Gganbu | Squid Game Ep 6 Reaction 

Man yall gonna hate me this reaction This goes to show everyone would be different in Squid Game, Woo Shiesty did what he had to do to survive and make it out! Im just mad they made Ali so clueless and let him get played like a fiddle. Cold world no blanket

The thing about Ali’s character is that he’s too trusting/naive. He trusted his scumbag boss would pay him after working 6 months basically free. He believed and respected Sang-Woo after he showed him kindness. He is a foreigner in a different country so he’s probably used to people being racist or bullying and in these games he found some people that he could trust (kinda). So while I and most people wished he was a bit more suspicious about the whole deal, he had to believe Sang-Woo. I read a really good quote that fits this - “the person you would take a bullet for, is the one behind the trigger”

Ali was the only pure person in that group. He wasn’t a criminal, he wasn’t a liar, he wasn’t a cheat. He was just an honest guy trying to provide for his family who had been screwed over by his shady boss. He’s the only one who physically put his life on the line to save someone’s life during the games. A stranger, even. He had morals and convictions, and couldn’t bring himself to have another person’s blood on his hands, even at the end. And it was his good heart that ended up killing him. He was simply too pure for the games. He was dead from the second he walked back into that car.

I know everybody was so emotional over Ali's death, but honestly Ji-Yeong's story felt personal to me. Her saying that she doesn't have a reason to leave with all the money since nobody would be waiting for her broke my heart. Ali would be over the moon if he won the money but with Ji-Yeong, nothing would change. She wanted them both her and Sae to survive since that would be her one reason. "When we get out of here, let's sip some mojitos"

All the actors and actresses did so well in this episode! And the fact that this is Sae-byeok's (pickpocket girl) first acting is just wow!

I think the reason why Ali died being betrayed was to showcase that he got into the squid games because he was naive and believed that his boss would pay him for his work. Kinda sad cold hard truth that because he's too trusting and naive he also got played by Sang woo and met his death the same way.

The fact that Ali was saying “Hyung” makes it even more sad

Gi-hun did not suck at every game! Yes, he’s very lucky, but he had the best performance on the second game. He’s probably the ONLY one with an umbrella that passed

Daily reminder that Ali uses "hyung" for Sungwoo which is equivalent to older brother. You only use it for men you're close to and that are older than you. So he really sounded like a lost boy calling for his brother in the end.

Noooooooooo yall they made Lupasan cry, we were done a while bk but i watched this ep with my kids today....the silence in my house rn is very real

Ali might be fckng stupid for you all. However, the show did a good job in establishing his character. Sangwoo did nothing but took care of him like a younger brother. He lent him his phone, gave him money for his bus fare, looked out for him, etc. So the last thing that Ali would think for Sangwoo, who he looked up to as an older bro, is to betray him.

"This man a villain." *[The audience will remember this.]*

ali is not stupid, he’s too trusting. he has morals, and got caught up in a situation where he trusted the wrong person and it lost him his life. that was a very tragic ending to his life because the last thing feeling he experienced was betrayal. people’s lives aren’t games and the real villains here are the people who made the games to prey on vulnerable people.

Ali was truly the best character in this show. Just about all the others felt like scum bags, but he actually had a heart going in and out. It was just a heart that was too kind and big for his own good.

This episode made me realize how goated this show was, to kill off that many main characters at once. Edit: since some people don't have a brain, what I meant was the way in which they executed the death of the main cast is what made the show really good, not the fact that they killed characters, I knew they had to die one way or another. Unlike other thriller shows that make characters die in stupid ways or make it feel unnecessary.

Damn, you guys are really doing Ali dirty. He had no reason not trust Sang-Woo, because I believe up until that point Sang-Woo really did consider him a friend and a comrade. He wasn't just using him and had grown to like him, and I believe it was mututal. The problem was... Sang-Woo was ready to manipulate and betray Ali. Ali lacked that instinct to do evil or bad things. That's why he lost.

