Alice In Borderland S2 Episode 6
Added 2025-03-26 18:56:07 +0000 UTCComments
I only hate in all this episodes that you saying something like "Chashaya" :D when its "Chishiya" :D i love your reactions :D but hear that name like that everytime killing me
eMko
2026-03-07 16:15:55 +0000 UTCIn the manga, Chishiya is clinically apathetic. I personally find it a lot more compelling to see him lose his belief in life and in the world through his time as a medical student under very similar circumstances to the King of Diamonds. The King of Diamonds' motivation is very clear and simple, as he said himself, he does not want to impose a specific value upon any living being. He feels that he is not qualified to make that choice. Chishiya built an apathetic shell around his soul for most likely the same reason. By acting the way he has, and distancing himself from everything, he does not have to value any specific human life. That's why the King of Diamonds game is made to be as fair as possible. Difficult and complex, yes, but without tricks, just logic and deduction. No one can rig the math to target a particular player, they can only do their best for themselves. But the thing is, of course he's not qualified to make that choice, nobody is! And yet, you can't avoid it. You can't live for real without putting a value on other lives, because that's what forming relationships is. That's why Chishiya's always off on his own, that's why he's the best at the Diamond games of logic, and that's why it was important for him to meet the King of Diamonds. Because the King didn't do it out of some general self-sacrificial ideal or penance, he did it because he wanted to stay true to his own belief rather than give up on living his way for his own purpose. The very thing that Chishiya did in his flashback. You can see the exact moment that the light in his eyes disappears, the moment the medical student who comforted the child and was taken aback by the hospital's bribery died. Chishiya needed to experience that someone like himself, the King, was really willing to stick to his ideals to the bitter end, rather than giving up. Telling Chishiya, "you don't get to break my belief in my way of living." Hearing that is the necessary first step to resurrect Chishiya's true soul. It's also an excellent showing of the show's message of absurdism. Living, and living kindly, in spite of all the horrors around us, will have ripple effects that make things better. We're in this shithole together. On a whim, Arisu called out to Usagi during the tag game to work together and save lives. As a direct response, Usagi saves his life after he loses Chota and Karube and takes him in. As a part of that process, Arisu chooses to save the life of the injured man in the bus in episode 4, and HE is the guy who saves the King of Diamonds! And because of that, the King of Diamonds is able to save Chishiya's mindset, which results in Chishiya being alive and able to help with what comes next episode.
Carl-Emil Schjøtt Kramshøj
2025-05-08 21:15:16 +0000 UTCThere are some really cool bts stories online about Tao Tsuchiya and Chihiro Yamamoto training together for six months in order to pull off the beginning of this episode :) Speaking of, I still think the real lie is that Lisa doesn't care about Usagi. That's why Lisa wants Arisu, to prove that she's a hypocrite, and will change sides just like all the rest if Lisa steals "her man". That Usagi will be left with nothing and will then give up like all the rest. This is why she's the perfect final boss for Usagi, who has given up on life since the moment we first saw her. It's that kind of confrontation that makes her realize that she does in fact want to live, even if it is just for life itself. None of the reasons people tried to give her are good enough, because they don't understand how that despair feels. But once you realize that you want to live for the sake of living, you're free. (which is likely also why Lisa went out the way she did) Man, I still can't watch Usagi's speech without crying. Just like Arisu, we see how she had no ideals in the real world and instead found them forged in fire in this world. I'd even argue that she goes a step further than him. It hits extremely close to home that a character like her can be confronted with how overwhelming the despair she felt living every day, and then choosing to live in spite of that pain and that inexplainable tragedy. Because our world and this one ARE the same, the games are just simpler and easier to accept, exactly like you guys said. (LOVED your take on this part, it's so satisfying