The famous Japanese series Alice in Borderland Season 2 came to an end, know its ending explained
This article contains spoilers for season 2 of Alice in Borderland and explains what Joker mean.
Alice In Borderland Season 2 Ending Explained And Know What Is The Meaning Of The Joker
The Japanese series Alice In Borderland had already been riveting viewers with its own sequence of lethal challenges before Squid Game enthralled Netflix lovers in September 2021. The show centres on Arisu and a number of unfortunate players who are forced to participate in a number of games.
Each game is symbolised by a different playing card in a post-apocalyptic version of Tokyo.
If a person succeeds in each task, they can put together a full deck of cards and leave the game. It appears like Arisu, Usagi, and the other survivors finally succeed in returning to the actual world in the Alice in Borderland season 2 finale. However, the sight of a Joker card in the climactic climax would imply otherwise.
Fans of Alice in Borderland naturally have a lot of questions about the season 2 finale, which has to be clarified.
Recap Of Season 2 Episode 8
The events immediately following the players’ victory over the King of Spades are picked up in the season’s last episode of Alice In Borderland.
Arisu and a wounded Usagi ultimately meet Mira, the game’s master who stands in for the Queen of Hearts. It’s the only face card yet to be gathered, as most of the remaining players are left bleeding out and on the point of death. Mira’s game is surprisingly straightforward, in contrast to the violent and dangerous difficulties that Arisu and Usagi are accustomed to facing.
Arisu just needs to play three rounds of croquet to win.
He only needs to complete the game; he is not even required to win. As Mira pauses for time and prolongs the game as much as she can as Usagi’s wounds continue to bleed freely. It quickly becomes apparent that she is not playing fairly.
Mira stops the game after two rounds so that she, Arisu, and Usagi may all have tea together.
Arisu questions Mira during the break about what has happened to them and whether they would ever have a chance to return to the outside world.
After telling a few falsehoods, Mira admits that Arisu is being treated by her and is at a mental health facility. Finally, the game of croquet is over, and Arisu asks Mira once again to describe this location.
Mira responds incoherently, claiming that he will soon be given two options before she is shot with a laser and murdered, putting a stop to the fatal games. All of the remaining players now have the option of accepting permanent residency in this enigmatic realm and maybe taking the place of the now-dead game masters, or declining and leaving. The last face card has been beaten.
Except for Banda and Yaba, who eagerly accept the offer, almost all of the “barely” remaining players—including Arisu, Usagi, Kuina, Chishiya, Aguni, Heiya, and Niragi—refuse it. Ann is left in a coma after seemingly passing out in the Borderlands.
Explained the Ending Of Season 2 Of Alice In Borderland
We witness a flashback to the first episode’s opening scene when Arisu and his pals turn down the invitation to stay in the Borderlands.
It is revealed that a meteorite came above and detonated over Tokyo. It happens just a short time after Arisu and his companions, Karube and Chota, snuck into Shibuya Station, wreaking havoc on the metropolis. Later, when Arisu awakens in a hospital bed, he discovers that both of his buddies had died in the pandemonium. Furthermore, he has no recollection of his time spent in the Borderlands.
Strangely, he has an odd resemblance to many other patients at the hospital who are also Borderlands survivors.
Their hearts all stopped for a minute after the catastrophe, indicating that playing the games while they were asleep was some sort of shared hallucination.
Arisu runs across Usagi while getting a drink from the vending machines. But none of them remembers the other or their time spent together in the Borderlands. However, Arisu has a sneaking suspicion that he knows her from some place.
Inspiring music starts to play as the couple decides to go for a stroll together on the hospital grounds, giving the impression that despite all of the trauma they have been through, their story has ended somewhat well.
The camera then moves across to a table in the hospital’s courtyard where a deck of cards is strewn around as the show draws to a close. All the cards on the table start to drift away on the first gust of wind, leaving just the Joker.
What Does Alice In Borderland’s Joker Card Mean?
The Joker’s appearance in Alice In Borderland season 2’s climactic scene reveals that Arisu and his other survivors have not returned to the real world. But rather are currently in the third stage of the deadly games.
The jokers in a deck of cards are typically used to symbolise a wildcard. Which frequently has the power to mimic the traits of other cards or to operate according to its own set of rules. This suggests that before they can permanently return home, the survivors will have to deal with a trickster or two.
And since there are usually two jokers in a deck of cards, it makes it likely that Banda and Yaba would fill these roles given their decision to remain in the Borderlands.
After Arisu and Usagi successfully complete the Queen of Hearts game, the Joker comes before them in the original Alice in Borderland comic.
He is an enigmatic figure who acts as a type of ferryman, bringing creatures from the outside world to the Borderlands. It will be interesting to observe if the character changes in a hypothetical third season.
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