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Kakegurui

Kakegurui is a 12-episode-long School, Drama, Shounen and Game anime, consisting of 2 seasons with the same amount of episodes (the second season named "Kakegurui xx"), but I have only seen Season 1, so this review is purely based on that. Kakegurui had its premiere year 2017 but, if I am not mistaken, it was added a year or so ago to Netflix, and that is where I found this anime. It seemed like people really liked and enjoyed it, so I decided to give it a try... and now, it is time to reveal my honest thoughts about it!

Hyakkao Private Academy is a normal high school by day and a crazy casino by night. At this school goes rich girls and guys, aspiring to make it big. You see, in here, having high grades does not matter one bit. What matters is your reputation, luck and skills as a gambler. It's all about the money, and all students are clearly infatuated with playing cards, raising bets and so on. The school's system is very cruel, and like the saying goes when it comes to gambling; "It is not cheating unless you are caught".

Ryouta Suzui is a student at Hyakkao, but he is known as a loser and often being laughed at or humiliated by everyone else due to his poor skills and many losses from gambling and getting into debt. Again, that is how the school's system works; you fail, you face consequences. One day though, a beautiful girl with long black hair comes in as a transfer student and changes everything with her insane and inhuman ways of gambling.

Her name is Yumeko Jabami.

Above: A shot from the Opening, with the song "Deal with the Devil" by artist Tia.

I cannot spoil why, but I thought Kakegurui was very weird at first. Too weird, in fact. And I'm sure everybody thought the same when watching the anime's trailer for the first time. But when you are binge-watching episode after episode, you get slowly but surely used to the weirdness and actually start genuinely enjoying the anime! I am not going to claim that it is the best Gambling anime out there, but it's not the absolute worst thing I have seen, either. It was an okay anime, but too much NSFW material for my taste. But if you enjoy craziness, weird faces and orgasms, and ofcourse the psychology behind gambling, you should definitely give Kakegurui a go! I also found the OP not only catchy but incredibly fitting with the concept, and good music, whether it is soundtracks or Openings/Endings, is always appreciated.

Anyhow, that is what I have got to say about the series. I'm not planning on watching Season 2, as I'm not interested in more of Kakegurui, but it was okay while it lasted. Who knows though... maybe I will make a character from the anime "Character of the Week"?

All in all, an overall rating of Season 1 of Kakegurui: a strong 6,5/10!

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