Squid Game 1x1 REACTION!! "Red Light, Green Light" 

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Having a gun is illegal in South Korea. So no Korean audience thought that the gun is a real one. Even the Korean police don't use guns in South Korea most of time.

That old man smiling during the first game gets me everytime😂

The contract Gi-hun signed had nothing to do with the game- it was an agreement with his debtors that if he doesn’t pay them back he will give them his organs. It was referenced by the recruiter because it simply showed how desperate he was for money.

SO GLAD YOU'RE WATCHING IT IN KOREAN!! it's gonna be a wild ride i'm excited!!!

Can we just appreciate the fact that their lights on the wall is literally a red light and green light 😂

The girl pulled the trigger because guns in civilian hands are almost completely unheard of in South Korea. Even getting ahold of hunting rifles is extremely hard. So most would assume any gun is a toy before they think it’s actually a gun. Also no gun safety.

as a Korean, thank you for watching this in subs. though I recommend watching with the regular English subs instead of the closed captions because the CC tends to be inaccurate with the translations

As someone who's really gotten into watching Korean variety shows, the games in the show are super familiar to me. For the game in this episode, it's not actually "Red Light, Green Light." The translators call it such just to make it easier for us to understand. Literally translated, the game is a Korean playground game called "The Rose of Sharon has bloomed." The seeker has to speak the phrase "Moogunghwa ggotchi peeyuhtsumneeda" ("The Rose of Sharon has bloomed") and only once they've finished speaking the phrase can they turn around. So the idea of the game is for the runners to use the time the seeker is speaking the phrase to close the gap as quickly as they can. Of course, the seeker will often slow down and speed up at random, to try and throw off the runners. Functionally, it's similar enough to Red Light, Green Light, but you could imagine being a non-Korean playing that game and getting gunned down because you expect one game and get something slightly different.

Yasssss I've been waiting!! Enjoy guys

It always shocks me everytime I rewatch this episode and see how eager Gihun was to slap the recruiter, he completely forgot about the money he was playing for. That’s how he went through the whole series too, he never thought about the prize money, once the game was getting too heated he only cared about the other players. Such amazing writing from start to finish. I get the hype now

How I expected the name debate to go: "It's Front Man." "No, it's Front Desk." "Guys, I'm pretty sure it's Petelgeuse."

I don't know why, but I laughed so hard when Calvin saw Gong Yoo (Train to Busan Dad) and said "Hey, I know that mouth."

I was hoping you guys watched this and was holding out on watching the series. Glad it payed off.

"I need to pay my mortgage early this month" - Quote of the year

I like how Calvin had the exact same reaction as me when Gong Yoo came into frame. “I know that mouth”. My brain went to Goblin instead of Train to Busan, but that’s just me. Looking forward to all of your reactions to this wild ride.

It's so weird watching Americans react to that present because their first thought is it's an actual gun. Anywhere else is like, "oh a toy gun... she'll probably not like that".

in korean she doesnt say "red/green light", she always sings the same song and at the end you have to stop.

Squid Game - A Chronicle of Squidward's Date Life Seriously though, the acting in this series is topnotch!

To make something clear, the voice wasn’t saying “Green light, red light” in Korean. That’s an English localization thing. If this was in Spanish, they would probably be saying “1, 2, 3, pescado!” (“1, 2, 3, fish”). But for American audiences, “green light, red light” is the logical localization.

They're so dedicated to reacting that they even take notes! I love that

Possessing a gun is illegal in South Korea. Seeing your reaction at the gun this way is culturally interesting. XD We don’t usually get scared or intimidated seeing guns like this as ppl all know it shouldn’t be a real one.

make sure you guys are watching the “English” subtitles, not “English [cc]” cc are for the english dubbed so the translation is only accurate if you watch the other subtitles:)

in Korea, civilians aren't allowed to have guns so it being real would've been highly unlikely

I really like your reaction to this, you guys have way more sympathy and empathy then my dad who blames all the all the people for getting shot with no remorse, thinks this situation would be easy and not moving during this situation is easy

for purposes of the show, they made the game red light green light but in Korean they are actually saying "무궁화 꽃이 피었습니다" which translates to "the mugunghwa flower has bloomed" which is similar in that players move while the phrase is spoken and must be still before the speaker turns around

It doesn't matter which way they ran, the robot did not start registering movement until it's head came to a full stop.

"I know that mouth" is up there with the best out of context Blind Wave quotes

Love how everyone takes notes and ACTUALLY analyses the episode! Keep it up :)

OMG YAY IT'S IN KOREAN! In the words if the great Bong Joonho : "Once you overcome the one-inch tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films".. Looking forward to you guys getting into more foreign content in their own language and expanding your channel and point of view 🥳

Thanks to the editor for including the English [CC] closed captions in the edited RU-vid version(s). I think some people forget that there are viewers that are hearing impaired. [CC]'s take nothing away from the show and reaction. Just to clarify, for those wondering, they're watching with the English subtitles (the accurate translation) not the [CC] subtitles; that's only in the RU-vid edit.

10:19 "they have numbers like the horses" IYKYK

Some of the best acting I've ever seen is in this show. Also, proudly a Sae-byeok simp, she's incredible!

6:14 "I know that mouth." I had the exact same reaction, except my next line was "It's the Goblin!!!"

This is one of my favorite Netflix shows that has come out in a while. You guys will love it!

199 is the homie, I love that guy.

Yesssss! I love that they’re reacting to an international show and I agree with the comments about Dark! It’s possible Netflix’s best show and I just know the guys would be into it!

