Kakegurui (2017) s01e11 Episode Script

1 Why should we obey this girl? Why are branch families gathered for this? Did something happen? - What was the previous head thinking? - You people really are worthless.
To think you're part of our family it almost brings me to tears.
Your banal greed, your banal desires your banal spite, I'm sick of it all.
As head of this family, I reject you all.
- Who do you think you're talking to? - Such a brat! If you have a problem with that, bring it on.
I welcome you into this ideal castle that I've created myself! I will wager 100 chips! Idiot! You're making an unwise choice.
You'll get me back on the council? That's so absurd.
There's no way that the president would ever allow that! Not to mention, nothing annoys me more than the way you look down on me! You told me once, senpai that you and I were the same.
That's why Because we're the same, I'm going to take you down! Now, then, let's resume gambling.
Change any cards? - I'll take two.
- Two cards for me, too, please.
- A pair of queens? - Who in their right mind? Yumeko's up to something! This woman Who would've thought she'd try it twice? This time, for sure, she's going for a garbage hand.
She's trying to win with the weaker hand.
But Let's move on to the betting round.
With all these chips, I don't need to be stingy, do I? I bet 20 chips.
Yumeko! Did she say 20? If I don't raise her, I can gamble for the win with one chip.
Should I give Yumeko Jabami the right to choose and try my luck? No, I won't risk losing the chance to rake in 200 million with this hand! All I need to do is take the high road! - I raise you 20 chips! - Excellent! - I raise you 20 chips.
- I raise you ten.
Seventy-one chips in all, then? That's an uneven number.
Let's take this as far as we can! I raise you 29 chips! What the hell? She's going all in? Is she that confident she'll win? You never cease to amaze me.
You have some nerve.
You can't be normal.
You might be someone I could use in my student council.
Oh, please I'm so honored! That's precisely why I have to win right now.
I thought that I needed to reform the student council but I was wrong! I'm raising you 30 chips! Come work for me, Yumeko Jabami! Manyuda, why would you keep matching Yumeko raise for raise? Manyuda can win on financial might.
He doesn't need to play such a high-stakes game.
In that case, I can think of one reason.
He's sure he can win as long as he gets the right to choose.
Yumeko's out of chips now.
At this rate, she's gonna lose.
Vice President? Please add more chips.
We're going to raise by ten.
What? I can't afford to hold back.
I'm stretching myself to the limit.
Didn't I tell you? I'm going to take you down! I raise you ten.
Splendid! - I raise you ten! - Ditto.
How splendid this is.
This was supposed to be a showdown of hands, but now - I raise you ten! - Ditto.
Now, we're piling on the money! What the? This isn't even a gambling match anymore.
I don't like the way this is going.
Manyuda's the student council accountant.
His access to funds is unmatched.
If this is about who can throw in more money I raise ten chips! I'm close to my limit now.
I can't-- Sumeragi, you really are pathetic.
You refuse to recognize the gap between your ideals and your abilities.
You're making bad judgment calls.
Just as I said, you're not qualified to take the high road.
You're an incompetent who just happens to have more money than others.
I don't want to hear your drivel! Bet or call it quits! I raise you 100 chips.
The pot is getting rather large.
This gamble is all about raising the stakes.
Betting non-existent money would put a damper on it all.
You need to remember just how much I've added to the academy's pool.
- I've got more than enough.
- True.
All right, next.
Yumeko Jabami, are you going to make another bet? Sumeragi, are you out of funds? I'm sorry.
I'm really maxed out now.
Is that right? But no worries.
You still have something to bet with.
Before, when I fell into debt, the student council issued me something called a "life plan.
" That means that a value of 310 million yen has been placed on my life, right? I'm talking about your life! Let's bet everything we have, Sumeragi! Sumeragi, you're the daughter of the CEO of a major Japanese toy maker.
I can't begin to imagine just how much that would make you worth! If we go for that and you lose, then I Yes! You'll be a house pet until you die! I was wrong.
I never should've gotten involved with her.
In Yumeko Jabami's eyes, gambling means putting everything on the line.
For Yumeko, that's the ultimate ecstasy.
Of course, she'd urge her own friends to do the same.
It's totally out of benevolence! What's the matter? All you have to do is nod yes! I'm getting sucked in into the bottomless abyss of an endless gamble! Hurry up! Oh, well, if your choice is not to bet, it can't be helped.
