Kakegurui
Run by a corrupt and sadistic school council, the “system” at Hyakkaou is based on gambling, with losers who cannot cover their debts being demeaned by their peers and forced to serve their debtholders. And if that’s not terrifying enough, some games can result in losing an eye, one’s fingernails, or even their life! But the system is shocked when transfer student Yumeko Jabami arrives. Dark, mysterious and attractive, she’s a wildcard who plays for the thrill of it…
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.
Trailers & More
About Kakegurui
- Cast
- Tatsuya Tokutake, Saori Hayami, Minami Tanaka, Ayaka Fukuhara, Karin Nanami, Yuki Wakai
- Genres
- Animation, Mystery, Crime, Drama
- Content rating
- TV-14
- Original language
- Japanese
- Production countries
- Japan
- Status
- Ended
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