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BrosefAmelion
Joined: 23 Oct 2020
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Definitely up there for "bizarre plots for a CGDCT"
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Sinxi and heylog
Joined: 08 May 2025
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| Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2026 6:38 am |
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| 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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| Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2026 6:39 am |
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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
Joined: 13 Mar 2011
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| Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2026 8:38 am |
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| 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
Joined: 02 Jan 2017
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| Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2026 9:31 am |
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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
Joined: 09 Jul 2012
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| Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2026 9:39 am |
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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
Joined: 01 Jun 2015
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| Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2026 10:06 am |
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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
Joined: 01 May 2007
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| Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2026 10:14 am |
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Are they gonna be in front of 4 computer monitors for 12 hours a day?
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Wizardizar
Joined: 24 Jun 2024
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| Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2026 10:19 am |
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Her face is gonna become the profile pic of some of the worst people online.
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WANNFH
Joined: 13 Mar 2011
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| Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2026 10:32 am |
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| 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
Joined: 16 Sep 2017
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| Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2026 11:40 pm |
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I guess this is the closest thing to a World End Economica anime that I'll ever get
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Slim Reaper
Joined: 10 May 2019
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| Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2026 12:15 am |
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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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| Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2026 3:04 am |
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| 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 on the 2015 Swiss Frank/Euro unpegging following by rugpull and exchange market crashout to make a complete full circle with opening to 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 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
Joined: 09 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2026 11:03 am |
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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
Joined: 09 Aug 2018
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| Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2026 9:21 pm |
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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 
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