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Man, that was intense! Although the Starside Hotel arc lacked the complex logic and backstabbing of the Espoir episodes, it pretty much made up for this through sheer palm-wringing tension. This was the first time that I had to hit the pause button and leave the room to wash my hands because they were literally [...]
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So, in case you’ve been wondering: Ghost Hound and Saiunkoku Monogatari are both in a hiatus this week. Instead we have the new episode of the Tsubasa Chronicle-OVA and another episode of Kaiji. The current episode of Kaiji concludes the steel-beam-arc.
But really, I feel a bit cheated. The creators used a well-known plot-device in [...]
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Episode: Kaiji Episode 15
Oh my God, is that a woman in a Kaiji episode?! What has the world come to?? Up is down, left is right, J.C. Staff is KyoAni!!
Hmm, well at least I think that’s supposed to be a woman, anyway…I dunno, Guff? What’s your expert opinion?
While the skirt and sweater vest may seem indicative of the [...]
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Now I know for sure: Kaiji is one of these anime that has a lot of things to like, but also quite a few points to dislike. The looks it gives at human nature are astounding. Ishida was amazing in this episode. Same with Sahara: the two of them were absolutely amazing to watch. The [...]
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Episode: Kaiji Episode 14
In a recent discussion with the ABC I noticed how our attitudes differ in terms of listening to music when writing blog posts; I usually have to have something playing in the background but in the case of Kaiji I prepared an especially GAR playlist featuring the likes of Metallica, Soundgarden, Diru’s new tune Dozing [...]
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Kawaguchi Kaiji’s 9 Love Stories, well, I think you hardly need to know anything more to guess what this one will be about. Kawaguchi Kaiji is the same guy who wrote the original story for a Spirit of the Sun, and his nine love stories are basically what you get after you cross Human Crossing [...]
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Okay, so the current is going to be predictable. Kaiji just has to survive; otherwise the show would just run out of main character. Still, that didn’t prevent this episode from being among the best that this series has had to offer. At the moment, I only see one annoyance in this series: this is [...]
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Episode: Kaiji Episode 13
Ah, it seems that the Starside-hotel is going to consist out of a chain of life-threatening challenges. I still have no idea what still follows in this arc, but we’ve seen enough foreshadowing. In this episode, Kaiji manages to finish without pushing anyone, though he ends up getting disqualified. Now he needs to do the [...]
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Episode: Kaiji Episode 12
The Gurren-dan motto of pushing and smashing every obstacle in the way has never seemed more sinister.
But then, sinister and provoking is the kind of storytelling that Kaiji does best.
Kaiji is essentially out of the frying pan and into the furnace. Though he’s escaped with his life from the Espoir, the conditions are pretty [...]
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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 [...]
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Episode: Kaiji Episode 11
It’s strange… usually I can easily write enough for at least paragraphs for an entry, but for my entries for Kaiji I never seem to have any inspiration.
In any case, this episode is an intermezzo: we see Kaiji, as he spends a few months living and working to pay off the huge debt he [...]
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Episode: Kaiji Episode 10
And so, finally the Espoir-arc is finished. And really, the conclusion was awesome! It really showed the worst ides of human nature: the ease to lie and deceive. I was surprised at the way that Kaiji found his way out of that room, by actually stealing from Okabayashi.
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Gambling, mullets and manly tears…zawa zawa!
The first latecomer to this list is Kaiji, the black sheep of the autumn season. In a slew of new shows that seemed to be dominated by otaku-centric fantasy rom-coms set in schools, Kaiji bucked the trend with its ‘gar’ approach and no-nonsense storytelling. Firstly, it wasn’t a romance, a [...]
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Episode: Kaiji Episode 12