The ending of Netflix’s new English drama show, Bet (a live-action remake of the anime series Kakegurui), promises it will return with another season. It is up to Netflix to greenlight the show, but considering that the main plot remains unresolved, we can definitely hope that the series will be renewed. As someone who has neither read the manga nor watched the anime series, this article is purely based on my understanding, or rather assumption, of how the narrative might unfold in the next season.

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Will Yumeko’s Mother Return?

In Bet’s final episode, we learned that Jo and Keiko had developed a financial system that promised to make wealth more accessible to people by bypassing the government and the banks, naming the new digital currency Bitcoin. The school board members, who we later learned were also members of the Kakegurui Club, had agreed to invest...