The Fighting Girls (Kakegurui Twin Chapter)

## The Fighting Girls

* Part 1 cover
* Part 2 cover

**The Fighting Girls** is the 51st chapter of Kakegurui Twin, written by Homura Kawamoto and illustrated by Kei Saiki.

## Summary

The Literary Club is about to take on Aoi. Students make predictions. Ruri informs the players about the bets on them. 2.88 million yen are bet for the Literary Club, and 20.25 million for Aoi. Yukimi calculates that they will either win or lose 17.37 million yen. If they lose, they owe an additional ten million to Aoi. Yukimi knows that they can’t cover all of this money. Mary tells Yukimi that the stats don’t matter, and their only choice here is to win. Ruri deals the cards. Every member of the Literary Club is the general of her army. Mary thinks that if at least two armies need to win, sacrificing one of them is part of basic strategy. Mary realizes that Aoi is playing for keeps as much as them. Aoi has an 8, 2, and K against the Literary Club’s 5, K, and 3. The Literary Club is losing by a tiny margin. The cards in Mary’s hands are 4, 5, 10, Q, and 8. Ruri announces that it’s time for the first battle and bets will be accepted until the end of this turn. The Literary Club will place a card on one of its armies first. Tsuzura and Yukimi’s armies are losing. Mary’s army is winning. Mary thinks that she doesn’t need to place a card in her army since she’s winning. Yukimi suggests that Mary places their 4 in her army. It would make the value of Yukimi’s army 9, putting Yukimi ahead of Aoi. Mary accepts. Aoi places a card against Yukimi’s army. Mary goes on the offensive by placing her 8 in Yukimi’s army. The first card gets flipped, revealing to Aoi that they played a 4 earlier. Aoi places a card in Mary’s army. Mary was up by 11 on this column thanks to her King against Aoi’s 2. She feels as if Aoi placed an ace in this column. The ace would cancel Mary’s K, giving Aoi a lead of 2 points on this column.

Mary places a 10 in her column. This is the strongest card that can’t be canceled out with an ace. Yukimi is certain that Mary’s army is now guaranteed to win. Tsuzura’s army is very weak and it would be hard to stage a comeback with it, so Yukimi thinks that Mary should focus on her army. Aoi places a card against Yukimi’s army. He reveals that the first card he placed was a 3. By face-up cards alone, Aoi is ahead by 2. Tsuzura believes that if Aoi has an ace, he used it in Mary’s army. Mary places a Queen on Yukimi’s army. Aoi puts a card against Mary’s army. The Literary Club knows that the third showdown will be won by Aoi. Yukimi is convinced that her army will win its showdown. She thinks it’ll all come down to Mary’s army. Aoi turns around his second placed card against Yukimi’s army. It’s a 10. The girls are shocked. Aoi placed a 10 for his second card, even though it put him behind. Mary hesitates about where to place the last card of her deck. Yukimi is considering Mary's army or hers for their last card placement. She wants to abandon Tsuzura’s army, as the 5 would change nothing. Mary informs her teammates that she’s going to make a really risky bet. Mary believes that this is the only way she can surpass Aoi. She places her 5 in Tsuzura’s army. Yukimi is shocked, as they’re 100% sure to lose this army’s showdown.

## Plot

The Literary Club is about to take on Aoi. Students make predictions. Ruri reminds the students that anyone who picks the winner will earn double their bet back. The Election Committee will back the bets. Everyone is guaranteed their winnings. Ruri informs the players about the bets on them. 2.88 million yen are bet for the Literary Club, and 20.25 million for Aoi. Yukimi knew that Aoi would get way more bets. She calculates that they will either win or lose 17.37 million yen. If they lose, they owe an additional ten million to Aoi. Yukimi knows that they can’t cover all of this money.

Mary tells Yukimi that the stats don’t matter, and their only choice here is to win. Ruri deals the cards. Every member of the Literary Club is the general of her army. Mary thinks that if at least two armies need to win, sacrificing one of them is part of basic strategy. Mary realizes that Aoi is playing for keeps as much as them. Aoi has an 8, 2, and K against the Literary Club’s 5, K, and 3. The Literary Club is losing by a tiny margin. The cards in Mary’s hands are 4, 5, 10, Q, and 8. Ruri announces that it’s time for the first battle and bets will be accepted until the end of this turn.

Because of a die roll, the Literary Club will place a card on one of its armies first. Tsuzura and Yukimi’s armies are losing. Mary’s army is winning. Mary thinks that she doesn’t need to place a card in her army since she’s winning. Yukimi suggests that Mary places their 4 in her army. It would make the value of Yukimi’s army 9, putting Yukimi ahead of Aoi. Mary accepts. Aoi says that he’ll keep it just as textbook. He placed a card against Yukimi’s army. Mary is convinced that Aoi would never use an ace now. Mary goes on the offensive by placing her 8 in Yukimi’s army.

The first card gets flipped, revealing to Aoi that they played a 4 earlier. Aoi places a card in Mary’s army. Mary was up by 11 on this column thanks to her King against Aoi’s 2. Mary feels as if Aoi placed an ace in this column. The ace would cancel Mary’s K, giving Aoi a lead of 2 points on this column. Mary places a 10 in her column. This is the strongest card that can’t be canceled out with an ace. Mary believes that Aoi will be threatened once she adds another card, and the 10 is face up.

Yukimi is certain that Mary’s army is now guaranteed to win. Tsuzura’s army is very weak and it would be hard to stage a comeback with it, so Yukimi thinks that Mary should focus on her army. Aoi places a card against Yukimi’s army. He reveals that the first card he placed was a 3. By face up cards alone, Aoi is ahead by 2. Tsuzura believes that if Aoi has an ace, he used it in Mary’s army. She doesn’t think he has a second ace. Mary places a Queen on Yukimi’s army. Aoi puts a card against Mary’s army.

The Literary Club knows that the third showdown will be won by Aoi. Yukimi is convinced that her army will win its showdown. She thinks it’ll all come down to Mary’s army. Aoi turns around his second placed card against Yukimi’s army. It’s a 10. Yukimi, Mary, and Tsuzura are shocked. They thought that it was an ace. Aoi placed a 10 for his second card, even though it put him behind. Tsuzura thinks Aoi’s last card against Yukimi has to be a strong one. Mary hesitates about where to place the last card on her deck.

From the cards they know about, Yukimi’s army has 25 points. The army of Aoi which is against Yukimi has 11 points plus one unknown card. Yukimi believes that they’re safe if it’s not an ace. For Mary’s army, they have 23 points against 12 points and an unknown card. Yukimi thinks that they’ll win this showdown if the unknown card is not an ace or a face card. They have to abandon Tsuzura’s army, as the 5 would change nothing. Mary informs her teammates that she’s going to make a really risky bet. Mary believes that this is the only way she can surpass Aoi. She places her 5 in Tsuzura’s army. Yukimi is shocked, as they’re 100% sure to lose this army’s showdown.

## Quick References

### Character Appearances

* Ruri Fuen
* Tsuzura Hanatemari
* Yukimi Togakushi
* Mary Saotome
* Aoi Mibuomi

### Chapter Notes

* Mary places her final card in an army in which she’s guaranteed to lose, in an attempt to bluff Aoi.

## Trivia

* This chapter as the same name as a Kakegurui chapter

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 51 of Twin was published over two months. https://twitter.com/gangan\_joker/status/1198164533480583168