Everyone in Japan has disappeared, and now you're trapped in a deserted city and forced to compete in games where every mistake is fatal. What do you do? Thank you for watching Alice in Borderland explained and review of how to beat.
Decided to rewatch it before next season comes out later this month and honestly forgot how heart wrenching the hide & seek game was. The writers did such an incredible job with this game in particular, with the lambs ending up being the ones hiding from the wolf but not for the usual reason. This whole show is hands down one of the greatest out there in the death game genre.
Yeah--I thought the Heart Games were supposed to be ''tests'' of mental/emotional Strength at first. (Playing mind games but not actually killing anyone by default)
About the "goal" thing on the bus, it was literally painted among other grafiits. It was easy too miss because there were a lot of colors and shapes. It worked like an illusion. Besides, in the first game, arisu though it was a "joke", just like one of his games. He was more relaxed so it was easier for him to repair in such weird details (most of his games consisted in doing so). In the bus game, arisu had just lost his friends, was more tense and depressive and, again, the "goal" word was really well hidden.
Yeah, it's a bit hard for someone to pay attention when they're too busy grieving. And Arisu eventually did notice the word when he came back with the motorcycle.
It was also in English (idk if they mentioned him knowing English fluently) and with the graffiti usually drawn in weird shapes/colors it was probably harder to notice it at first.
@@llorell there was a japanese-english dictionary inside the bus. the graffiti is hard to notice if you aren’t looking for it but i feel like the dictionary should’ve made them search for something they can translate
I came back just for this comment because I just finished season 2 now it make sense, why they had to survive/win all the games so that.. they can come back to their world ALIVE.
@@jlh_luv Ann died and she was still able to come back. A lot of them shoudlve been dead too but werent lol? So what does it really take to be able to come back to life IRL?
it'd be so ironically bad if when someone dies they just returned to their normal daily life before being taken from the reality. If I were the Game Master I would do something like this bc every gamer is trying so hard to survive: betraying friends, killing people, destroying lives and friendship, like really the worst of the worse just to survive a day more but in the end if you die you just return to your timeline remembering everything you did and who betrayed you... I mean ironic, right?
Saori had three whole days to prepare and it never once occured to her that maybe she should take off the work clothes and heels and put some athletic wear on? They were literally in a shopping mall.
I think the group was talking about when they first arrived and realized this game world they were sent to also had time flowing differently. All of the characters also mentioned that when they arrived is different from when she arrived, so we don't know if they were actually there for three days, it's only been one, or even longer than that. (ex. The main character and his friends just arrived to the world and found some rotten food after a short period of time). Because time flows differently there, I think she didn't have long before she was forced into a game. But yeah, she should've changed immediately after the first game they played together at least.
rewatching this and i just realized for the 5 of clubs game, the attackers would die either way bc if the players werent able to complete the challenge then the building will explode while they are in it
@anon1077 Both teams had 20 mins either the duo kills them in 20 & the time stops or the either get to the safe room & hit the buttons or if either team fail to complete the game in 20 min they all die.
Actually, if the taggers successfully killed all the players before the time ran out, the bomb switches off automatically. It was explained in the manga.
@@tonytan5945 no but what if they didn't kill all players, but at the same time the players weren't able to press the button either? does that mean they all die??
A tip for anybody in a stressful situation: it's hard to stay composed when there's a lot of pressure on you, but it's impossible if you don't try. This has changed my life for the better, remember it.
@@harshbhatia1444 I like that Chishiya isn't about being smart. He's about being far distance from the action, broad viewing what the details are even of things that aren't directly mentioned (the bigger picture). This is why so many people like Chishiya because we'd like to pretend that we are that person , but not me. I like to pretend i'm the King of Spades. Unkillable.
I've just started to read the manga. In the manga, Chisiya in the 5 spades game chose the top left corner so he can see most of the situation downstairs and right side of the building. It's also mentioned that they heard a door opened when the tagger enter the arena and Chisiya has expected that the tagger could be coming out from the safe room. As he couldn't see the tagger and the safe room from his position, he knows that the safe room is on the left side of the building some level bellow him (it's different from the adaptation I think). Pretty good strategy and got to say that the author of the manga is very smart.
