Men (absolutely no women in this show) betting their lives can make for pretty deep plots, and this is perhaps one of the very best. Also, an extremely dramatic narration often helps the story along, and helps the viewer make sense of sometimes subtle mindgames.Ĭharacter: Sheeit- there's just too much to say. The voice acting really captures the gritty, dreamless atmosphere which the show exhudes. It may sound silly, but I have never heard anyone cry as effectively as Yanaka Hiroshi's character. That honor goes to the best voice acting I've ever heard. However, soundtrack isn't the best part of this show's auditory arsenal either. However, once I did look into the more dramatic half of the soundtrack, I found it a fairly nice score. It's well integrated into the rest of the show's experience - so much so that I didn't notice it except after watching a second or third time. Where the sound really shines, though, is the intense scenes. However, once one gets past the first five minutes, it really becomes apparent just how expressive these faces can be, as the characters go through one emotional crisis after another.
These noses are big, and the faces look pretty weird at first. The last 4 episode arc feels a bit tacked on, and leaves season 2 wide open.Īrt: I looked at the promo picture, and I thought one thing: Elves. But, unfortunately, the'ending' is not anything of the sort, devoid of climax. The later arcs follow up with themes on society, and it gets philosophical in a gritty sort of way. A simple premise which gets expounded on to a cleverly intense degree. Also, one must not only break even in the actual matches, but also earn enough through the buying and selling of 'stars' (3 of which equate a trip off the ship) to pay off their debts.
What's the catch? Several things each card can only be used once, cards can be bought off of other players, con men abound, and losing forces one into the vaguely established but The game played on the cruise is Gentei Janken (Restricted Rock-Paper-Scissors), where the players get four cards of each type and battle it out. Story: Itoh Kaiji, a bum with 3 million yen worth of debt gets into a gambling cruise to pay off his debts.
This review was originally written after the first arc, and has since been revised to cover my opinions of the entire show, with minimal spoilers.
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