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Thursday, 7 October 2021

Squid Games

Thriller, Friendship

Seong Gi-Hun was an unemployed man. He lost his business. He faced a huge debt. He stayed with his mother. His mother gave him some money to buy some fried chicken for his daughter’s birthday. He asked for money from his mother. In fact, he also stole his mother’s money and gambled lottery. Although he won the lottery, the money has been stolen by Kang Sae-Byeok. The debt collector also came to see him and threatened to sell his organ if he failed to pay. He did not have any money to buy a birthday gift for his daughter. He just simply brought her some tteokbokki for her birthday.

While he was on his way home, he met a misery man at the railway station. The man offered him to play a game with him. If he wins the game, he will receive 100,000 won. If he loses, he has to pay 100,000 won. During the first game, Seong Gi-Hun lost the game. The man gave him a slap as to replace the 100,000 won that he owed. Seong Gi-Hun continued to play the game until he won. He was really happy as he received a lot of money. The man also gave him a name card as if he wanted to join the game in earn more money.

His mother wondered where did he get the money from. He told his mother that he earned it by himself. His mother then mentioned about her granddaughter who was going to move to USA. His mother told him that if he wanted to see his daughter again, he has to prove that he was financial stable and able to take care of his daughter. At night, he decided to join game. He called the number given and waited for the vehicle to pick him up.

By the time Seong Gi-Hun woke up, he found himself in a big dormitory. Everyone wore the same green shirt with a tag number. There are people who wore red shirt as well with different shape: circle, square and triangle. Circle man is the person who does not speak but only follow instruction from square man. Square Man is the one who give orders. Triangle man is a person who is a killer and he always carries gun.

Seong Gi-Hun met an old man, Player 001. (Oh Il-Nam was an old man with the tag 001). He has a brain tumor. The reason why he joined the Squid Games is because he did not have much time left. He hoped that he can lived the fullness of his life. Seong Gi-Hun was surprised to see Cho Sang-Woo during the first game.  Cho Sang-Woo grows up in the same neighborhood as him.

Cho Sang-Woo was graduated from SNU. His mother always praised her son for being a bright student. Cho Sang-Woo also faced financial issues. He lost all his money for investment. The policeman and debt collectors were searching for him everywhere. He felt ashamed to go home. Therefore, he joined the Squid Games in the hope to win the money.

During the first game, they were played the Green Light, Red Light. Whoever breaks the rule of the game, he or she will be shot dead. Many of the people were panic when they heard the gun shot and someone had died on the spot. Seong Gi-Hun and Cho Sang-Woo managed to make it into the end of the game. They were terrified with the rules set for the games. Someone suggested to terminate the game. The Square man then let the players to vote whether they still want to continue playing the games or terminate game. Before he let them vote, he revealed the money that they could earn for winning the game. In the end of the voting, majority of the player decided to terminate the game. Therefore, the organizer sent them back to their original place.

Seong Gi-Hun was happy that he was back to his normal life. He lodged a police report about the game that kills human. Due to lack of evidence, the police thought that he was playing a prank on them. Seong Gi-Hun then went home. He realized that his mother has admitted to the hospital. The doctor recommended his mother to accept surgery before her diabetes became worsen. His mother left the hospital as she could not afford to pay for the hospital. He asked his mother to use the insurance to pay for the bill. His mother reminded him that he has cancelled all the insurance policy and spent all that money. Seong Gi-Hun asked his friends and ex-wife for money. He felt insulted when his ex-wife husband tried to ban him from seeing his daughter with that money. He felt hopeless. He met the old man, Player 001 at the convenience shop. The old man told him that he decided to join the game as life far more difficult than in the game.

Hwang Jun-Ho is a policeman. His brother went missing for a couple of days. When he searched his dormitory, he found the name card that Seong Gi-Hun had. He went to see him and asked him about the name card. Seong Gi-Hun refused to tell him anything since the police did not trust him.

Seong Gi-Hun saw another name card at his house. If he wanted to restart the game, he has to come to the same destination to wait for the vehicle to pick them up. Hwang Jun-Ho followed him all the way to the boat. He sneaked into one of the cars and attacked the 029 Circle man. He threw the Circle man into the sea and changed into his outfit. He went to his dormitory and saw there was a CCTV in his room. He hid his face from the CCTV. He recorded what he saw and did into his handphone. He realized that everyone has been monitored in there.

Kang Sae-Byeok was a defector from North Korea. She pickpocketed Seong Gi-Hun. She needed to money for the broker to brought her parents from the North to China. She has a brother at the orphanage home. She used to work with Jang Deok-Soo. Jang Deok-Soo was a thug who betrayed his boss and stole his boss’s money. Other thugs were also looking for him.               

