Alice in Borderland Retry - Vol. 2 Ch. 9 - Nine of Hearts Part 9

[MangaDex]

 

[AloneTillDeath]

It'll be fun to see what if Arisu dies here and this manga is not about him even though the manga is titled Alice in Borderland.

 

[Zypex]

@AlineTillDeath
What a twist that'd be.

 

[KyoHisagi]

Haro Asou be like:
-Hmmm did I forget something? Something to do. Huh... probably nothing important.
*4 years later*
-Oh, I remember! To kill off the main character!

 

[Fuko]

I think he will somehow become a dealer this time, so the retry part

 

[KenshiroKosuke]

One way to keep him alive through this is by mean of Deus ex Machina, make him suddenly gain consciousness and return to the real world, for example.

But that would be stupid. Clearly there's some other way out

 

[kaminomikan]

waiting to see what bs move author is gonna take out next

 

[ripplegrin]

Honestly, why even vote for arisu? He didn't really do anything and it feels more like its gonna be a deus ex machina for him to survive. There could be some weird twist in the final room where anyone who has the death card/ does not have it survives but that would feel like cheating.

 

[KyoHisagi]

Honestly, why even vote for arisu?

The dude is trying to survive. Arisu is the only one left posing any threat to him, and yes, only two shelters for three people.

 

[es_kan]

Comments last chapter got it spot-on. Now to see how he gets out of this one, though.

 

[Fuko]

It doesn't look like the guy exchanged lifes with dead man

Spoiler

The guy just gives life to dead man
Alice gives death to the guy, life to the girl
The girl gives life to Alice
The guy gives death to girl in retaliation and tries to break the dead man's phone (since at this point it is not possible for him to survive even if he gives life to himself from his phone)
Alice somehow takes the phone, gives himself life while crying like a baby
Girl(D+L)
Guy(D)
Alice(D+L+L)
Dead(L)

Now Alice has dead man's phone and his phone, cries a lot more

Not sure if spoiler but I see no other course of action

 

[checkmy4]

@kaminomikan The games in Alice In Borderland are very grounded especially in comparison to other death game mangas. You should read a bit more of that to get what BS actually means.

 

[sirflimflam]

This guy's argument makes no sense. Arisu should willingly die alone now or they all die? In what situation would that even matter in the slightest to a normal person, when all participants know the girl is just going to die in the next round anyway if things remain as they are, leaving this shady guy the victor?

He's not really presenting a compelling argument why they shouldn't just band together to fuck him over, even if that means the girl dies 5 minutes earlier than she otherwise would.

 

[Stevield]

Time to binge read Alice in Borderland again😜

 

[Ulthair]

aight so we're left with the following:

2L (Himari)
1L 1D (Arisu)
1L (Corpsey boi)
1L 1D (Kitou)

Himari is literally 100% going to die at this point, she has no Death cards to live the final selection. Trying to survive at this point just ensures she dies and Kitou wins. She and Arisu Life each other, then she gives her phone to him. He Deaths Kitou's phone because that's the one with the Death card on it (thanks for that info, Kitou). That removes Kitou's ability to use his "Death" card in the final round, as Kitou's phone will not acquire a "Life" card to be considered active for the next round. We end up in the final setting with:

1L (Himari's phone in Arisu's possession)

All other cards are spent or inactive, so Arisu just wins by default. He can Life his own phone, even though it has no cards. He spent all his cards and wins according to the rules.

Can't wait to see what other games we'll get with nice puzzles like this. Trying to "solve" the game before the story reveals how it plays out was one of my favorite things about this series.

(Plot predictions unrelated to the game's mechanics: doesn't matter if Arisu realizes this strategy, he won't want to employ it - Himari will end up self-sacrificing like a lot of the characters in the previous story, author really likes having very generous characters juxtaposed with or taken advantage by cunning and ruthless characters, but there's a lot of themes of humanity helping overcome and triumph too)

 

[TheWill]

@Ulthair

You can't give yourself a life card. You don't win by default like that either. The games condition is to use up all your lifes and death card by the final round.

 

[Tactless]

@TheWill
You forgot to recognize that Arisu would technically have two phones in the final room if Himari gives him her own phone to pair with his own, and because Arisu himself would not be killed by invasion in that round his phone would still be active to receive Lives in the final round. Note that the specific rule is "if you do not receive a Life card (Himari's phone giving Arisu's phone a Life voids this part) and do not enter a shelter (Arisu surviving this round voids this part)". Kitou receiving the Dead Man's Life in the previous round was actually extraneous because he himself did survive (through the Dead Man's phone), but obviously he wouldn't risk testing this.

 

[DontBanMe]

"If you DO NOT receive a single life card AND DO NOT enter a shelter" Hmm, but what if you do receive a life card but then don't enter the shelter, maybe you still live? Also could you live if you received a death card but then someone who got a life card let's you take their place in the shelter? Maybe everyone could have survived this game, or maybe I'm just being dumb...

 

[googoober]

it's simple.

bullshit

 

[Tenri]

So...he gives the man the death card, then says "let yourself die so I can live, or all three of us will die."

...well shit if the the two of us are screwed because of you, I'd take you with us. Lost your mind if you think I'd let you walk away after pulling that.