Wait idk why y’all are hating on Ali so much. The whole point of his character was that he was uneducated and extremely fast to trust. Sang-woo also paid for his bus fare and readily accepted him into his team. He had literally zero reason to doubt sang-woo’s intentions. Yes he should have checked the bag but his assumption was that it was the two of them against the others not him against his friends

Ji-young's last saying was NOT " I'm honored that we were partners " She said, " Thank you for playing with me " in Korean English subs are just awful!

Been waiting for this one. Doesn’t hit 100% the same after the season is over but first watch man... I was goin through it

Other reactors: Poor Ali, he was played 🥺 Them: Stupid 😂😂😂

It's weird to see them refer to everyone as scumbags. Not everyone in Squid Game is a scumbag. Some of them are criminals but the rest are just people in debt desperate to pay it off to survive. They are literally the underrepresented in society that are now just struggling to survive. In fact the creator pointer out how it's a commentary on how capitalism treats people. And calling Ali dumb was way too much.

Honestly, i was a little shocked by your reaction of blaming Ali and calling him stupid. 😢😢 If you call all the characters ‘ scumbags’ after having watched the series so far, I feel you are missing to understand what human beings are like in our real society. Even though the participants of squid game were living tough lives and ended up being in a cruel death game, the characters are no different from people you see in the real world.. And Ali was the only one who wanted to trust his friend and to survive together… I felt so heartbroken that he was betrayed by someone he thought a friend..

I literally bawl every time.. now that it’s over, Ali did piss me off here, but it’s the way he trusted them completely.. he called him brother until the end. Ali just represented the most pure hearted and trusting people.. trust none

Ali was a realistic character. Totally not cut out for this kind of situation. You cant win this type of game by being nice

In korea you cant mute the sound when taking pictures. Incase people try to take pictures of someone without the permission.its so people can be aware of their surroundings. 2:00

Now I get why Sae Byeok doesn't trust anyone, even teammates.

ali is not stupid. he’s just really gullible and assumed sangwoo was a selfless person like he was. unfortunately he wasn’t right

entrcpy here: Smartphone camera sounds in Japan and Korea can’t be turned off because of upskirt photos / laws.

This episode was so heartbreaking man really got me in the feels and normally I don’t cry at a lot of things, Ali really deserved better man, same with the girl, they all did. 💔💔💔

This video made me realize that Lupa is my favorite of the 3. His compassion throughout the whole episode earned my respect. Thanks Lupasan! 🙏

“Epstein didn’t kill himself” I’m dead, lol.

This was one of the most painful episodes 100%

I understand being upset at Ali, but I wouldn't say he's stupid. Or at least he didn't deserve to be derided that much. His character is of a naive foreigner who trusted and cared for his friends, ESPECIALLY Sang-woo for paying for his call and a bus ticket. Ali probably never experienced generosity like that at all so he became overly trusting of him. But Sang-woo was clearly not some generous friend like Ali saw him as. So it makes so much sense for him to trust Sang-woo in that moment since HE had no evidence that Sang-woo was truly that cold. WE had that evidence. Ali did not. I get its a death game and all, but you also really have to look at Ali's perspective and his character. The way he acted was consistent with his character. If you defend Sang-woo for doing what he had to do to survive, then you have to acknowledge that Ali did what he BELIEVED he had to do to ensure he and his friend survived. I'd be far more mad at Sang-woo for pulling something that cold and heinous with someone who didn't deserve it, than to call Ali stupid for not predicting that his closest friend in this game was ready to manipulate and betray him.

