Why did Zig Forums tell me this was overrated

just finished season 1 and i have to say , this was a major suprise, especially the ending very ballsy i never saw this before

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>overrated
Who the fuck told you that? No oje knows kaiji/akagi outside Zig Forums at all and prolly anyone who knows this is just another oldfag.

>overrated
They were probably talking about the manga user, specifically any of the long stretches that involve mahjongg.

what can i expect from the manga after season 2

Continued insanity, part 5 being one of the best things Fukumoto has written as well.

wish i could rewatch kaiji again for the first time

my normie friends do

It's nowhere near that obscure, but it's definitely true that fkmt series have a very solid reputation here.

first arc of the second season is the best one

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this, it was tightly packed and not dragged out like other arcs and had a smart game to boot

How is this in such good quality? Isn't kaiji 480p

One blessed user ran the entire series through a program that uses neural nets to upscale low-quality images.

Link for it? Please..

Imagine considering the opinion of normies.

>especially the ending very ballsy
I had the exact opposite impression. Felt like the story could have ended right there but there had to be one last twist so it could keep dragging on forever.

I don't have it on hand, but you could probably find it by searching the archive.

Goes downhill with the bog. From that point on every game is just too long.

quit being a negative faggot

But im right. People always ask for a season 3 but it wouldn't work. Who would watch 26 episodes of one game of mahjong? Akagi vs Washizu wouldnt work either

>akagi vs washizu lasted for over 20 years
How does FKMT do it?

Kaiji doesn't even begin to match Washizu mahjong in Akagi. 20 volumes for the 6th hanchan and it's some of the best work he's put out.
You say who would watch 26 episodes of a game of mahjong but remember one of the most popular anime is Hunter x Hunter, a series which most people say the peak is the palace invasion in the chimera ant arc. An arc with episodes that only have seconds pass of in universe time. If its engaging and well written then people watch it, all of Kaiji is like this.

It was.

>salvation game
>engaging
Pick one

This is just the TV version. S1 was SD only, but S2 is HD, probably 720p native.
It never got BDs as far as I recall, but it aired on HDTV and I think CR's version was HD too.
>ran the entire series through a program that uses neural nets to upscale low-quality images
This usually looks bad in anything except cherrypicked screenshots (and often not even then). A well-encoded SD raw with high-quality conventional scalers like you would configure mpv or madVR to use is the best way to watch SD-era shows. I think the version of Kaiji S1 I have is an upscale to 720p, but they didn't use some meme AI scaling.

He could spend months of effort drawing more traditionally, and he fucking can he's not at all a bad artist, but he chooses to focus on the story, themes and games.

I love his art style

It's the low point of the series I agree, but still a solid read. Even if you came out of it hating it you get part 5 next which more than makes up for it, given it's one of Fukumoto's best works.

KUYASHII

I finished reading it a few months ago and I'm still not over it. It turned out as well as it did mostly becaue FKMT took such an honest approach to character writing that makes every choice that is made during the game feel so genuine.
The reasoning behind the characters' actions is well established thanks to the effective use of internal monologues.
It does get a little bogged down with all the re-establishing the stakes over and over again and recaping how much blood he's lost so far and what's the lethal limit, etc, etc. So for me Kurosawa is his best work overall but Akagi hits the highest highs.

Me too. But there's no denying the style is faster than the alternative.