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Feb 8, 2009 3:00 PM

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THERE MUST BE A TRICK !!!!!!!!!!!!
May 29, 2009 11:42 PM
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Tonegawa is probably just letting him win so Kaiji can feel confident. He has to have some trick up his sleeve.
Oct 17, 2009 12:27 PM

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I don't care about E card rules! Kaiji must be maso for still going through all that hell! Take the 2 million and split I think its big enough to start anew (if this motherf*ckers let you leave that is).
Dec 14, 2009 6:55 AM

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Well of course he would choose the ear, only a blind man would choose the eye...
Mar 18, 2010 11:28 AM
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I bet Kaiji will win with only a few mm left, it's just too typical. But it's interesting but he will probably start losing now. It's just my guess though. But since 5 minutes is the max. time of thinking, this game can't last long.
Apr 4, 2010 12:34 PM
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Tonegawa will pull off some weird shit in the next ep, mark my words.
Sep 18, 2010 4:38 AM

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KAIJI WILL TRIUMPH I KNOW IT!!!!!!!!!
Nov 27, 2010 10:06 PM

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May 2010
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E-card seems interesting esp. the risk of losing one's ear which made it much thrilling..
May 26, 2011 1:34 PM
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Tonegawas biggest advantage is that he knows which card Kaiji puts into play because they keep the cards in order and don't shuffle them.
Oct 19, 2011 2:21 PM

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Man, this series is epiclly awesome....

it's getting closer and closer to a 10!
Oct 31, 2011 8:59 PM

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E-card's a really cool game! I wonder if it's really a real life card game....
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Sep 27, 2012 8:14 PM

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That false sense of security...
Oct 1, 2012 5:51 PM
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The slave can beat the Emperor? That's like a 2 beating an Ace.


Dec 20, 2014 4:41 PM

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Wow, what a sick game. This show is so unpredictable. I was sure Kaiji would lose in the first round but he won 2 in a row. I wonder how is he gonna get outplayed by Tonegawa.
Dec 22, 2014 6:27 PM

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to get 20million in 12 games, at some point he'll have to wager even more 10mm at a time...

But i like this game. the probability of winning a game changes in each round. At the beginning of each game, the Emperor has a 80% chance of winning, but if only citizens are played for the first 3 rounds, then the probability of winning that game becomes 50/50. Also, after each game, Kaiji is able to wager more and more millimeters (if he wins) and still leave a margin for each remaining game if he loses. So if he continues to win, he can get more and more money. But of course he'll lose some rounds.

I imagine the last game, Kaiji will be the Slave, he will bet all his remaining mm's and that game will put him right at 20M. Or worst case scenario, and most interesting, he will lose his ear.
Jan 28, 2015 5:54 AM
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I bet things are not going to be that easy from now on....
May 6, 2015 11:51 PM
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Awesome episode, I really liked this type of games. ( minus the punishment of course, too fucking gross )

I'm sure Tonegawa got some sort of plan :P
May 7, 2015 12:21 PM

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Kaiji starts off with 2 wins, but it feels like it's going to go downhill really fast.

Oct 24, 2015 10:17 AM

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The zawa are out of control! This is madness! I fear that Kaiji will lose an ear in that duel. He's way too cocky right now. He could lose really fast before he even realize it.

He also don't seem to realize that he's totally in the losing end of that game. He's the only one pressured.
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Feb 26, 2016 12:44 AM

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I'd rather lose an eye than an ear tbh. At least you get to wear a cool eyepatch xD

TravSavage said:
That false sense of security...

Yep, getting played right off the bat lol.
Jul 28, 2017 8:08 PM

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I bet Tonegawa let him win the first two rounds so Kaiji would get his hopes up.

I swear to god if Kaiji cries one more time for any stupid reason, my score for this anime is gonna drop quite a bit.
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Aug 25, 2017 8:30 PM
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The conventional anime would make it, so that Kaiji HAS to lose something in the gamble.
What this anime does instead is completely brilliant.
Even though Kaiji can play the whole game without losing his ear,Tonegawa knows that Kaiji will be morally obligated to risk his ear for the ones who died, and further taunts him so that he does so.
Aug 25, 2017 8:32 PM
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joe_g7 said:
I bet Tonegawa let him win the first two rounds so Kaiji would get his hopes up.

I swear to god if Kaiji cries one more time for any stupid reason, my score for this anime is gonna drop quite a bit.


Why are people still complaining about the issues of this anime? Kaiji is an anime series that is hammy and melodramatic as hell, right from the get-go.
Aug 25, 2017 10:08 PM

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ThatCynicalOtaku said:
joe_g7 said:
I bet Tonegawa let him win the first two rounds so Kaiji would get his hopes up.

I swear to god if Kaiji cries one more time for any stupid reason, my score for this anime is gonna drop quite a bit.


Why are people still complaining about the issues of this anime? Kaiji is an anime series that is hammy and melodramatic as hell, right from the get-go.
Melodramatic my ass, more than half of the times he's cried he barely had any reason to. I wouldn't mind if it were a few tears and he'd be like "wipes tears okay I don't have time to cry, let's keep going" or something like that but instead he just cries and cries in almost every episode.