The horse mask killers: will die if they fail to basically kill everyone Also the horse mask killers: *Walking slow as hecc, reloading slow as hecc while walking slow as hecc and being chill*
They were not trained for circumstances like these. BESIDES they were slow and cautious because they were scared just like the other players. If they were to defuse the bomb the taggers die. Woudnt that scare you?
For the last game, throwing the corpse in the fire first would be one of the stupidest things to do. Ofc it’s an easy solution with hindsight but if she didn’t kill herself you would be removing all the possible evidence. The killer could have left an imprint of hair or from a ring etc, destroying your only piece of evidence straight away is stuoid
I just rewatched this. You can beat all the games without anyone dying, even the wolf and lamb game. If they take turns removing the headgear in that game, then no one has to die. There is a chance the helmet might explode if tampered with, but that's a risk everyone has to take. To equalize the risk, they could form a circle where the person behind tries to remove the helmet of the person before him. Anyway, when Arisu tried to remove his, it didn't explode, so I think the show was telling us that was a possibility. The last game as well could've been solved by the forensic cop without anyone dying.
I’m surprised that for the first game, you didn’t mention they could try throwing objects into the rooms to see if it’s safe. The name tag that the woman threw was lasered, meaning it’ll hit anything unrecognized, even if it’s not alive. Since the girl died in the same way, it can be assumed that the same rules apply to those rooms.
Bro you could clearly see that even on the id , the head was lasered so throwing objects would not be an option as it only recognises faces and aims for the head
Alright, I'm going to say something about this video. Arisu and his group know nothing about the "Game" and only know what the woman told them. (theyll die if they don't participate) When you are explaining this from the very first game, you know everything about how the system works. As a analyst, you know everything when Arisu does not. Arisu and his group of friends literally just entered the "Game" and know nothing about how it works, this means they are only able to use the knowledge they have available to them; which is what they know. For example, Arisu has studied vehicles and is a pro and experienced gamer. He uses his knowledge to solve the problem. Furthermore, Arisu and his group of friends, are in a mental state of curiosity, and fear because, like I said, THEY KNOW NOTHING. You need to take in the fact that they only have the available knowledge and understand their mental fortitude to this unknown and dangerous world.
The badge in the beginning that got laserd, I would personally used that as confirmation in the first game. If it got zapped I'd go the other way, it's only a one go but still would have worked
@@trevorjamesconsideracion1982not rly. the channel gives us theoretical answers assuming we "don't know" the outcome. unless they break down how they do their research for this or solve the game before they get the answer from the show, most of their solutions are unreliable because of the 4th wall effect
Japanese horror movie: Victims of circumstance have to find a way to not have a good ending, but to survive Western horror movie: People do stupid things and definitely deserve their death, and if not the death feels flat and unjustified
I mean it feels like western movies just like have a same formula OK here’s what happens there’s our protagonist a douche bag character a helpful character side characters they try to make jokes and other stuff to make it seem like they’re bonding together but really just feels really flat and uninteresting and then they die one by one except for the characters that the movie wants to keep around I mean you can almost Tell who’s going to live and who is going to survive just by looking at them for like a few minutes or just watching a movie for a few minutes I mean sometimes when I watch a western movie I can like guess the whole plan and I am 99% correct most of the time and just feels boring Like they make stupid decisions and shit and I just want you to get all mad sometimes I rage because I’m like what the hell are you doing idiot are you wanting to get yourself killed like the hell are making it’s like the movie wants you to get mad and that’s how it keeps you together to keep watching it the only reason I continue watching western movies is so that I can get some satisfying Deaths
japanese horror movies: something doesn’t feel right in there let’s leave western horror movies: somethings wrong in that room let’s go in and kill ourselves
I would watch Alice in borderland but I absolutely cannot handle gore. The same thing goes for the walking dead. It's frustrating because I have to worry everytime I watch a new series or wanna get into it because I like mature topics and dark or cynical stories but I can't watch stuff that has so much graphic death in it.
Oh, I can definitely relate, I'm fine with gore, but I am extremely terrified of jumpscares (terrified in a bad way, it's not just the boost of adrenaline some people experience). There are so many incredible movies and games I'm missing out on, but I can't help it.