to finally watch reactors that are willing to really dig into the heavy and difficult messages that this show is screaming at us) But Usagi realized she was stagnating. That there was still joy to be found in living, even if she didn't have a reason or a grand purpose, so long as you remember the kindness and love in people. It didn't matter that she had suffered, that she had been alone, she's here now and Arisu loves her. Everything Everywhere All At Once had a fantastic scene that sums up the same thing as Usagi's realization: "You tell me it's a cruel world and we're all running around in circles. I know that. I've been on this earth just as many days as you." "I know you are all fighting because you are scared and confused. I'm confused too. All day, I don't know what the heck is going on. But somehow, this feels like it's all my fault." "When I choose to see the good side of things, I'm not being naive. It is strategic and necessary. It's how I've learned to survive through everything." You have to CHOOSE to live, every day, all the time. It's a bloody and ugly and terrifying struggle, but you have to live. That's how you "win the game". Show the world that for all its unexplainable horrors, for all the evil that prevails, it can't break you. Live in spite of everything that is wrong. Sincerely. Kindly. Vulnerably. I think Wes called that attitude transcendent in a previous episode, and I fully agree. This is also why it is SO important that Usagi is the one that in this specific moment finally clears a game where everybody survives. Where all the players get to live. That's also why it feels meaningful to me that the hot spring scene happens after Usagi choose life and is rewarded for it. And hey, elephants are at least colloquially known to partner for life and symbolize loyalty, so seeing a pair of them in the same hot spring definitely wasn't a coincidence :)
Carl-Emil Schjøtt Kramshøj
2025-05-08 20:04:03 +0000 UTCI’m my opinion the king of diamonds wanted the players to show him what the value of life is and answer the question for him but Chishiya made him pick the answer instead. By constantly telling him and even showing him he pick 100 the king would have to decide the value of Chishiya’s life all on his own and he simply decided that. So I don’t really think it was just about self sacrifice
Chideraa Udegbulem
2025-04-13 08:22:51 +0000 UTCI am just waiting for Wesley to cry seeing Eun Ha from Flower of Evil (2020). Finger crossed hoping for it to be the next drama. I think they will love it a lot because both of them pay a lot of attention to detail.
Sajidul Haque
2025-04-01 22:12:43 +0000 UTCThank you so much!!!! This means a lot!!!
Wes And Steph
2025-04-01 03:21:40 +0000 UTCThese discussions between Steph and Wes make the experience of rewatching AiB much better because of new perspectives on the topics presented in the show. Each time Steph/Wes click pause batton, I just knew that there's interesting observation coming, and it enriches the overall narrative of AiB. Usually I would have been irritated by constant pausing during the watch, but here it's actually don't bother me at all. The whole discussion about King of Diamond vs Chishiya alone is fascinating to witness. And there were so many great points made by both reactors in the past AiB episodes about either characters or the unfolding events which AiB fans surely appreciate a lot. I'm just happy to find this awesome Patreon channel, thank you for your wonderful reactions! Next two episodes are the best for the whole series and will be such a rollercoaster of emotions. AiB truly is a masterpiece which deserves proper recognition (it has currently no awards whatsoever which is absurd) in TV industry and among casual viewers.
Dylan Hearts
2025-03-31 15:15:18 +0000 UTCInterestingly, Momoka's choice was a sacrifice for her friend to keep living. In the AiB manga, there is a rumor that if a "Dealer" kills 100 people within the games they will be sent home. So this was a choice so that her friend would survive and go home, since she felt growing guilt at the role she played within the system. This is what makes seeing that flashback in this show so interesting as they both died in the end for their own ideals and the sake of being free.
Rogue Demon
2025-03-27 05:33:52 +0000 UTCI'm new to this channel. I really enjoy how much commentary you guys have in your videos. I found you through your season 1 video on YouTube and I might go and watch your full reactions to season 1. Also loved your Extraordinary Attorney Woo reactions and catching up on the All of Us Are Dead reactions.
