Ninth episode

Plenty of things take place on this episode, some of them are triggered for very contrasting reasons. Kaiji is ushered into the other room, soon joining a heap of forlorn souls. He finds a place ate the front beside a mysterious man. He learns from him that betraying and backstabbing are a norm not only in their contextual situation, but in the outside world as well.

At least he had the decency to humble up in shame.

None of this was his fault. He was just doing his best.

Stay back, I'm warding you off!

Andou did all this math at the top of his head. He can pursue an awesome careers with such a skill

Being surrounded by anxious bidders may make a destitute bloke feel chuffed.

As a result of so little trust existing among people, it's a truth universally acknowledged that people only bond for something they have to gain. In other words, there is no true will to extend oneself to help others, this just isn't practical for anyone on this day and age. Instead, people approach others if their banding together will bring a desirable gain in return, be it for both or just one party (this being the case, it's always the party initiating the move to clinch the deal).

Kaiji, you're a helpless nice guy for going so soft on him

Swivelling power kick level 3!

Kaiji listened on to all this with a backward glance at another man close to them. It was Ishida, another who ran out of star pendants and wound up in the same pit as Kaiji. But Kaiji is still doubtful that they will be saved, until the hall master, Tonegawa, announces that those still in the main foyer can use their spare stars to sell them to whomever the heck they want. Furuhata queries about the possibility of pulling Kaiji out of his pit. Being answered in the positive, he is about to wave one of the black suits to get Kaiji out for 3 of their stars.
But something occurred to cause Andou, the unhelpful ally, to change his mind and parry Furuhata's expected action. In a double botch-up, his newest acquaintance, Ishida, is also backstabbed as his former partner leaves him for dead and retires upstairs.

Meanwhile, Andou haggles over the spoils of a joint alliance with Furuhata about leaving kaiji behind as well and taking the money for their spare stars to cancel their debts
. Throwing in the fact that they were coaxed to borrow money at the beginning of the contest which  compounded every ten minutes, their current situation is little better than their initial one, before deciding to take part in this madness. They would still be in the red after making their getaway from the fateful vessel. The only true way out is for them to cut Kaiji off and start with a clean slate without having to pay him back. All of this might sound disturbing, but this concept is not so far-fetched from our stark reality. At last, Furuhata agrees, despite clearly not being a natural-born swindler. Kaiji takes it out on the shadowy figure lurking beside him behind the encasing rampart after he figured out

It may not look it, but fighting it out naked is pretty manly.

his target had not only money on him, but also a pair of expensive-looking rings, worth enough to buy his way out of there.

Those greed-driven twats are still thinking of snagging a quick profit at a time like this

As Kaiji issues, he confronts the fine examples of mankind that are his former team mates and takes his due share of the money back. In an act of clouded judgement, he squanders off all of the cash on t he spot by freeing Ishida.

Contests sponsored by the well-to-do become social upheaval pockets.

Everyone is gobsmacked, there was no reason to spend money releasing a broke middle-aged man! Furuhata and Andou, stripped of their dignity, shy away when Kaiji proceeds to have an utter breakdown. He strikes at things yelling how much civilised society sucks and that life is unfair for those destitute of material wealth, that all that is left for poverty-stricken people is to crawl out their pitiful existence in an attempt to survive in a world in which they won't ever have a say. It's a poignant ending to this nine-episode sage,  which furbishes the viewers with all the essentials of a truly fantastical series, aeons beyond any moderately successful show.

Sure you were amused by the tirade, but what about their well-being?

Maybe it's just that the man behind Kaiji, Nobuyuki Fukumoto, who knows how to pique our interest without departing from the mundane and common place. We can tell for certain that it works for me.

Another of this anime's undeniable truths