21:35 "Go ahead, look at your rocks" Lol Shera a demon

Ali is just too innocent for this kinda of game 😭 he trusted him for real tho

Sangwoo chose Ali because if the game was cooperative, he could use Ali's physicality. If it was competitive, he could outsmart him. The man graduated from Seoul National University; he knew what he was doing.

i don’t think they really understood ali’s character

The thing about Ali's character is he didn't feel the need to check because he wouldn't do that to Sangwoo. We kind of saw how he had no reason to risk himself to save Gi Hun in the first round but he did so unconditionally. Judging people by his own nature, he just never realized that people may have hidden agendas regardless of their surface-level kindness for you. Goes the other way too, in real life I've seen a lot of friends who betrayed/talked shit about me always assumed I was doing the same to them. You expect from people who you are to them.

Y'all totally neglected the relation between Ali and Sang Woo, he isn't stupid, he was looking up to him, man... he was probably the only one who was good to him before.

Calling Ali stupid and not taking in the scene was really annoying. The guy is naive, trusting and has a good heart. They've established this over and over. It's his character. He looked up to Sungwoo like an older brother (he literally calls him it) and really thought he wanted them both to get out. The whole point of the episode was the tragic irony of the relationships that have formed and the characterisations of the players in those pairings. Sheera was particularly obnoxious to watch this time around. Not understanding the characters and paying attention to the interaction of the scene makes you spout ignorance at the screen. You were dead wrong but doubled down so hard.

I'm not surprised at all with the other two reactions to Ali's death since they're known to be very judgmental towards fictional characters whenever they do something that they consider "dumb", but I wasn't expecting Lupa's reaction. I thought he'd be the one to laugh off most of the emotional moments in this episode, turned out he's the only one crying at the end. I don't get them saying all these people are scumbags. They're just in a lotta debt and are desperate to survive/win.

Ali didnt know what these games were. He trusted the one that explained everything to him.

sangwoo is so well written. hes a terrible gambler but an amazing strategist. the writers did their job to make him unlikable.

it makes it more sad with ali calling for sangwoo “hyung”- hes calling him older brother OMG

I don't like how y'all are insulting Ali for trusting Sang Woo. As the audience, we saw Sang Woo had traiterous tendencies. However, Ali being the kind hearted and good natured character he trusted Sang Woo innocently. I just don't get why you are insulting him when he had no idea of how evil Sang Woo was. You kept saying he was an idiot and laughing for his mistrust without grabing the essence of the character himself. To me his death was the saddest because of how innocent he was and him being betrayed really hurt (you shouldn't be laughing bcos it's easy to suppose something when you're watching the show from outside)

i think the point some might be missing about ali is that it's been set up for his character the whole time to be trusting and see the best in people, even willing to put their lives before his own (as he did with Gi-hun in the very first game). he's also a pretty simple guy. he didn't check his bag because he didn't want to believe that sang-woo, the guy who gave him money for the bus when he didn't have to, would ever cheat him. stupid, sure. but he was who he was until the end. i think this episode was a pretty good payoff in general for everything we've learned about these characters up until this point and that may be lost in debating who was smart and who was stupid, etc, which really isn't the main focus of this episode

Ali had been shown multiple times not being the smartest. He had to be told how to play the games and everything. He trusted Sangwoo deeply and thought they were friends.

I feel like when people judge the character's actions, we forget that the game is literally life or death. So I can't really be mad at Gi-hun for cheating the old man.

Gi-hun doesn't think the old man is letting him win. He's about to cry because he feels like he's taking advantage of his friend's brain degeneration in order to win

"Sheeragan taking a day off today." bruh the editor is to much. 🤣

Ali was already portrayed to be naive and trusting, his “teammates” the core ones at least have helped him and together they made it through, you can say it was stupid for him not to check or to trust someone that and showed him kindness before and until now hadn’t done anything to him for him to think he’s untrustworthy but that’s Ali’s character stupid as it was not to check or just say no I think this just goes to show you that sometimes it’s the people you feel are closest to you that will be the first ones to stab you in the back :(

I don’t think Ali deserves that much blame. He fully trusted Sang Woo and didn’t expect him to lie like that. Sang woo took advantage of the fact that Ali is too kind and would definitely choose the path where they would both live so he fabricated a lie to string Ali along. They also showed people constantly looking over to see who got shot to help set up the switcheroo. I don’t think Ali was dumb, just too trusting.

