Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler
This Japanese manga was written by Himura Kawamoto and illustrated by Tōru Naomura. It began serialization in Square Enix’s Gangan Joker March 2014, with its chapters additionally collected into eighteen tankōbon vilumes as of July 2024.
Yumeko Jabami enrolls at Kyakkaou Private Academy, where students are tanked by their gambling winnings, and fame and fortune await those who rise to the top.
Manga (March 2014, September 2015)
Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler (18 volumes)
Hyakkaou Private Academy. An institution for the privileged with a very peculiar curriculum. You see, when you’re the sons and daughters of the wealthiest of the wealthy, it’s not athletic prowess or book smarts that keep you ahead. It’s reading your opponent-the art of the deal. What better way to hone those skills than with a rigorous curriculum of gambling? At Hyakkaou Private Academy, the winners live like kings, and the losers are put through the wringer. But when Yumeko Jabami enrolls, she’s gonna teach these kids what a high roller really looks like!
Kakegurui Twin (6 volumes)
As a first-year student of the renowned Hyakkaou Private Academy, Mary Saotome knows her future is set for a one-way cruise to the top…That is, until an encounter with an old-classmate-turned-housepet throws the newbie princess into the world of gambling! Can a normal girl like Mary make friends and survive debtless through only wit and luck? Find out in this prequel to the mega-popular Kakegurui!
Anime (Japan 2017, USA 2018)
The anime adaptation was produced by MAPPA airing from July 1 to September 2017 on Tokyo MX, MBS and other channels. This show is rated 18+ and has a spin-off and prequel to Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler which is Kakegurui Twin written by Jomura Kawamoto and illustrated by Kei Saiki.
Kakegurui Twin (Mini Series 2022, 6 episodes)
At an elite academy where social status is determined by gambling skills, students must put everything on the line to beat the odds-without mercy. This mini series has a total of six episodes.
Live Action (2018, 2019, 2025)
- Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler
- 2 seasons, Total episodes 15
- Kakegurui Twin
- 1 season and can only find it on YouTube
- Bet
- 1 season, Total episodes 10
This one I feel is going to take me a minute to complete. I felt like even though they are in school his Page to Screen will take place during Summerween. This seems to be a darker series, and although they are in school I am getting summerween vibes.
Have you read or watched this series? What were your thoughts?
-Dezi
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