Missing Train (2025)

A vertical drama for Alice in Borderland fans

Watched on the FOD Shorts app with English subtitles!

I think this is definitely worth a watch if the synopsis interests you, and it's best to go in completely blind, so I won't go in-depth in this review and just offer my recommendation!

This is tagged on the app as horror, which was a little worrying for me going in because I'm a total weenie when it comes to scary stuff, but it actually wasn't too bad. Aside from one moment with a slightly disturbing image (the end of ep 24 when they look at one of the character's camera) and maybe one or two very mild jumpscares (no loud sounds or anything, just the sudden appearance of the little kid), it was more than tolerable for me, although YMMV.

Kusakawa Takuya has a great disposition for horror, and it's funny that he and Sugai Yuuka were costars in a romance drama the year before this came out given the relationship their characters have here. I do have some unanswered questions and the parallels to parts of Alice in Borderland were quite apparent imo (iykyk), but I generally like what they did with the concept and enjoyed this quick watch!

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