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OLD & NEW alice in borderland characters in AiB S1-S2:
based on the alice in wonderland canon books by lewis carroll (NOT the films & animations)

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#今際の国のアリス #AliceinBorderland #AliceInBorderlandS2 #AliceinBorderland2
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thank you so much @nakagawis for the thread of AiB s1 characters, for listening to me & @ottersandfics for tatta & kuzuryu analysis & everything.
even if this flops, i thank you & the others who read. 😅
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a. keiichi #KUZURYU the king of diamonds is the dodo (thanks @ottersandfics). there's a hayato doudou in the manga but he's not the dodo. i'll explain more.
#AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2 keiichi kuzuryu as the dodo of alice in wonderland. the dodo
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a.1 #KUZURYU as a rare honest lawyer is a criticism on modern capitalistic japan. the dodo as a political extinct bird is a satire on victorian british politics #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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a.2 #KUZURYU believed in equality, like the dodo. kuzuryu was always in blue because the dodo's feathers were (reportedly) blue. #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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b. ryohei #ARISU is alice (i'm sure you knew this). but especially so because he was unsure of himself, asked a lot, dreamed cried, & was kind & compassionate. #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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b.1 #ARISU is kind &emotional because aib & aiw are meant to show arisu's & alice's growing self awareness & self development. #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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c. ginji #KYUMA is the gryphon. written as a nudist because alice was amazed by the gryphon (a mythical creature). so arisu had to be made shocked about kyuma #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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c.1 #KYUMA was a musician loyal. just like the gryphon loves singing & dancing with his friends. also, they both lived by the sea when they met arisu & alice in aib & aiw. #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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c.2 #KYUMA was the 1st citizen whom arisu approached to talk about borderland, just like the gryphon told alice about wonderland's secret. #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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d. yuzuha #USAGI is the white rabbit. so she runs, jumps, climbs. she's always in spades games where time & agility matter because the rabbit runs with a pocket watch #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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d.1 # USAGI & arisu were shown hunting rabbits in s1 & s2 as throwbacks to the canon scene where alice chased the running white rabbit down to the rabbit hole.
#AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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d.2 #USAGI is always seen in either white/red/orange/ yellow because the illustrations of the white rabbits' clothes are in those colors. #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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d.3 #USAGI as the key of hope for arisu & chishiya to survive & leave borderland is a symmetry to the white rabbit as the start of alice's innocent wonderland dreams #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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e. Lisa the queen of spades is actually the red queen. in the alice books, the red queen & queen of hearts are 2 different charactes (unlike the disney films). #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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e.2 Lisa ran fast to capture arisu because the queen of spades game was actually a rough chess. arisu (alice) is a white pawn while she's red queen. #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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e.3 Lisa had to die because when a chess piece is captured, it's removed from the chessboard. queens can be captured when not backed up (like lisa at the end). #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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f. shuntaro #CHISHIYA is the cheshire cat. an apathetic nihilist, his behavior is based on the cat's mysterious act, down to their sad backgrounds. #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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f.1 #CHISHIYA had to live in an abusive family (manga) & workplace (live action) because the cheshire cat lived in an abusive duchess' house. #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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f.2 #CHISHIYA endured abuse by turning off his humanity; a parallel to how the cheshire cat survived wonderland through his madness #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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f.3 #CHISHIYA 's apathy helped him win the borderland games, but he had to change to survive the real world.the cheshire cat's madness could only work in wonderland. #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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f.4 #CHISHIYA learned in borderland of how to live by seeing arisu. this is a reversal to how alice learned about wonderland's confusing paths from the cheshire cat. #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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f.4 #CHISHIYA is always either in bluish gray or black & white because these colors are among the colors of the british shorthair cats, the original cheshire cat. #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
*musician loyal to his friends
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g. akane #HEIYA is haigha (canonically pronounced as heiyer). it's the 2nd incarnation of the march hare. hares are sexually aggressive in march. #AliceinBorderland
#AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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g.1 #HEIYA 's archer short skirt costume is based on illustrations of haigha's clothes as the king's messenger in through the looking-glass (like medieval pageboys). #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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g.2 #HEIYA is made to follow aguni around because in the book haigha is the white king's messenger while aguni is the white knight (more to that later). so they're on the same side of the borderland chessboard. #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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h. hikari #KUINA is the caterpillar. though her name roughly means "queen of light", she's not the queen in canon alice books. #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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h.1 #KUINA smokes a dummy cigarette & is either in red/blue. because the caterpillar smokes a hookah & is often illustrated as blue, & sometimes wears a red fez
#AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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i. kodai #TATTA is the dormouse (thanks @ottersandfics). an honest animal bullied by the march hare in canon aiw. niragi's insults at tatta parallel this. #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceinBorderlandS2
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i.1 #TATTA always wears blue hat & clothes because the dormouse is often pictured inside a bluish enamel victorian teapot with its blue lid on his head. #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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i.2 #TATTA's hand was shoved into a bluish gray container to his death because the dormouse was shoved into a blue enamel victorian teapot while he was sleeping. #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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j. morizono #AGUNI is the white knight. he's not the knave of hearts anymore because this season is his redemption arc. the white knight was alice's protector #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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j.1 #AGUNI went from dark to light, from being knave of hearts (replaced by matsushita) to a white chess knight who fought the red knight (shirabi, king of spades). #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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k. sunato #BANDA is the bandersnatch. in canon alice, a ferociously fast monster. so banda is fast in chasing victims (a serial killer) & reading people's weakness. #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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k.1 #BANDA worked with yaba because in "the hunting of the snark" poem the jabberwock & the bandersnatch were monsters that reigned in an island one after another. #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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l. #ANN or an rizuna is the white queen, though her name comes from "mary ann", the missing maid of the white rabbit's. i'll explain more. #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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l.1 as a white queen of the borderland chessboard, #ANN could move around. so in the live action she traveled to remote places, since aib s2 is a chess game. #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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l.2v #ANN was always in black & white because she was a chess piece on a chessboard. her shirt is tied at the front to parallel the white queen's clasped robe. #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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l .3 Ann 's job as a forensic analyst enabled her to retrace how a crime happened, just like the white queen who has a reversive memory & saw events backwards. #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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m. oki #YABA, a greedy perverse investor (in the manga), is the jabberwock, a devouring monster with flaming eyes. that's why he charmed & read people too well #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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m.1 Yaba is the reason why the jack of hearts game scenes are colorized in green, because the jabberwock is often illustrated as a green creature. #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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n. suguru #NIRAGI is the march hare. unlike haigha (heiya's canon origin), this march hare is madder & crueler. often illustrated in bandages, like s2 niragi #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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n.1. #NIRAGI is bandaged because he suffered from burns, but historically the march hare's bandages or straws mean insanity. hares are sexually agressive on march. #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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n.2 niragi pressured tatta so much during the king of clubs game because canonically the march hare bullied the dormouse during hatter's tea party. #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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o. #HATTER (boshiya/ takeru danma) is mad hatter who sold hats, loved parties, & was mad. his friendship with the march hare was removed. aguni wasn't the hare #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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o.1 Hatter (boshiya/takeru danma)'s parties made people forget about borderland cruelties, like the mad hatter's tea parties made him forget the queen's cruelty #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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o.2 hatter (boshiya/takeru danma) forced arisu to drink with him at beach because alice came unawares to the mad hatter's tea party. #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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p. #URUMI aramaki is the monstrous jubjub bird. the bird's cry drove people mad just like urumi's poisonous whispers turned people against one another. #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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p. 1. urumi wore a strange dress because the jubjub bird canonically loved strange costumes. she was also malicious & desperate like the bird. #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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p.2. urumi was in a game with yaba & banda because canonically, jabberwock, bandersnatch, & jubjub bird lived in an island (but in the canon, jabberwock died first)
#AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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q. #MIRA kano is the queen of hearts. she loved games & unreasonably forced people to join them, just like the original character (and she is NOT the red queen). #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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q.1 mira's last game was croquet because it's from aiw. lewis carroll (aiw writer) was a croquet fan, since it's an outdoor game people could play together 😢 #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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q.2 mira was always in black dresses (with/without white) & red lipstick, as referenced from some of the colors of the queen of hearts card. #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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r. isao #SHIRABI the king of spades is actually the red knight in canon alice. enemy of the white knight (aguni) in the giant wonderland (borderland) chessboard. # AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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r.1 shirabi was written as a merciless fatalistic character to fulfill his canon role as the red knight. in chess, captured pieces had to be removed from the board. #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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r.2 shirabi's long black camouflage was referenced from medieval knights' long robes because he was the red knight of borderland chessboard, and chess is an old game. #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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r.3. aesthetically, the sign that shirabi worked for the red team as the knight on the borderland chess game was his red rifle light.

