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{{quote|''[[Ear Worm|The Future is in Our Hands!]]''}}
The year is 1995. After graduating from high school, the young [[Butt Monkey|Kaiji Itou]] has moved to Tokyo in hopes of finding a steady job. Two years later, he's still [[NEET|unemployed]] and in a state of depression. Kaiji wastes what little money he has on cheap gambles, alcohol and cigarettes on a daily basis. To feel better about himself, he sabotages expensive cars and collects their emblems. One of these cars belongs to Yuuji Endou, a [[Yakuza]] with ties to the financial empire Teiai Corporation.
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And that's just how the first series begins. ''Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji'' is probably the most famous work of Nobuyuki Fukumoto, a [[Seinen]] [[Mangaka]]. Starting in 1996, it has since then received critical acclaim for its [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|ridiculous yet brilliant]] gambles as well as the complex psychological analyses of the characters. There are currently four series, the first two of which have gotten anime adaptations by [[Madhouse]] (much like ''[[Akagi]]'' before it), and eventually [[Live Action Adaptation]] films and pachinko games. Kaiji also makes an appearance in ''Girls RPG Cinderellife'', a dating sim by [[Level 5]], for [[Nintendo 3DS]]. As of 2012, the fourth series has been put on hiatus and will resume in a year.
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Not to be confused with [[Kaiju]].
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== The series in general ==
* [[Absurdly High Stakes Game]]
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* {{spoiler|[[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: Miyoshi and Maeda did not betray Kaiji just because they could; due to a misunderstanding, they thought ''he'' had betrayed ''them''.}}
== Part V ==
* {{spoiler|[[Chekhov's Gun]]: Kazuya had previously given Kaiji a very fancy toothpick worth one million yen. This was later used to open up a cheating compartment with three extra aces (Kazuya also had access to a similar cheating compartment). (And then, he did not even play the ace, and won anyways, because Kazuya knew he was going to play the ace, and was wrong.)}}
* [[New Rules as the Plot Demands]]: {{spoiler|All of them have already been implemented, but they didn't tell Kaiji at first!}} Nevertheless, both sides able to use them, if they knew about them, which they are trying to hide so that he doesn't know.
* [[Poker]]: It is a variant that you can use only one card (although you get two cards to choose from before betting, and can keep the other one for later use). You can know how many of your opponent's two cards are high cards, before you can choose which card to play; and normally a higher card beats a lower one (aces are high), but a two beats an ace (a two loses to anything else). (The suits are meaningless.)
* [[Insane Troll Logic]]: Hyoudou. Kaiji didn't follow the rules of One Poker ({{spoiler|that if you bet your life, and you lose, then you will die from it}}), therefore, we will not follow our part of the game either, and therefore Kaiji's win is invalid and we have the right to attack him.
* [[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good]]: Hyoudou think Kaiji {{spoiler|saved Kazuya}} because Kaiji believed that if {{spoiler|Kazuya died}} then Hyoudou would get revenge on Kaiji, therefore he is going to do it anyways.
== Live Action Movies ==
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''Zawa Zawa Zawa'' ざわ ざわ
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