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Kakegurui 2: Desperate Russian Roulette
Movie

Kakegurui 2: Desperate Russian Roulette

2021 • Unknown

Woke Score
4
out of 10

Plot

A school appears peaceful from a distance, but a fierce gambling battle takes place once again. Yumeko Jabami is involved in the battle.

Overall Series Review

The film focuses on the intense gambling culture at the elite Hyakkaoh Private Academy, where a rigid social hierarchy is based purely on financial wins and losses, reducing students to 'housepets' (kitties or doggies) if they accumulate debt. The narrative follows the compulsive gambler Yumeko Jabami as she dismantles the corrupt Student Council's power structure. The story is a frenetic, over-the-top high-stakes drama critiquing an oppressive, dictatorial power system within a closed school environment. The themes center on the corruption of the wealthy elite, the thrill of risk-taking, and the psychological torment of gambling. The hero and many key power figures are female, and the main new male antagonist is portrayed as a cruel manipulator who uses violence and emotional blackmail outside of the game itself.

Categorical Breakdown

Identity Politics1/10

The movie's core conflict is based on class and a meritocracy of gambling skill versus a corrupt financial elite, not on race or intersectional hierarchy. The cast and setting are ethnically Japanese, with no political lecturing on 'whiteness' or forced diversity. Character worth is determined by skill and nerve in the games.

Oikophobia1/10

The film critiques a corrupt, fictional institution—the oppressive, gambling-based private school system—and its dictatorial council. This critique is contained entirely within the school's social structure. There is no evidence of generalized hostility toward Japanese heritage, ancestors, or a deconstruction of civilizational institutions.

Feminism8/10

The protagonist, Yumeko Jabami, is a powerful, masterful female character who defeats nearly all opponents, including the primary male antagonist, Makuro Shikigami. The Student Council president, Kirari Momobami, who runs the tyrannical system, is also a highly dominant female figure. The main male characters are often weak, bumbling sidekicks or vile brutes, fitting the 'Girl Boss' trope where powerful women lead and dominate while men are depicted as either incompetent or toxic.

LGBTQ+3/10

The main plot does not center on sexual identity, gender ideology, or deconstructing the nuclear family. While the source material has characters with eccentric, fetishistic, or non-normative expressions of pleasure (such as Midari Ikishima's self-harm and gambling obsession), the movie is focused on the high-stakes games and power dynamics. The structure remains largely normative with sexual expression being a private eccentric trait rather than a political focus.

Anti-Theism6/10

The movie operates on an entirely amoral plane where the pursuit of the ultimate 'gambling high' is the driving force for the characters, prioritizing subjective passion and risk over all else. This narrative strongly embraces moral relativism where life, money, and power are subjective tools in the game. However, there is no direct vilification of traditional religion (like Christianity), which prevents a maximum score.