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Should Have Gambled Instead

"In a rigged trench space, safe choices don’t save you. They just delay the loss.

Kaiji Itō taught us one thing: if everything is a gamble anyway, at least choose the honest one."

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Kaiji Ito
STATUS: INDEBTED / SURVIVOR

KAIJI ITŌ (伊藤 開司)

// Kaiji Itō mascot of gamble

Kaiji Itō is the protagonist of Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji (known in English as Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor), a Japanese manga and anime series by Nobuyuki Fukumoto.

Portrayed as an impoverished young man drawn into a world of high-stakes, often deadly gambling, Kaiji’s story explores desperation, morality, and human resilience amid crushing debt and exploitation.

"$GAMBLE — should have gambled instead."

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