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Alice in Borderland — Season 3
📅 Japan • 2025
Format: Standard Series
Episodes: TBD (~8–10)
Duration: ~45 min each
✨ Synopsis
After Usagi is abducted by a mysterious scholar obsessed with the afterlife, Arisu returns to the perilous Borderland to rescue her. What could’ve been a slick psychological deep-dive ends up feeling like a confused encore nobody asked for, with recycled stakes, stretched arcs, and philosophical-but-nonsensical games.Drama: ★★★½ — Look, it’s not bad, but it’s giving “we had a perfectly good ending and Netflix said no.” The tension’s gone, the mystery’s recycled, and the emotional punch fizzled somewhere in production.
👥 Cast
💫 Kento Yamazaki — Ryōhei Arisu
“Doing his best, but the tension and spark from Seasons 1–2 are MIA. Emotional fatigue is real.”
🔥 Tao Tsuchiya — Yuzuha Usagi
“Still calm and competent, but her chemistry with Arisu is less electric and more déjà vu.”
💎 Kaku Kento — Matsuyama Ryuji
“The new ‘obsessed scholar’ energy is… intense, awkward, and kinda unnecessary.”
💎 Returning Favorites:
- Nijirō Murakami — Shuntaro Chishiya
- Ayaka Miyoshi — Rizuna Ann
- Sho Aoyagi — Morizono Aguni
- Aya Asahina — Hikari Kuina
💎 New additions: Try their best, but can’t quite salvage the writing.
💬 Ratings
🎭 Story: 💖 — 6/10 — “Still chaotic, but the plot feels stretched and uneven.”
💫 Acting/Cast: 🌟 — 6/10 — “Solid enough, but some characters feel flat or sidelined.”
🎧 Music: 🎵 — 4/10 — “Some tension in the soundtrack, but mostly forgettable.”
🔁 Rewatch Value: 💖 — 6/10 — “Worth a rewatch only if you’re craving chaos.”
🏆 Overall: 💖 — 6/10 — “Fun at moments, but lacks the punch of earlier seasons.”
📝 Review (WARNING: Potential Spoilers — I’m Not Saving You from Emotional Damage)
So, Season 3… I came in hyped. Seasons 1 and 2 had me hooked, heart racing, snacks flying everywhere, and I thought, “Okay, they’ve got this. Let’s go.” Instead, it’s like they stretched a perfectly good noodle into something… sad. Tension? Meh. Mystery? Recycled. Emotional punches? Somewhere behind me while I’m mid-snack, wondering why I bothered.
Arisu and Usagi are back, doing their thing, but that spark? Fainter than my willpower after a late-night snack run. And then Matsuyama Ryuji (Kaku Kento) shows up with his intense, obsessive energy and I’m sitting there thinking, “Bro… she literally didn’t ask for this.” The returning cast tries, bless them, but the new faces are basically walking extras in a story that already knows its ending. It’s like watching a rerun with slightly different clothes.
The “Joker” stage had some potential for mind-bending chaos, but instead… philosophical babble and over-complication. I rolled my eyes so hard I think I pulled a muscle. Rules that no one seems to remember, tension that fizzles before it lands, and me clutching snacks like life support. Classic Borderland? Not quite.
Still… there are flashes of nostalgia, a heartbeat or two that makes you remember why you fell in love with this series. But mostly, it drags. Recycles tension. Makes you mourn the brilliance of Season 2.
💭 Bottom line: “Netflix, I love you, but this one… yeah. Misfire. Sometimes the perfect ending is the ending you already had. 6/10, nostalgia points only, and extra snacks for survival.”
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