Reviews

Kakegurui is a really bizarre anime. It kind of gives off a Kill La Kill vibe in that the school is run with an iron fist by the student council and the main character has to battle, or in this case gamble, student council members to get to the president. It also tries to be over the top like Kill La Kill but unfortunately Kakegurui lacks the fun characters or true zaniness that made Kill La Kill so great. All the characters (minus Suzui) fit on a scale of horribleness and insanity. The villains are truly detestable and that makes their downfall in gambling matches in many ways cathartic. However, villains personalities also change without much, or in some cases really any, character development when they join Kakegurui's posse. All and all Kakegurui is really bizarre and somewhat cathartic, but lacks a good enough story to backup its weirdness. That being said I still plan on watching the second season since I believe that the first season might be serving mostly as exposition to allow for better character development in the next season.