So earlier today an user asked about how Kakegurui compared to Akagi and Kaiji, and I just want to add my two cents to that discussion - if only so that the original user gets perspective from somebody who is not a fedora-wearing neckbeard sperglord (like all Kaiji/Akagi fans are).
Once you start watching Kakegurui, you will come to see how much those other two shows are outliers, not just in their genre, but their medium as well. What I mean is, Kakegurui has proper pacing instead of laboriously dragging out every minute decision on part of the character - which contributes to the story having a lot more variety when it comes to its gambles.
As far as the gambles themselves are concerned, they are of about equal quality. It's just that the method Kakegurui takes in approaching the conclusions of the gambles is wildly different. Objectivelys speaking, neither series outshines the other on this front (which only means they are equally fantastic with their gambles) - and anybody trying to tell you otherwise is just pretentious.
Really, the greatest difference between Kaiji/Akagi and Kakegurui is their cast of characters. As far as the lead characters are concerned, while Kakegurui's Yumeko is not as singularly unique as Kaiji, she''s still extremely appealing as a lead (no comment on Akagi, lul). When it comes to the supporting cast, however, that is a completely different story. Kakegurui has one of the best, most endearing cast of characters in all of anime, and watching all of their ongoing character development is a joy that the static, lifeless, uninteresting supporting casts of Akagi and Kaiji (or any other "gambling anime/manga, really) simply can not hold a candle to. A typical Kakegurui support character has more depth and personality than the entire supporting casts of any of those other two series combined. And it is because of that that the gambles in Kakegurui - if not more intelligent, per se - have so much more emotional impact than the gambles in those other stories (not that their fans would ever admit that, but those people are not capable of emotion the way your average person understands the term in the first place, so they would not be the right people to ask anyway).
Which you prefer is honestly just down to personal preference and not any "objective" measures of any of the stories (because those do not exist anyway). If you like stuff that is seedy, gritty and heartless; you will prefer Akagi and Kaiji. But if you love larger than life emotional rollercoasters and have an interest in caring about more than one character, You might just like Kakegurui more! I know I do!
(I like the other two as well, just not as much.)
Luis Walker
Is this a copy pasta?
Jeremiah Wood
I hope it is, it's dumb as hell.
Anthony Collins
I feel you with the pacing, but there's a ton of other "new student vs overpowered student council" series, and also Yumeko herself isn't that unique, she's basically Medaka with a gambling kink. Same goes for Akagi in different ways of course, but Kaiji really stood out when I watched it as something I had never seen before. I guess recently there's been death game stuff like Alice in Borderland that sorta fit the bill, but you get my point
Zachary Smith
Isn't Kakegurui just seen as a "meme" gambling show
Jaxon Roberts
probably not
Nathan Ward
Any anime where the MC is just a narrator and an overpowered woman is the only one that does something inherently sucks but is popular for a few years before completely dying off.
>As far as the gambles themselves are concerned, they are of about equal quality. I remember some shit about a part in Kakegurui where there's a room with nanikiru puzzles, and instead of actually solving them the characters just use some contrived bullshit and skip past it? Equal quality my ass.
Kakegurui's writing is an insult to anyone who had enjoyed Kaiji previously, it's a perfect example of style over substance, a fool's idea of a smart show. How the first game of episode 1 didn't kill the show is still beyond me, muh "oh it was just luck." Wow, so interesting.
How can you have a gambling story that’s not heavily reliant on luck?
Cooper Sullivan
Literally Kaiji
Logan Garcia
Kaiji, Akagi, or any other FKMT work, aren't about gambling, but about psychology. If you compare FKMT manga to Kakegurui, and all you discuss is the gambling, you've missed the point.
Oh, so there is one more anime in the genre of gambling that is worth watching? Thanks. I constantly think about how there is a certain genre in anime that is so great, yet unexplored. IT is not just "gambling", but rather mind games. The best example of that is Death Note. As cliche as it is, the mindgames and the cat-and-mouse games are great. But when you ask for more anime like Death Note, people recommend you things like Code Geass or Monster. But these shows are not in the same scope as Death Note. They're trying to do something different. Instead of focusing on how brilliant the 4D chess is, it focuses on the story. The few anime that are truly "Death Note-esque" that I've seen are: >Kaiji >Akagi >One Outs >Great Pretender End of list. Now I'll check Kakegurui.