Anyway, I doesn't matter if you understand where I'm coming from or not, but dude ruined the entire anime for me.
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Aug 25, 2017 11:04 PM
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joe_g7 said:
ThatCynicalOtaku said:


Why are people still complaining about the issues of this anime? Kaiji is an anime series that is hammy and melodramatic as hell, right from the get-go.
Melodramatic my ass, more than half of the times he's cried he barely had any reason to. I wouldn't mind if it were a few tears and he'd be like "wipes tears okay I don't have time to cry, let's keep going" or something like that but instead he just cries and cries in almost every episode.

Anyway, I doesn't matter if you understand where I'm coming from or not, but dude ruined the entire anime for me.


-The narrator constantly describes what's happening on screen ("he places the card!") and making overdramatic comparisons like, "crossing the valley of death", accompanied with a literal image of someone crossing a valley.
-Characters spout hammy monologues about how pathetic people are.
-Crying in almost every ep, from other characters too.

And this is all in the first few episodes. Honestly, nothing about it has changed.
So why haven't you dropped Kaiji yet?
Aug 25, 2017 11:22 PM

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ThatCynicalOtaku said:
joe_g7 said:
Melodramatic my ass, more than half of the times he's cried he barely had any reason to. I wouldn't mind if it were a few tears and he'd be like "wipes tears okay I don't have time to cry, let's keep going" or something like that but instead he just cries and cries in almost every episode.

Anyway, I doesn't matter if you understand where I'm coming from or not, but dude ruined the entire anime for me.


-The narrator constantly describes what's happening on screen ("he places the card!") and making overdramatic comparisons like, "crossing the valley of death", accompanied with a literal image of someone crossing a valley.
-Characters spout hammy monologues about how pathetic people are.
-Crying in almost every ep, from other characters too.

And this is all in the first few episodes. Honestly, nothing about it has changed.
So why haven't you dropped Kaiji yet?
Because 1. The games were actually interesting and 2. Because it's been almost a month from my post and I've already completed it. I can't drop something I've already completed.
"At some point, I stopped hoping."
Sep 1, 2017 11:06 AM

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When I heard about the game, it sounded like another clone of Restricted Janken but it was way more exciting and strategic than expected.

I was right about the Saw drills... I hope he won't get too cocky and end up with one less hearing organ ;-;








Oct 4, 2017 7:39 AM

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Betting one ear isn't a lot considering that he almost died earlier.
Mar 7, 2018 6:57 AM

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Another thrilling game with high stakes.


But it's quite funny,Tonegawa can just sit there and relax,while Kaiji is getting deeper and deeper in his web.

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Mar 16, 2018 11:56 AM

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Next episode gonna be a tough one.
Apr 9, 2019 10:59 PM

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WTF the E-Card Game is insane but at least nodoby dies.

I hope that Kaiji doesn't get his eardrum ruptured in the process.
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Sep 1, 2019 7:31 AM

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I'm not as interested in this game as the previous ones tbh. I think it's because it doesn't involve random strangers.
Nov 25, 2019 9:22 AM

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It's surprisingly easy this time. Lowest risk of all the games so far and pretty good money. Honestly, after all he's been through, losing ear is nothing.
I'd gladly play this one myself tbh. But I guess there will be some "buts" at the end...
Jan 7, 2020 7:15 AM

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Ah shit the mind games!! I hope Kaiji comes out unscathed!!
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Jun 2, 2020 11:31 AM

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oh damn. This is so intense lol I could never survive under that pressure
Aug 1, 2020 2:26 PM

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Yeah I think Kaiji is gonna lose. In every instance so far he's won little battles but never won overall. Cause if he ever won overall there would be no plot left since he'd lose his debt. So sadly I think its just gonna keep repeating this type of cycle until the end of season 2 when he finally clears his debt.

I hope Im wrong and they spice it up.
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Aug 15, 2020 5:30 PM

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Playing as the king is smart but at the same time losing at 5x might also take affect.

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Apr 16, 2021 6:53 AM

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Why am I watching this, help

Aug 20, 2021 4:09 PM

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How is Kaiji not realizing this? Tonegawa doesn't care if he loses at the start. Kaiji will be too easy to read!
Aug 30, 2022 4:41 AM

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E-card already feels like a very interesting psychological game , looking forward to see how well it goes for Kaiji
Dec 29, 2022 2:44 PM

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Holy shit this is so exciting. I seriously can't even think of what'll happen
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Feb 9, 2023 4:58 AM

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i honestly think it would've been more intense if he picked his eye, which i as the viewer would enjoy but ofc in kaiji's position, ig his ear does make sense.
i'm not a sadist tho, i think.
Feb 14, 2023 9:27 AM
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Начало новой арки. Интересное начало, главный герой натыкается будто на те же самые ошибки (в прочем, как и свойственно лудоману). Если он снова все проиграет и будет в еще более плохом положении - не удивлюсь, но вряд ли такой исход будет.
Aug 9, 2023 1:58 PM
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How interesting, paper defeats rock, you don't say.

This turned into gangrape, stupid Kaiji, you should have jumped like the old man.
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