Itou Kaiji is a bum who steals car emblems and slashes tires on what seems to be a regular basis. This routine changes one day when he is paid a visit by a man in a trench-coat. Once the two get talking, it seems that the visitor (Calling himself Endou) is a debt collector. The reason for his visit is an unpaid loan which Kaiji had previously co-signed for a work-mate (Furuhata Takeshi). The original loan was 300,000 yen and once Takeshi had disappeared, the loan then fell on Kaiji. Kaiji is then told of a way to clear the interest compounded debt (which stood at 3,850,000 yen), which involved getting on a boat with others in his position. Once on the boat the debtors would then have to gamble with loaned money, which would end with a few winning, and others getting into deeper debt and having to work to pay off their debts. After some coercion Kaiji accepts a position on the boat, in order to clear his debt and make a bit of money as well...
Japanese study overview
Gyakkyou Burai Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor is a Japanese anime of 104,664 characters, with 5,458 unique words and 1,300 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.1 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 5,458 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 俺I×362
- 勝つto win×224
- 星star (usu. excluding the Sun)×197
- 勝負victory or defeat×189
- お前you×179
- 君Mr×150
- 目eye×148
- 言うto say×139
- 今now×132
- 利根川Sanegawa×129
- 金money×107
- 出すto take out×103
- 佐原Sahara×53
- 古畑Kōbata×46
- 船井Funai×42
- 当たりくじwinning ticket×39
- 石田Ishita×35
- １千1,000×23
- 買い占めbuying up of goods×22
- 金利interest rate×15