At present, Netflix's original drama "Squid Game" has been very popular, and it has achieved good results once it was broadcast. It is also a battle royale theme. In December 2020, Netflix launched a comic book drama "Alice in the Dying Kingdom". Different from the sharp contrast between evil and good in "Squid Game", in this Japanese drama, it directly reflects the mutual assistance of people in a cruel environment, and praises the sincere friendship of friends who sacrificed for each other.
On the one hand, there is the deep friendship between the male protagonist and the two friends. The male protagonist Ryohei Arisu is a wealthy second generation who is unemployed and playing games at home. As a friend, Zhang Tai Shikawa works in the company, and another friend, Daikichi Karibe, works in a bar.
One day, when the three of them met, the bustling Tokyo became desolate in an instant, and all the people around disappeared. The three of them are forced to play games to win short-term visas.
In one of the wolf-catch-the-sheep games, only one person who is a wolf can survive. Initially, in order to survive, they killed each other. After the male protagonist got the identity of the wolf, he immediately ran and hid.
Later, the male protagonist suddenly realized that he still wanted to survive with his good friends. He started to go out to find friends and wanted to give his identity as a wolf. At this time, the two friends were hiding, silent, avoiding It was discovered by the male protagonist, and finally, one of his friends, Karibu, died in front of the male protagonist. In this game, only the male protagonist survived. From the first fight with each other to the last farewell in memories, the spirit of sacrificing oneself for friends is highly portrayed.
On the other hand, there is mutual support between Tan Jiangang, the founder of Haibin, and Du Yuan, the country of Su. In order to make people full of hope in this cruel game, Tan Jiangang created a utopian seaside, and even lied that as long as he collected all the cards, he could return to the original world.
As the second-in-command, Su Guo mastered guns and became the leader of the martial arts faction. On the surface, they are fighting with each other, and they are two forces that are incompatible in the eyes of everyone, but in fact, they support each other and have always been best friends.
After Tan Jiangang was killed, Su Guo became the biggest suspect. Everyone believed that Su Guo killed Tan Jiangang in order to become the seaside boss, but the truth was that Su Guo wanted him to give up the seaside for Tan Jianggang's sake. , let go of the huge responsibility on his shoulders and let himself go.
Tan Jianggang was unwilling. In order to give up his leadership to Su Guo, Tan Jianggang did not hesitate to force his friends to kill him. Su Guo has never betrayed his friend. On the contrary, in order to allow Tan Jianggang to live his normal life, he has always persuaded his friend to give up this so-called utopia. In the end, he even wanted to destroy the seaside that killed his friend because of his friend's death. The struggle for power in the eyes of others is all in vain.
At the same time, the other characters in this drama also reflect the pure friendship between people. For example, in the bus game, a contestant who has known each other for a week has established a deep friendship. A person with inconvenient legs and feet actively chose to give up the game in order not to drag his friends down. Another example is the two arrangers of the game, they support each other, feel guilty for the victims of the game, and finally commit suicide.
In survival games, most of them will try their best to show the carnage between people, especially the mutual betrayal of former friends, which shows the cruelty of human nature vividly. In "Squid Game", the cruelty of the game is shown through the betrayal of the second male lead against the young male lead, and finally the goodness that exists in him is reflected through the suicide of the second male lead, winning the audience's affection. Different from the traditional battle royale of the evil of human nature, "Alice in the Dying Kingdom" is trying to exaggerate the warmth between people, whether as a friend, willing to sacrifice Zhang Taihe Karibu to let the other party survive, Tan Jiangang, who made up lies in order to create hope, or Du Yuan, who was full of hatred because of the death of his friend, all showed the persistence of his friends in the cruel survival game. It can be said that this drama is the most tender battle royale. In stark contrast to cruel games, it is the brilliance of human nature and the greatness of people in the face of life and death.
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