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Yeah, it’s been quiet here due to RL commitments, blah, blah, e/n, tl;dr. Hey, at least I wasn’t the poor bugger whose blog mysteriously died on him. Or the guys who got real Hiatus Disease. I did find the time to watch the next arc of Kaiji though, which made me wonder just why I [...]
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Oh god… as it stands now, reviewing Kaiji when it’s finally over is going to be a incredibly difficult. At the moment, I have no idea whether to classify it as just good or excellent. All the commenters on the previous episode made me see this series in a new light, but on the other [...]
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Episode: Kaiji Episode 21
Actually, looking back on the 20th episode of Kaiji about a week later, I’ve found that said ‘perfect vision’ seems to be blurring. But undoubtedly, explaining - or, rather, finding out - why will be just as interesting an experience, so here we go.
I think the best way to put it is that Kaiji, the [...]
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In Search of Number Nine
03/03/2008 07:17 AM UTCImpressions: Code Geass, VOTOMS, Master Keaton, Kaiji and Dennou Coil >>
Sorry that I haven’t posted for a week, but I had a bad case of real life and not a whole lot to say. Well except for the whole ADV announcement. And all I can say is finally… but still no word on Kurau. And I just shelled out to buy the first three disks. [...]
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I can’t believe Kaiji did that. He’s shown earlier on that when push comes to shove he can do some incredible stuff, but cutting off your own ear is crazy. Reminds me a lot of the moment in Akagi when Akagi was willing to get his arm cut off just to prove he didn’t cheat. [...]
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Gonna talk about Kaiji. There’s gonna be spoilers.
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Episode: Kaiji Episode 20
Oh my god… I’m speechless. I know I have been whining against this series, but that doesn’t matter for this episode. All I know that these were 20 of the most disturbing episodes of anime I’ve seen. Let me warn you: do not watch this episode if you can’t stand gore. I still can’t call [...]
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Episode: Kaiji Episode 20
Call me gullible, but I’m not really pleased to find out that my praises for the E-Card arc of a few episodes ago, where I finally hoped to see some complex mind-games between two masterminds, turned out to be one big mistake. How I hoped to see both Tonegawa and Kaiji outsmart each other with [...]
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Episode: Kaiji Episode 19
Yawn. It seems some people really have too much time on their hands. So yeah, in my second-to-last anime season preview I made fun of Kaiji, just like I make fun of everything in the world, regardless of whether I actually like it/them (Kobayashi Yu, Noto Mamiko, Moyashimon) or not (Lucky Star, StrikerS, Nonaka Ai).
And what do I wake up to find? About 400 more visitors to the blog than I
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SO, this was clearly a building-up episode. It’s a bit disappointing, as I was hoping that Kaiji would turn the tables already with the seventh round, but instead the creators decided to use these rounds to bring Kaiji more and more in despair. Kaiji has now lost six times in a row, and due to [...]
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Episode: Kaiji Episode 18
Akagi and Kaiji are closely linked by sharing the same manga-ka and by the similarities in their anime adaptions. Comparisons are quite revealing, and allow us to draw some wider conclusions about the nature of GAR, as well as the role of weakness and sacrifice.
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Well, the same complaints as usual. We’re one episode further, and exactly two and a half rounds have taken place. Considering how one round just consists of putting up to five cards on the table (in this case two or less), you can’t deny that Kaiji is slow. Still, unlike the beam-arc and the ship-arc, [...]
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Episode: Kaiji Episode 17
Mega Megane Moé
02/09/2008 05:42 AM UTCTrack Two: KimiKaiji, School Days LxH, and old-school fandom >>
Day before yesterday I saw a Not Boat,
yesterday an sentimental fic,
and today, you…weird…music video…thing.
I keep trying to be a crazy anime fan. As a guy, I watch magical girl shows, as a realist, I watch ridiculous harems and visual novel adaptations, I fanboy over 2D things more than anything 3D, and I have an adoration [...]
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School Days
Tenka Seiha
01/30/2008 01:29 AM UTCUltimate Survivor Kaiji #17 — A Random Diversion Into Arithmetic >>
The story of Kaiji is a mentally and emotionally charged one, revolving around the titular character’s quest to escape from a crushing debt inflicted upon him by the yakuza, the Japanese gang. Kaiji, an anti-hero with a dead-end job, is forced to participate in emotionally and physically testing ‘gambles’ against his fellow kind of losers, [...]
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I’m not sure what’s wrong with me, but this has been one of the most enjoyable episodes of Kaiji yet, even though it consisted mostly of people sitting and talking. It’s probably for the same reason why I still consider the first episode to be one of the best episodes of the series as well. [...]
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Episode: Kaiji Episode 16