How far are you willing to go in order to stay alive?
Tension packed 8 episode netflix drama featuring Kento Yamazaki and his friends trying to survive in deadly games in an alternate abandoned Tokyo. Each survival game will test the characters...how far are you willing to go to stay alive?Man...there were so many moments where I forgot to breathe. Every episode is intense, bloody and brutal. It was shot well. The acting was good. It was nice to see Kento and Tao paired up yet again in their what...maybe 3rd or 4th time? The editing for the most part was fast paced and kept the tension throughout. The format sometimes reminded me of the Walking Dead where we see flashbacks and glimpses of the character's previous life before the change.
Overall this series was really good. However, you will be left with quite a few questions which makes me think there will be a S2. At least I'm really hoping for one. I watched this for Kento, but came out liking the series as a whole. Would def recommend!
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It is great entertainment - if you are okay with seeing lots of blood and violence.
I guess there are only three things that bothered me
- Too much (fake?) sweat. Seriously, why is everyone so sweaty all the time?
- I wish there had been been better music
- Sometimes, some really tense scenes were kind of ruined by long flashbacks.
I cannot wait for season 2.
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WOW
I did not expect what I just saw. Totally worth the watch, I can't hype this enough! IF YOU ARE SENSITIVE TO BLOOD DO NOT WATCH. But otherwise, it's just so great, listen this idea is the most original thing I've seen so far, and it's the coolest shit ever. The characters are really interesting some have interesting backgrounds and some are just totally mysterious and I love it. It's very post-apocalyptic vibes meets jigsaw but less gruesome and cruel. The ending was just the biggest cliffhanger I've seen, like how can they NOT make a season 2?!Aside from that SPOILER I just wanted to express the IMMENSE SADNESS, I felt when I watched episode 3 and saw my boys Karube and Chota died like that, I felt emptiness and legit looked like I just lost someone I actually knew lmao. I just couldn't handle it, it was straight-up PAIN. But anyways I can't recommend it enough to people just to watch them bawled their eyes out when they watch the episode, it's somehow entertaining.
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what the fuck is with the characters here?
sex scenes are there even though they're not needed? some characters that make me confused and wonder why they were made like that 1. Shuntaro Chisiya: WTF is wrong with him? Every game is always relaxed while people are busy finishing the game. In the end, he always survives? And I hate him the most when he betrays Arisu. 2. Aguni: he slaughtered the players. how come none of the cowardly players wanted to kill him?. fuck the people who tolerate him just because he lost his friend. ep 1-4 was good i started to get annoyed in ep 5-8. For me, there were a lot of gaps and a lot of questions when the story started to focus on the beach organization.Was this review helpful to you?
Overrated
It was so boring... idk why there was no depth in characters instead the friendship trio. the chemistry b/w main lead actors was so bad. idk why its rating is so high. the games weren't much interesting either instead of the last game in The Beach. The only character which had depth was Arisu.And idk why they added NFSW scenes, they were totally unnecessary and they were over sexualizing females in plot. it wasn't even needed.
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should i watch alice in the boderland ??
idk why people did not hyped such a good drama and hyped those which are not that good... it was so amazing.. every game was good.. and the characters are all damn strong, the fighting spirit. and i like it how all the master card come out in season2. and love to see how they all are connected to each other.. and the calm character chisiya, not for a moment i felt like he gonna lose.. he is actually enjoying more than anyone.. one of my fav character.. waiting for season 3. definitely.. can't wait..Was this review helpful to you?
Heart-pounding, mind-blowing
Just to preface this, I started this without any background information whatsoever — I had never read the manga or watched the anime and didn't know what this was about aside from the gazillion (erroneous) comparisons to Squid Game.I ended up loving this, especially the individual games; there's always a twist to them, and I was on the edge of my seat during all of them, no matter which category it was. The action scenes are just superb and the drama managed to do really successful and heart-wrenching character development in the little time they had, not for just our main leads but for all the side characters as well.
I have to admit that I don't love the later arc as much as the earlier ones; partly due to my preference for the "out-of-the-system" character and also because I managed to guess the game answers there, but overall the action sequences and fight scenes during these episodes were still great, and I love how the season ends and sets up the next stage of the story.
Cannot wait for season 2!
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One of the best!
I'm not really a fan of Japanese series, though I've watched a few. I decided to check this one out because of its genre and the strong recommendations I came across. Since I enjoy action, thriller, and sci-fi series like Night Has Come, All of Us Are Dead, and Duty After School, my expectations were pretty high.And I have to say, it did not disappoint. The overall plot was well thought out, from the challenging games to the compelling characters. The tension kept building as the stakes got higher, making everything feel intense and engaging. The twist at the end was a great surprise, and I really liked how the main characters were both intelligent and strong.
That being said, there are still a lot of unanswered questions about the origin of the game—like how it all began. But since I heard there are two more seasons coming, I’ll be looking forward to those. The opening theme and soundtrack perfectly matched the mystery-thriller vibe, and the cast delivered great performances, even though I wasn’t familiar with any of them.
I’d be cautious when recommending this, though, since it contains graphic violence, disturbing scenes, and sexual content. Still, overall, it was a solid and enjoyable series.
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A great adventure
Let me tell you something. This series is not for everyone and that's why it doesn't surprise me that many people didn't actually like it. It has blood, violence, murder and sex which I can understand that many will not enjoy. To me though, this is a Netflix gem and you should really watch itThe story is really interesting and cool and the acting was spot on. I was really hanging at the edge of my seat, feeling emotional, angry and satisfied all at the same time. Also another thing that really catches your eye is the cinematography and the production.
For me, it was a great adventure. It was different from what I've watched up until now and that's why I've binged to that series in one day. I have to admit, although I know that many will disagree, that I enjoyed this one more than the squid game and I really can't wait for season 2 to be out.
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..A CARD DECK OF LIFE AND DEATH..
..the players whose just got isolated that time and a power interruption happened. . .then *boom*...
..a desert-like city welcome them..
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..well, as same as the game genre, it measures the body, mind, teamwork, heart - the trust..
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..a betrayal and friendship, to live and to die, the lose and win - that's how the life is for all the players..
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..almost the games ended just a second of time and nothing to expect, the longer the time to end the more extreme scenes can be added..
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..punch and kick, blood and sweat, bond and sex. . .nothing to be surprise yet a good scenes can be watch..
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..some of the games are well explained and easy to understand and follow, some are not - every minute is something to focus on and to go with the flow of the game..
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..in the end, only a few cards left and the second season is coming. . .are those the last games left?..
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..the casts are amazing, the acting are superb, the story is so cool, a mixed emotion, mind blowing - this is an art..
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..so better watch this guys and join the game..
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Well, that was quite brutal. But it gave me a similar vibe to The Maze Runner which is always a plus, so there's that ¯\_(ツ)_/¯My favorite games were those where Arisu got to show his smarts. Brutality doesn't really do it for me, I don't play any of those shooting games, whatever they might be called. But give me a game based on puzzle solving and I'm there with my bells on. So those games where the players had to actually use their heads as something more than a battering ram, those I loved.
But because of how brutal this drama was, I didn't actually feel sorry for any of the dead characters - besides Arisu's friends because that was at the beginning, when it was all fresh and new. But the longer it went, all the killing and murders, the more desensitized I was? Well, I mean, when there's too much of something - be it death or, I don't know, bad language - it stops hitting true. By the end, I was more shocked that any of them actually survived.
Overall, an interesting "dystopian" story. But I really had to be in the mood for it. The music, though, the music was absolutely amazing. I didn't skip the credits once!
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