Itou Kaiji is a bum who steals car emblems and slashes tires on what seems to be a regular basis. This routine changes one day when he is paid a visit by a man in a trench-coat. Once the two get talking, it seems that the visitor (Calling himself Endou) is a debt collector. The reason for his visit is an unpaid loan which kaiji had previously co-signed for a work-mate (Furuhata Takeshi). The original loan was 30000 yen and once Takeshi had disappeared, the loan then fell on Kaiji. Kaiji is then told of a way to clear the interest compounded debt (which stood at 3,850,000 yen), which involved getting on a boat with others in his position. Once on the boat the debtors would then have to gamble with loaned money, which would end with a few winning, and others getting into deeper debt and having to work to pay of their debts. After some coercing kaiji accepts a position on the boat, in order to clear himself and make a bit of money as well...
Nobody watching this? From what I've seen so far, it's the anime to watch this season.
This post has been edited by Zephyr_Mage: Oct 21 2007, 09:28 PM
I admit the character design looks funny, with the sharp nose and all, and it's possibly the reason why not many people are picking it up, much like Mononoke, which is an awesome show.
But nonetheless, the first episode was interesting but the second episod got me hooked. So I'm wondering if there's anyone else watching this.
bokurano story a bit boring... not enough motivation for them to do it quickly, but i don't think we won't really get addicted with this anime much since it's jan ken pon style gamble...
in other hand nothing makes us feel better than seeing people miserably gambling away their life to survive (backstab each other)
I think the main theme of the show is how Kaiji survives against the odds, not jankenpon lol
Just watched episode 3. Good episode. Kaiji made good use of psychology, but had he come up against a more composed opponent he'd be screwed. The other guy was just too stupid to think out of the box. Now he's gonna save the other guys' asses, who've been freeriders.