Season 2 of Squid Sport has followers clamoring for Season 3. With so many questions remaining, viewers are desirous to be taught the fates of their favourite characters and the place the dystopian video games are headed subsequent. Though we’ll have to attend for summer time to get these solutions, viewers can unravel a number of different mysteries by doing a rewatch now.
- Launch Date
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September 17, 2021
- Solid
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Lee Jung-jae
, Lee Byung-hun
, Park Hae-soo
, Yim Si-wan
, Kang Ha-neul
, Wi Ha-jun
, Park Gyu-young
, Lee Jin-wook
, Hoyeon
, Oh Younger-soo
, Park Sung-hoon
, Yang Dong-geun
, Heo Sung-tae
, Kim Joo-ryoung
, Kang Ae-sim
, Lee Da-wit
, Choi Seung-hyun
, Anupam Tripathi
, Lee You-mi
, Jo Yu-ri
, Received Ji-an
, Jun Suk-ho
, Park Hye-jin
, Chae Gook-hee - Seasons
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From fixing potential plot holes to providing fascinating tidbits in regards to the larger world, there’s a lot hidden beneath the floor of Squid Sport. Plus, it is simply plain enjoyable to observe it a second time, or a 3rd, or a fourth, as we strategy the sequence’ conclusion.
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The Entrance Man Is Left-Handed
The Entrance Man is without doubt one of the mysterious leaders behind the video games, in addition to Hwang Jun-ho’s brother. Throughout Season 2, he entered the video games seemingly to regulate Seong Gi-hun. He performed on Gi-hun’s crew throughout Six Legs and was tasked with Spinning Prime. Frustratingly, he could not get the highest to spin—almost certainly as a result of he was utilizing the incorrect hand.
The Proper Technique to Spin It
A small element with massive implications, it was hinted that the Entrance Man was left-handed again in Season 1 when he used that hand to shoot his brother, in addition to do a number of small duties. This left-handedness was later confirmed by the actor himself, who additionally shared that the Entrance Man used his non-dominant hand in Spinning Prime with a purpose to make the sport more difficult. Evidently, the Entrance Man is simply getting increasingly mysterious, resulting in much more fan theories about his motivations and potential previous.
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The Partitions Trace on the Subsequent Video games
When the contestants arrive on the video games, the rooms are naked aside from beds and a few unusual pictures on the partitions. As a result of beds’ placement, the thrill/worry of the video games, and simply the final quantity of individuals there, it is simple to overlook these pictures. Nonetheless, on a second watch, the pictures’ significance turns into crystal clear.
A Sport to Determine Them Out
In hindsight, a viewer can inform that the pictures reference tug-of-war, dalgona, glass bridge, and the remainder of the challenges. Nonetheless, even when the contestants had realized that the pictures foreshadowed these video games, there’s each motive to consider that they would not have understood all of the references. Certain, tug-of-war is fairly apparent, however the triangle, circle, star, and umbrella shapes weren’t precisely a giveaway. In truth, the characters got the prospect to decide on between these very shapes, and in Gi-hun’s case, selected useless incorrect.
In Season 2, a number of different pictures have appeared on the partitions, resulting in much more theories about what’s forward.
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Oh Il-nam Was By no means in Hazard
Participant 001, aka Oh Il-nam, was a beloved a part of Squid Sport Season 1—till he wasn’t. Towards the top of the season, it was revealed that he had been working the video games all alongside. This was a shock to viewers, who had seemingly watched him die after declaring himself Gi-hun’s gganbu. Nonetheless, upon a rewatch, his standing as sport grasp turns into exhausting to overlook.
Purple Gentle, Purple Flag
Beginning all the way in which again in Purple Gentle, Inexperienced Gentle, it is obvious that Gi-hun was by no means actually in danger within the video games. Not like the opposite gamers, his physique wasn’t scanned by the doll, which suggests he would not have been shot for shifting. Later, he selected one of many simpler shapes for dalgona, and throughout the Nighttime Brawl, his impassioned plea is what brought about the guards to name off the combating. Plus, throughout marbles, when he seemingly “died,” he was taken to the facet, away from the opposite gamers, with a purpose to be fake-executed.
