Alice in Borderland s3

It's 4:30am and i have to work tomorrow at 9 and nobody will prolly read that but i just finished Alice in Borderland s3 and i HAVE to express myself abt that.

Sorry for my english, i'm tired it might be terrible.

!! SPOILERS !!

Let's start with WHAT WITH THE BABY BEING A PLAYER THIS YEAR ?? WHAT WITH THE MAIN CHARACTER SACRIFYING THIS YEAR ?? WHAT WITH THE GAME SERIE OPENING UP INTERNATIONALLY ??? 

After that, I'll stop the comparaison between Alice in Borderland and Squid Game, cause Squid Game is cool, Alice in Borderland IS BEYOND PEAK, BEYOND MASTERPIECE.

I'll organise this blog in many categories, let's start.

The characters : 

Imma start with the fact that I'm so disappointed that Chishiya and Kuina were not in that season. They were my favorite characters. I was so frustrated at first but anyways I love AIB sm it wouldn't prevent me from watching. I was so happy to see them again in the last episode. Honestly the interaction with Chishiya was quite weird I wonder if he remembers the Borderland, I know in cinema nothing is accidental so the "hmmmm" after he asked Arisu what was making his life worth living got me perplexe. 

So i found myself new favorite characters : Nobu and Rei. Honestly I chose them as my favorite characters during the Zombie game and I was right. I think it's the first time i don't choose a favorite character that literally die first. First time in my life not in mourning... kinda nervous (haha).

Nobu's such a cutie and I felt so bad for him. I honestly got scared during the last game i gen thought he wasn't gonna make it, i'm relieved. And Rei, she just ate it. Honestly i was disappointed that her strategical competences only showed up in the Zombie game, but there was not enough game ig. But it's ok. 

Let's speak about Ryuji. I just don't understand him. I normally understand characters pretty well but him ??? What the hell. I didn't understand this weird obsession he had with Usagi. Did he know her before the game except what we saw ? Why does he have this file of Usagi we keep seeing in the last game ? He wanted to see the after-life, he had to shoot Usagi to see the after-life, but after he didn't have to shoot Usagi anymore, why did he still want to go to the after-life with her ? Did he fell in love with her ? I really don't get it.

Arisu ate it once again. I love this main character sm. But i found him changed sm since last season, like ok he cut his hair but there was something else, he looked sm older. Like in s1/2, Arisu was for me a pre-adult, around 20yo. I know it's only five years later but he gen looked 30/35 in this season, he was almost like a father to other character. It was weird but ig i liked this version of Arisu too. 

The death : 

Tbh death were both worse and better than in s1/2. I mean, i felt bad for more character in this season, which makes it worse, but less characters i was truly attached to died, and the death were less horrible.

For example, in this season, I felt soooo bad for Shion and Natsu. They were such cuties. Also the man with tattoo. I felt so bad. And the drugged man, and the big brother, and the train addict, and the glasses one, and the girl that died in the tower when Usagi tried to save her. I felt bad for all of them. The only two I didn't feel bad for are Ryuji and the orange dressed girl (she was so rude stop). But there haven't been any death where i was crying my soul out. 

But in season 1 and 2 i felt less bad for people dying, but i got really affected by Chota, Karube, Kyuma and Tatta's death. When I mean affected, I mean I'm still crying even if it's been YEARS. 

The plot :

Honestly the plot was good but I understood NOTHING. AND I'M GOOD AT UNDERSTANDING SHOWS. 

I just don't get it. What the hell is the Borderland. I thought I figured it out at the end of season 2 but this season just confused me even more. I thought the Borderland was in fact a shared consciousness where you go when your heart stop beating and you play game and if you survive all the game you come back to life. But i thought this Borderland phenomenon was brought by the meteorit, and that they were the only one to experience that. I mean, at the end of season 2 we realized they were all at Shibuya. So every characters of s1 died of the same thing. 

But now, s3, every characters already experienced the Borderland but for different reasons that means, at different times. You have to die in the exact same two minutes to meet in the Borderland. So they weren't in the same Borderland as Arisu and Usagi. But then, what exactly is the Borderland, what about the people that had their heart stop beating during the second phase of the games ? They were no new players during this phase. Does that mean that a phase 1 was starting again in like a parallel Borderland for new players ? Then, is there always like 2 Borderland, the phase one and the phase two, when you die you go in the phase 1 and play the games until all the card are played, then you go to phase two and a new phase 1 start again the second you left phase one ? Or is it parallels universes being creating and creating again and again ? 

Would that mean that citizens are just being renewed every time ? Cause when Arisu defeated the king and queens they truly died, does other characters in others phases 2 defeat other king and queens ? And who the fuck is the Joker, there must be a "someone" behind all that i mean there couldn't be such a complex world and just be "like that". There has to be something. 

