Alice in Borderland

In Season 1 of Netflix Japanese battle royale series Alice in Borderland, two elements stood out: one was that director Shinsuke Sato made sure that a huge ...

The new episodes also aren’t afraid of delving into the past of some key characters, which makes them all the more interesting to follow, as well as helps us speculate about their journey in Borderland and why they could be there. The good news is that the final tease in the very last scene could be worked on in a potential Season 3; if it does, we definitely can get a lot further and the last episode is easily forgivable, but if this turns out to be the actual ending, it’s truly a disappointment. The games make you think and invariably put you in the players’ positions, which ultimately keeps you involved all the way to the end. The greatest merit of Alice in Borderland Season 2 is its structure; the debut episode not only picks up immediately after where Season 1 left off but also starts the second season with the heat turned up to eleven, with a first ruthless boss that challenges everything that Arisu and Usagi think they know about the games. Both distinct qualities set a high bar for Season 2, and if this is what you expect from the new episodes, you’ll be happy to know that the bar is raised even higher this time around. The second was that the games were intriguing and invited the viewer to speculate about their outcome and wonder what we’d do if put in the same position as the protagonists.

Remember winter 2020? Man, that was a trip. Nearly everyone was sick so we all stayed home and gathered around the cold glow of our LCDs to find what joy we ...

Arisu is betrayed and left to die, but Chishiya and Kuina cannot escape; the Beach itself is the site of the next game. [TV](https://www.pajiba.com/tv_reviews/) Winning a challenge grants players a reprieve equal to the value of the card. Arisu, Usagi, Chishiya, Kuina, Aguni, and a few others remain to battle this next stage, and I for one can’t wait to see what horrors await them. Around the city, blimps drop huge banners proclaiming the next stage of the game, the battle for the face cards, has begun. It’s not long before Arisu’s worst fears are realized when a simple game of hide-and-seek’s terrible twist is revealed; only one player can survive the game, and Chōta and Karube sacrifice their own lives to protect their friend. As the 4 look around in confusion Mira, one of the Beach’s executives, appears on-screen. Turns out she’s one of the people manipulating things from behind the scenes. [James Field](https://www.pajiba.com/staff/james-field.php) Obsessed with video games and living a stress-free existence, Arisu hangs out with his BFFs Chōta (Yūki Morinaga) and Karube (Keita Machida) as much as possible. One of my favorite escapes during December was Alice in Borderland, a live-action adaptation of the Japanese manga of the same name. The first season was a nail-biting exercise in mental exhaustion, as each hour-long episode tracked a few characters through deadly games associated with playing cards.

If you love Netflix originals, then you know the drill. All eight episodes of Season 2 will be available to stream on Netflix starting at 3/2 a.m. ET on ...

And if Season 1 was all about learning the rules to this apocalyptic game, then Season 2 is trying to figure out why it exists in the first place. As for the bigwigs, Ann Rizuna (Ayaka Miyoshi), an executive of “the Beach”, and gamemaster Mira Kano (Riisa Naka) are also set to return. That’s when a brand new season of Alice in Borderland premieres on Netflix. All eight episodes of Season 2 will be available to stream on Netflix starting at 3/2 a.m. After most of Tokyo disappears, a handful of survivors are forced to participate in a series of games. Though the Japanese Alice in Borderland didn’t receive as much attention as the South Korean survival drama, this is a thrilling series you won’t want to miss.