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A group of bored delinquents are transported to a parallel wasteland as part of a survival game.
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Alice in Borderland Season 1 Episode 5 Plot Summary and Synopsis
Searching for “the Beach”, Arisu and Usagi follow a group of players wearing similar tags on their wrists. After finding a large hotel building containing dozens of players, the pair are kidnapped and brought to the place’s leader, Hatter, who confirms that they have indeed found the Beach.
Additionally, Hatter explains that their main mission is to collect all the playing cards (excluding face cards) given to players after winning a game, believing that once a player collects all the cards, they will be allowed to leave the abandoned city.
Forced to stay at the Beach, Arisu and Usagi begin to join teams of players in various attempts to collect the few remaining cards.
Alice in Borderland Season 1 Episode 5 Ending
After a long night, Hatter reveals to a group of “executive members”, including Arisu, who participated in a game as a “test” from Ann, that the only remaining card to collect is the “Ten of Hearts”.
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