Kakegurui: Season 1
2017 · 12 episodes · ★ 7.8
What Season 1 of Kakegurui
Yumeko Jabami arrives at Hyakkaou Private Academy, a school where students learn to manage money through gambling games. Her guide is Ryota Suzui, the class president, who fell into the Pochi category due to a huge debt. Yumeko craves the thrill of risk, ignores the rules and challenges her classmates, soon upsetting the school's balance of power. María loses a game and ends up becoming a Mike. Conflicts escalate when the student council imposes the Life Schedules, which dictate the future of those who can't pay. Yumeko faces Yuriko, Kirari, Yumemi and Kaede, members of that council, in increasingly high-stakes games.
Season 1 Episodes
1x01 The Woman Called Yumeko Jabami
Reigning class gambling champion Mary attempts to hustle unsuspecting transfer student Yumeko Jabami into a high-stakes game of rock-paper-scissors.
1x02 The Boring Woman
Mary is relegated to the lowest levels of the gambling hierarchy after her loss. Student board member Itsuki challenges Yumeko to a game of pairs.
1x03 Slit-Eyed Woman
To regain her status, Mary duels student board member Yuriko in a game of "life or death." With Mary's crushing defeat, Yumeko offers to play next.
1x04 The Woman Who Became Livestock
Yumeko and Mary square off against two others in a game of Indian poker after being given a chance to minimize their colossal gambling debts.
1x05 The Woman Who Became Human
Kiwatari continues to lose as Yumeko and Mary bluff their way through the game, but the final outcome all comes down to Tsubomi.
Directing: Yasunori Goto
1x06 Tempting Woman
Yumeko must face Beautification Committee Chair Midari in an ESP card game involving Russian roulette before playing the student board president.
1x07 Refusing Women
Deeply engaged in their deadly ESP card game, Midari tells Yumeko about her heated match against student board president, Kirari.
1x08 Love-Dancing Woman
In Kirari's absence, pop idol sensation Yumemi offers to play against Yumeko, asking her to wager total control of her life.
Directing: Yasunori Goto · Writing: Shigeru Murakoshi
1x09 Dreaming Woman
With her pop idol career on the line, an enraged Yumemi seeks to ruin Yumeko after a scandalous voice recording is used as a bargaining chip.
Directing: Konosuke Uda · Writing: Shigeru Murakoshi
1x10 Selective Woman
Yumeko's odds are stacked against her when she challenges the well-funded student board treasurer, Manyuda, in an original game of poker.
Directing: Yasunori Goto
1x11 The Woman Who Bets Her Life
Itsuki, no longer wanting to be under Manyuda's control, offers to bankroll 100 chips after Yumeko goes all-in and loses on the previous hand.
Directing: Nobuyoshi Arai · Writing: Hiroshi Seko
1x12 Gambling Woman Season Finale
Yumeko and student board president Kirari both wager self-expulsion from the academy as Ryota becomes the key to the final outcome of their game.
Directing: Yuichiro Hayashi · Writing: Yasuko Kobayashi
Season 1 Cast
Tatsuya TokutakeRyōta Suzui (voice)12 episodes
Minami TanakaMary Saotome (voice)12 episodes
Ayaka FukuharaSayaka Igarashi (voice)12 episodes
Karin NanamiYuriko Nishinotouin (voice)12 episodes
Yuuki WakaiItsuki Sumeragi (voice)12 episodes
Tomokazu SugitaKaede Manyuuda (voice)12 episodes
Mayu UdonoRuna Yomotsuki (voice)12 episodes
Mariya IseMidari Ikishima (voice)12 episodesWhere to Watch Season 1 of Kakegurui
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many episodes are in Kakegurui season 1?
Kakegurui season 1 has 12 episodes.
When Did Kakegurui Season 1 Premiere?
Premiered on July 1, 2017.
Where to Watch Kakegurui Season 1?
Available by subscription on Netflix and Netflix Standard with Ads (availability may vary by country).
What is the best episode of Season 1?
According to TMDB user ratings, episode 1x01, "The Woman Called Yumeko Jabami," has a 7.4.