But I do have one warning.
If you don't believe you can bet on this hand If your resolve only goes so far then you'll be better off not trying to reach the top.
She's absolutely right.
My ambition wasn't nearly strong enough.
Was it the right choice, giving up just because I'd lose it all if I failed? No, it wasn't! I shouldn't have harbored that kind of ambition from the start! I'm not gonna run.
I'm not gonna cry.
Visualize it.
We can win with this hand! I'm going to follow in those footsteps.
I'm gonna be king! In order to achieve that In order to win I'll do anything! Vice President! I'll raise him my life! THE GIRL WHO WOULD STAKE HER LIFE Lovely! That's what I love to hear, Sumeragi! This is what you call gambling.
Oh, my if you flaunt such resolve I think I'm going to start seething! I don't know what you're imagining, but I bet my life in order to win.
That's all.
I have no intention of being ruined.
Sorry to say this after you tore off your nails but I'm sure such a raise would never be permitted.
- Oh? - Choice Poker is all about the money.
Betting something incalculable, such as life, wouldn't work.
- Therefore, I reject your raise! - You're telling me now? I think you're misunderstanding something.
Jabami's Life Plan was only issued as collateral against repayment of her debt.
It's not an estimate of her worth.
The one with the final say on life plans is the student council president.
It would be doubly impossible for this raise to be permitted here.
Well, of course, it's pointless for players like us to quibble.
The person in charge of this gamble is the dealer.
What is your ruling? As someone who loves both order and the Darwinist rules of this academy, who frowns upon forced control how exactly do you rule? I will permit this raise.
Listen, you do you realize what you're saying? I am the dealer.
I will be the one to decide what can be wagered.
Sumeragi's family's actual value is several hundred billion yen.
Her father is the CEO as well as a majority shareholder.
She stands to inherit all that.
Surely, you don't object my allowing a ten billion yen raise? Did you say ten billion? A decision as insane as that Neither you nor anyone else here has that authority! Well, now are you sure about that? What are you doing here? Why? There's no need for you to know the reason.
But if I had to say To see the look on your face right now.
That's ridiculous! I never saw that coming! The president left without telling me where or why she was going.
Not only that How long has she been in our midst? Sayaka? Please come over here and do my hair.
Now, then let's pick up where we left off.
Itsuki's raise is ten billion yen, bringing Yumeko Jabami's wager to a total of 12 billion yen.
This isn't good! This woman always does what she says she will! Twelve billion yen? There's no way I can come up with that amount! If you're not going to call, we'll move on to the choice phase.
What? - You can't raise her anymore, right? - That's the one thing I can't let happen! If Jabami seizes the right to choose, I'll definitely lose! It won't be just any defeat! I'll lose after forking over three billion yen.
My status as a student council member down the drain! That's the one thing I've got to avoid! If that does come to pass Kaede, from now on, you'll have to become someone who takes the high road.
The high road, did you say? Since you are my son, it's your duty to run our nation.
Money is the foundation of our country.
The one who controls it is king.
You're going to become the Deputy Minister of Finance.
I've pulled strings and set it up for you.
You have nothing to worry about.
I LOVE AIRPLANES - What if it doesn't turn out like that? - In that case, you'll have no value whatsoever.
Fine by me.
I'll wager my life, as well.
- This is what you wanted, isn't it? - I don't know about that.
Now, then, Kaede, it's a bit difficult to evaluate your worth.
If you do become the Vice Minister of Finance, then it would be hugely profitable for us.
Why don't we place your anticipated value at ten billion yen? But then Oh, my! It seems we've lost the betting round.
Don't give up on me like that! My life is on the line, remember? If you lose the right to choose Isn't there anything else we can bet? Something like Oh, I know! Why don't we have Saotome-senpai and Suzui-senpai bet their lives, too? I can't place a value in the hundred million yen range on people without fortune or status.
No way.
Looks like the pot is good.
Kaede, what's your choice? My choice is the stronger hand! All of the formalities have concluded.
The winner will receive the life of the losing player.
I will do everything in my power to make that a reality.
There will be no escape.
No matter what.
No! It wasn't supposed to be like What a pathetic woman.
All Yumeko Jabami wants to do is gamble, and she's sucked the marrow out of you.
She took advantage of your deluded dreams.
Being overly ambitious leads to ruin, as they say.
