Yuki The Snowman

(Lewd Midari for dem clickbait views)

Oh Kakegurui! You were an amazing and fun series!  In fact, you were maybe like, one of  four shows of the past Summer season that didn’t disappoint me (unlike say Hajimete no Gal).  In four months, you created a cult following of dedicated fans with superior quality episodes and entertainment. Expect for that atrocious episode 9 with that pointless Idol show (I give that trash a 2.5/10).  Anyways, fans from all over  the globe  illegally streamed tuned in to watch 24 minutes of deranged, spoiled rich kids gamble their money and lives away.  All in the sake for power and…money I guess.

The support and love towards Kakegurui was felt online. The flashy fans showcased their cosplays – dressing up as their favorite character. The artsy ones use their visual talents to produced fanart of their favorite girl. The musically included  fans  gifted the fandom with the sound of music – remixes and piano covers of the OP were poppin’ up on YouTube.   There was even an ero doujin  staring Yumeko  having sex with some guy whom she poked holes in his condom (because Yumeko loves her thrills and risks)!   Hell, some fans were even inspired to gamble or challenge others to gambling matches because of this show.

Yea, you heard me right.  There are some fans out there whom believes that they should gamble because of this show.

Earlier today while I was doing my usual shit posting on Facebook, I shared a post from the Kakegurui fanpage to my own page for this blog.  The post was simply news about the new Kakegurui cell phone game coming out in Japan soon. Within a few minutes of me posting it, someone commented.

“Care to gamble?” This fan said.  I started to laugh.  Maybe its’ an idiot fanboy who thinks they know how to gamble because they watched a few episodes of Kakegurui.    At first I ignored this nerd, but then I figured I should entertain this just for more laughs.

“1v1 me in blackjack at Anime Weekend Atlanta (AWA) if you’re going! Back that internet talk up IRL.”  I replied, calling his ass out.  I went through his profile and discovered that he was going to Anime Weekend Atlanta (which I too am also attending). I assumed that he was just some weeaboo nerd talking mad shit online.  He is probably a giant pussy outside the internet.   He even had an anime profile picture; people with anime profile picture tend to  talk the most shit on the internet.  Based on my findings,  I concluded that he wasn’t about neither about gambling life, nor was he going to meet me up at the convention.

Or so I thought.

“Bet.”  He responded back, posting a  photo comment of him flashing several hundred dollar bills.

‘Well shit…He IS about that life.’ I said to myself.  I was dumb struck.  Not only did this dude back that internet talk up, he was also totally one of those rich (or well off) weeaboos who could buy the special edition of  every Summer 2017 shows on Blu-Ray and not even be hurt about it.  Me?  I can barely buy a $10 bootleg waifu figurine after paying the bills and investing into my brand (this blog, the FB page, etc.).  I mean shit, I was just trolling; trying to get a reaction out of the dude.  Well, I got my wish.

Boy I got my wish.

That aside, this made me wonder: will Kakegurui inspire fans to gamble against one another?  Perhaps this guy flashing his cash and challenging me to a gambling match at a nerd convention is simply an outlier (and an idiot for posting his money on the Book). But still, it doesn’t hurt to be a little concern. It’s possible that ignorant fans  will make a trend of gambling within the fandom.  It’s not uncommon for fans to create trends and tributes to their favorite series.

Back in the mid-2000s, Haruhi fans were doing that Hare Hare Yukai dance at anime conventions and for YouTube videos. Recently, fans of the Dragon Ball series have gather at public landmarks, parks, and colleges to scream like Goku for the hell of it.  It wouldn’t be a shock to see Kakegurui fans gamble against one another at anime conventions. Shit, people already gamble at room parties when they play card games or money match in Street Fighter or Smash Bros..  With a popular gambling series like Kakegurui, it won’t be too long until weebs think they can gamble for cash.

And they will get utterly destroyed and lose all of their money.

In my personal opinion, Kakegurui glories gambling.   To start, Yumeko makes gambling seems like a fun time (which I confess it is).  The consequences of losing a match aren’t  too extreme (sans having your life mapped out through the Life Schedule Plan).  We do not see the harsh realities of having a gambling addiction either.   Yumeko, who calls herself a gambling addict, thinks nothing of it.  She seems well off mentally.  Gambling addicts in real life have ruined their relationship with love ones and  annihilated their bank accounts.

Gambling isn’t really that great when you break down the horrors of it.

If this show inspires you to gamble and you never gambled before, well, good luck to you and everything.  Just know that you’re an idiot and it’s your fault if you lose.   Go watch/read Kaiji or something so you can learn that gambling ain’t really all that amazing.