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NEWS: FX Fighter Kurumi-chan Manga Gets TV Anime


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BrosefAmelion



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 19, 2026 6:07 am Reply with quote
Definitely up there for "bizarre plots for a CGDCT"
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Sinxi and heylog



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 19, 2026 6:38 am Reply with quote
BrosefAmelion wrote:
Definitely up there for "bizarre plots for a CGDCT"


Yeah, i wouldve never thought of a "stock bro" anime before, thats unique for sure
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PilotPayback



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 19, 2026 6:39 am Reply with quote
the box art for this show gave me madoka vibes for a minute, where the show looks wholesome in the box art, until you flip it and realize what the show is REALLY sellin' ya.

the plot is also...eccentric...kinda reminds me of the current state of crypto, if i'm honest.

edit: i also just realized, she kinda looks like emu ootori from project sekai, that's kinda funny.


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WANNFH



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 19, 2026 8:38 am Reply with quote
PilotPayback wrote:
the plot is also...eccentric...kinda reminds me of the current state of crypto, if i'm honest.
Because FX market is literally what it is and was before crypto boom started to elevate it on new levels - it's high-roll financial gambling where you can win only by ruining others or be faster than everyone right before shit hits the fan.

But considering the manga author is pretty much understand the commitment and honestly depicting the risks - yes, it can be a good thing for general audience to watch even despite the wild premise.
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BlueAlf



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 19, 2026 9:31 am Reply with quote
I heard the manga author had been facing financial, uh, issues. So this anime adaptation might be a boon for him.
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Brett-Butler



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 19, 2026 9:39 am Reply with quote
Are the “fights” in this metaphorical, or actual battles like in that oft forgotten series “[C]” from a decade ago?
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FilthyCasual



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 19, 2026 10:06 am Reply with quote
Aww yeah, cute girls making terrible financial decisions. They've even got horror staff working on this, nice. I wonder how far it'll go.
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 19, 2026 10:14 am Reply with quote
Are they gonna be in front of 4 computer monitors for 12 hours a day?
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Wizardizar



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 19, 2026 10:19 am Reply with quote
Her face is gonna become the profile pic of some of the worst people online.
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WANNFH



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 19, 2026 10:32 am Reply with quote
BlueAlf wrote:
I heard the manga author had been facing financial, uh, issues. So this anime adaptation might be a boon for him.
If anything is indication and is no joke, it's rather bringing him more money to burn before filling the bankruptcy.

The manga is literally made by market gambler depicting the irony of market gambling.

Brett-Butler wrote:
Are the “fights” in this metaphorical, or actual battles like in that oft forgotten series “[C]” from a decade ago?
The "fights" is this case are literally screwing over their own lives all over the place by gambling with absolutely poorly made financial decisions.

Yeah, this is all gas no breaks on how bad the playing on highly speculative currency market is and to which lows it can lead.
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tsog



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 19, 2026 11:40 pm Reply with quote
I guess this is the closest thing to a World End Economica anime that I'll ever get
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Slim Reaper



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 20, 2026 12:15 am Reply with quote
Ah, I remember reading this. That first chapter is pretty wild. One of the most depressing opening acts for a CGDGT series. Can't wait to see how people react to that.
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WANNFH



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 20, 2026 3:04 am Reply with quote
Slim Reaper wrote:
Ah, I remember reading this. That first chapter is pretty wild. One of the most depressing opening acts for a CGDGT series. Can't wait to see how people react to that.
And that only the beginning - if they put the ending of anime spoiler[on the 2015 Swiss Frank/Euro unpegging following by rugpull and exchange market crashout] to make a complete full circle with opening to spoiler[MC foolishy put herself into even BIGGER debt that she couldn't pay back and decided to also commit suicide out of the sheer guilt like her mother] - it will hit way harder than it should be.

But honestly same can be said about half of the series as it goes as pretty depressive (but also quite realistic) as heck - you totally not gonna expect the CGDCT going to deal with themes of spoiler[suicide, stealing the money from the family members to recuperate losses or (mildly censored) prostitution work by going into financial debts because of poor decisions on the highly speculative market], but here is no brakes on that train.
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Dr. Wily



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 20, 2026 11:03 am Reply with quote
I wish I could do strikethrough text on this site so I could make the easy joke of turning r/WallStreetBets to r/WaifuBets to describe this show (from the preview, haven't read it).

edit: wait, damn, r/WallStreetWaifus fits better.
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Silver Kirin



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 20, 2026 9:21 pm Reply with quote
So... we could consider this a gambling anime? I mean, there're various Manga and Anime about gambling and horse races, and I know that trading in the stock market is not gambling, but for a person like me who doesn't know anything about economics, it kind of sounds like gambling Laughing
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