Zero: Ikkaku Senkin Game

• Both are money survival games
• Male leads are smart and calculating
• They participate in games with friends in both and their relationships are tested

Both shows deal with versatile games for money and survival with the typically Japanese vibe. Also, both shows are obviously based on manga.

Has a concept with the Game part. Both protagonists try to win this game, and has to use their brains to do so.

Similar concept with the game. The protagonist goes through trials to reach his final goal of saving his gf.

Game concept with the protagonists trying to outplay the other. Lots of mind games and fun to be sought.

Death Game. Outwit other people and Survive The Game. Be the Last One Standing. Series of Movies. Survive.

Zero Ukai teaches middle schoolers at a private institution. In his off hours, he's a hero who saves the weak. Zero participates in a surival game that takes place at an amusement park that is under construction. In the survival game, the participants risk their lives in order to win 100 billion yen.

Death Game. Outwit other people and Survive The Game. Be the Last One Standing. Series of Movies. Survive.

Death Game. Outwit other people and Survive The Game. Be the Last One Standing. Series of Movies. Survive.

Death Game. Outwit other people and Survive The Game. Be the Last One Standing. Series of Movies. Survive.

Death Game. Outwit other people and Survive The Game. Be the Last One Standing. Series of Movies. Survive.

Death Game. Outwit other people and Survive The Game. Be the Last One Standing. Series of Movies. Survive.

Very similar. Main characters participate in death games to win items.

Zero focuses more on games than AiB.

It is the same Genre with having to solve puzzles to avoid death and is controlled by some higher power or group

Both shows are about survival game stories. The main character and it’s friends have different qualities in both shows. In Zero we have a Sherlock Holmes like super Brain and in Squid Game a person like you and me. The games are fun in both and ofc more creative in the Japanese version. Death Game shows and movies have their origin in Japan and they can do it best. If you had fun with the Korean dramas Liar Game or Squid Game then take it to the next level an dive into Japanese game shows. You won’t regret it!