​The Girls Fighting Their Way Back Up (Chapter)

## The Girls Fighting Their Way Back Up

**The Girls Fighting Their Way Back Up** is the sixth chapter of Kakegurui written by Homura Kawamoto and illustrated by Toru Naomura

## Summary

At the 'Debt Settlement Party', it is revealed that the Housepets will be involved in a game called 'The Debt Replacement Game', where people can gamble, and attempt to win as many chips to lose their debt. Mary Saotome and Yumeko Jabami are sorted into a group that includes the bully, Jun Kiwatari, and the quiet Nanami Tsubomi.

## Plot

Kaede Manyuda speaks from Yumeko Jabami to Midari Ikishima, stating her debt of three hundred and ten million. Runa Yomotsuki, who was also there, noted that the president said she would personally handle the case, to which Kaede said she thought Midari would be the only one to get such high debts. She herself began to laugh at Yumeko's madness and Runa, annoyed, complained mentally. Midari turned to Kaede, asking about a certain event, to which he responded positively. She claimed to be waiting for this, waiting to see if Yumeko would win or lose.

In a room with student algorithms where Mary Saotome is present, the Guild secretary, introducing herself as Sayaka Igarashi, welcomed everyone at the Debt Settlement Ceremony and explained that those with debts could pay them off in the game available by Student Union for them. He went on to say that they would divide everyone into groups of four and about the debt swaps that would take place at the end of the game. Mary, annoyed, commented to herself that she couldn't handle their fake charity and Yumeko wondered what merit the Guild got from it, scaring Saotome.

Yumeko greets her amiably and Mary tries to get away from her, but Yumeko claims to be lonely without Ryota Suzui around. Mary finds that the Guild is only giving back the money it took from other students to those in deep debt, earning their gratitude. Sayaka showed the form to fill out their debts and participate in the ceremony, asking everyone to seize this opportunity, then starting to announce the groups.

Mary stated mentally that she would definitely not want to be in the same group as Yumeko because her debt was so high, but she got discouraged as soon as she was placed in Group F along with her. Having told all the groups, Sayaka went on to explain the game that would be administered for the ceremony: two-card Indian Poker and then the chips used that would be one-tenth of the player's total debt. Mary did the math and noticed that her chips were worth five million each and Yumeko's were worth thirty-one million each.

So Sayaka wished everyone good luck and left. Yumeko encouraged Mary to join the group, but Mary stopped her, wanting to talk to her. Afterwards, they went to their designated room, meeting Jun Kiwatari, Nanami Tsubomi and Sayaka. Mary asked if she would be the croupier, to which Sayaka responded positively as that group had the biggest debts which made Saotome think she should have avoided any contact with Yumeko.

Jun greeted Yumeko, commenting on how fate brought them together again and she nodded with a smile. Sayaka asked the two to sit down and put their respective plates, which they did. Jun notes how the rumors of Yumeko having a debt of three hundred and ten million are true. Mary, realizing that Jun had no ID, asked where his was and, smiling, he replied that he was no pet and was only there to pay off his debt – which was the smallest of the group. Yumeko said he was too confident to consider that he would win since none of them knew what would happen in that game.

When Mary notices that Sayaka didn't show any reaction to Jun's speeches, he ridicules the three for still being able to live that way and Saotome got angry. Yumeko tried to calm her down without success, but neither Yumeko nor Nanami really cared about Jun's opinion, which surprises Mary. After reviewing the rules once more – and Mary found that their chips (Jun and Nanami) didn't compare to theirs (Mary and Yumeko) – Sayaka started the game.

For the first round, everyone bet the mandatory chip and took their secret card. Then Sayaka dealt the second card and everyone put it on their foreheads. Then Sayaka announced that Jun would start betting. Mary thought that skill in the betting part is more important than knowing your hand. Jun thought for a while before betting a Kiwatari chip and Nanami called with a Tsubomi chip. Mary thought it was the safest way to gamble, at least at first, before she was surprised that Yumeko called with a Jabami chip and scolded her, who tried to explain that it wouldn't be fun to pass early on, and Jun nodded. Annoyed, Mary passed.

Since Mary passed, Sayaka instructs only Yumeko, Jun and Nanami to show their cards. Where Yumeko and Nanami had bad hands, Jun won with a three- and nine-club hand. Everyone passed their bet chips to Jun. For the second round, Nanami bets a Tsubomi token; Yumeko and Mary check and Jun raises by four chips, surprising Mary. With that, Nanami passes, giving the victory to Jun, who provokes the three, calling them weak and irritating Mary.

In the third round, Yumeko announces loud and clear that a good card has come and bets a Jabami chip. Mary checks and Jun raises by two Kiwatari chips; Yumeko returns her words and wonders if it wasn't a weak attack. Jun replies that it was strategy because their chips were worth more than anything (and Mary mentally agrees) and assumes that Yumeko should pass and continue because she couldn't pay. Her reaction was not as expected because she just smiled and told him to win without hesitation. Surprising him, he raised by three Jabami chips.

Jun wondered if she was sane, considering she had only seven tokens in her possession, and if she lost, it would be impossible to recover. Laughing to himself, he decided to be aware of the risk and paid two Kiwatari chips to match Yumeko's. At the end of the betting, Sayaka then instructed them to show their cards. Jun confidently shows his hand in a two-and-five-diamond suit. Yumeko, however, also claimed to trust her cards, showing her hand in the four and ten suit of hearts. Since the suited hand was the same for both of them, Sayaka announced that Yumeko had won by numerical count.

For the fourth round, Mary should bet. She reviewed how many chips she had, found that Yumeko was right and needed to make some move soon. With Sayaka's guide, she bet a Saotome chip. Jun calls with a Kiwatari token, Nanami checks and Yumeko calls with a Kiwatari token. When Sayaka asked what Mary would do, Mary was lost in her thoughts, recognizing that the Life Plans were not jokes, making a quick summary of how her life would be if she lost in that game and was forced to follow what it said in the booklet. Annoyed, she claimed the life was hers alone and she would get it back at any cost, raising her bet by three Saotome chips, making five in play.

Jun called her an idiot, reminding her how he lost to Yumeko even though he had a suit hand, pretending to raise the bet but then pointing out that Yumeko and Mary had joined forces for that game with Yumeko's strange behavior in betting a hundred and fifty and five million because she knew she had a suited hand, and the same thing in this case, as Mary could have a suited hand or an even hand. Jun then claimed it was all too obvious to the "humans" and then passes on. Yumeko, looking depressed, also passes, so the victory was Mary's for being the only one that didn't pass.

Jun confidently comments to himself that he could easily win that way, but to his surprise Mary began by saying that he was very observant, that by doing bad things, he could spot bad intentions very quickly. All this confused him and, smiling, Mary revealed that her hand was actually a rotten hand.

## Quick References

### Character Appearances

* Kaede Manyuda
* Yuriko Nishinotouin
* Midari Ikishima
* Runa Yomozuki
* Mary Saotome
* Sayaka Igarashi
* Yumeko Jabami
* Ryota Suzui
* Kirari Momobami
* Nanami Tsubomi
* [[Jun Kiwatari

### Chapter notes

* The Debt Settlement Solemnity begins.
* Group F consists of Jun Kiwatari, Mary Saotome, Nanami Tsubomi, and Yumeko Jabami.
* Mary and Yumeko are together in the game.
* Mary wins the fourth round despite having a bad hand.