Shiboyugi things I think were explained better in the novel than the anime
- Yuki has a rule that if she needs to kill a player to get past a trap its the player thats closest to her. Thats why Kinko was chosen.
- the makers of the game only expected 3 people to live at the end because newbies have a lower survival rate, this is also why Yuki doesn't look for any alternate route (no idea why there is smoke/fire seems to be something added to the anime to give a sense of urgency? But it was much more calculated in the novels)
- Chie died because she was useless. Mishiro explains this one as she hears her dying: everyone else had taken turns being the front of the group and Yuki had gone back for Mishiro and Kotoha whereas Chie did nothing.
- the game was designed to easy enough to push one player as the front/leader because of the voting trap at the end. The only ones who realized this were Yuki and Kotoha
-Mishiro did initially contemplate voting for Yuki or Kotoha but ended up voting according to the rules in the end
- Mishiro's arm wasn't able to be reattached after the game because it was eaten, she ended up with a prosthetic* so she could continue playing specifically so she could face Yuki again.
- Yuki woke up last as a penalty for accidently swallowing the transmitter given by Kinko's father. The game runners removed it but it wasn't something they would just overlook.
- Riko had both her arms and legs replaced with prosthetics, paid for by Mishiro, because they were eaten by a similar beast as the one that took Mishiro's arm.
- This is also why Mishiro took her in as an apprentice** and they were close enough to have met outside the game several times.
- there were a handful of players left behind after the game ended. One of them survived a month eating weeds but eventually died of starvation. Others died fighting over the exit, and a third hit her head looking for keys.
Additional explanation: there were two sets of keys for the shoe lockers, silver and gold. The anime actually heavily edited this storyline. The keys were needed to open the shoe lockers to get shoes to cross the floor since it was electrocuted, Riko had two sets for her arms and legs and these were the ones the players were fighting over.
- Yuki led five people on a suicide run to the entryway, all of which were taken out by Mishiro's group.
* Prosthetics and body modification are super common among veteran players in the novels. However theres a limit since anything that could be considered a weapon is against the rules. Thus many players have iron prosthetics/mods
** mentor/apprentice relationships are also brought up a lot. Finding a mentor is the only way to learn more/study for the games since they cant be talked about due to the underground nature.
titsay
origamiaround
romaincrisis
discoholicmusic
germansingergirl
dailybridgerton
janainaart
gummygunk
