29/06/2025
Breaking Down Squid Game: A Soulful Reviewđ¸
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Squid Game" (2021) wasnât just a dramaâit was a mirror held up to society, exposing the brutal layers of human nature, desperation, and what money can do to the soul. I still remember when it first aired, around the time of my wedding. Maybe thatâs why it feels so personal to me, as if itâs tied to a specific moment in my life. Back then, it didnât carry the weight of global hype. It started quietly, like a whisper, but it crept under our skin and never really leftđ¸
What struck me the most was the way it told a horrifying story so beautifully. Not a single character felt fictional. Seong Gi-hun, with his gentle heart buried under debts and failures, was never just a "main character"âhe was someone we could all recognize. Ali's loyalty, Sae-byeokâs quiet strength, Il-namâs twisted innocence, and Sang-wooâs devastating moral collapseâthey were all pieces of the world we live inđ¸
The games werenât just for thrill. Each one symbolized something deeper: trust, betrayal, greed, innocence lost, and the painful cost of survival. The visuals, the background scores, even the silencesâeverything carried weight. And when Gi-hun made the final decision not to board the planeâĻ it shattered me. Because that wasnât just the ending of a game. That was a man who had seen too much, lost too much, and no longer believed in the world the way he once didđ¸
The ending didnât offer comfort. It didnât sugarcoat reality. And thatâs exactly what made it powerful. It told us that even after surviving, the trauma doesnât vanish. The world doesnât heal overnight. Sometimes, the real game begins after youâve walked out aliveđ¸
"Squid Game" is one of those rare pieces of art that goes beyond just entertainment. It forces you to question your own morals, your own choices. It forces you to sit with discomfort. Itâs not just a show you watchâitâs a lesson you carry.
Now coming to the main pointsđĨ-
đ´Why some people arenât liking Squid Game Season 3âs ending
đ Why itâs still worth watching
âĢAnd how the ending is actually brilliantly written if you look deeper
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Maybe it didnât end the way you wanted it to. But maybe it ended the way it needed tođĢļđŧ
"Squid Game: Season 3" stirred a lot of mixed emotionsâand thatâs exactly why it was powerful. Yes, some people are unhappy with the ending. And I get it. It didnât offer easy closure, it didnât glorify revenge or survival, and it didnât hand us a picture-perfect wrap-up. But maybe thatâs the point.
People wanted Gi-hun to escape, to heal, to reunite with his daughter, to win the war against the system in a dramatic, victorious way.
But what they got instead was quiet, uncomfortable truth. A reminder that real justice doesnât always come in explosions or applause. Sometimes, it comes in the form of one man choosing sacrifice over survival. Choosing a childâs life over a suitcase of pain.
And yesâsome will say Season 3 was slow, or that it didnât live up to the hype. But was it ever supposed to be just âhype?â
This isnât just another battle royale.
Itâs a social mirror.
Itâs storytelling that doesnât spoon-feed satisfaction.
Itâs haunting, itâs raw, itâs reflective.
Gi-hunâs ending was not a defeat.
It was a choice.
To break the cycle.
To let go of vengeance.
To ensure someone else wouldnât grow up inside the same system that broke himđ
And thatâs why you should still watch itâeven if you think itâs "overhyped", even if you heard spoilers, even if people online told you the ending âwasnât good.â
Because truthfully, some of the best endings arenât meant to please youâtheyâre meant to stay with you.
Watch it for the writing.
Watch it for the silence between lines.
Watch it for the characters who werenât loud, but mattered deeply.
Watch it because it challenges the very idea of what victory really is.
You donât have to like how it ended.
But maybe, youâll understand why it had to end that way.
And maybeâjust maybeâitâll teach you something about humanity, grief, and the quiet courage of letting go, but just do give it one shot before come to anymore wrong conclusionđŠˇ
This series will always gonna stay close to my heart and all the characters, I waited years for this. My husband saw my emotion, my brother saw how excited I've been, so for me it will be a very shiny dreamy piece of memory for lifetime~đ¸
