“Amnesiac Teruto must win Build Divide card-game tournament to meet Neo Kyoto's King and recover his lost memories.”
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Synopsis
Amnesiac Teruto must win Build Divide card-game tournament to meet Neo Kyoto's King and recover his lost memories.
Neo Kyoto is a place where everything is decided through the card game "Build Divide." From resolving personal conflicts to determining social status, success in Build Divide means success in life. The biggest ambition of every player is to become the King, whose peerless skills grant them near-total rule over the city. One day, a young man wakes up in Neo Kyoto—with the knowledge of just his name, Teruto Kurabe, and carrying only a deck for a card game he no longer knows. Teruto soon encounters another player, Sakura Banka, who helps him remember both how to play Build Divide and his original mission: that no matter what, he must meet the King. Teaming up together, Teruto and Sakura find that their best chance for a royal audience is with the Rebuild tournament, where the one who collects twenty-one tokens from other competitors can challenge the King for their throne. However, as Teruto continues to play, he begins to regain his lost memories that call into question the very nature of Neo Kyoto.
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Derived from 9 sampled reviews
What 9 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.67 · split reception
6.8 pts
Recommenders 9.5 · others 2.7
↑ 4.00
Running avg · Dec 2021 → Apr 2026
- 7 “Beneath the transparent card-game marketing lies a surprisingly decent story that ultimately rewards patient viewers with a powerful, chair-shot finale. Still, the series can't shake its commercial...”
- 8 “The anime delivers strong emotional payoff near the end with genuinely moving moments and presents a refreshingly human portrayal of childhood motivations through its main characters, complemented...”
- 10 “A knockout surprise that turned a suspected Yu-Gi-Oh rip-off into one of the season’s best: the story keeps unveiling fresh mysteries, the art and smooth animation punch above their budget, and the...”
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- Format 12 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 36m all episodes
- Aired Oct 2021 – Dec 2021 Fall 2021
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-20664 catalog
Produced by
- Aniplex Producer
Licensed by
- Aniplex of America Licensor