Oh boy this anime... A friend of mine suggested it and I thought "aight let's give it a shot". And man am I disappointed at this anime...
It just falls flat on its face. The characters are exaggerations and lack depth. We basically get "haha this girl is obsessed with gambling, look!". No, not just once, but EVERY... - I REPEAT: EVERY EPISODE.
Gambling anime are about cheating and finding novel and interesting ways to solve problems, however,
The techniques and strategies that the gamblers use in Kakegurui lack imagination and just feel STALE. Bending the edge of a card to mark it - Seriously? This is ancient knowledge everyone is aware of. There are numerous others but they are just too simple, stuff like signalling during teamplay when communication is not allowed. Ugh. Kaiji does it better. The tension, the atmosphere, the psychological horror of it... it's all "404 Not Found" in Kakegurui.
I was utterly bored at the main character for lacking any form of humanity. She just likes to gamble and there's nothing more to her. I don't know her, her feelings (besides the obsession with gambling), and her motivations. Boring! Couldn't care less about her or any of the other characters. The sexual undertone that describes the character's affection to gambling doesn't do it for me either. Utterly boring.
If this is your first gambling anime and you decided "gambling anime aren't for me", then go watch Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor which does gambling RIGHT. Instead of gambling for fun like they do in Kakegurui, Kaiji gambles to actually survive because he's just in a bad position in life.
Overall: 3
What a waste of time. Should've dropped it but was always hoping for a change of pace/style. Art was alright though.
