Seriously, I loved the games with Chishiya so much because they didn't drag shit out nearly as much as the scenes…
Yup, I agree. The psychological games with Chishiya were the most entertaining and fast paced. His character was the most interesting as well. Arisu and Usagi were pretty boring this time around. Their romantic moments seemed forced and brought nothing to the story. There were just too many dragged out moments like An hiking in the woods for like 20 min. of screentime or the long drawn out scene with the queen of hearts. And the tag game with Arisu, Usagi, and the random kid was the worst. Just pointless action with no rhyme or reason and corny dialogue from Usagi that took 5 min. Previous season each game was exciting because it was like a puzzle the characters had to figure out to solve.
I'm wondering about the citizens in borderland. The citizens provided the royal face card games, right? So it would be assumed they were a previous group where some catastrophe happened in the real world to place them in borderland/purgatory between life or death and they chose to stay. So my question is when they died in borderland from losing like the rock band in the first game, were they in some kind of coma in the real world before and then their life ends? These people that choose to stay are still alive in the real world, for what years?..their minds and bodies in limbo? Also, in the 1st season what was up with the two school girls and the underground place they filmed? They were a part of the games so I'm guessing they were citizens but the room was filled with spectators watching the players getting killed in the games. And also someone had to run all of this. Who decided which citizens got to come up with which game and what suit they were going to be? Why did it seem like the citizens were aware with where they were and what happened to them in the real world yet Arisu and his group weren't? Who told the citizens the answer? With the meteorite ending, I think a lot of things just don't add up.
Only episode 1 subbed so far that I can find, so I've been watching the the rest of the episodes raw. It's a really good show and funny too. I like the fl in this one.
Gurrgh...that fortune teller girl has the nerve to blame Shion for her ending friendship with Mitsuki. Like no it's because you cursed her best friend for funzies, duh! Anyway, another great episode.
Well said. Specially the last line, Frustrating and heartbreaking drama, but it's a good one. I have finished…
Yes, I also am still thinking about this drama. This show was like an onion with many layers. There is a lot revealed without being said. For example, we see that Makio is the freespirit of the 3, while Mieko and Eiji are ultimately conformists. The hints are there when Eiji suddenly dyes his hair natural black from blonde. When he decides to work at his father's company and when his style of clothes changed. He was already conforming to what society expects of a young male and sees as "normal." Mieko showed signs of this too when she became influenced by Eiji's sister and became more girly and got bangs etc. This was all before the big reveal of them getting married and raising their baby. There's no way those two were happy in the end when they were both hiding their true selves. And I agree with what you said about Makio, he had a lot of healing to do but at least he never compromised and was always his genuine self. He left a toxic situation with Meiko and Eiji. Very realistic drama. My only critism, is I would have liked to have known more about Makio and his background. He was such an interesting character.
I felt so mad at how Makio was just squeezed out of his friendship and relationship with those two. However, I think he ultimately had the better ending. He ended up with Asato, a guy that genuinely cared about him, and could live his life freely. While Eiji was pressured to hide being gay and married Meiko. I see him living that facade until he can't anymore and then cheating on Meiko with a man. He's gay and no kid or marriage would suddenly make him straight. Meiko pissed me off throughout because she was a 3rd wheel and saw Makio and Eiji having a healthy relationship and them slipping away from her. So she intervened with a ridiculous request of having their baby. She had to include herself someway and that was her drastic choice. We find out later that she was indeed in love with Makio and maybe she felt jealousy toward the relationship he had with Eiji so she stole Eiji away. She had abandonment issues due to her father leaving her and her mom. So it makes sense. Frustrating and heartbreaking drama, but it's a good one.
I didn't shed one tear. Not enough screen time for this couple's love story and no way he wouldn't have recognized her in the snow. Brother already told him about her disease and her progressed aging so what gives?? Weak movie in my opinion.
So glad the rating went back up from 8.1. It deserves 8.5 at least!
Not really. So many great jdramas that actually deserve a high rating, but get ignored or dismissed on this website because they don't fit some cookie cutter corny storyline. This drama is very similar to a typical Kdrama so I'm not surprised it's popular with viewers on here.
And thanks for your comment too :)