Restricted Rock, Paper, Scissors (限定ジャンケン) is a gamble using cards and is the first gamble Kaiji Itō participates in.
The game featured in the gambling tournament the first night Kaiji spends on the Espoir, with an average survival rate of 50%.
A video game called Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji was created based on this gamble. It also appears in the Gyakkyō Burai Kaiji: Death or Survival video game.
Gameplay
The rules were outlined after the issuing of war funds, which were done a minimum of 1 million yen and 10 million yen. The money was in effect a loan, equaling the debt of the contestant and compounded at 1.5% every ten minutes for the four-hour voyage; contestants who hold onto their funds for the length of the trip would have to pay 140% of what they invested, thus putting an incentive to finish games early. Money that exceeded the amount needed to repay the loan to the Espoir hosts would be pocketed by the contestant.
This gamble is similar to the original game but with a twist - the hand gestures are represented by cards, and contestants are given four cards each with the same gesture for a total of twelve. Contestants are also given three plastic stars as collateral to bet on each round of play - whenever one loses a round, the winner gets a star from the loser. To survive the night, contestants must maintain their three star pendants and lose all of their gesture cards. Cards cannot be destroyed or thrown away, to do so is subject to instant disqualification.
Due to the simple nature of the game, single matches can be completed within ten seconds, and players can win or lose in a matter of minutes. Winners are allowed to go upstairs, where any extra star pendants are exchanged for cash and they lounge in a small cafe. In the event of a loss, individuals are taken away to a back room by blacksuits.
Aftermath
Once the player ends a game the following can happen.
- If the player wins the game before the time runs out, they will be given the option to either go upstairs to exchange their stars for money and rest at a cafe or sell their stars at a sale which will happen afterwards.
- If the player loses the game, they will be taken to the other room, stripped of their clothes, and be sent to Teiai to work as a slave.
- Those with less stars will be given the chance to buy one of the winners' extra stars in order to win. They will only be given 10 minutes to sell and buy stars. The price of a single stars can rise. The participants will also be given the option to buy the freedom of a person in the other room, which is the price of three stars.
Participants
Gallery
Chūkan Kanriroku Tonegawa
Pachinko
Trivia
- In the manga and live action film, the losers are marked with a branding iron with their number (or in the case of the film, the logo of Teiai). In the manga, the blacksuits also destroy your passport.
- It is unknown what happens to the players who lose the game. According to Jōji Funai, the losers are sent to Teiai to work as slaves where they are forced to do manual labor, or in other cases, sell their organs to the black market or be forced into prostitution. This is confirmed in the live action film, where Kaiji Itō and Kōji Ishida are sent to work at Teiai´s Underground Labor Camp.
- The game was invented and refined by Jirō Saemonsaburō, though Yukio Tonegawa gave it its name.