Alice in Borderland
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Most games in Borderland are contained to one or two episodes to a specific time and place.
But not the King of Spades murder rampage.
The entire cityscape is his arena, and he can strike anytime.
But first, a more intimate showdown.
In an overgrown Shibuya Crossing, Arisu, Niragi, and Chishiya meet again.
These three have a lot of history together.
It isnt just Niragi that has done Arisu dirty.
But, unlike Niragi, perhaps Chishiya regrets it.
Maybe the games he has played and the people he has met this season have changed him.
Arisu seems to think so.
Do you know who hasnt changed?
Hes slowly bleeding out in agony, and he asks Niragi to shoot him.
Niragi pretends to consider it, aiming the gun before walking away.
I hope you suffer in agony until you die, he tells the suffering man.
I wont pull this trigger just to help myself, Arisu says.
I wanted to do something uncharacteristic, Chishiya tells Arisu and Usagi, remembering Arisu and Kuzuryus selflessness.
He wants to be like that, even if it is only in his death.
Niragi lies dying, too, shot by Arisus shotgun.
WhileAlice in Borderlandmay chiefly be a deadly competition dystopia, it incorporates many genres into its storytelling.
The showdown with the King of Spades is a classic action-movie shoot-out.
(Shout-out to the guy who hits the King of Spades with an exploding car.)
He grabs Aguni, crashes them both out the second-floor window, and throws the bomb into the drugstore.
that adds another layer when he could have been a throwaway villain.
This was the only way I knew how to save you, Isao tells Aguni.
Or at least that was the twisted logic his brain developed to keep killing and survive.
In the aftermath, Aguni considers killing himself, but the Hatter in his mind stops him.
Im the one who wanted your forgiveness.
Ann and Kuina are together, too.
They stare into one anothers eyes as they lie, bleeding on the ground.
Arisu and Usagi dont have time to mourn with their friends; they are still able-bodied enough to fight.
It is Mira, and she is ready to play.
Rope climbing in a massive atrium!
Mahjong to the death!