#AliceInBorderlandS2
#AliceInBorderland
#AliceinBorderland2

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s. daikichi #KARUBE is the walrus. he could be ruthless, but is generally a warmhearted friend, just like how the walrus worked with the carpenter to bait oysters. #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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s.1. karube almost always wore two layers with bright colors (blue/yellow/orange) because the walrus is often illustrated in blue suit & orange vest
#AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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t. kota. the child abandoned & taken care of in a rundown home is based on the canon duchess' baby. the baby was abused by his mom & became a pig.
#AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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t.1 kota had to be taken care of by arisu (& usagi) for aib to stay canon faithful, because alice had to take care of the duchess' baby briefly in aiw book.
#AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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u. momoka inoue & asahi kujo are the twins tweedledum & tweedledee. they were inseparable but they once fought, and arisu (alice) saw this. #AliceinBorderland #AliceinWonderland #AliceInBorderlandS2 #AliceInBorderland2
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u.1 momoka & asahi 's video evidence helped arisu & the others to "go back in time" & saw the dealers. like tweedledum & tweedledee time-reversed scenes in the book. #AliceInBorderlandS2 #AliceInBorderland #AliceInBorderland2
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u. #CHOTA segawa is the carpenter. in the live action he worked in the IT sector: a reference to the carpenter's carpentry skills. #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2 #AliceinBorderland
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while i saw some fan analysis that read the walrus & the carpenter as condeming religions and connect this to chota's cult story, the recent interpretation is the poem = criticism on colonialism...?

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w. enji #MATSUSHITA (the jack of hearts) is the knave of hearts (knaves = jacks). his hairstyle is a homage to the jack of hearts one-eyed figure in the card. #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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w.1. matsushita 's crackers conspiracy with kotoko in jack of hearts game is based on the anonymous letter in aiw book that explains how the knave of hearts conspired with an unknown person to steal a tart. #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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w.2. matsushita the jack of hearts was beaten in the end because in canon aiw book, the card characters are proud but weak while the monsters are strong. #AliceinBorderland #AliceinBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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x. #LastBoss (takatora samura) is the wielder of the vorpal blade, NOT the jabberwocky. because yaba is the jabberwocky. more explanations below. #AliceInBorderlandS2
#AliceInBorderland #AliceInBorderland2
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x.1. last boss is the boy who wielded the vorpal blade of the canon. because he was a rebellious son who wanted glory through a new identity as a swordsman. #AliceInBorderland #AliceInBorderland2
#AliceInBorderlandS2
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x.2. unlike the vorpal blade wielder in the book, last boss didn't manage to won his hero glory because he grew even more twisted. he was defeated by kuina,then died. #AliceInBorderlandS2 #AliceInBorderland #AliceInBorderland2
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y. riri. the female player who took care of the child kota in a messy house & couldn't provide a decent food. she's the cook in the duchess' house (in aiw). #AliceInBorderland #AliceInBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2
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y.1. riri 's name is taken from lily, the white queen's daughter whose pawn role was replaced by alice. but riri's part is = the cook in aiw #AliceInBorderland #AliceInBorderland2 #AliceInBorderlandS2

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ann as the white queen (more to this). in s1 ann challenged arisu to solve the light bulb game. based on how the white queen challenged alice in math. #AliceInBorderland
#AliceInBorderland2
#AliceInBorderlandS2
*condemning
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i said this before but i'll say this again. arisu was always in blue, white, yellow shirts because they're the most common colors of alice's dresses. #AliceInBorderland #AliceInBorderlandS2
#AliceinBorderland2

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kuina is tough but compassionate, because the caterpillar is cynical yet understands alice's anxiety about the irritable wonderland creatures. #AliceInBorderland
#AliceinBorderland2
#AliceInBorderlandS2
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urumi's hair was dyed brownish red and her dress was blue because the jubjub bird is often illustrated in those colors. #AliceInBorderland
#AliceinBorderlandS2 #AliceinBorderland2
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the reason why tatta was written as a person who took time to find his courage is because the dormouse of wonderland is afraid of growing (up) #AliceInBorderlandS2
#AliceInBorderland
#AliceInBorderland2
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kyuma. the reason why there are colorful cargo containers in his scenes is because in some illustrations the gryphon is a colorful creature. #AliceInBorderland
#AliceInBorderlandS2
#AliceinBorderland2

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alice in borderland s2 is structured after lewis carroll's alice chess moves, so the ending where the characters return to their lives as ordinary persons fulfills the philosophy of chess: "outside of the (borderland) chess board, every piece is the same". no queens, kings etc
arisu might've beaten the card games & moved onwards on the borderland chess board with usagi as promoted white pawns. kuina & chishiya might've defended the white areas as bishops(?) and are dying for it. ann as the white queen made her moves around the board too...
...and aguni & heiya fought to the death as knights of the white pieces but ultimately they all had to return to their ordinary lives, outside of their destined roles on the borderland chess game as their time ran out. it's beautiful.
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