Sae Byeok storyline in this episode hurt more than the others to me I think it’s underrated 🤧

The saddest part of this reaction was seeing you guys shit talk Ali when what it came down to most of all was that he couldn't bear to sentence a friend that had showed him kindness to death. Yes he was naive for one moment, but does that deserve *hate* ?

Technically both partners can survive at the marbles game. The rules say you gotta play a game, where you take all ten marbles from your partner, but they never said you gotta have 20 marbles at the end. So if they just switched marbles both could have survived.

Wow, the disrespect on Ali from you guys all because, the point of his character was that he’s a man who is too trusting, kind-hearted, and willing to put himself on the line like saving Gi-Hun, is so unnecessary. Like anybody like him with that kind of mindset would’ve been in the same situation. I’ve seen other better reactors who all agree that what happen to Ali was messed up and actually felt bad for him and don’t blame him for that or hold anything of him being stupid for not expecting to be played because the purpose of his character and what happen to him was the show people/viewers that anybody like him can be easily betrayed by those you see as friends or brothers and not expect or see it coming. But whatever.

It’s weird, but the random girl that we knew for 2 episodes made me hurt the most lol

Lupa crying this episode made me cry. I’ve never seen him cry.

Ali has probably never met a Korean who was nice to him since he's a immigrant and at work he's treated like shit. So maybe since sang Soo was nice to him earlier, he trusted him

Everytime I see someone say "he did what he had to do" and "you would have done the same things", my first thought is "speak for yourself !" Ali, Jiyong and Saebyeok were good during the whole game, they helped people or sacrificed themselves. People are so scary, cuz monsters like Sangwoo are being seen as smart. Damn, the man was ready to sacrifice a hyung he has known for years since the 2nd game... That man had a good education and a good job, but because he was greedy, he started doing document forging and embezzlement and got caught. Life wasn't hard to him, he made it hard for himself. What was he fighting so hard for? He was ready to kill himself and leave his mom with all his debts. He deserves nothing and Ali's life was worth more than his. He should have just taken the bullet and let Ali alone

I actually teared up to the girls’ conversation and how she was saying that she didn’t have anything to live for. I was too mad to cry for Ali tho I still hate sang woo 🤣

I cried the most over Ji-Yeong … this episode broke me

Ali was too pure-hearted for the Squid Games

Sangwoo knew what had to be done, he knew that only one would remain if the money was gonna be won over. Sure he did some stuff to beloved characters but you can't really blame him, he was in it for the money

Song woo is the only one showing him kindness in korea. he offer his phone and cash when ali outside he he also save him have idea tug of war. he give his bread for ali. Ali like he very care of me. thats why ali save not eat his egg and give for song woo. he trust him thats why called he like brother. but all they say is dumb dumb dumb. yes. im mean i know he stupid (too trust). but somehow they dont get it. everyone mocking him. thats very sad.

Ali was NOT stupid, do you even understand him. Of cause he have to trust Sang Woo, Sangwoo was so kind to him since the first day. Sangwoo let Ali used his phone, Sangwoo gave his money to come home, gave him his breakfast and only Gihun know that Sangwoo have problem (after the Honeycorn game). I’m working abroad just like Ali and when some natives people helped me like that I will very grateful. He trust Sangwoo with all of his heart, he is not stupid. He is so kind that he don’t even think about Sangwoo being so bad like that. Sorry for my bad English but I love all the characters in this movie. They are so humans and they just do what they truly are. They are not stupid.

This episode had me crying so hard

Haven’t even watched it and i’m already tearing up again ✋🙄 Side note: The people never said you had to have 20 marbles. You just had to have your partners’s 10 marbles. They coulda played catch and switched bags..

i don’t get how they’re laughing their ass off at alis death. That shit made me cry but they legit insulted him.

