Gyakkyou Burai Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor

Kaiji 接受 Espoir 上的高風險賭博挑戰，以償還欠下 Yuuji Endou 的巨額債務。

Kaiji is a heavy gambler that lives in poverty. One day, he meets a loan shark named Yuuji Endou, who tells Kaiji that he owes ¥3,850,000 (around $37,500) for co-signing a loan with a former coworker that has disappeared. Endou gives Kaiji the option to try to earn all the money quickly, by participating in an unknown gambling event on a ship called Espoir, which Kaiji agrees to. (Source: Wikipedia)

Kaiji 加入 Espoir 上的債務人，參與一場危險的受限石頭剪刀布遊戲。

When Kaiji gets onto the ship, he finds himself with hundreds of people who also have debt. The gambling event that will be played by Kaiji and the rest of the debtors, onboard the Espoir, is a game called "Restricted Rock Paper Scissors". It is known to everybody that those who lose in this gamble are forced into manual labor for years. After the explanation, Kaiji is then approached by a man named Funai. He gets Kaiji to team up with him; Kaiji doesn’t know what he just got himself into. (Source: Wikipedia)

Kaiji與Furuhata、Andou聯手，在背叛中求生並奪取星星

Trapped in the depths of despair after getting tricked, Kaiji meets up with his former coworker that got him into debt, Furuhata. He isn’t mad at him, and teams up with him. He then looks and finds another person to join their teamed named Andou, who is also in a tight spot. Andou decides to backstab them, but Kaiji doesn't let this affect him and he comes up with another plan to win, but first, they need to bait someone into a trap in order to get more stars for the group. (Source: Wikipedia)

Kaiji 在財務壓力下壟斷 Rock Cards 的計劃

Kaiji and the group managed to bait someone into their trap, and earned 2 stars; however, they still need 4 more stars and only have ¥14,000,000 (around $136,500) and no cards. So Kaiji comes up with the plan to monopolize the bored by getting 30 Rock cards, however they are not the only team who've thought of the same strategy. (Source: Wikipedia)

開司與北見展開各押三顆星的豪賭

Both having thought of the same strategy, Kaiji challenges Kitami to a Rock Paper Scissors death match, but Kitami doesn't accept. So they have a different kind of battle, in which both Kaiji and Kitami wager 3 stars. (Source: Wikipedia)

非依拒絕並重新洗牌，打亂海老名收購計劃

Kaiji wins and proceeds with his plan of buying out all their 30 Paper cards. Funai later approaches Kaiji with a deal to trade his star for some of Kaiji cards, but Kaiji refuses. Now that no one can trust each other, and everyone’s cards are being leaked, Funai announces to everyone that they should reshuffle their cards, which is an idea that will completely ruin Kaiji's plan. (Source: Wikipedia)

Kaiji 揭發 Funai 在禁區剪刀石頭布中的作弊行為，並制定了一個高風險的計劃

The gambling event "Restricted Rock Paper Scissors" is nearing its end and Kaiji's group is forced to join Funai's idea of reshuffling all the cards amongst the remaining participants. However soon afterwards they are stuck in their tracks with no one to play against. Kaiji then figures out that Funai is cheating, which he tells to everyone. This stops Funai from getting any more matches. Kaiji then comes up with a risky plan. (Source: Wikipedia)

Kaiji在淘汰前的最後幾分鐘與Funai賭上五顆星星。

There are only 5 minutes left and only Funai is left, so Kaiji challenges him to a final match wagering 5 stars. Kaiji has the edge because he knows that either way he will be sent to the "other room", where the losers are sent away, but Funai is reluctant to accept this unfair wager. In the other room Kaiji pins all his hopes on being resurrected. (Source: Wikipedia)

Kaiji 在等待復活期間，面臨 Andou 和 Furuhata 的背叛

Kaiji, who’s in the other room waiting to be resurrected by his comrades; however Andou is having second thoughts and decides to betray Kaiji by selling his stars. It doesn't take much for his last hope, Furuhata to betray him as well. What will Kaiji do? (Source: Wikipedia)

Kaiji 在倖存並救下 Ishida 後，面臨新的債務。

Against all the odds, Kaiji was able to survive, while also saving a man named Ishida, but is left with a new debt of ¥6,295,000 (around $61,400). In a 4-month time period, Kaiji is working in a convenience store still in debt and poverty. It all changes when Endou appears before him, yet again, offering Kaiji another chance to clear his debt. (Source: Wikipedia)

狂歡

Kaiji 面對心理人類德比遊戲，60 名參賽者

The event is called Human Derby, a sick game that messes with your mind in which Kaiji must decide to push or be pushed. What will Kaiji choose to do? By the end of the Human Derby, only 21 people out of the total 60 contestants survived. Yet this is not the end of it, as there is still a more deadly challenge that waits for them. (Source: Wikipedia)

包括 Kaiji 在內的十名志願者，在二十二層高的大橋上直面致命的真人賽馬。

Ten people including Kaiji have volunteered for the Human Derby on the final bridge, 22 stories high, which means instant death if they fall. After deciding which order they will go in, the pathway to salvation opens. (Source: Wikipedia)

角色的精神正在消逝

敘事圍繞著天界的概念展開。

Kaiji Bets His Hearing in the E-Card Game Explained by Tonegawa

Tonegawa explains the rules of E-Card, in which there are 3 types of cards (Citizen, Emperor & Slave). The rules are simple but the odds are against Kaiji, who will be betting his hearing. He is to be fitted with a device which comes closer to his ear drum depending on the amount he bets and how much he loses, with 30mm being the limit the device can travel before it destroys his inner ear. After the instrument is attached to his ear, the game begins. In the 1st round, Kaiji wins the first two hands, increasing his confidence. (Source: Wikipedia)

開司承受心理壓力，根岸贏得第三局

In the 3rd hand of E-Card, with Kaiji playing the Emperor side, Tonegawa wins, saying that the true psychological battle has just begun. In the next 3 rounds, Kaiji will play with the Slave side hand. He draws on the 1st hand but loses the 2nd, shaking his confidence. However the beginning of the 2nd round is a draw. (Source: Wikipedia)

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探討特定界限與限制的敘事

敘事中出現了一位威猛的 deity

敘事聚焦於血液在心中的情感意義

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本集敘事聚焦於故事中的異端概念。

劇情探討界定當前局勢的具體情況與要求。