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bravetab t1_j29rq9t wrote

Yea I agree. Where squid games made the plight of the players very relatable (crippling debt, class inequality), Alice made the characters almost laughable. In squid games the main character is going to lose his daughter and his mother is dying because he can't afford medication... All because of his drinking and gambling addiction.

In Alice, the main character is sad because he played too many video games.

Not to mention in Alice the characters speak in frustratingly vague generalities. All life is equal, don't abandon your ideals etc, without ever really quantifying them in any significant way.

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bravetab t1_j24knsg wrote

Reply to comment by Thromkai in Alice in Borderland by EkaterinaGagutlova

Honestly I've been into anime, manga and jrpgs since I was like 8 so it's nothing new to me. I guess getting older it's just lost most of its charm.

Despite that I think Alice has been a really entertaining series, and better than the majority of adaptations I'm used to.

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bravetab t1_j23z9i9 wrote

In season one i was really tired of Chishiya's "Too cool for school" attitude. However his Solitary Confinement episode was probably my favorite of the season. The fact that only he, a massive egotisical psychopath and a literally SERIAL KILLER surived that game was HILARIOUS to me.

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bravetab t1_j21afuk wrote

I really am enjoying season 2, albeit a little less than i enjoyed season 1.

I think that while i typically enjoy the heavy science fiction nature of Alice in Borderlands more, Squid Game is a better show imo. Mostly i find that overly excessive Japanese melodrama to be exhausting. Characters standing around, looking in opposite directions, speaking in philosophical terms... its just too much.

When the show gets to the actual story and the action and the games, its pretty damn entertaining.

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