“Oh, yeah. In this game you gonna kill yo partner! [chuckle]” 2 minutes later: 😦 “He forgot he was in a room full of scum bags. Except for the old guy!” Everyone who has seen the ending of the show: 😐👀

Sang Woo doesn't know anything specific about what games are coming, but he is highly intuitive. What Gi-hun says is accurate: Sang Woo is very intelligent (which is why it bothers Sang Woo every time Gi-Hun mentions it; it paints a target on Sang Woo's back). Sang Woo, just like everyone watching, figured that it might come down to getting rid of your partner, which is why he didn't pick Gi-Hun. In the event he was wrong, he still had a strong partner in Ali, so it was win-win.

What's sad is finally Jeong and Sae were bonding together. If there were different circumstances, things would be different. They were just wrong people at the wrong time.

ALI ISN'T SPEAKING HINDI. MY MANS LITERALLY SAID HE WAS FROM PAKISTAN, HE'S SPEAKING URDU. Still, as a Pakistani, the representation is much appreciated

Y'all trolling Ali but he was one of my favourites. That man was wholesome and good and went out that way😭

Most of people get it wrong with Sang Woo. He ain’t evil, he is just doing whatever it takes to survive. He doesn’t enjoy betrayal, he doesn’t do bad things for fun or something like that. He only does what’s best for him. That doesn’t make him the worst person ever. Just makes him cold as ffff.

i think the guy on the right is the only one with a conscience

Sang Woo was the only one who understood the assignment. He's my favorite hands down.

Ep.6 will go on the history as one of the emotional episode ever made 😭💔

Don't be soo harsh with Ali, everyone is not made to be cut-throat.

Ji-Young was so thoughtful and considerate that at the very end she did everything in her power to take the load off Sae-Byeok's shoulders telling her "thank you", that it wasn't her fault. The same with the Oh-Il-Nam the old man. Also, "Sae-Byeok" in Korean means "dawn". In Korean "hyung" means "older brother" and is very informal/loving in a language and culture where formalities/etiquette mean everything, you'd *only ever* call someone "hyung" if you're blood, or very close and only if they permit you to do so. Until the very end, Ali was calling Sang-Wu "hyung" because he genuinely trusted and cared for him.

I mean you gotta understand Ali and put yourself in his shoes. It’s easy to think you would do things differently when your a viewer and have that outside perspective

everyone calling Ali dumb like-- yall dont understand that there genuinely are people who are extremely trusting of others. Being a foreigner, experiencing kindness and equality is a rare thing in Korea, not to forget that he is at the lowest at the socio -economic ladder. In a game where you fight to death, he found a group that took care of him, even if it were for a very short amount of time. Sangwoo had also previously helped him with the bus money and phone to call. That sort of kindness moved Ali and he placed his entire trust on a man he thought would support him. Also Sangwoo's strategy during tug-of-war and the constant praises from Gi Hun about him graduating from Seoul University really uplifted Sangwoo in Ali's eyes. Ali on the other hand was uneducated. Keeping all this in mind he really did think that Sangwoo would device a plan for the both of them to get out of there together, thus trusting him evenmore with the marbles.

It is sad when you trust a person so much to the point of believing they are friends and they betray you like that, that scene made me feel sorry for him because he trusted him. His attitude may be naive , but it shows when a person has goods and real feelings.

luppa predicting correctly and being gravely disappointed he's right. lol

Everything Ali and Sang woo did was entirely in character. Sang Woo in his introduction was the only one who read the fine print regarding the games 3rd rule. He also shared that information despite wanting to continue. Giving others an out even at his own expense. He displayed the characteristics that Gi-Hun bragged about, except Ali actually experienced it. He respected him and spoke to him with honorifics, which Sang Woo eventually reciprocated by telling Ali to refer to him as Sang Woo Hyung. Used to describe a brother. Ali went into the game with zero reason to doubt this man based on cultural reasons foreign to some. Sang Woo was always morally gray, and pretty dubious but he did enough to benefit the team that it's reasonable to think he'd find them another out.

