Anjali R

This show taught me how limited our time on Earth can be and to cherish each moment we are here with the people we love. It taught me to reminisce more on memories made and the ones in the making. It is a brilliant show. I prefer it to Squid Game. Here, the focus on character development is highlighted. It is key to understanding the motivating factor and journey of the characters in the borderlands and ultimately why they make it to the climax scene. I really liked how each game is different based on the suits they correspond to. Everyone's acting is very convincing. I especially liked Chishiya. He kept things interesting even without talking much. The emotional scenes hit quite hard- because we feel what the actors are feeling. They all just want to get out of the desolate place and back to "their world". SPOILER ALERT: I liked how the game masters are actually playing with them in season 2 and they all have the chance of losing their lives as well. The games are very creative and I didn't find myself bored watching any of them. There is just one thing I did not understand at the climax. It was said that the fireworks were actually a meteor that crashed into Shibuya causing destruction spanning a 10 km radius, thus causing many casualties and sending people into a coma or in-between state. This place they arrive at before their death is supposed to be the "borderlands". A large amount of time that goes by in the borderlands is basically like a minute in our normal world. The players who survive there, and choose to go back to their world, end up waking up and recovering from the meteor explosion. Whatever happened to them in the borderlands, was just them on the brink of death or a coma. An in-between thing. A near death experience. Karube and Chota and all the others who died in the Game, died in the normal world too. Now coming to my question. If this was all happening to people as part of their own experience, then how are they so heavily dependent on others to survive in the game? Nobody could have won the games without the involvement of the other players. So is it some sort of collective consciousness? So many questions!!! I definitely urge others to watch the show. It really makes you think!