As usual, the most exciting part of Alice in Borderland is the games they play, with the high risk of death making it more thrilling and brutal. The mix of logic and sometimes just straight luck is always fun to watch. How they managed to solve that maths equation so quickly is beyond me LOL
The returning characters, along with the new characters, provide a fun experience and interesting dynamics. However, I did find it much harder to get used to 80% of the characters being new. It was much harder to connect with them. And unfortunately, for most of the returning characters, their appearance was minimal (aside from Alice and Usagi). In fact, I kept forgetting about some of the returning characters until they randomly popped up on my screen again after episodes away.
As someone who has been a fan of Alice in Borderland since just after its live action release, my feelings about the show are intense, and part of my opinion is wrapped up in nostalgia for the very first time I watched season 1 as a teenager. So I did my best to lower my expectations coming into this, and I'm glad I did as I feel like I was able to enjoy it a lot more. However, the further in we got, the more confused I got, and the need to make this season became less justifiable. So whilst I enjoyed most of it, I was slightly disappointed by the end of it and wonder why another favourite series of mine had to be tainted by the need to expand it for monetary gain. The more I think about this season, the more I dislike it, to be honest...
The most redeeming part was the bit of fan service we got right at the end.
The returning characters, along with the new characters, provide a fun experience and interesting dynamics. However, I did find it much harder to get used to 80% of the characters being new. It was much harder to connect with them. And unfortunately, for most of the returning characters, their appearance was minimal (aside from Alice and Usagi). In fact, I kept forgetting about some of the returning characters until they randomly popped up on my screen again after episodes away.
As someone who has been a fan of Alice in Borderland since just after its live action release, my feelings about the show are intense, and part of my opinion is wrapped up in nostalgia for the very first time I watched season 1 as a teenager. So I did my best to lower my expectations coming into this, and I'm glad I did as I feel like I was able to enjoy it a lot more. However, the further in we got, the more confused I got, and the need to make this season became less justifiable. So whilst I enjoyed most of it, I was slightly disappointed by the end of it and wonder why another favourite series of mine had to be tainted by the need to expand it for monetary gain. The more I think about this season, the more I dislike it, to be honest...
The most redeeming part was the bit of fan service we got right at the end.
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