Should you watch Kaiji?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Kaiji
Anime · 2007
Kaiji Itou is a good-for-nothing loiterer who spends his days drinking beer and stealing hubcaps—that is, until he ends up being tricked by his former co-worker. Unable to suddenly repay his friend's huge debt all by himself, Kaiji is offered a shady deal to participate in an illegal underground gamble on a cruise ship. This turns out to be nothing more than the beginning of his new life of hell—thrown headlong into a life-threatening roller coaster of mind games, cheating, and deceit.
The sides of Kaiji
- A drifter drowning in someone else's debt
- Illegal gambling on a cruise ship
- Mind games with deadly stakes
Kaiji is good for you if…
- you like a single card game stretched into nerve-shredding episodes.
- you like working out the cheat before Kaiji does.
- you can take a story where the rich play with the lives of the poor.
Kaiji is bad for you if…
- you don't watch anime.
- you can't watch debt, despair and gambling addiction up close.
About: greed · trust · desperation
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