Kaiji is one of the most interesting series I ever read. the idea of being an ultimate survival and beating all odds against a world that wants to destroy you is so inspiring to me. Kaiji is simply not special, he’s stupid, he’s naive, he’s an addict, he’s hopeless, but even so Kaiji survives, his will to live out weighs anything in this manga and somehow he ends up triumph. After many betrays and loses he finally catches a break which leads us to part 6. Part 6 is the turning point of this series Before part 6 Kaiji always the underdog the one that is suppose tolose and the one who has nothing to lose. This is not the case for part 6 as he has the upper hand against the corporation. However what makes this part so special is we see another side of Kaiji only rarely displayed in the other parts.

The Kaiji that believes in humans.

The manga constantly proves Kaiji wrong by showing betrays of people he trust
Kaiji is proven wrong in every occasion
But with the arrival of Chang and Mario we see Kaiji now having full trust of his partner knowing damn well they will never betray him.

Although there’s no high stake gambling in this part, the stake are still very high as we have these Tom and jerry action scenes. Kaiji and his groups are found, the corporation almost finds them, Kaiji’s group escapes, and the cycle repeats. It’s almost like a fresh breather to what has happened in the manga so far.
But as a monthly reader it does drag on a bit too much
Some of these chapters are almost like filler chapter with no real meaning. Part 6 is a good part on paper but because of the execution its not done quite right. The manga feels draggy and long with a lot of these filler dialogue.
It’s kinda of a long but if you are binge reading it it wont feel like that and the story si still pretty good so idk

Anyways execution could’ve been better but part 6 is still good

So final score

7inches out of kaiji’s nose

7in/10in