Actually, the one time Oh Il-nam may need been in peril was throughout tug-of-war, because it’s troublesome to inform whether or not he was tied to the rope. Even when he wasn’t, it is exhausting to find out how he may have been saved alive whereas others had been watching. Nonetheless, time and time once more, it has been proven that his technique for tug-of-war would not have actually helped a lot, anyway, so it is doable that he in some way set it up so his crew would win regardless.
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A number of Foreshadowed Deaths
With 456 gamers competing, demise was an anticipated a part of Squid Sport, however a few of these deaths had been extra anticipated than others. For instance, Ali’s tragic demise was a direct results of Sang-woo taking his marbles, a lot in the identical manner that his boss took the cash Ali was owed. Sang-woo’s personal demise was additionally hinted at early on, as he had beforehand tried to commit suicide, and ended the video games the identical manner. Others like Han Mi-nyeo, Deok-Su, and even Oh Il-nam additionally all had predictable deaths, no less than upon a second viewing.
Deaths in Season 3
Naturally, followers are already predicting the characters’ deaths for Season 3. Between Season 2’s cliffhanger ending, Seon-nyeo’s curse, and simply the brutal nature of the video games themselves, there’s each motive to imagine different characters will say farewell—or presumably undergo a good worse destiny.
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The Which means Behind the Shapes
All through Squid Sport, three shapes seem time and again: squares, triangles, and circles. They mark the cardboard that Gi-hun is given by the recruiter and likewise make up the masks worn by the guards. At first, the usage of these symbols appears considerably random, however after a rewatch, it turns into clearer that the shapes not solely specific a hierarchy among the many guards, however additionally they trace on the gamers’ last sport.
Coming Full Circle
Among the many guards, sq. masks have seniority, adopted by triangles, then circles. Why that is the case is not acknowledged, however it appears that evidently extra sides equals the next place, as seen by the various sides of the Entrance Man’s masks. These shapes additionally come collectively to kind the Squid Sport structure, with gamers beginning on the circle, staying throughout the boundaries of the sq., and making an attempt to achieve (or defend) the triangle. It is doable these shapes will present up in much more methods throughout Season 3’s ending.
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Thanos/T.O.P. References
Among the finest issues to return out of Squid Sport Season 2 was the character of Thanos, performed by Choi Seung-hyun (aka T.O.P from BIGBANG). Enjoyable, chaotic, and generally merciless, Thanos ate up each scene he was in. Followers of T.O.P may need noticed some references to him and his work throughout their preliminary viewing, resembling Thanos’ dance throughout Mingle, and even how Thanos’s use of medication connects to T.O.P.’s ongoing marijuana controversy. The extra occasions you rewatch, the extra references you may discover to each him and the Marvel villain his character was named after.
A Marvel to Behold
From his nail polish representing the infinity stones to his purple hair, Thanos embodied the Marvel villain to a tee. He even contributed to Thanos’ objective of wiping out extra individuals by deliberately knocking over a number of gamers in Purple Gentle, Inexperienced Gentle. Apparently, he additionally died across the midway level of the video games, maybe representing Thanos’ want to see the inhabitants reduce in half. Regardless, Thanos’s antics are value a rewatch all themselves.
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Participant 67’s Dying Wasn’t Introduced
Sparking one of many greatest but unrealistic fan theories round, Participant 67, aka Kang Sae-byeok, by no means had her demise introduced in Squid Sport. On a primary watch, followers had been possible too surprised by Sang-woo betrayal to appreciate that her homicide went unremarked. Nonetheless, on a rewatch, it stands out that her demise isn’t confirmed, which has given followers hope that she may return in Season 3.
Enjoyable to Speculate, However Unlikely
The idea that Sae-byeok continues to be alive has spanned a number of different theories, resembling the idea that Guard 011 is her sister. Nonetheless, no sister was talked about in Season 1, solely a brother and mom, and it is not possible for 011 to be both of these. Moreover, Sae-byeok’s wounds had been extreme, and it would not have made sense for the guards to deal with them. If we had been the betting sort, we would guess she succumbed to her accidents. Nonetheless, with the announcement that the Squid Sport universe will proceed after the sequence… it is exhausting to not maintain our hopes up.