Ali Abdul is a foreign immigrant. His lost his two fingers due to work. His boss did not give him his pay for months. He has a family to feed too. He stole his boss’s money and gave it to his family. He decided to join the games again.

As the game restart, everyone became more cautious and tried to find what the next game is. Kang Sae-Byeok took the opportunity to went for toilet with Han Mi-Nyeo. She wanted to check out the next game. She smelt sugar and saw the Circle man melting something. She told Han Mi-Nyeo what she saw as Han Mi-Nyeo helped her with her plan to find out the next game. Because Kang Sae-Byeok came from North Korea, she has no idea what is the next game is. Cho Sang-Woo overheard Kang Sae-Byeok conversation. He then asked her directly. Cho Sang-Woo thought about it and saw the shapes on the wall, umbrella, triangle, square and star. He figured out quickly what the next game is. He chose the simple one, triangle. However, he did not warn his teammate about it. In fact, Cho Sang-Woo told Seong Gi-Hun and the gang that everyone should chose a difference shape as they don’t know what the next game is.  Seong Gi-Hun was terrified when he has to pick a stamped shape out of the umbrella-dalgona, which is the most difficult one. Seong Gi-Hun used his saliva to melt the dalgona. There is a player took a higher-ranked staff member as hostage before killing himself. As the staff member is killed, and Jun-ho took the square mask.

At night, the food served was only soda and egg. Jang Deok-Soo’s team did not have enough food, so they took the second round, thus the remaining people did not have any food left for them. One of the players had a fight with Jang Deok-Soo as he stole his food. Jang Deok-Soo beat him until he died. The red shirt man then take body out of the dormitory. Cho Sang-Woo told Seong Gi-Hun and other teammate to stay awake as something might happened at night. Jang Deok-Soo’s team started to attack others and there is bloodshed everywhere. Luckily, the red shirt man stopped them and everyone returned to their own place.

Player 111 was a doctor who involved in illegal human organ tracking with the red shirt man. They conspired with one another. In return, the red shirt man gave him some tips for the next game. They suggested Player 111 to find a strong team to win the 3rd game. Player 111 decided to join Jang Deok-Soo’s team.  In exchange, he will tell them what is the next game. Han Mi-Nyeo wanted to join Jang Deok-Soo as she thought Jang Deok-Soo can protect her. However, she never knew that Jang Deok-Soo betrayed her during the 3rd game. She then decided to join Seong Gi-Hun’s team.

The 3rd game started shortly. It was a game that required teamwork. Cho Sang-Woo wanted to find strong man for their team. Seong Gi-Hun let Player 001 to join their team whereas Kang Sae-Byeok invited Ji-Yeong to join the team. There is still one spot left for their team and Han Mi-Nyeo just filled up the occupancy. Everyone did not want Han Mi-Nyeo to join their team because she was the annoying one. 3rd game was about Tug of War. Seong Gi-Hun and Cho Sang-Woo worried that they might lose the game since they are the weakest among others team. By using strategy suggested by Player 001 and Cho Sang-Woo, they managed to beat the other team.

Seong Gi-Hun afraid that there might be another fighting at night. He suggested everyone to take turn to stay out at night as they afraid that Jang Deok-Soo might attack them. Player 111 did not come back to his dormitory as he was operating the dead body’s organ. The Triangle man did not know what the next game is, so Player 111 felt that he was being betrayed by them. He killed one of the Triangle men. Player 111 has been killed because he broke the rule for knowing the next game in advance. The leader killed him by himself as he wanted to create fairness game for everyone who struggled to survive in real world. The leader found out that 029 Circle man was gone. They were looking for him everywhere as he was the one who killed 028 Circle man.

Hwang Jun-Ho found out about the illegal operation and selling of organ. He also sneaked into the leader’s room to search for the information. He found out that his brother was the winner of the game during 2015. He captured those documents and evidences via his handphone. He tried to call for help, but the phone only for internal use.

The red shirt men came to the dormitory to check the quantity of the player. Soon after, they started the 4th game. They have to find a partner to play the game. They are required to play with one another. Each of them has 10 marble balls. The winner is those who won 20 marble balls. They are free to play any kind of games with the marble balls. It was a heartbreaking story to kill someone that is dear to you.

Cho Sang-Woo stole all the marble balls from Ali. He tricked Ali to find other players with balance marble balls. Ali was too dumb to trust Cho Sang-Woo whom he thought that he will help him throughout the game.

