Kakegurui (2017)
Synopsis
Hyakkaou Private Academy. An institution for the privileged with a very peculiar curriculum. You see, when you're the sons and daughters of the wealthiest of the wealthy, it's not athletic prowess or book smarts that keep you ahead. It's reading your opponent, the art of the deal. What better way to hone those skills than with a rigorous curriculum of gambling? At Hyakkaou Private Academy, the winners live like kings, and the losers are put through the wringer. But when Yumeko Jabami enrolls, she's gonna teach these kids what a high roller really looks like!
Network
MBS, Tokyo MX
Episodes
The Woman Called Yumeko Jabami
Reigning class gambling champion Mary attempts to hustle unsuspecting transfer student Yumeko Jabami into a high-stakes game of rock-paper-scissors.
The Boring Woman
Mary is relegated to the lowest levels of the gambling hierarchy after her loss. Student board member Itsuki challenges Yumeko to a game of pairs.
Slit-Eyed Woman
To regain her status, Mary duels student board member Yuriko in a game of "life or death." With Mary's crushing defeat, Yumeko offers to play next.
The Woman Who Became Livestock
Yumeko and Mary square off against two others in a game of Indian poker after being given a chance to minimize their colossal gambling debts.
The Woman Who Became Human
Kiwatari continues to lose as Yumeko and Mary bluff their way through the game, but the final outcome all comes down to Tsubomi.
Tempting Woman
Yumeko must face Beautification Committee Chair Midari in an ESP card game involving Russian roulette before playing the student board president.
Refusing Women
Deeply engaged in their deadly ESP card game, Midari tells Yumeko about her heated match against student board president, Kirari.
Love-Dancing Woman
In Kirari's absence, pop idol sensation Yumemi offers to play against Yumeko, asking her to wager total control of her life.
Dreaming Woman
With her pop idol career on the line, an enraged Yumemi seeks to ruin Yumeko after a scandalous voice recording is used as a bargaining chip.
Selective Woman
Yumeko's odds are stacked against her when she challenges the well-funded student board treasurer, Manyuda, in an original game of poker.
The Woman Who Bets Her Life
Itsuki, no longer wanting to be under Manyuda's control, offers to bankroll 100 chips after Yumeko goes all-in and loses on the previous hand.
Gambling Woman
Yumeko and student board president Kirari both wager self-expulsion from the academy as Ryota becomes the key to the final outcome of their game.
Cast
Trailer
Details
Original Title
賭ケグルイ
Status
Ended
Seasons
2
Episodes
24
Production
MAPPA
