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A story about people who were broken by the system.

One became part of it, while the other destroyed it.

racehorses

1

32

Status:

became the host of the games

Interesting fact:

donated his kidney to his brother

His directors considered it a bribe and fired him.

a criminal to save his wife from cirrhosis of the liver.

Life before the games:

borrowed money from

Marital status:

Profession:

widower

policeman

Games:

Name:

victory 2015

Hwang In-ho

player file

player file

victory 2021

Profession:

factory worker

Marital status:

divorced, has a child

Debt:

410.000.000 ₩

Life before the games:

fired. Participated in a strike,

where a friend died. Lives with his diabetic mother.

Regularly bets on horses. Rarely sees his child,

does not pay child support.

Interesting fact:

signed a waiver for his body.

456

Name:

Seong Gi-hun

Games:

The first games were held in 1988 and continue to this day. They surprise participants with their simple rules, as each game was taken from childhood.

non-childish games

Six-Legged Pentathlon

The point of the game:

Every person is a cog in the system, and if that cog breaks, the whole system can break down.

A team game where each participant's foot is tied to their neighbor's foot, making movement possible only in perfect synchrony. Includes five mini-games that must be won within 5 minutes.

Rules of the game:

Red Light - Green Light

The point of the game:

This game is a test of impulse control and adaptation to external demands. Those who cannot stop themselves will die. Literally.

Participants move forward on the command “green light” and freeze on “red light.” Any movement during the stop means death.

Rules of the game:

tug-of-war

The point of the game:

The game is a reflection of how, in the real world, everyone attempts to assert their own perspective.

Two teams pull a rope over an abyss. The losers fall down.

Rules of the game:

Marbles

The point of the game:

The game puts everything in its place and reveals people's true nature. It raises questions about the value of life and the willingness to sacrifice oneself for a loved one.

Players are divided into pairs. The winner is the one who takes all of their opponent's balls, but without using force. Any game can be played.

Rules of the game:

hide and seek

The point of the game:

A game about the unequal division of society, where everyone has their place.

Players are divided into teams: “reds” - killers, “blues” - victims. The task of the "leaders" is to find and eliminate their opponents, while the task of the “victims” is to hide in rooms and survive.

Rules of the game:

Third Excess

The point of the game:

This game is about betrayal. At some point, you may not meet the “criteria” and be left behind.

The players stand on a rotating platform. When the music stops, a number is called out. This number is the number of people who must occupy one room. Those who are left without a place are eliminated.

Rules of the game:

glass bridge

The point of the game:

This game is about trusting the world and your intuition. People die trying to “choose the right glass,” just like we do in life — the right job, partner, path.

Players must walk across a series of glass slabs, choosing one of two options. One slab can support the weight of two people, while the other breaks underfoot, causing the participant to fall to their death.

Rules of the game:

dalgona candy

The point of the game:

This game is about conditional love for perfectionism. You have to go out of your way to please others. Mistakes are unacceptable.

Participants must perfectly cut out a shape from a sugar circle with a needle.

Rules of the game:

Go there

Then
here

Break off here

It's incredible how childish naivety and excessive cruelty can go together so easily.

you lost

Can you go further?

but at what cost?

victory...

That's my fault

How to live on?

it's all because of me

I can't take it...

I will take revenge

elusive adversary

Seong Gi-hun hired a team and spent three years searching for game developers. He finally succeeded, but things didn't go according to plan...

weapon

Seong Gi-hun created a special shooting range and trained there all these years.

dental chip

Gi-hun had a chip implanted in his tooth, which he intended to use to calculate the island's location. However, the game creators sent the team on a false trail by removing the chip.

choice theory

There is a fan theory that your role in the games depends on the color of the tagji you choose: blue means you become a player, red means you become a game worker and “remove” the eliminated participants.

money

Gi-hun did not spend any of his winnings. He believed that it was not his money. It belonged to those who had given their lives for it.

color theory

The bright colors in the characters' costumes were chosen for a reason:

Blue — people
Purple — the system
Yellow — money

The other colors are combinations of the primary colors:

Blue (people) + yellow (money) = green — the color of the players' costumes.

Purple (the system) + yellow (money) = red — the color of the guards' clothes.

Black, the color of the game host, is formed by mixing all colors.

And again, games...

illusion of choice

The game developers added a voting feature that allows everyone to finish after each game played.

They wanted to show Gi-hun that it was pointless to fight the system. It is not the founders who stand behind it, but people who agree to play again and again for blood money.

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Riot

keep the enemy as close as possible

Seong Gi-hun and the other participants decided to fight back against the system. 001 faked his death and returned to his role as host, killing the main character's best friend right in front of him.

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Murder no. 388

You're so broken that you're ready to kill. All people are the same...

Before the final, the host invited player 456 to come to him and suggested that he take a knife and kill all his competitors while they were sleeping.
This may seem like a gesture of goodwill. But with his suggestion, he wanted to prove that Seong Gi-hun was just like him.

Run

After his failures, Seong Gi-hun seems to lose himself, and the host rejoices—he has achieved his goal. But then the child of player 222 appears, for whom it is now worth living on. This became a source of hope.

even in hell, you can remain human

222

player

222

222 is the angel number, which symbolizes the imminent beginning of
something new.

333 is the devil number; it was the number of the girl's boyfriend, who ultimately wanted to sacrifice his child to save himself.

A pregnant girl came to the games to earn money and provide a better life for her child. She aroused sympathy and found loyal allies in the six-legged pentathlon, and later gave birth right at the games. When she realized she couldn't continue playing, she handed her daughter over to Seong Gi-hun with a request to save her.

Number theory:

Kim Joong-hee

we are people

we are not horses

Seong Gi-hun couldn't save his family, couldn't bring back those who had died.

But he was able to sacrifice himself to save someone else's child, who became a symbol of hope that everything could change.

You surprised me... You won...

greed

cold-bloodedness

cynicism

selfishness

maniacal behavior

cruelty

Click on the mask to find out who is behind it.

Are the games over?

Oh... he died. What a pity.

The real evil is the VIP guests who bet on people in games and enjoy the bloody spectacle.

theory about father and son

The founder of the games, Old Man Oh Il-nam, and the host may be father and son. The theory is based on an episode where the frontman gives milk to the pregnant Joong-hee because he is lactose intolerant. This echoes a moment from the first season when Il Nam says that his son “was often beaten” for refusing to drink milk.