There’s a trump card in this deck.
As entertaining as it was to spend a few hours with Arisu (Kento Yamazaki), Usagi (Tao Tsuchiya), and Chishiya (Nijiro Murakami) in Season 2 of Alice in Borderland, viewers were eagerly anticipating something more than the show’s signature life-or-death games: resolution.
Season 2 of the Japanese series was tasked with explaining everything that had been going on in the first season, which had given us almost no information about the game’s creators, Borderland itself, or the laws. Sure enough, that’s exactly what happened. You could say that.
Season 2 of Alice in Borderland is a lot of fun, especially with the new games, but you can’t deny that creator Shinsuke Sato kept us in the dark for a long time. But now we know for sure: What exactly are these games and Borderland?
As you may have anticipated, there is no easy answer. First, Season 2’s answers could shift if the show is renewed for a third season, and there’s a lot of evidence to suggest that could happen. But if the Season 2 finale is meant to serve as the series finale, then we have most of the answers we’re looking for, whether we like them or not.
Show Your Hand… Or Don’t
Season 1’s Mira Kano, the Queen of Hearts, is the final “boss” (or “citizen”) of Borderland, and Arisu and Usagi finally reach her in Episode 8. (Riisa Naka). She says that, unlike the other games, they don’t have to kill anyone to win, and that all they have to do is make it to the conclusion of a game of croquet.
Mira is able to snap out of her delusion (more on that later) as Arisu and Usagi continue to press her for an explanation while they wrap up their game of croquet. As she is being vaporized by a laser, the Queen tells Arisu that she “will find out soon” what the game is about. She also tells him that he’ll be offered a choice between two options; either way, he’ll get the answer.
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As fireworks light up the Borderland sky, a booming voice announces that all games have been cleared and the remaining players are requested to declare aloud whether or not they accept “permanent residency in our country.” Our favorite players from Season 2 go down, and then they’re suddenly whisked back to Tokyo, where they learn that only a few minutes have gone. Two distinct interpretations of the games and Borderland are now possible.
