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Alice in Borderland — Season 2
📅 Japan • 2022
Format: Standard Series
Episodes: 8
Duration: ~45 min each
📺 Available on: Netflix (Sub)
Arisu, Usagi, and the survivors of the first season are back, and Borderland has dialed the stakes way up. The mysterious “Joker” stage, deadly new games, and treacherous players await. Survival is no longer just about brains and luck—it’s about reading people, predicting chaos, and somehow keeping your humanity when everything is trying to kill you.
👥 Cast
💫 Kento Yamazaki — Ryōhei Arisu
“Gamer boy turned survival strategist. Still panicky, still relatable, still my emotional punching bag.”
🔥 Tao Tsuchiya — Yuzuha Usagi
“Silent, smart, and deadly. Calm as ever, but she can melt a heart or shatter a plan with a glance.”
💎 Nijirō Murakami — Shuntaro Chishiya
“Sly, chaotic, infuriating, and brilliant. He plays everyone like a violin, and I love it.”
💎 New Players:
- Tomohisa Yamashita — Ginji Kyuma: Charming but unpredictable.
- Hayato Isomura — Sunato Banda: Dangerous, calculating, and very good at making me sweat.
💎 Returning Favorites:
- Yūki Morinaga — Chōta Segawa
- Keita Machida — Daikichi Karube
- Aya Asahina — Hikari Kuina
…and the rest of the Borderland ensemble causing chaos in style.
💬 Ratings
🎭 Story: 💖 — 10/10 — “Still gripping, escalating tension with every mind-bending game.”
💫 Acting/Cast: 🌟 — 8.5/10 — “Solid performances, though a few side characters feel a bit undercooked.”
🎧 Music: 🎵 — 4.5/10 — “Some tracks really hit, others fall flat; overall just okay.”
🔁 Rewatch Value: 💖 — 10/10 — “Binge-worthy chaos you’ll happily revisit.”
🏆 Overall: 💖 — 8.5/10 — “High stakes, thrilling twists, and addictive suspense.”
📝 Review (WARNING: Potential Spoilers — I’m Not Saving You from Emotional Damage)
Oh. My. God. Season 2 started and I barely even had time to breathe. The first game? Heart in my throat, screaming at the screen, “NO! DON’T DO THAT!” I swear, I was gripping my snacks like they were life rafts. This is exactly that “I can’t stop, what have I done to myself” feeling I got with Tokyo Ghoul. Borderland just drags you in and doesn’t let go.
And the chaos… oh the chaos. None of these people are traditionally “hot” or whatever, and I don’t even care. It’s the quirks that get you. Arisu trying to be clever while panicking, Usagi silently killing everyone with her brain, Chishiya being smug and chaotic… I laughed, I cried, I yelled at the screen, sometimes all at once. That naked man moment? Iconic. Legendary. My neighbors might have heard me.
The games keep getting nastier, the alliances keep breaking, and I swear my snack pile kept disappearing in real life while all this was happening. I think I blinked and ten minutes were gone, heart thumping like a bass drum. The tension never lets up. One second I’m cheering for Arisu, the next I’m clutching my chest because someone definitely just died in a way that feels personal.
And the finale… oh boy. Brain fried, heart shredded, snacks obliterated. Every cliffhanger, every tiny betrayal, every little moment that should’ve been calm? Nope. Not calm. Not even a little. I might have thrown my hands up at the screen like three times. I loved it. I hate that I loved it.
💭 Final Mood
Emotionally shredded, heart racing, snacks gone, brain fried. Can’t stop thinking about every twist, betrayal, and chaotic move. Totally unhinged, totally addicted.
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