She believes that humanity is good, and that her death as the “witch” won’t lead to a massacre. In a Season 2 flashback to the events of the Witch Hunt, we see Momoka tell Kuzuryu, aka the King of Diamonds, that she has volunteered to kill herself for the Witch Hunt because she wants to live (or, in this case, die) by her ideals. At the end of Season 1, we discover that Momoka and Asahi are “dealers,” people who have been recruited to make and monitor the games in exchange for extended visas and the hope they might eventually be able to leave Borderland. Much of Alice in Borderland Season 2 was devoted to exploring the role of “dealers” and “citizens” in Borderland. Kyūma confronts Arisu in Alice in Borderland Season 2. Who is running Borderland? Citizens and dealers explained This gives the story a thematic depth and relatability that elevates it above a plot-driven story of survival. And Arisu’s journey, at least, is as much about surviving his depression and survivor’s guilt as it is about clearing the games. Some people in Borderland choose to end their own lives. Not just someone else’s.” For some in Borderland, the fight for survival is taken out of their hands - stricken down by one of the King of Spades’ bullets or a laser from the sky - but there seems to be a degree of intention or free will at play here, too. “I hope you find your own true reason for living. “I hope you find it soon,” Kyuma tells Arisu in the third episode of the season, shortly before the likable nudist dies himself. The reason for the players’ transport to Borderland ties into Arisu’s central internal struggle to find a motivation to live. The players’ hearts may only be stopped for a minute in the real world, but, in Borderland, many days pass. This is what brings them to Borderland, where time passes very differently. we see Tatta in a work truck, and Ann and Kuina crossing the busy street), and are victims of the same disaster, causing their hearts to stop. Everyone Arisu meets in Borderland was also in Shibuya that day (e.g. The critically injured victims of the Tokyo Meteorite Disaster fight for their lives in Borderland, which is some kind of liminal space between life or death. What is Borderland?īorderland is a kind of purgatory. dropping two nuclear bombs on its cities during World War II, which immediately killed an estimated 120,000 people and led to another estimated tens of thousands deaths from radiation exposure. The country also has the collective trauma of the U.S. Because of climate and topography, the island nation is particularly vulnerable to natural disasters like tsunamis and earthquakes. From Godzilla to Your Name, Japan has a history of using both natural and manmade disasters as subject matter in its genre storytelling. This twist has a place in Japan’s cinematic history. many of the characters we meet in Borderland - to fight for their lives. The space debris hits and explodes in the Shibuya area of the city, instantly killing many and sending others - i.e. As we learn in the Season 2 finale, what first appeared to be fireworks in the sky over Tokyo was actually a meteorite. Later, a woman Kaito Kameyama interviews for his documentary says she remembers “fireworks that weren’t really fireworks” when they all came to Borderland. As Ariusu, Chota, and Karube run into the subway station at Shibuya Crossing in the very first episode of Alice in Borderland, fireworks explode in the sky above the city. It all started with fireworks, or so we thought.
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