no maybe it’s the reverse, not enough twisty levels of misdirection. maybe the fantasy is that there exist entities coherent and powerful enough to run death games, *therefore* all one has to do is please or outwit such entities. a deeply bureaucratized substitute for god?
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the only other korean thing i’ve seen even sort of recently is parasite and it has me wondering why i see purely financial / economic problems at the center of plots in american fiction so rarely. maybe i just don’t run into them?
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kinda want the pickpocket girl to beat me up tbh
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oh no she’s fucking gorgeous shit 🥵
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oh they’re forming little teams that’s cute as shit
idk what’s going on with the… indian?… guy tho, in terms of south korean racial dynamics
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i suppose this bit of the social commentary is pretty explicit: they leave the game and then come back because the outside is even worse and at least in the game they have some hope. episode 2 is literally called “hell” and it’s referring to the outside, not the game
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alright 3 eps is probably enough for tonight. will probably finish at least so i can see more of pickpocket girl
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oh shit is really heating up in these middle few episodes damn. hard choices all around
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they did not splurge on the actors who have to speak english here in episode 7 😬
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oh it hurts. they’re only a small step up from bad english voice acting in anime. shocked they couldn’t afford better actors for this, it meaningfully reduces the tension in these scenes for me
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somewhat disappointed in the ending. everything hinges on the final explanation for why the games are happening and that explanation is not very good imo. would still recommend as a watch overall
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idk how to get sad when characters in fiction die 🤔 i get sad mostly when they are much kinder than anyone around them gives them a reason to be
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