Fuck, was this episode good. I came plenty, and that just goes to show how carefully and wonderfully built up this arc was. Not only Kaiji, but the audience as well would not have felt that thrill of success if he had not gone through all that shit the foreman put him through. At first I was pretty nervous when the other foreman stepped in to settle the matter, because I wouldn’t have been too surprised if he was an oppressive asshole as well and called some kind of bullshit ...
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Aww yeah.  If I were to describe this episode in one word, it would be this: glorious.  It's nice to Kaiji in total control for once.  It picks up where where it left off last week, which is when Kaiji grabs the die. Kaiji proves that Ohtsuki has been cheating and other foremen come to mediate.  Kaiji reveals how he was able tell when Ohtsuki was using the loaded die.  Of course, the natural
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Holy flipping heck! I know I’ve been complaining about Kaiji for the past few episodes… but seriously… this episode was just plain crazy, and I mean that in a good way! If there was anything this series needed, it was betrayal, and this episode features lots of it. I love episodes like these, where everything [...]
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