The original post: /r/television by /u/FunctionAsUare4 on 2025-02-03 18:10:08.
I just finished this show now. First of all, this show was amazing. For the most part, the acting wasn’t a problem.
The games are definitely as good as people said they were. ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. King of Clubs was my favourite episode. Absoloutely peak. King of diamonds and Jack of(i forgot but it was the guess the shape one) were just as great.
I loved Usagi and Arisu’s relationship. One of the major things that actually made me love this show. To the point where i ignored the plot armour(we’ll get to this later) and desperately wanted Usagi to live despite what appeared to be heavy damage to the area which I suspect the femoral artery lies. Very small chance i would’ve not finished the show if she had died.
S1 ep3 was great, but not exactly as emotionally hitting as i heard it was.
At this point, I rated this show: Season 1:8,5 ; season 2:9,5. Which should be 9/10.
But then the ending. Goodness has this left a sour taste on my mouth to the point where I could shed a tear due to the fact that a show that I had loved gave me such a disappointing ending. Wow, such a journey until that last episode.
Aguni, Niragi, An, Kuina,Chishiya- Gone. At least, that’s what i think. The INSANE amount of plot armour is honestly disgusting. Shonen aren’t even like this(i think)(at least the good ones). This whole thing of ‘willpower’ seems insanely weak to me. Because one- it as a theory(but definitely has good evidence behind it), 2-Why is everyone else dying. They wanted to live? And Niragi who wanted to die- hes still alive. And An who i thought died- she’s still alive. Like, come on. I’d add Usagi too if i wasn’t a huge shipper(her character was great too).
3.Why are you trying to make these scenes emotional if they were never gonna die. Don’t show us all this gruesome stuff- all they need to do is want to live.
And what was the point of all the development in the games? All those moments, including Arisu and Usagi’s; they were nothing??? Like someone else said in a comment on anothe post, we were ‘robbed of the romance’ because “oh, memory wiped”. But it’s not just that, all those sentimental moments-nothing? How can a caracter develop if they have no knowledge of their traumatic experiences?
Like with all the shows I loved, i watch edits of them on Yt after i finish them. I was gonna go back and rewatch some of the moments i loved(basically asiru and usagi), but the ending kinda ruins it.
It’s a shame because before the ending, I thought thag this show was Peak. Now, I say that it is definitely on Squid games’s level. However, SG didn’t have any of this plot armour. Shot once, u were basiclly dead. The overall more realistic nature of this and the not-short-lived emotional impact of the show gives it a huge edge over AIB.
And you know what’s funny. Shows like One Piece get a lot of hate for stuff like this, but we gotta throw in ‘willpower’, and everything’s ok for AIB?
So, overall, this show is a 8.5 for me. Would’ve been 9.