Gyakkyou Burai Kaiji: Hakairoku-hen
English title: Kaiji: Against All Rules
Japanese title: 逆境無頼カイジ 破戒録篇
Alternative titles: Gyakkyou Burai Kaiji S2, The Suffering Pariah Kaiji: Backslide Arc
Type: TV
Source: Manga
Episodes: 26
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 6, 2011 to Sep 28, 2011
Broadcast: Wednesdays at 00:59 (JST)
Duration: 24 min per ep
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
Studios: Madhouse
Producers: VAP, Nippon Television Network
Licensors: Sentai Filmworks
Genres: Suspense
Themes: Adult Cast, High Stakes Game, Psychological, Strategy Game
Demographics: Seinen

Owing to an increasing debt, Kaiji Itou ends up resuming his old lifestyle. One day, while walking on the street, he stumbles upon Yuuji Endou, who is hunting Kaiji due to the money he owes to the Teiai Group. Unaware of this, Kaiji eagerly follows Endou, hoping for a chance to participate in another gamble, but soon finds out the loan shark's real intentions when he is kidnapped.

Given that Kaiji is unable to pay off his huge debt, the Teiai Group instead sends him to work in an underground labor camp. He is told that he will have to live in this hell for 15 years, alongside other debtors, until he can earn his freedom. His only hope to put an early end to this nightmare is by saving enough money to be able to go back to the surface for a single day. Once he is there, he plans to obtain the remaining money needed to settle his account by making a high-stakes wager. However, as many temptations threaten his scarce income, Kaiji may have to resort to gambling sooner than he had expected.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]