Kakegurui (賭ケグルイ)

Hyakkao Private Academy.

About to celebrate its 122nd anniversary,

this school prides itself on tradition and prestige.

Showdown! Full house!

Too bad!

You get an A for effort!

A royal straight flush?

Now, now, I'm sure it will be an ordeal for you.

But make sure you do your best.

Fido.

That day, I ceased being a human. Those are the rules of this school.

It's all about money here.

That and how good a gambler you are.

There! A straight!

You win again, Mary?

That's our Mary, a juggernaut!

Not that I have my A-game today, you know.

I'm just...

BOTTOM-FEEDER, RANK #0100 FIDO

...a house pet.

Once you plunge to these depths, you can never climb up again.

Or so I thought.

Until she arrived.

A GIRL NAMED YUMEKO JABAMI

As I informed you last week, today, I'll be introducing a transfer student.

Hello, everybody. My name is Yumeko Jabami.

Inept as I am, I hope you'll welcome me as a member of your class.

- She's pretty hot. - Totally my type.

Yumeko? That sure is a strange name.

I'd like one of you to show Yumeko around the school grounds.

Ryota, aren't you class president? Would you mind doing the honors?

- Sure. - Ryota.

Thank you in advance.

Thank you.

For the first time, I'm glad that I became a Fido.

Oh, my! How lovely!

This certainly is a splendid academy. I'm so glad that I transferred here.

What is this?

Jabami.

Yes, what is it?

Listen, you know how to gamble?

Gamble, did you say?

Well, poker and mah-jongg, and such... I am familiar with the rules, at least.

I see. Right.

See, at this academy, gambling's always been all the rage.

Once classes end, you'll see gambling going on everywhere.

And since there are a lot of rich students here,

the stakes are ridiculously high.

I'm sure you'll get asked sooner or later, so better watch your--

Well, well. That's certainly something to look forward to.

Jabami! Welcome to Year Two, Flower Class!

Which school did you transfer from?

- Any hobbies? - What do you do on days off?

- Have a boyfriend? - Let's be friends!

Oh, yes, I hope we can be friends, too.

Nice to meet you! I'm Mary Mary. I hope we can be friends!

I hope we can be friends, too, Mary.

Are you free after this, Jabami? Would you like to gamble with me?

Hey, what?

- Mary's gonna gamble with the new girl! - Think she's gonna pull that one?

- What kind of gambling you have in mind? - It's called Ballot Rock-Paper-Scissors,

a gambling game that our class devised.

First, everyone in our class draws either a rock, scissors or paper on a card.

Then they drop those cards into the box so we can't see them.

We both draw three cards from the box, choose just one,

and play Rock-Paper-Scissors.

If it's a stalemate, we draw from the remaining two cards and play again.

If it's a stalemate all three times, it's a draw. That makes up one game.

Unlike normal Rock-Paper-Scissors, you don't always show your entire hand.

Trying to read each other under such unfair circumstances is the appeal.

Sounds fun! I'd love to try it.

Okay! That's what I like to hear.

Jabami--

Fido, fetch the chips.

I said fetch.

Yes, ma'am.

These are the chips.

The rate is 10,000 yen per chip. For starters, here are 120 of them.

I'll let you determine how much we bet each game.

You never know till you try.

- How many are we betting? - Let's see.

Then, two chips.

In this form of gambling, you almost never end up with all three choices.

Since you're only drawing three, you're more likely to get more of the same cards,

like two rocks and one scissors.

If your hand contains lots of rocks, odds are the pool is full of rocks.

Meaning that since your opponent is apt to throw out a rock,

you should throw out paper.

Basically, you're betting that you can read each other amid such uncertainty.

Ready? At the signal, play your card when I do.

- Rock, paper, scissors! - Rock, paper, scissors!

So you win the first match, Jabami. Congratulations.

Thank you very much. I'm going to take two chips, then.

Now, you understand how this game works, right? Let's keep rolling.

Yes. All right, this time, let's go with 50 chips.

Fifty chips? That's 500,000 yen.

How can you just...?

I didn't think you were such a risk-taker.

Oh, no.

Fifty-thousand yen's on the line over one game of Rock-Paper-Scissors.

Are you ready now?

- Rock, paper, scissors! - Rock, paper, scissors!

Well, a draw, eh?

Let's do it again. We have a...

- Tie! - Tie!

All right! I win!

Oh, my. Either way, I would've lost, right?

Good thing I won when the stakes were high.

- How many are we betting next? - All right, two chips.

Okay, let's go.

- Rock, paper, scissors! - Rock, paper, scissors!

Congratulations! You win, Jabami.

What next?

Let's see.

Shall we go with 50 chips once more?

Are you kidding me? Didn't you get burned enough?

Interesting.

I like that kind of spirit.

Here we go.

- Rock, paper, scissors! - Rock, paper, scissors!

Great minds do think alike.

Here we go again.

We have a...

- Tie! - Tie!

Yes! I win yet again!

Thanks for the 500,000.

That's one million yen, total.

All right, next! Let's keep rolling, shall we?

Is something wrong?

Don't tell me you're getting cold feet.

Well, after losing one million yen, who can blame you?

No, the showdown is just about to start.

Please bet two chips this time around.

It's over. 216 chips versus 24 chips. The gap is way too huge.

Her back's up against the wall.

She'll never pull off an upset if she's freaked out.

Then let's carry on.

Rock, paper, scissors!

Scissors!

Scissors!

Oh, my, Jabami. I see you've run out of chips.

- Did she just lose 1.2 million yen? - That was a huge gamble.

Mary, would you mind playing just one more game?

Don't do it, Jabami!

At the rate you're going, you'll be a house pet on your first day.

Of course! How much do you want to bet?

Idiot. You'll only get yourself mired with no way out.

Ten million yen in cash.

Why would you walk around with that amount of cash?

Don't be ridiculous!

Staking ten million yen on a single casual game of Rock-Paper-Scissors.

You...

You're insane!