend, Mary resolves to rise through the ranks and secure enough money to free Tsuzura from the shackles of the unjust system. Mary's perseverance and refusal to lose drive her to surpass and humiliate even the strongest opponents, but certain student council members seem to have greater plans for her.

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Saotome, Mary

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Tanaka, Minami
Japanese

Hanatemari, Tsuzura

Main

Honizumi, Rina
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

Igarashi, Sayaka

Supporting

Fukuhara, Ayaka
Japanese

Juraku, Sachiko

Supporting

Kaida, Yuuko
Japanese

Sado, Mikura

Supporting

Koga, Aoi
Japanese

Mibuomi, Aoi

Supporting

Yamashita, Seiichirou
Japanese

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Ogawa, Takahiro

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Hayashi, Yuuichirou

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Makita, Kaori

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Fujita, Akiko

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"Sono Otome Musou (ソノ乙女ム双)" by TOMOHISA ISHIKAWA

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"Queens Bluff" by i☆Ris

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Jul 23, 2023

x_mk_x

Recommended

Kakegurui twin is a canon ONA to the main series and it shows Saotome Mary's journey as she first enters the school in her first year and tries to make a name for herself, however since it's a prequel it can be watched as a stand alone since the first episode briefly explains the main twist about the school and the story in general so you won't be lost if you haven't watched the main show. This review will be spoiler free, of course i will need to talk briefly about the story and characters but those will be very surface level and non-spoilery.

Before ... anything let's get the opening and ending out of the way... the opening is purely instrumental but the animations are unique for those interested in that, the ending on the other hand has a pretty good vibe at least in my opinion and animations are similar to the ones on the opening.

Regarding the art and animations the show was made by MAPPA so of course they will be decent at minimum but nothing compared to there main shows like jjk or chainsaw man, this show clearly had less budget and less work put into it wich makes sense since it's a simple 6 episode ONA. It still has a couple of those crazy mocking faces the main show is known for but they seem to be toned down a bit (i didn't read the manga source so purely comparing to main show). Overall no jawdropping animation but nothing you can consider bad either.

Now for the part everyone is probably reading this review the story and characters. For those who did watch the main show they will immediatly notice that Mary's personality is completely diferent she is basically a different character with the same name and design probably to fit better her new role as a main character in this ONA. this change in her personality is a bit hard to get accustomed to but if you don't constantly try and compare the two it probably won't be much of a problem or buzzkill, besides this her new personality as i said fits much better in her new main character role in my opinion and her character is one of the most enjoyable parts of this ONA (obviously for those who watch this ONA as a stand alone and don't watch the main show won't notice this change in Mary's personality so it's one less issue i guess). As for the other characters i will be much quicker to talk about them but here we go: Tsuzura is literally the main character of the main show but waifu version, she is a very weak gambler(in a bambling show) and is just constantly simping for Mary being basically Mary's personnal assistant(just like mc is to yumeko in main show); the other friend is basically a filler character i don't even remember her name; sado is a character with a vendetta towards Mary that simply comes off as extremely annoying; aoi is what i would consider a main antagonist in this show however we the main character doesn't really play against him to "take him down" so the show leaves an unfinished feeling on the viewer; Sakura will be one of Mary's adversaries in the show, basically a standard logical and rule-following character just average all around and not note worthy in my opinion; lastly Sachiko is neither a friend or fow to the main group and is more like a character that wants to watch the world burn, she is basically the character moving in the shadows and setting everything in motion from first to last episode, her character is more unique then the others in my opinion so she stands out but not a complex character by any means. The story i feel was already briefly explained in the intro to this review and throughout each character's brief explanation and i don't intend to go deep into it to not spoil it but basically as i said Mary enters this school where a person she knows from middle school is in her class, that person being Tsuzura, and she helps Mary understand the inner workings of the school, in return Mary decides to befriend Tzusura and help her improve her situation at school.While Mary is trying to gain status at the school she attracts the attention of some members of the student council (mainly Sachiko and Aoi) and the story procedeces with gambling games each episode with different adversaries. The games themselves were much more difficult for the viewer to undrstand at least in my opinion they were still very unique and out of the box just like the main show, but i feel the could've been explained a bit better.

Overall, many viewers seem disappointed in this ONA because they are constantly comparing to the main show wich obviously has much more story to it and feels underwhelming, however if you go to the game without expecting a masterpiece of storytelling and character depth and development then i find the show pretty enjoyable it is not an anime that incentivizes deep thought and is to be enjoyed on a surface level; if you are not an anime watcher that exclusively watches shows with deep story and character development, i can recommend this show as a small enjoyable show that can be easily watched in a single day.

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Jun 15, 2023

sliceofpi

Mixed Feelings

If you want to see if you will like Kakegurui, watch kakegurui twin! It is honestly a good prequel and shows what the show will be like, but is even better. It is also shorter, so if you don't want to commit to double the episodes, this is a good option.

