FX Fighter Kurumi-chan Turns Forex Trading into Closed-Room Horror
The review argues the show works because it keeps the audience trapped in the same passive watching position as a trader hitting Buy, which is the distinction between this and fantasy gambling series like Kaiji and Kakegurui.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
Anime News Network's review of FX Fighter Kurumi-chan episodes 1 through 4 rates the episodes between 4.2 and 4.8 in community scores and describes a show built on dissonance: cute girls, a bubbly opening theme, and Passione's visual flourishes wrapped around Forex trading that can cost real money. The review notes the series opens with a full screen of warnings about Forex dangers.
The review's read is that Kurumi has almost no direct action available to her. She hits Buy and watches a screen while feeling everything, and the viewer hits play and watches her do the same, so both sit inside the same box. Passione's direction turns that into what the review calls a closed-room horror story, with visual flourishes for a line going up and, more often, down.
The review also notes the irony at the center: the audience is meant to plead with Kurumi to stop, but her continued mistakes are what keep the show running. Even the opening theme is described as a calculated exercise in stressing the audience out.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- Anime News Network FX Fighter Kurumi-chan Episodes 1-4