Aug 16, 2020
There are some decent points to the story that are overshadowed by the drawn out filler. Most of the bog episodes until the end can be skipped because they amount to rolling pachinko balls over and over with an obnoxious narrator telling the viewer the obvious. Character development was non-existent from the previous series, would have liked to see more interesting arc from Kaiji. Minor point, but the crying and melodrama took me out of the anime time and time again. Worth addressing that many compare this show to Kakeguri. I find that comparison to be unfair since Kakeguri is more
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of a modern creation. With that said, shows like Kaiji could benefit from the direction modern anime has turned. We rarely see such filler in modern anime and story is often more self-contained in shorter 2-3 episode arcs. Particularly in this genre, there would have been a benefit from diversity of games and perhaps a less static plot would allow for more character growth. It is pretentious to consider that every review of an anime on this site needs to be a thesis. Even the Pulitzer prize winning Roger Ebert did not make all of his reviews essay's particularly when a shows faults can be summed up in a few points.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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