Story - 6
There is more of a story to this than Kakegurui. In Kakegurui, Yumeko basically just goes from person to person gambling with them. But in Twin, Mary has more of a reason to gamble, and we see her develop a bit. We see her character do things other than gamble, which is ... nice to see compared to Kakegurui.
The gambles themselves are also better. There is some "cheating", but the cheats are less annoying and still have a bit of mind games to them. I didn't like the last cheat Mary used, though. I did find that the coupling game "cheat" was a bit hard to understand at first, overall the game could have been explained better so that you understand how the cheat works. But, the cheat for the coupling game was actually smart.
So, in short, the mind games are better in Twin, and there is more of a story instead of just episodic gambling.

Art - 7
I thought the art looked better in this season. Not as much hyper detail on the eyes, but generally more crisp art.

Sound - 4
I didn't like the opening or the ending, and the general soundtrack wasn't as good as the two seasons of Kakegurui, it was just okay.

Characters - 6
In my opinion, Mary is the best character in the whole series. She is smart, but not unrealistically able to solve everything and guess everything right like Yumeko. She also acts realistically and has a likeable personality. She is harsh, but it makes her character fun.
There are two main side characters that are basically Mary's friends. I like them as well, they have actual personality traits and are likeable. We also see how the trio becomes friends, and a part of how they met is used in one of the gambles, showing how this isn't just an episodic anime,

I didn't really like the girl who seems like she is the president and has a housepet on a leash, like what. Just more unrealistic and kind of annoying. But I did think some other side characters were good, like the two girls the trio works with for the coupling game.

Overall, we don't have any characters who are simply unbeatable and always have a trick up their sleeve, which is refreshing. It allows for more realness and more mind games.

Enjoyment - 6
The anime still wasn't amazing. There was still some unrealistic parts, like the fact that they even have a coupling game at this school, like who is paying for this and what the heck are these rules. But it is still kinda fun to watch, especially since the characters are better.

Overall - 6
Not perfect by any means, but it is the best out of the entire series. It actually has a story and some of the best gambling games.

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Sep 7, 2023

SethFromTheWest

Not Recommended

Kakegurui Twin, a shaved down version of Kakegurui.

It's the prequel to Kakegurui, but imo it does not add much new information/lore/plot/whatever you wanna call it to the anime show of Kakegurui. You follow Mary as a starting nobody in the gamble school, and just as with Kakegurui, she (and others) try to win games or gain advantages through some kind of scheme or cheating. This is the first shave down in my opinion. I might have different impressions, and I don't know if it is just the source material for this prequel, but the games and the schemes are really not interesting. Sometimes they are ... simple enough that the regular viewer figures it out if they think about it for a second, or the scheme/game is done at such a bullshit level that it doesn't even matter, the plot and story just move in favor of Mary by the power of bullshit.

The second shave down are the characters. Although they use the same or similar characters from Kakegurui, Mary feels very different(as it should since she is yet to experience everything), but she is at the level of a boring average character in the anime's world with a little bit more braincells and desire. Supporting characters that become her friends are medicore as well. One is just simping for her all the time without much reason, the other is also an average character which has little depth. I hate to say it, but I think the character I found so annoying and over the top in Kakegurui such as Yumeko, carried that show. If the voicing is less energetic and dramatic, it doesn't work. They need to be full on crazy.

The "crazy" shots are also shaved down. Where in Kakegurui you can see quite the number of dramatic close ups with sometimes glowing eyes and idiotic facial expressions, that is present in this prequel, but to a much lesser degree, and they are less dramatic. And that's a shame since those dramatic emotional moments went quite well with the ethically gray characters who would do anything to gain money when everything is on the line. Touching on that, that also slightly bothers me in this anime. Morals and ethics were almost nowhere to be found in Kakegurui. Yumeko was an addict that wants to satiate her lust for gambling, Mary was a bitch in it for herself most of the time, and you saw all that through the eyes of a wimpy MC. But in Kakegurui Twin, Mary has a feel of morality at times, a conscience for her friends, almost to wash her from the shit behaviour in Kakegurui. It's weird to see some good guys where first everyone had no moral compass, especially after you have seen regular Kakegurui. She and her one friend, maybe the other one too, for some reason have some kind of decency, but everyone else is just the worst, girls and boys, but especially the few boys in the show are just the scumbags of the earth.

Is this anime for you? This anime might have one purpose, and one purpose only, and that is to please the cosplayers that overrated Kakegurui, and give them more material and characters to group cosplay as some pseudo lesbians with suggestive kinks. Otherwise, you are better of just watching Kakegurui, the Kakegurui in its full glory, rather than this shaved down version.

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