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It is easy to fall, but hard to rise.
This anime is relentless, not even letting you breathe for a second while still throwing everything it has against you. Not only do the side characters progress well, focussing on how gambling can cause the darkest human traits to surface when under enough pressure, but the main character's progress…
Read full review on AniList →From Gambling, the genre of uncertainty and risk, a masterpiece of undoubted value is born
# ~~~__FROM GAMBLING, THE GENRE OF UNCERTAINTY AND RISK, A MASTERPIECE OF UNDOUBTED VALUE IS BORN__~~~
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~~~[KAIJI-AGAINST ALL RULES REVIEW](https://anilist.co/review/14101)~~~
The "Gambling" genre in TV series and anime is a genre that has always teased me with regard to t…
Read full review on AniList →Best opening arc to introduce audience to the world (long showcase)
~~~I will talk mainly about the first arc, Espoir ship, and a slight spoiler for the second arc in the last paragraph, though only slight.
The anime is about gambling. Kaiji was the guarantor of his friend who disappeared, and now has the debt his friend had. As a jobless man, he has no way to clea…
Read full review on AniList →The greatest gambling anime of all time
To think that this anime would take me over a year and a half to complete is not something I would have thought about when I initially asked EpikProStarZ to watch this show with me. This was when we used to play amq together all of the time and the idea of watching ghost stories together was floatin…
Read full review on AniList →Zawa...... Zawa......
Bom, nesta review eu vou pagar um pouco de pau para o Fukumoto e a Madhouse, basicamente isso.
Então, Kaiji é um anime adaptado do mangá (de mesmo nome) do Fukumoto em 2007.
Vou falar sobre a primeira temporada.
Depois de ter visto Kakegurui, fiquei bem impressionado do quanto esse anime é ruim, p…
Read full review on AniList →Desperation, Debt, and the Price of Being Human
Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor’s striking impact is difficult to comprehend until you’ve experienced it firsthand. While it may appear to be a typical gambling anime, centered around cards, bets, and schemes, the reality is that Kaiji’s journey is not about financial gain. Instead, it delves into the suff…
Read full review on AniList →As long as you're patient, Kaiji is an incredibly exciting show
Kaiji, a regular guy who works for 900 yen (approx. $9) an hour at his local convenience store. Although he is faced with debt left by the guy who he cosigned a loan with. Seeking to clear his debt, Kaiji goes underground to the Yakuza in order to gamble.
Bone chilling and blood pumping, Kaiji is…
Read full review on AniList →A show so amazingly tense that it makes a tissue box the most stressful sight ever.
Going into this I already had an inkling that I'd really enjoy this, since Kaiji is the sort of show that's right up my alley. Here you've got high stakes games constantly, strategic absurdity to a high degree, with plans and ridiculous 20 step games of 4D Chess that have no right to be as intense a…
Read full review on AniList →An underdog's tale that leans into the darker elements of human nature
“Myself! The only one who can save me is myself!”
- Kaiji Itou, Episode 11
_Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor_ is not a series for the faint of heart. With long, almost inactive dialogue scenes that are sprinkled with a couple of truly brutal moments, it is a series that may push some of its audience to t…
Read full review on AniList →Yu-Gi-Oh for the older, sophisticated man
Ultimate Survivor doesn't fall into the typical anime category. It's far removed from a lot of shows out there. <i>Kaiji</i> focuses on the struggle of a lone gambler who is forced to endure a number of psychological battles in the form of different games. Not only does he bet on fame and fortune, h…
Read full review on AniList →Humanism through suffering and betrayal
Kaiji is a series both about corruption and humanism, fuelled by outlandish setpieces and larger-than-life personalities while still remaining ultimately grounded, shying away from abstraction and towards powerfully blunt imagery and emotional beats.
Restricted Rock Paper Scissors is an important w…
Read full review on AniList →Not as bleak as you think, but a gut-wrenching examination of societal cruelty - wrapped up in a Death Game.
Thrillers are a genre defined by creating impossible situations, but laying the clues for the viewers to figure out how the characters can escape them. It is one of the most difficult plots to pull off successfully, even more difficult to do while raising stakes and attempting not to descend into co…
Read full review on AniList →"Kaiji - Ultimate Survivor"- Show about Gambling(Not necessarily)
It is more of a show about mind games
# __Why I watched this show?__
So, I have watched the show "Kaiji-Ultimate Survivor"
The reason I watched this show was because I saw some Youtube Video on CyberSecurity with Kaiji in the Thumbnail
The character design was pretty different from the ones we see in the anime but it still looked like o…
Read full review on AniList →Gambling is an addiction you want to avoid at all costs
Our main character Kaiji was very unlucky, he was forced into the **** that is gambling because a coworker disappeared on a loan that he happened to cosign it. Thus starting the craziest yet addicting ride I've seen from any gambling anime I've ever seen. What made this show addicting is the fact ju…
Read full review on AniList →Let's go Gambling! Aw, dang it!
_Spoilers for Gyakkyou Burai Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor_
A little over a week ago as of writing this I finished watching _Gyakkyou Burai Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor_ with a friend of mine. Since then I've had time to ruminate on it and procrastinate on writing my thoughts about it, and throughout that t…
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