Is he retarded? Why did he choose to play again after he knew and saw that it was rigged from the start on the boat?
>>283489393He thought he could see through the bullshit and out-play the rigging, beating them at thier own game.In other words yes he was retarded.
>>283489690This makes him cooltarded
>>283489393He was a hopeless addict
Kaiji is an adrenaline junky constantly chasing new highs with each retarded gamble.
>>283489393He was overcorrecting his flaws.
>>283489393Because he went in debt again after being on espoir and knew the wagie life would never get him out of it.
>>283489393He's an addict
>>283489393He's an animal rapist.
>>283489393Only women or well adjusted males (faggots) don't get the motivation behind Kaiji actions.
>>283489393I just started part 4God i fucking love Kaiji
>>283489690Counterargument: He did beat Ootsuki, Ichijou and Muraoka at their own game
>>283494205qrd? I haven't read Part 6.
>>283497327Kaiji is hiding billions of yen in bags which some middle aged guys he made friends with see and ask what's inside. Kaiji says it's his collection of porn magazines, they ask to see and try to open the bags but Kaiji freaks out, which scares them. Knowing that they're curious and will check the bags when he isn't looking he buys a ton of porn magazines and fills one bag with them. They check the bags and see mostly normal porn like milf stuff, and get disappointed because they thought it would be some fucked up or weird stuff. One of them isn't convinced and digs through to the bottom of the bag, where he sees a magazine cover with sheep in it, making him believe Kaiji wants to fuck his dog.
>>283489393The boat was one of the fairer games in the series
>>283499345True
>>283489393All gamblers fall into this boat (heh). No matter how many failures, they believe if they get just one* more shot they can make it big.
>>283499345It's the only game that didn't involve any cheating, there were some undisclosed features but no one was allowed to actually break rules.
Do we know when we will be getting new Kaiji chapters? The last chapter I read was the asian trio sort of telling the nosy granny they won an absurd amount of money.
>>283497327Part 6 had quite a few interesting arcs, such as "Mario's sexual transition to escape the mall" and "Endou's wild KFC trip"
>>283489393>wait he knows that house always win why is he betting everything on red again?Anon, why do you need to be explicitly told that the character has a gambling addiction?
>>283494213I thought men were supposed to be rational ones
>>283502597It wasn't even a gambling addiction. He wanted to strike back at Hyodo when he saw Tonegawa didn't matter much in the grand scheme of things. This was his payback.
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>>283503362Nah it was 100% addiction that made him bet too much and lose it all the payback shit is just his self justification to feel better about the real reason
>>283505219No, you can see his reaction to Tonegawa bowing. And even the ending has him angry at Hyodo more than the money or the gamble.Don't get me wrong he IS an addict, but during that night he had other priorities. The E-card bet was also his way to strike back.Kazuya is the situation where what you say might apply. Kaiji was thinking of revenge but it was also his gambling high right there
Same reason as to why you come back here every time, even when you realise you really shouldn't.Thrills and things that you do to have fun are a bog, out of which its hard to escape by yourself, and if left to your own devices you will eventually come back anyways because you like doing it.A vice its a swamp you can't get away easely, since its a swamp you want to be living in.
>>283498211>>283502472Fucking hell, I need to go back to part 6
Love all of Kaiji, but Emperor and the tissue box lotto are still the peak for me.
>>283489393>>283489690Hubris, nothing more.
>>283506365>Same reason as to why you come back here every time, even when you realise you really shouldn't.I come back here because none of my irl friends are into anime or manga, and /a/ is unironically the least cancerous place to discuss it
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>>283498211fucking kek
>>283489393He fell into the negative feedback loop of a chronic gambler where he believes all he needs to do is win one more game to hit it big.
>>283507779For me it was the steel frame.
>>283513179Well, at the end of part 5 he finally DID hit it big. And part 6 is all about what to do after that.
Gambling can serve a practical purpose, but it takes personal discipline and a clear understanding of one's financial goals. Say there's an important asset available to purchase, it is a time-limited opportunity, and your available funds can't afford it. If, for whatever reason, it's impossible to secure the necessary funding in time to acquire the asset in question, gambling provides a chance at securing the funds, and if the opportunity is worth more than whatever your available funds could otherwise be used for, then gambling becomes a fiscally responsible decision. The "house cut" is a fee for performing the service in question, the same way a lender gets interest for loaning funds.Kaiji is in a very similar situation to this, except the asset he wants is himself- specifically to escape debt slavery, or wage slavery when he's debt-free. Even if he works his entire life he won't be able to buy that, or so he believes, and so he joins these comically evil and unfair death games because the chance to escape slavery is worth more than a lifetime as a slave. This type of self-awareness of his status in the world is also exactly what Tonegawa called the Hero's Road contestants sick for lacking: They lacked the self-awareness to perceive the danger of the gamble, just like they lack the self-awareness to perceive that they are being slowly bled over the course of their entire lives by their superiors.
>>283513908Also anyone who wants to become a success in asset trading is basically Kaiji.
>>283513908Working his whole life to buy himself isn't even a possibility because there'll be nothing left to buy after he's done working.
>>283506365>comparing being a degenerate gambler involved with illumminati and mobs and losing fingers and ears and going through intense trauam watching people die and almost dying yourself numerous times to....posting on an anonymous forum for shits and giggles.jesus, you're such a fucking loser man. get a grip. taking this place so seriously. it's genuinely over for you if you don't get a grip pronto, champ.>>283509081don't mind that fucking moron. it's genuinely insane to compare the two and he should fucking get a clue.>>283513908Gambling is no joke. I know it's not in the same wheelhouse exactly but for a time, I was really addicted to football betting (not handegg) and I was in the shops for hours and hours mauling over the most schizophrenic details. my family hosted an intervention after i lost 300 quid to betting on the world cup final in 2022. relapsed here and there but i've gotten a hold of it. it's insane. alcohol, porn or any other vice doesn't come close and look benign by comparison.
>>283514376Gambling has strengths and dangers that are very similar to that of borrowing money. In both cases, you're dependent on and beholden to a provider. In both cases, they allow a person to attempt to attempt financial mobility beyond their normal means. Both have a tendency to be addictive and self-destructive when abused. Both can easily be used to scam people through unfair terms. Both have a use in facilitating a partial stake in an asset that can't be conveniently divided. Both services are heavily controlled by the government and delegated to privileged groups.You have to be extra careful of gambling scams though, because gambling was successfully popularized as entertainment, so actual reasonable rate gambles are exceedingly rare.
>muh gambling addictionSpoken like an animeonly
I don't feel like it warrants its own thread, do we have more scanlated Nikaidou chapters? Or at least a timeframe for when they drop a new batch?
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