Kaiji

Season 1 2007-2008

 

Oct. 3, 2007

Kaiji Itou is an unlucky layabout who becomes entangled in the very dangerous world of high-stakes gambling.

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Departure Oct. 2, 2007

Kaiji Itou's dull world is turned upside-down when he is paid a visit by a man named Endou, a loan shark coming to collect on a loan Kaiji once co-signed as a favour to a friend.

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Open Fire Oct. 9, 2007

Boarding the ship of hope, the Espoir, Kaiji prepares to play a unique game called Restricted Rock-Paper-Scissors.

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Game Oct. 16, 2007

Kaiji, his old friend Furuhata, and newcomer Andou band together to try and conquer the Espoir with the power of teamwork.

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Failure Oct. 23, 2007

Pooling their resources, Kaiji's team begins buying up all the Rock cards on the floor; if things go according to plan, they could walk away with enough stars to win the game and have leftovers to sell.

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Deadly Decision Oct. 30, 2007

Kaiji is caught off guard when he realises too late that another player, Kitami, has been buying Paper cards to counter Kaiji's Rocks.

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Rise and Fall Nov. 6, 2007

After soundly defeating Kitami, Kaiji weasels his way into getting their pool of Paper cards as well; with 30 Rocks, 34 Papers and five Scissors, Kaiji's team now has a huge deck to draw on.

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Proclamation Nov. 7, 2007

With the other players too afraid to move and the clock winding down, Kaiji's group seems trapped; their only option is to go along with Funai, the man who swindled Kaiji at the start.

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Iron Hammer Nov. 20, 2007

Now with an odd number of cards, someone in Kaiji's group will have to be the odd man out and fall into the loser's pen.

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Resurrection Nov. 27, 2007

Furuhata and Andou's true colours emerge as they leave Kaiji to rot with the other losers, sentencing him to a fate worse than death.

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Messenger Dec. 4, 2007

Four months after the Espoir, Kaiji is working part-time at a convenience store, barely able to even pay off the interest on his massive debt.

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Revelry Dec. 11, 2007

Kaiji is greeted with a familiar face as he once again falls into the world of bizarre gambles, this time as a contestant in what the Starside Hotel calls a Human Derby.

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Degradation Dec. 18, 2007

Kaiji and 11 other men are forced into a footrace across a narrow beam high off the ground, with no way to pass the person in front of them unless they push them off.

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Plunge Dec. 18, 2007

Kaiji and 11 other men are forced into a footrace across a narrow beam high off the ground, with no way to pass the person in front of them unless they push them off.

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Monster Nov. 25, 2007

With the Human Derby over, Kaiji and the rest of the contestants are led to another set of beams that are so high up, nothing but darkness can be seen below.

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Dying Spirit Jan. 8, 2008

As the desperate group of men begin plummeting off the beams to their deaths, Kaiji screams for Tonegawa to cut the power to the elecrified iron beams.

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Heavens Jan. 15, 2008

Kaiji and his friend Sahara are the last two men clinging to their lives 74 metres above the ground; Sahara finally traverses the beam to the window on the other side, but something is very wrong.

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Fury Jan. 22, 2008

Cheated out of his prize on a technicality, Kaiji is given one last chance to make some money before leaving the Starside Hotel.

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Adversity Jan. 29, 2008

Tonegawa continuously presses Kaiji in an attempt to get inside his head; meanwhile, Kaiji is wracking his brain trying to decide the perfect moment to strike.

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Trifled Feb. 5, 2008

With his sense of hearing on the line, Kaiji becomes more and more panicked as Tonegawa begins to read him like a book.

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Limit Feb. 12, 2008

Even with the overwhelming advantage of playing Emperor, Kaiji is too scared to risk more than the minimum bet of one millimeter.

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Fierce God Feb. 19, 2008

Kaiji resorts to his most extreme, most desperate, and most brilliant plan yet in his attempt to beat Tonegawa once and for all.

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Heart's Blood Feb. 26, 2008

Now betting 18 millimeters and risking death or brain damage, Kaiji strives to humiliate Tonegawa and avenge the deaths of his friends.

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Enforcement Mar. 4, 2008

Tonegawa, Hyoudou, the Teiai suits, and the losers from the Human Derby all look on as Kaiji plays his final card.

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Heresy Mar. 11, 2008

Unsatisfied with besting the corporate puppet Tonegawa, Kaiji challenges the President of Teiai himself, Hyoudou.

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Conditions Mar. 11, 2008

Hyoudou readily accepts Kaiji's challenge, but after a lifetime of dominating others financially, the twisted President is not satisfied with simply taking Kaiji's money.

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Investment Mar. 25, 2008

Kaiji is fully confident his rigged tissue box will trick Hyoudou and net him over 100 million yen, but the sly President may know more than he lets on.

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Afterglow Apr. 1, 2008

With his 20 million in E-card winnings and four of his fingers on the line, Kaiji reaches a hand into the tissue box.