@@seventhea SAME HERE I FOUND MY PEOPLE but for the most part survival game shows like Alice in borderland or squid game are really not that bad. They have death scenes but you can pretty much handle them. They don't show too much gore, but a LOT of blood. And you don't have to even worry about jumpscares, they don't have any :))
@Llencares Gaming “c.. can we do it again” HAHABSHDK man i wonder how this’ll play out in the live action. also what the heck she’s so cool!!! i can’t wait!!!!!
i was watching this when my brother came in during the scene they killed the girl in the hotel with a laser. i was telling him about the movie and if you don't play the games or cheat they shoot you with a laser from the sky. he just said "just fucking wear a shiny hat". i laughed my ass off and went straight to "how to beat" youtubers
The plot twist with the game at 15:10 when you find out that it's a game of who you want to survive and then you all run and hide, so it never was the wolf that had to hide but instead it was the lambs, this show was full of plot twists.
Not really, when u survive a lot of games (Spoiler alert) you can get free from that world or become one of the kings or queens of the cards, like that girl that shows at the end that is in fact the queen of hearts.
Either you would be desperate to get out and put yourself before anyone, you'd have to hunt for your own food, cook, keep good hygiene, get clean clothes, and on top of that survive other people. The first girl we're introduced through has already figured out 3 days in that's you have to care about yourself more than others to survive. As the games get harder you can see that everyone is tempted to sacrifice others thinking it would give them a personal gain. If there is a way out, by the time you've escaped you're either a flexible person and will need very little mental help to get your life back together or you'll go mad and have to stay in a mental hospital for the rest of your life.
Fun fact: cassette tape player (the weapon that the grey sweatshirt player uses as a taser) actually does have a battery charge function, where it charges a set of reusable, replicable batteries.
Arisu noticed the fancy car, knew its exact length, the emergency exit map, and figured out the building layout for the first game, but didn't see the giant "GOAL" painted on the bus 😭😭
Yep , that's what I thought too. But I guess everyone thinks the game will be tougher than it actually is and therefore overanalyze things and missed the whole point of the game with the obvious clue
I think the reason for that is because he was still trying to find his will to continue on after losing two people in his life who saw the good in him and his worth in the world. His head was not completely in it because he was still on the edge. He got the courage to go but he also was willing to lose his life and be with his friends. It was this game that pushed him on as well as Usagi. She was someone who saw how much worth he has and how smart he is and it reminded him of his friends and he was willing to do whatever he needed to keep her alive and not lose anyone else who believe in him just as much as he believes in them
I think that Arisu still in the middle of the depression over lost of his best friends so his focus is a little bit off. Plus, the GOAL was paint on the bus like a grafiti on the oppiside of the bus. I dont think anyone would realize that
@@syabilaazri7834 actually no, that’s what makes it worse. If you watch again, we find out GOAL was written on the same side they enter. It just didn’t occur to him until he saw it and then realized it was right there in front of them, in front of ALL of them when they entered the bus
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To be fair, the 'Life' doors really had a Cardcaptor Sakura kind of look - so it would have made sense to people who never read that series, but yet still new enough about mangas, to say 'Hey. Isn't that Cardcaptor Sakura ? I'm not sure, since I never read it, but I remember seeing quite similar images in my local manga libraries. Oh, we have a playing card ? OK, then. I guess the card is supposed to hint to that girl who either is Sakura or looks a lot like her'. I probably would have opened that door ...
@Spell Check me too tbh. I would give up first round. I can't even understand the multiplication table and I'm already in my senior year in highschool how tf would i see the patterns and shit death games have.
I like how each game suits Arisu’s skills, because the guy knows his stuff. He is a strategist, a math guy, and a mechanic whiz, so these games were made for him.
@Cinema Summary people be saying you would never die in these situations but in reality you take days on these vids not minutes like in reality you would have to
This is so much more sensible than something like Saw. Here, it isn't (all) about how much pain you can endure. Like, "You are locked in this room, the key is in your lungs, you have two seconds, LOL." It's just so much more entertaining as well, because it isn't total mindless gore.
