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The Five of Spades (スペードの5, Supēdo no Go), also known as Game of Tag (おにごっこ, Onigokko), is a game featured in Episode 2 of Alice in Borderland (OVA).

Players have to find a safe zone and press buttons while avoiding a Tagger in the hallways of an apartment building.

As a Spades challenge, the game tests players' physical strength, endurance, and dexterity.

Overview[]

Set-Up[]

  • Location:
  • Player Limit:
    11
  • Time Limit:
    30 minutes
  • Starting Condition:
    The registration deadline is 6:00pm sharp. "It" begins to move at 6:05pm.

Rules[]

  • Everyone in the complex will be running from the "Oni", also known as "It", or "Tagger", or "Horse Head".
  • There is an unlocked room in the complex which is the "safe zone".
  • It is GAME CLEAR if a player finds and touches the "safe zone" within the time limit.
  • It is GAME OVER if the time limit is reached or if the "Oni" kills all the players.
  • The exterior area of the building is packed with landlines. It is GAME OVER if a player decides to jump out of the venue.

Details[]

The "Oni" is a Dealer in charge of the game and is a muscular gun-wielding horse masked individual. The apartment complex is seven stories high and is shaped in an L. There are three stairwells, one on each end and one at where the two corridors intersect. Although it is not stated in the rules, two players are needed to clear the game. To deactivate the bomb, there are two buttons a distance away in the safe zone which have to be pressed simultaneously.

Toei Sendagaya Apartment building full view (OVA)

Solution[]

The safe zone is a room on the 4th floor. This is deduced by both Chishiya almost immediately and Arisu near the end of the game. Arisu notices that there are bullet holes against the walls, but the judging from the angle, the shots have come from a floor above. When the two unnamed players are on the 4th floor making their way to the door, the Tagger shoots at them from another floor, which is the only time the Tagger shoots at such a long distance. This explains the angle of the bullet holes. The two realize that the only reason the Tagger shoots from so far is to protect the correct door.

Strategy[]

  • Participants can carry their own weapons, as Chishiya brings a pistol that he collected from an unknown source. Since the rules do not forbid it, bringing a weapon to a Spades game is a good strategy.
  • It is not against the rules to assault or try to take down the Dealer, as Karube can be seen joining with two unnamed male participants (a wrestler and a military fanatic) to fight back against the Horse Head using fire extinguishers. However, Chishiya criticizes the plan upon its failure.
  • After the game begins, Chishiya goes to the front of the southern staircase of the highest floor to observe the rest of the apartment building. This is the most powerful passive position to take, as from there the entire perpendicular branch can be seen. Through relatively safe observation, the location of all players and the Tagger can be tracked; and should the Tagger ascend to the 9th floor, escape is possible by running down the southern stairs. Should the Tagger climb up the southern stairs, it would be easy to hear, and there would be time to dash towards the central stairs.
  • Players can escape the Tagger by climbing between floors. This is not forbidden by the rules, as Usagi does so several times while searching for the safe zone.

Game Result[]

Players[]

Arisu
A boy named Ryohei Arisu, with messy black hair, dark blue eyes, and a stern expression, glancing to his left. He wears a white closed shirt 		GAME CLEAR
Located and reached the safe zone; pressed the button simultaneously with Usagi 		Usagi
A young woman named Yuzuha Usagi with pinkish-purple chin-length hair. She is dressed in a white collared shirt that is a part of her school uniform 		GAME CLEAR
Located and reached the safe zone; pressed the button simultaneously with Arisu
Karube
A young man named Daikichi Karube, with slicked blonde hair, sporting an open dark green collared top with a black shirt. He has pierced ears and a thick silver chain below his shoulder blades 		GAME CLEAR
Found the safe zone successfully 		Chishiya
A young man named Shuntaro Chishiya with blonde shoulder-length hair, a mole under his left eye, and wearing a light, dull pink hoodie 		GAME CLEAR
Found the safe zone successfully
Unnamed skinny player
A dark-skinned man with a short afro, a stubbly beard, and dressed in a dull purple collar shirt with a black open cardigan on top 		GAME OVER
"Tagged" by Horse Head 		Unnamed muscular player
A bald, muscular tanned man with a stubbly beard and reading glasses. He wears a dull buttoned mint collared shirt with a dark grey shirt underneath 		GAME OVER
"Tagged" by Horse Head
Unnamed male player in a hat
A tanned man with kinky hair in two low buns, wearing a dark blue '76' hat, a gold hoop earring on his left ear, and a white collared shirt over a dull blue one 		GAME OVER
Attempted to leave the game venue; triggered a landmine and exploded 		Unnamed female player in glasses
A woman with loose dark purple hair wearing glasses. She wears a dull purple turtle neck under her white shirt and pale pink cardigan with short sleeves 		GAME OVER
"Tagged" by Horse Head
Nitobe
An older man named Nitobe with thin eyes, a tapered goatee, and a thinly buzzed haircut topped with a black fedora. He wears a dark maroon vest with a white polka-dotted long-sleeve in violet 		GAME OVER
"Tagged" by Horse Head 		Unnamed male player
A young man with short, choppy black hair that is parted equally. He wears a dull mustard shirt with a purple butterfly and dog tag necklace 		GAME OVER
"Tagged" by Horse Head
Unnamed muscular male player
A young muscular man looking to his right. He has bleached hair with buzzed sides, tanned skin, and wearing a white tank top 		GAME OVER
"Tagged" by Horse Head

Dealer[]

Horse Head
The Dealer of the Five of Spades. He has a parody Horse Head mask on, wearing an open dull green trench coat with a fluffy hoodie, and a white tank top with a torn neckline. He is seen watching another player from a distance on the same floor 		GAME OVER
Failed to eliminate all players; explosive collar around his neck detonated

Trivia[]

  • Unlike in the manga, the unnamed participant with a dark blue cap does not talk about the local urban legend of the apartment complex, however, the announcement still urges the players to exercise caution, since there is "a murderer on the loose".
  • The game venue in the manga and OVA is L-shaped, while the one in the Netflix Series is T-shaped.

See also[]

Games featured in the OVA
Two of Hearts Three of Clubs Five of Spades Seven of Hearts
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