
The Netflix anime series is varied in style and pace, as these two characters navigate a crazy-fuelled academy based on power struggles and an abundance of dishonesty. The new and upcoming prospect, Mary Saotome, befriends a mitten called Tsuzura Hanatemari (voiced by Rina Honnizumi) together, they have an all-encompassing mission for Mary, it’s to be the leader of the gambling system, and for Tsuzura, it’s to be removed of the “mittens” status. Kakegurui Twin proposes the idea of power-hungry human beings in a desperate setting. Once you have become a “mitten,” it’s almost impossible to climb out of that ranking using gambling.

Students in debt have to announce themselves as “mittens.” They are succumbed to as pets of the student society until they have graduated. The Hyakkaou Private Academy reeks of sorority and fraternity-like principles, seeping through the characters that group themselves based on secluded gambling dens and financial connections. The premise sounds surface-level and appealing, but the world of Kakegurui Twin is sinister-feeling and deadly. The school’s engine is gambling, and at the center of the story is the smart and nowhere near innocent Mary Saotome (voiced by Minami Tanaka) - a newcomer to the school who is desperate to rise to the top.

The Hyakkaou Private Academy is home to a school gambling system driven by the students, causing a ranking level amongst them. The first thing that strikes in this original net anime series is how wonderful, quirky, and absurd the premise resides. Welcome to the wonderful but absurd world of Kakegurui Twin, a spin-off and prequel to Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler, for those who are well indicted to the manga world.