Don't worry, Sumeragi.
I'll be glad to look after you.
Just keep pumping out money, and I'll be satisfied.
All to ensure that I become student council president and rule over Hyakkao Academy.
Showdown! I know I can do it! I'll rule over everyone and control everything! Three of a kind! All right, show your hand, Yumeko Jabami.
Tossing a pair of queens, pretending to go for a garbage hand What do you have? A straight flush? Unfortunately, no such miracle happened.
If only it had! It would've been so dramatic! Moron! You don't have to tell me that.
You couldn't have bet all that money unless you were going for the weaker hand.
But a cunning scheme can't beat sound tactics.
If I just stick to the high road, this woman will self-destruct.
What do you say, Sumeragi? Your biggest mistake was letting Yumeko Jabami incite you! Come back to me, Itsuki Sumeragi! You think Sumeragi is doing this just because I incited her? A patron's only job is to bankroll a gambler.
Do you really believe that? If so, you're sadly mistaken.
No sane patron would do nothing when it's her money at stake.
Particularly if she put everything on the line.
At this moment, Sumeragi is standing here as a gambler! Please take a look at my hand.
This is Sumeragi's divorce letter to you.
Three of a kind jacks? How? Three of a kind? Manyuda, you certainly seem obsessed with the words "high road.
" Then what was the high road in the case of this gamble? That's obvious! To fold.
To step away from risk, to play when you have a good hand.
If you'd adhered to such tactics, it would've drained me, as I had no funds.
Whether or not I could make my opponent take a risk in a sense, for me, that was a bigger issue than winning or losing.
Jabami-senpai discarded a pair of queens, pretending to go for a high card hand.
But that alone wouldn't have been enough.
If you'd folded, it would've been over.
A hand so weak, I'd bet my life on it since I'm in over my head! I couldn't drag you into this wager until I made you believe that! If I were your only opponent, I'm sure you would've stuck to the high road.
But you helped us with this ten billion yen wager because of Sumeragi.
It was because of Sumeragi's presence that you left the high road and went astray.
What are you saying? Three of a kind jacks? Betting your life on an iffy hand There's no way you could do such a thing! Apparently, you still don't get it, Manyuda-senpai.
There's just one reason why you lost.
It's because you underestimated me! Screw you! No! Not possible! This just isn't possible.
I'm supposed to defeat this woman and become student council president.
- You put up a good fight.
- That's my worth! - I never dreamed you of all people - Otherwise, I Who knew you had the nerve? Thanks to this gamble, I've discovered everything that's alluring about you.
- No - That's why you're fired.
"OF COURSE YOU CAN" BATTLE! He really is an idiot, that Manyuda-senpai.
With his overwhelming financial might, the game was going his way.
Disgracing himself in front of a huge crowd Well, that's all because he underestimated me.
Sumeragi, please don't hold back.
For now, let's commend each other on a well-fought match.
Oh, my The beauty of a person who's expended all that he had inside him.
What's with those gaudy nails, Itsuki? - Aren't they adorable? - No good.
If you're striving to become king, you've got to dress properly.
Tell me, have you ever seen a supernova? Unfortunately, no.
My fervent wish is to see one for myself.
The culmination of a nuclear fusion reaction literally, an explosion of galactic proportions.
I'm sure it must be beautiful beyond belief.
Could the same be said for a human life? That brief sparkle the moment a life draws to an end It's the one thing I can never get enough of.
Isn't that because your true desires have yet to be fulfilled? A life going up in flames is beautiful to behold.
It's a sight to see.
But what you truly desire is to witness yourself beautifully ablaze, until finally, you're no more.
- Am I wrong about that? - So amusing! You really are entertaining.
Oh, I'm ready when you are.
Really, that's so tempting.
What? What are those two talking about? I don't get it.
It's beyond me.
You two are smoldering.
You know that? Listen, if the attraction is mutual then there's no reason to hold back! Just be true to your heart! I'll be happy to bear witness! Oh, please! How embarrassing! Runa! Are you trying to seduce us, too? President, please tell me! What on earth are you planning to do? Naturally To risk everything on a gamble! - Yumeko leave the academy? - I don't intend to cheat.
- Of course not.
- Our money's on you, Yumeko! - Let's get started.
- Now let's get our gambling freak on.
EPISODE 12: THE WOMAN WHO'S A COMPULSIVE GAMBLER