And the characters in s3, did they all choose to come back in the Borderland just like Arisu ? Or did they die again ? Isn't it weird that they all experienced it before ? That means the only people that died in these two minutes already "died" once. I don't get it. Or do the people that die for the first time during this two minutes go to a parallel Borderland which is phase 1 ? Then does that mean that both phases 1, 2 and 3 are always going on and going on continually ? But still, how is it possible that within the same two minutes, that much people that already "died" once die again from pure chance ? I don't believe that, but they seemed to not know why they were here in the beginning, so WHY THE FUCK DID THEY COME BACK HERE, BUT NOT CHISHIYA, OR KUINA, OR THE OTHERS. I don't understand. 

Also, I was a bit surprised cause characters in this season were supposed to have survived to the Borderland once already. They must be either super clever or super sportive. But during the first games there were a bunch of victims that would NEVER had win any game in the first Borderland. How the fuck did they survive once, and why are they here now. THERE'S JUST SO MUCH THING I DON'T GET ARGGGG I'M SO FRUSTRATED!!!!

And why isn't there much old people in the Borderland ? Is the Borderland only for people that died from unnatural causes ? Does the old people just go through life to death without going in the Borderland ? 

Also, the end got me thinking but why is there only japanese people in the Borderland ? Does that mean each country has its Borderland ? Or is it something "created" by japanese for japanese. 

The games : 

The games were cool. I think my favorite was the Zombie one. But I loved the train one too. 

Me if I was in AIB :

Honestly, I thought about that multiple times since I've watched AIB for the first time. I've never been in life endangered situation so I really don't know how I would act but i know I'm really afraid of death, like really really since i was a kid. I know everybody is and i don't wanna sound like "omg i'm so different" but i think i am even more scared that people normally are, I base that on conversations and experiences i had in the past.

So that made me think that I would probably be an asshole only thinking about her life. I would also have died in the first game I think since I would never have been able to think clearly. Anyways : 

Game one, i would have been this girl who randomly open a door and die while if i had listen to Arisu I would have survived. 

Game two : I would have stumble in the stairs and would have been killed.

Game three : Friends or not I would have betrayed everybody to be sure I survive. I don't think I have friends I care about enough to sacrifice myself like Karube and Chota did. I would have been a true asshole yeah, fighting for my life.

And I actually in most of the game i would have die or be an asshole cause i want to save my ass. 

BUT. There is this one game. Where I actually think I would have done better than the characters. And this is the last game. Tbh, I don't get why the future was such a thing. I mean, you are the master of your fate !! Because you chose the door where you become an architect DOES NOT MEAN YOU WILL !! And what would the game actually know about the future ? And even if we imagine it's a out of time space so it knows everything about past present and future, how could it choose your future for you ??? This just makes no sense at all. It should never have been a difficulty for them. I don't lack empathy, I get that Nobu was traumatized so it altered his judgment, and the man under drug was... under drugs, so same for him. But i don't get for the brother and sister, I really don't get. Man, because you choose this door your sister will marry, and if you choose the other door he'll broke up with her ? That makes no sense. And even, why would she marry a man that could, in some possibilities, dump her ? Same goes for the lady. You want to go through the door where your husband treats you well BUT GIRL, why would you want to stay with a man that could possibly treats you bad ???? 

I don't know if you get what i mean but yeah, this has been my thoughts about that.

I also want to speak about the brother and the sister. I'm a big sister and have two younger brothers that i love really deeply. But I've been wondering if i would have take risks for my brothers the way the older brother did. I really love my brother, if there is any people on earth i would sacrify for it's them, but would i do it ? I don't know. Would I have use my points again and again so that my brothers don't use theirs ? I don't know. I'm not saying I wouldn't do it, i'm saying i'm gen wondering if my brothers would make me stop being an asshole in the Borderland. 

The end : 

Yeah so let's speak about the end. First, gen so relieved everyone is happy. I almost haven't cried this season (yayyy).

I think there might be a season 4. With new characters, an american version ig. I don't know if it's cool.

For Squid game I thought this was cool. I didn't really like characters (except 120, rest in peace). For AIB I don't know. I really love Arisu and I'm not sure if I would appreciate starting everything again with new characters. And I think good series should really learn when to stop before it gets ruined. I'm worried now. 

Anyways, there's no certitude for now. Time will tell.  

Just a little thought that it's actually crazy how it's similar to Squid Game. I've watch AIB in february 2023 and I loved it sm (when i say that i mean i was totally obsessed) I've watched Squid Game right after cause some told me it was similar. Actually, except for the game concept it's not that similar. But I still liked it. Then I've watched s2 in january and s3 two weeks ago. I find this very funny that both series made a baby be player and decided to make an international opening, both series were filmed in the same time so no one took the idea to the other. That's fun. 

I'll finish here. I could speak for literal HOURS more but it's now 5:43 am AND I HAVE TO SLEEP BEFORE WORK (imma die when waking up). 

If by any chance someone read that entirely please tell me your opinions about it !!! I'd love to discuss it :)