And we’ve reached another two-episode arc that would have easily been put into just one episode. I’m not sure whether I like the new happenings on the Starside-hotel, it’s a bit one-sided, if you ask me. Still, perhaps the conclusion will prove to be more interesting. I’m not sure what exactly it is with this series, but there’s something that rubs me the wrong way. I’m not sure exactly what, though.
Surprisingly, we don’t see Furuhata and Andou back, though the old guy returns. So I was mistaken after the previous episode: he and the manger are completely different. He’s now turned into someone who keeps clinging to Kaiji, whom he knows he can trust because he was saved by him before.
The game this time is completely different from the restricted Rock, Paper and Scissors. This time, the contestants (i.e. Kaiji&co), have to engage in an incredibly reckless stunt in front of a number of drunken bastards who are betting on them, fighting for their lives. Basically, there’s a 30-meter long bar that needs to be walked across. If you’re the first to reach the other end, you get 20 million. For every three people, there’s one bar, so if you’re second in line at one bar, the only thing that can make you win is push the one in front of you.
Still, I doubt that this arc is over with just this game. Kaiji, the old man (Ishida) and Sahara didn’t get to share the same bar for a reason: they need to survive for the next stage.]]>
Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji – 11
I’m liking where this is going, but I agree it could’ve been compressed a bit. They probably wanted to have a cliffhanger in this episode. Akagi did the same sort of time-skip thing.
lol, people clearly watch shows for different reasons. I thought this was the best episode of the series so far (though largely because of the music). For me, the psychology and atmosphere is more interesting than actual plot progression. Rewatching Akagi, I am feeling the same way about the Washizu arc.
I did especially like the “…him” “…him” bit, although I don’t remember if that was ten or eleven.
I totally agree with i-k on this one. what episode were you watching? Because it sure wasn’t Kaiji episode 11!
For me this episode was like a proverbial guitar solo from hell! The intensity, the bone-crunching mayhem, the guilt trips, the horror of it all! What’s not to like??
Angus: that’s the thing I’m wondering too. Somehow this episode didn’t feel right for me, but I have no idea why.
Yoshi: yeah, it was episode eleven.
I am with angus and i-k here….i really liked this ep….and the internal monologue and the narrator adds to the intensity as well. I can’t help but think “what would i do if i was in this situation?”….and though this is escapism to an extent for us…it reminds us how humans can be so…inhuman….i wouldn’t be surprised if these things took place in real life in some similar form. Good Ep.