In the 3 of clubs game I noticed that both Shibuki and the high school girl had bags with them which presumably had a few items inside them. We know that the lasers activate for objects because of the sign-up scene where Shibuki had thrown Chota's ID through the lasers and it was shot through so surely they could've opened the doors and threw an object through them to check if it was the correct door or not. The odds of them running out of objects are slim as it's not likely that they would pick the wrong door each time so the same object could be reused. I understand that Shibuki may not be willing to do this as it seems she's focused on herself and may not be willing to sacrifice her items but the high school appeared to be new to the borderlands and therefore it was unlikely that she would've only had key items in her bag that she needed to keep for her survival. Additionally, she seemed to be desperate to survive considering she blindly chose to run into one of the rooms as it gave her a 50% chance of surviving as opposed to staying in the original room which guaranteed her dying. Obviously in the heat of the moment it's understandable that they wouldn't think of something like that but it seemed like an obvious enough idea for someone to have considering they had seen an item be used to detect lasers just a few moments before.
That's where you miss it, when the ID gets thrown , the laser hits chota's head even though it was an object but some people say they could do it covering their faces. But I would say that as a complete suicidal option as they will be playing on probability rather than surity and each room has its own certain time ; it could also occur that if they enter the wrong route (rooms) then the earlier room might get burn.
i remember when i first watched alice in borderland back in December 2022. it was so good and i was so excited to find out this year they announced a season 3!!! i will forever love alice in borderland ❤️
Me: ahh. The game is lying. The wolf dies, since it’s a game about trust and betrayal. The person that decides to be selfish and keep the wolf betrays their friends, thinking they’ll survive. The woman will get the wolf and die. Karube and Chota: *boom* Me: *crying*
i think the game is cutomized for each group i mean the game is only revealed when everyone enters the room and the 3rd episode is the perfect example the description of the games says that the lambs have to hide from the wolf but it should be the opposite since the wolf is the only one who survives but in the end it was the lambs who were hiding and that wouldnt have happened if thet werent such good friends if there was any other player the game would have played the way it has so i belive the game master knows who is playing and tailors the game for them
I think the biggest plot hole BY FAR is that they were all in the city they live in but none of them even tried to go get anything from there houses. Like they decided to break into a store instead? 😂
I'll never get over Karube's death. He was the character that encouraged and fought alongside Arisu the whole way. Having him around made it feel like they could overcome anything, then he goes boom.
@@caseyw.6550 Yeah, the only useful thing chota did the whole time was the video recording, other than that, he basically farted at them at the beginning and basically became noisy dead weight after the first game. Karube was like the big bro that'd carry little bro Arisu through everything, but then.. 😭
Its basically how Resident Evil safe zones work depending on difficulty. On Not A Hero (one of the hardest difficulties), monsters are able to break down the safe room doors. Same applies here. Since the tag game is one of the harder challenges, the killer ignores the safe zone rules and goes in anyway
i think karube really wanted arisu to survive while the IT guy was still on a dopamine high from losing his virginity the previous night. that poor girl had successfully screwed her way to the top, only to die in some bushes with culty mcrazipants trying to pray his oedipus complex away. big sad.
The Game of 3 of Club is actually pretty easy because For example the Lady With the Handbag could easily throw little Objekts through the Doors to See if it IS save or not. Curious why no one thought about this
tbf as a guy who love riddle and games, i would have think very calmly about the first game, also my friend or family would be with me and are like me, so im not saying id have succeded for sure because since it is the first game i would not have been that focused on the details before the game start, but i would hold a chance especially with my calm mindset And yea, some would survive the first game by pure luck
I'm binging these videos and I'm honestly so happy AIB is the one I've heard the most "This is a good idea"s from lmfaooo I really appreciate this series for it's level-headed and logical approach to these absurd and violent situations. The characters aren't (always) stupid about coming up with a solution. And when they aren't playing optimally, it's usually for a good, human reason.
3:49 Wow, everyone has phones that can record. I'm sure the writers wiil remember this fact and not completely abandon this concept, never to be seen again.
This show is actually a live adaption of an anime and I can't believe I'm saying this but, this is the first time where I saw a live adaption that gave the anime justice.
OK but the “loser” trio is such a trope that I love! It’s usually a group of close friends that just have to stick together because they make each other stronger.
yeah and it would be a big shame if 2 of the close friends were to die right in front of the one friend leaving the friend alone with only sadness and trauma in a very deadly universe where you are forced to play brutal games for your survival haha am i right?
Whoever wrote this Alice in Borderland manga is smart. I'm telling you it's not easy to create puzzles with well explained or manifested solutions in a story plot.
You think he created all these puzzles from scratch? LOL The puzzle games I've seen before are obvious (because I've seen them before), but the ones I think he made up appear to be straght up bullshit.