Chuck Bartowski
2025-03-27 01:48:56 +0000 UTCI watched along with you guys up until the last 3 episodes. Then I watched with my brother, and the subtitles were different then. Not like these are bad but in a few instances I do like the other one. For example Momoka's speech. "I did it for my ideals. The human heart is a beautiful thing. Human life is precious. I believe that, truly. And when I look at my life, I know I've been able to survive because of those ideals. Your games and rules don't get to kill me. I'm not going to die because I lost. I'm doing this to show you all that you're wrong. They're not going to kill each other because they're not all bad. If I'm destined to die here today... then I get to choose how I walk that path." She doesn't use the word massacre here, which makes her sacrifice for her ideals seem futile or naive. In this version she asserts that not all of the participants are ruthless (which is true, Arisu and crew, and all the others that survived the Beach). With this translation she and her ideals come out more vindicated, which in turn inspires and solidifies Kuzuryu's resolve.
Ethereal
2025-03-27 00:17:30 +0000 UTCWHAT
pigbo
2025-03-27 00:13:57 +0000 UTCWhen I voted for you guys to watch AiB, I wanted to see your reaction to specifically this episode, and the King of Diamond. The Beauty Contest game references the Keynesian Beauty Contest, which was an experiment where people voted from a list of women who they thought had the most popularity, rather than making personal judgments. Keynes linked the contest to equity investments in business. I thought that was interesting, since Kuzuryu used that logic of popularity to make the game. Since the time I’ve seen it to you guys’ reaction, they changed the subtitles, and I want to highlight 1:12:52. The differences between the previous one and the current one is actually crazy (it’s my favorite line in the series, and is actually kind of hard to translate because it’s so subjective). The current one is “Mine is a life that is charging headlong toward death. Does this life have value or not? I’d like for you to decide.” Not grammatically correct/weird syntax in English but just because it is literally translating the Japanese. Not a very good translation though. The previous line said, “Sitting across from you is a man who is charging towards death. You have to decide. What value does this life hold?”Much better, but still not complete accurate. The Japanese says, 「ここに俺という死に向かって突き進む命がある。この命に価値があるのかないのかぜひとも決めてくれ」.. Instead of directly translating it, I want to highlight the word “価値(kachi).” In Netflix, is translated as “value,”but in my head, it’s also profit/worth. The word itself literally means “gain” but changes with context. Also, when he asks Kuzuryu to decide, instead of “you have to decide,” or “I’d like for you to decide,” Chishiya used “くれ (kure),” which is literally like he’s pleading (the polite version: ください). Almost as if he wants to see how Kuzuryu decides. Japanese is very nuanced and it’s a bit hard to explain connotations behind words. Honestly I just noticed that they edited the translations, and I’m actually so glad because the previous ones were actually really inaccurate (they kinda still are but...) Anyways, I’ve been waiting for you guys to see this episode, and I’m so glad. This episode really encapsulates the theme of AiB (I have a lot more to say abt this episode, it’s just very precious to me). I’ve seen it so many times but I still get emotional. Thank you so much for sharing your opinion and thoughts.
Maya
2025-03-26 22:28:50 +0000 UTCNo Mira and the a Queen of Spades are different people, but they do look similar. Would be cool if they're sisters in real life
QBTHEKING23
2025-03-26 22:05:06 +0000 UTChey thanks for the reaction! One thing though, is that the queen of spades is not the same person as the woman who was an executive on the beach
Janne
2025-03-26 21:19:57 +0000 UTCDid you notice the guy who saved the king of diamonds once was the guy Arisu went back for in the running game (with the hurt leg)?
Molly Clifford
2025-03-26 21:18:06 +0000 UTCChishiya is the farthest thing from being suicidal. =)) Not even in our world, definitely not in that world and at that specific moment, it was just a dick measuring contest and as a man I thought you would get it straight away
Cezar Bianu
2025-03-26 21:02:33 +0000 UTCThe Guy who saved King of Diamond is the same guy Arisu and Usagi saved in Season 1 Episode 4 Bus in the tunnel.
Sajidul Haque
2025-03-26 19:52:23 +0000 UTCI still remember when Arisu and his friend were looking for the doctor in the 2. ep 🥲
Pari
2025-03-26 19:31:57 +0000 UTCHi guys! Love the content! 💗
Beth Edwards
2025-03-26 19:21:22 +0000 UTC
