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Gyra_Solune posted:i watched Kaiji and it was good Season 2 of Kaiji has big pacing problems. The first half is rock solid but the whole pachinko arc could have probably 4 or 5 episodes worth cut from it and be easily edited down into a tight, exciting narrative instead of tons of footage of ball bearings swirling around drains and the backstory of some loser villain that's totally inconsequential. I tried to watch Akagi and got maybe six or seven episodes in but it just didn't click for me like Kaiji, which is one of my favorite series of all time. I don't have a great grasp of Mahjong (I get the basics) so I don't have the innate understanding of why certain things are so unusual or important. That isn't totally necessary to enjoy the show, but what I really didn't like was that it's just not the same to go from a series like Kaiji, where the hero is smart but still a struggling underdog, to one like Akagi where it's made pretty clear that the protagonist is a genius that will definitely dominate everyone around him, even if there's a wrinkle in his plan now and then. Started reading Kurosawa because of this thread, it's rad so far. Just brutal in the best way.
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