If nothing else, Kakegurui is turning me toward arts and crafts. Once again, if you put the covers of three volumes -- 7, 8, and 9, in this case -- together in a slightly askew manner you get a triptych image. The image on 9 was slightly out of proportion and I had to shrink it to make it fit with the other two. I have to imagine that the editor or printer zoomed in on the original image, cropping out an arm that would have extended out to become the one under Yumeko's chin, creating an image loop.

Display problems? See it here - https://flic.kr/p/2mAJPiZ
(An image of the previous triptych is available in my review for Kakegurui volume five.)

As for the book itself, it was another satisfying outing with life or death stakes on three rounds of cards based on a variant of Nim, a mathematical strategy game. Yumeko and Suzui team up for the game, but before it's over Mary Saotome steals the spotlight from them. The ending twist is a bit soft as it involves an arcane card technique that is probably known only to sharps, magicians, and mathematicians. ( )