“I need to pay my mortgage early this week” 😂

This give me hopes for them to watch Dark in german 🤞

YESSS! As soon as they announced it on twitter, i literally jumped of happiness! So excited for this

As a korean it kinda feels weird to see all these react youtubers that I used to watched, are reacting a Kdrama. But I'm glad everyone can see a new type of asian culture other than japanese anime(witch I do love.).

Calvin's face change when the present was revealed was great. meanwhile Rick remains emotionless

4:05 Nose bleed /blood soup scene: everyone panicking and Rick looking as if it were just hot ramen.

평소에 즐겨보던 채널인데 직접 리액션해주니까 진짜 좋네요ㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎ👍

One of the few reaction channels where the majority don’t read the synopsis. This is what sets you apart from the herd and makes you the best.

I think you guys accidentally watched it with the CC instead of the regular English subtitles. The CC uses the dub English whereas the regular subtitles have the proper translation from Korean

i have never been more excited for y’all to start a series

I'm from Germany but we also "sing" a little thing instead of just saying "red light green light". With all these reactions I was actually surprised that no American reactors were used to that😂 when I was a child we sang "Ochs' am Berg, dreh dich um" or "rotes Licht, grünes Licht, wer's nicht schafft verdient es nicht" (Bull on the hill, turn around/red light, green light, who doesn't make it doesn't deserve it), and you had to finish "singing" that before you were allowed to turn around. All the kids in our street would come together to play it so it was kinda nostalgic to see that huge amount of people play this game. Because that's what it felt like as a child.

YES THEY ARE WATCHING THE SUB!excited for this reaction series

finallyyy! this is such a great show. finished all episodes in one day and have been waiting for you guys to watch it!

Oh nice! So glad you guys are watching this. It’s such a gripping show!

I love how every single one of the human race is creeped out by that loan shark threatening to cut his nose.

I am glad y'all are watching this show, it's a masterpiece! one of those must watch shows, it got so many emotions and the pacing, acting is amazing!

oooh yes I think y'all are gonna really enjoy this show!

Welcome to Squid Game, Blind Wave! Very happy that you guys are watching & reacting to this awesome series & seeing it in Korean! Glad to see you guys again!

The island kind of looks like “Lian yu”from ARROW

The foreshadowing in this episode is on a whole other level

Yes! So glad you’re doing this

First series I've watched with all 4 of them (I only watched their DC reactions prior to this). Enjoy the show, guys!

YES! I was waiting for you guys to watch this series!

They're going to love discussing a lot of the themes and metaphors in this show.

Love the reaction discussion yall have. Everything yall say is on point . Keep it up guys 😀😀😀😀😀😀

LETS GOOOOOOOOO! WAS WAITING FOR YOU GUYS TO WATCH THIS!

I'm so happy right now. Can't wait for your reactions

Can't wait to see your reactions for the next episodes

What?! A subbed reaction from the whole crew? Is this a dream?!

OMG IM SO HAPPY YOURR WATCHING THIS. I WAS LITERALLY LOOKING FOR THIS EARLIER

Can't wait for your reaction to next episode!This show is freaking GOOD!

let's goooooo, this show reactions will be awesome

If they're watching this show, I hope "Sweet Home" could be a reaction series in the future.

I WAS WAITING FOR YOU GUYS TO REACT TO THIS!!

YES!! I AM SO GLAD YOURE REACTING TO THIS!!

Been waiting for this!!!!

I'm so glad you're watching it in Korean. So many things get lost in translation. So I hope if one day you watch Kingdom, you watch it in Korean as well. One can hope.

Thank you for respecting it and watching with subtitles!

Finally got around to watching this show last night. can't wait to watch the reactions of future episodes!

Been waiting for you guys to jump on this! I've enjoyed other reactors checking it out but I know the discussions are gonna be extra good with you guys

I'm super happy your schedule worked this one in, it's only 9 episodes after all, excited to hear what you guys think. I have yet to see the finale so I'll stay away from the comments but this is awesome.

I’m so glad that you guys are doing this.

The Blindwave crew is starting Squid game yay!! I already finished it myself I can't wait to see them react to every episode

This is a Netflix production, they didn't just buy an existing show and bring it over. They produced this one.

The participants' feeding costs after the first game are dramatically reduced.

I was hoping you guys would watch this and I'm so glad you guys are

so glad my favorite nerds are watching this, always love your guys’ reactions

I had my criticisms of this show but most of it is really enjoyable, and the messaging is great too.

This show feels like a live action Hunter X Hunter

Just finished the show and now can’t wait to see your reactions!!!!

YESSSSSSSS!!!!!! Considering how popular it’s become I was just waiting for your reaction!!!!!! AHHHHH I HAVE WATCH THE VID YET BUT IM SO EXCITED!!!!!

We used to call this game ‘statues’ when I was a kid.

oh boy you guys are in for quite an adventure with this one lol, one episode in particular is going to crush you and you'll know when that time comes

Oooo you guys are gonna love this one I can’t wait to see the rest of the show with y’all

I can’t wait to see your reactions to the rest of the episodes!!!

hell yeah this is such a good show

I love their reactions !! and I will love them more if they react to this great series !!

Glad you guys are watching it!

GUYS! FINALLY. I was thinking, Blind Wave should make reactions on this and you just did!

I just binged the shit out of this show! Looking forward to your reaction!

I just got done watching the show about an hour ago so glad there watching it

Yaaaaaaassss you guys!!! I was hoping your reaction to this amazing show!!! Enjoy!!!

I was thinking about you guys react to the show a few day ago. didn’t expect it to actually happen but a welcome one.