7.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Kakegurui (2017)
Kakegurui (2017)
Overview
Run by a corrupt and sadistic school council, the “system” at Hyakkaou is based on gambling, with losers who cannot cover their debts being demeaned by their peers and forced to serve their debtholders. And if that’s not terrifying enough, some games can result in losing an eye, one’s fingernails, or even their life! But the system is shocked when transfer student Yumeko Jabami arrives. Dark, mysterious and attractive, she’s a wildcard who plays for the thrill of it…
Starring Cast
Where to watch
NetflixRating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Neutral
Viewer Rating
7.6
Overview
Run by a corrupt and sadistic school council, the “system” at Hyakkaou is based on gambling, with losers who cannot cover their debts being demeaned by their peers and forced to serve their debtholders. And if that’s not terrifying enough, some games can result in losing an eye, one’s fingernails, or even their life! But the system is shocked when transfer student Yumeko Jabami arrives. Dark, mysterious and attractive, she’s a wildcard who plays for the thrill of it…
Starring Cast
Where to watch
NetflixDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The film leans left due to its central critique of an extreme, exploitative social hierarchy and economic disparity within the academy, which aligns with progressive concerns about power structures and inequality, despite the protagonist's individualistic motivations.
The movie features standard casting for a Japanese anime, with Japanese voice actors portraying characters from its cultural context. The narrative primarily focuses on themes of gambling and power dynamics within a school setting, without explicitly critiquing or negatively portraying traditional identities.
Secondary
Kakegurui features numerous intense, often sexually charged, relationships between female characters, creating a strong sapphic subtext. These depictions primarily enhance the drama and power dynamics of the gambling narrative, rather than explicitly exploring or affirming LGBTQ+ identities. The portrayal is present but largely incidental to the main themes.
Based on available information, Kakegurui (2017) does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative primarily focuses on high-stakes gambling and psychological battles within a private academy, with no elements related to transgender identity present in its plot or character arcs.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The anime 'Kakegurui' is a direct adaptation of its manga source material. All major and supporting characters maintain their established genders from the original manga, with no instances of a character canonically established as one gender being portrayed as another.
Kakegurui (2017) is an anime adaptation of a Japanese manga. The characters, as depicted in the source material and portrayed in the anime, are consistently Japanese. There is no evidence of a character established as one race being portrayed as a different race.
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