Gonna say the sequel isn’t impactful as I thought it would be. The main reason why the show is excellent is all because of their death or live survival games. However, this season lies low with their set of games and more on focuses more on the truth behind the brutal world, wherein doesn’t explain well in the end.

Chishiya, Ann, and Kukina own this season. They presented consistency in terms of individual capacity to survive and their characteristics are easy to love. It has come to the point that Arisu's presence became a nuisance for me. During the King of Spades game, his eyes only focus on Usagi and let the others slowly die in pain. But in the end, I understand that finishing the whole game is the top priority, and can’t blame the boy for choosing to continue.

The ending was too simple. I needed more explanations, interactions with those players who managed to survive the game, and another hint of a possible sequel aside from the joker card. But the thing that I was disappointed with the most is the final game which is the Queen of Hearts. I wasn’t too astonished or impressed with the rule and its hidden agenda of trying to win the game by attacking the players’ trauma, which only focuses on the main character.

This is somehow a rant but to be honest, I am entertained and feel good about this. The game Jack of Hearts is the highlight and my favorite game from this season. The presence of Arisu and the friendship concept is gone. I enjoyed pointing out who is the real jack of the hearts as each round continues to kill an innocent person. Chisiya, as always, executed how cleverness and sharp observation can help him win and survive. Another character that got my attention is Banda Sunato, the player who is a murderer in the real world. He has the visual and the angst that you can focus your attention on him. I like him as an artist. I hope there’s a third season in which we can see what kind of game are they playing as they choose to stay in the borderland.

The episode where Tatta forcefully remove the band from his wrist that led to his death was the only episode I cried with. It feels like he was making an exchange for the accident that he cause from his work in the real world.

I miss the intensity of games from the first season but overall, the sequel is good in letting us slowly learn the backstory of it. I can predict that another sequel is possible since they executed an open-ended finale.