Seong Gi-Hun was partnered with Player 001. Player 001 did not want to play the game and kept escaping from him. Seong Gi-Hun fooled him to play with him. Although Seong Gi-Hun only left with 1 marble ball, Player 001 purposely gave him a chance to win the game. When Seong Gi-Hun gathered all 19 marble balls, Player 001 refused to give him the only marble ball. They had a long conversation with one another. At last, Player 001 gave Seong Gi-Hun the last marble ball. Seong Gi-Hun felt sorry for him.

Kang Sae-Byeok never expect the game was to kill her partner. She was hesitated to play the game. Ji-Yeong suggested that both of them have a deep conversation with one another before either one of them died. Ji-Yeong purposely let Kang Sae-Byeok win the game as she felt that Kang Sae-Byeok deserved to survive more than her.

There was a husband and wife joined the game a well. The husband won the game, but he did not feel happy at all. He asked everyone to vote to end his game because he did not want to play anymore. However, nobody wanted to end the game. Therefore, he decided to commit suicide. Soon after, the 5th game has begun.

The VIP arrived at the site to watch the players to play the game. The players are required to bypass the glasses to another end. However, there are normal glass and tempered glass. They have to pick the tempered glass as it can withstand more weight. Many of the players died as they picked the wrong one. There was a player who used to work in the glass factory. He can distinguish which glass is a tempered glass. Seong Gi-Hun asked him why he did not speak up so that he can save more lives. The player did not want to because other players might want to kill him for the next game. The leader realized that and closed the light so that the player can’t pick the tempered glass. Since the time only left a few min left. Cho Sang-Woo then pushed the player in front for the last glass. Three of them (Cho Sang-Woo, Seong Gi-Hun and Kang Sae-Byeok) managed passed through the glasses on time. They are qualified for the finalist.

One of the VIP has been killed. The leader wanted to catch the intruder. Hwang Jun-Ho managed to escaped by diving. He reached on a deserted island. The leader managed to find him as all the oxygen tank placed a tracker on it. Hwang Jun-Ho tried to get signal from the top of the mountain. He asked for help and sent some evidences to his superior. The leader offered to save his life if he surrendered the phone to him. Hwang Jun-Ho did not want to. He asked the leader who was he. He took off the mask and showed him the face. The leader was his brother that he was looking for. Hwang Jun-Ho shot his brother for trying to kill him. However, the leader also shot him as he refused to surrender the phone. Hwang Jun-Ho then fall off the cliff into the sea.

Cho Sang-Woo, Seong Gi-Hun and Kang Sae-Byeok were offered a delicious meal and changed into a cloth. After the meal, each of them was given a knife. Kang Sae-Byeok has been badly injured from the 5th game. She did not look well. Seong Gi-Hun asked her about her condition. He wanted to join hand with her in order to defeat Cho Sang-Woo for the final game. Kang Sae-Byeok talked about her family. She wanted him to promise her that he will take care of her brother at the orphanage home if she happened to die. Seong Gi-Hun later found out that she bleeds a lot and asked the red shirt men for help. Cho Sang-Woo then took this opportunity to kill her.

For the final game, Cho Sang-Woo and Seong Gi-Hun fought with one another. Seong Gi-Hun wanted to give up the game. He begged Cho Sang-Woo to give up too. However, Cho Sang-Woo did not want to. He decided to kill himself so that Seong Gi-Hun can took the money and take care of his mother.

By the time he reached home, he found his mother already passed away at home. He felt guilt and sorry that he could come back earlier. Although Seong Gi-Hun won the game, he refused to use the money. The banker even asked him why he did not touch the money. One year later, Seong Gi-Hun still moved on with the same old life. Player 001 invited him to his resident. Seong Gi-Hun was shocked to see him. He asked him many questions. He could not understand why Player 001 started this game. After answering his questions, Player 001 passed away. He joined that game because he wanted to have fun before he passed away due to brain tumor.

He went to the orphanage home to see Kang Sae-Byeok’s brother. He brought her brother and let Cho Sang-Woo’s mother to take care of him. He also gave the money to Cho Sang-Woo’s mother and saying that this was the money that he owed him.

Seong Gi-Hun started a new life. He planned to visit his daughter at USA. While he was at the MRT station, he saw the recruiter that used to ask him to join to game. He chased him but he already fled. The recruiter gave the same name card to the new member. Seong Gi-Hun stopped him from joining the game. He called up the number and wanted to join the game again. He wanted to find out who was behind the game. He left the airport and determine to join the game again.


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