Alice in Borderland — Shinsuke Sato

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what’s going to happen.</p><p id="bcff">The ending is a little strange at first glance, but in the end it’s well wrapped up, which wasn’t easy given the story developed throughout the series.</p><p id="1f39">What’s worse, however, are the innumerable long-winded passages that punctuate the series. There’s too much pointless dialogue, and too many moments of self-reflection, which frankly aren’t necessary in a series like this, where everything follows on very quickly.</p><p id="2221">Another negative point is that there are sometimes absurd inconsistencies within each episode. The games aren’t always very original (especially in season 2, while the first was fine) and are often either too obvious or too far-fetched. On the plus side, they’re always entertaining.</p><p id="3b9d">All in all, it’s a good series that’s easy to watch if you leave out all the long-windedness (thanks to fast-forwarding).</p><h2 id="c3b8">To Watch or Not to Watch</h2><p id="bead">This is a nice series if you like those in the genre (I’m thinking of Squid Game, for example, and I actually preferred it to Squid Game). It has all the elements of a good series with a bit of gore, and the negative elements are negligible ove

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Quick Summary

Based on the manga of the same name by Haro Aso, Alice in Borderland is a dystopian sci-fi series where survivors of an apocalyptic event are forced to play games. Win and you get a few more days. Lose and it’s your life. Think of it as live-action anime Squid Game that was released a full year before the Korean hit.

My Thoughts

First of all, for the very good, I found the intensity of the direction breathtaking, and the script highly engaging. It’s easy to get caught up in this dystopia, about which we know as little as the characters, and we discover this world as the series progresses. Some of the action sequences and shoot-outs are impressively realistic, and indeed the series as a whole is very realistic, which is also what can provoke fear.

On the whole, everything is very detailed, whether it’s the set elements or even the script, which slips in clues from time to time to reveal more about what’s going to happen.

The ending is a little strange at first glance, but in the end it’s well wrapped up, which wasn’t easy given the story developed throughout the series.

What’s worse, however, are the innumerable long-winded passages that punctuate the series. There’s too much pointless dialogue, and too many moments of self-reflection, which frankly aren’t necessary in a series like this, where everything follows on very quickly.

Another negative point is that there are sometimes absurd inconsistencies within each episode. The games aren’t always very original (especially in season 2, while the first was fine) and are often either too obvious or too far-fetched. On the plus side, they’re always entertaining.

All in all, it’s a good series that’s easy to watch if you leave out all the long-windedness (thanks to fast-forwarding).