The Japanese government was rescued from the brink of financial collapse by the Sovereign Wealth Fund. For its citizens however life has not improved and unemployment, crime, suicide, and despair are rampant. Kimimaro, raised by his maternal aunt after the disappearance of his father and the death of his mother, is a scholarship student whose only dream is to live a stable, ordinary life. One day he meets a man who offers him a large sum of money if he will allow his "future" to be held as collateral. From then on his fate is radically altered as he's drawn into a mysterious realm known as "The Financial District", where he must compete in weekly tournaments called "deals" in order to keep his money and avoid losing his future.
My Thoughts:
If you read the plot carefully, you should be able to deduce that this is not your typical kid anime. The plot is much deeper and this is definitely not an action type of anime. If you ask me, the "deals" were, from an action perspective, not that mind boggling. Instead you should really watch this for the story and the conversation. This has a lot of ties to the recent global recession and how "greed" could really destroy people's futures...although told anime style! A very good "the end justifies the means" vs. "the means justifies the end" type of story. I liked this but I am well aware a lot of you will not.
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