Please, don't call Ali's stupid, He's not stupid, just too honest 😔🥺😭

Everybody shitting on Sang woo, but I 100% would do that with no hesitation if it means i can survive, get out, and see my family again..

"He's already lost his marbles." BAZZING!!!

Actually, Jiyeong says "Thanks for being with me" / "Thanks for playing with me" in Korean, which hits so much harder 😭 I don't know why Netflix translated it as "I'm honored that we were partners", when it's not even remotely close to what she actually said in Korean..☹️

Actually, in Korea, by law, all cellphones must make a sound when you take pictures, you can't mute the sound. This is due to the fact that there were massive cases of perverted people taking pictures of mostly woman in trains, on buses, in bathrooms, so the government passed the law that all phones in Korea must make sounds when taking pictures as a safety measure.

Ji-Yeong went from middle school to seeing her mom dead to killing her dad to jail to squid games to death. Shes done with life.

If you haven't watched all episodes yet, I would recommend you to watch it with English subtitles rather than English(CC) subtitles. The English version is more simple and accurate and less confusing. In the CC version, too many dialogs are altered, and sometimes they are not even what the actors say. Btw, your reaction to the show is one of the best!

This is comment from Korea and it's kinda heartbreaking cuz Ali actually represents a lot of naive foreign workers here from middle east, deceived by bad bosses. I think most of them haven't experienced those kind of frauds before they came here. It's real social problems that those people being played by elites like Sangwoo. I think that's what this episode implies, not just 'Ali is dumb'

Okay, going to put out my mild defense of Ali. Consider how Ali's life was outside the Squid Game. He was being exploited by a shitty SK boss. As a foreigner, and one who DID NOT fight back against bitchy-lady's attacks that he was an "Illegal Alien", he couldn't fight back against his boss, if he was brought to court, he'd probably get deported. Ali understands the power dynamics on the outside. But he also understood the power dynamics on the inside, he doesn't know any of the games being played and has mostly gotten by by relying on others. Yes, in a 1v1 he should've been more suspicious, but his character was social commentary on power dynamics and racism. At least in my eyes.

5:42 did they just put emo hair on old man? 😹😹 what the hell man

I think the relationship between Sang-Woo and Ali was deeper than you guys think. In the episodes until now we see it being built brick by brick and we see how due to some of Sang-Woo's actions towards Ali it made him be more trusting towards him and even look up to him, which ended up being Ali's downfall because it clouded his judgment. You see Ali hesitating when he hears of Sang-Woo's plan because his instincts say he should keep playing but ultimately he chooses to trust Sang-Woo. His death was tragical to me because he chose trust over his gut feeling, and it was a misplaced trust that ended him. And whilst Sang-Woo was horrible for doing that, he HAS been the most consistent of them all when it came to his survival of these games. And that doesn't mean he doesn't FEEL anything or he's a monster. I think he's disturbed too but he's been committed to this 100% from the first moment. Relationships and the deep reasonings of why people do stuff is rarely black or white. It's easy to label things from an outsider's perspective, but if we TRULY put ourselves in their shoes who here can, hand to heart, say they would not do the same things ALL of these characters do in this series to survive? I'm ready to bet that almost all of us...including me. I think we all have "a" Sang-Woo inside of us. So for that reason, for me, it's difficult to judge. I loved his character although he made me claw at my eyes in frustration more than once 😅

Lupasan being me and feeling for every death this episode, I was BAWLING though hahahaahah Always a pleasure seeing your reactions!!

There's no reason for Roshi to believe that the old man is a villain or that he didn't die on this episode. His argument is that they didn't show the scene, but they also didn't show the scene where Ali died and he didn't even question that. Also isn't showing an old man dying so unnecessary lol. The only thing sus here for me is Roshi.

Ali trusted his “friend” more than he trusted himself and he got killed for it.

I've watched this for like so many times, I'm still tearing up.