Is Borderlands the Purgatory?
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Borderlands is indeed a kind of purgatory between life and death, where people whose hearts have stopped go to fight for their lives, and if you die in Borderland, you die in real life. The concept of Borderland as a purgatory is further emphasized by the fact that those who manage to escape Borderland by clearing all of its games and choosing to leave will be revived in the real world.
Introduction to Borderland
Understanding the Concept
The world of Borderland is an alternate version of Tokyo to which a bunch of seemingly normal citizens have been mysteriously transported to, where they must compete in violent and deadly games to extend their visa, which is how long they have left to live.
Frequently Asked Questions
General Questions
- What happens if you stay in Borderland? Those who decided to stay in Borderland will become the recurrent players and Game Masters of Borderland.
- Was Borderland all in Arisu’s head? Arisu blamed himself, and his manifestation of Borderland and its games was a subconscious attempt to come to terms with his situation.
- Are the Borderlands the place between life and death? The Borderlands is a world that acts as a border between life and death, where the consciousness of multiple people who suffer a near-death experience or clinical death are sent to.
- Was Alice in Borderland just a dream? It’s implied that everything that happened in Borderland was a limbo of sorts, either a collective hallucination or a realm between life and death that Arisu experienced during the single minute he was “dead.”
- Is Alice in Borderland about purgatory? Borderland represents Hell and/or inferno (purgatory), where bad/ mediocre people go after death, and it is the place where your actions decide if you go to heaven or hell.
Specific Questions
- What is the logic behind Alice in Borderland? The world of Alice in Borderland is an alternate version of Tokyo to which a bunch of seemingly normal citizens have been mysteriously transported to, where they must compete in violent and deadly games to extend their visa.
- Who created Borderland? Borderlands is a 2009 action role-playing first-person shooter video game developed by Gearbox Software and published by 2K.
- What actually happened at the end of Alice in Borderland? Alice in Borderland season 2 ends with Arisu and Usagi going for a walk in the real world, something they had done several times in Borderland.
- Is the Borderlands limbo? It turns out that Borderland was nothing but a limbo in which their souls awaited between life and death for their bodies to be rescued.
- Who is behind Borderland Alice in Borderland? The players and the viewers find out in the final episode that Mira (aka the Queen of Hearts) was behind the design of the games.
Character-Based Questions
- Who controls Alice in Borderland? The reveal devastated Arisu, because in Season 1 he viewed Mira as an ally — only to realize she was playing them all along.
- Who was the Joker Alice in Borderland? Arisu encounters the Joker, a shadowy figure who serves as Alice in Borderland’s equivalent of Charon, the ferryman of the dead in Greek mythology.
- Can they get out of Borderland? If you are able to escape Borderland by clearing all of its games and choosing to leave, you will be revived in the “real” world.
Plot and Storyline Questions
- How did Mira create Borderland? She is so gifted in psychological manipulation that she managed to trick Arisu in believing that the Borderlands and all its residents were created by his imagination.
- Will there be Alice in Borderland 3? Alice in Borderland season 3 has been confirmed and will continue the story of Arisu and Usagi on Netflix, despite season 2’s finale wrapping up the show.