today I'm going to give you insane details I found in Squid Game season 2 let's begin with player number one the frontman Whose actions have subtle details and hidden motives that you might have missed player one was messing with jiun from the start with subtle callbacks to things jihun experienced in season 1 purposely playing with his mind like did you notice how number one styled his hair in a way that's oddly similar to sang Wu almost like he's deliberately making himself look like someone jiun would have a strong reaction to but the milk scene is
also telling in season 1 jiun gives his milk to Ali saying he can't drink plain milk well fast forward to season 2 and guess what player one does the exact same thing he hands over his milk to Jun he saying he can't drink plain milk either like the front man is so meticulous that he changed the squid game number on the cards to 456 which was the number of G hun in fact the phone number from season 1 actually belonged to a real Korean woman who was bombarded with phone calls and messages Netflix have even
gone back to re-edit the scenes in season 1 to a different number because she was being harassed now when we take a look at the second game the front man's initial failure with his right hand to spin the topper followed by the success with his left hand in the end that's no coincidence he's left-handed established in season 1 like when he he shot his brother with a gun precisely in the shoulder so that he would not die the truth is hang henho intentionally prolong the game this tactic was likely designed to unsettle jiun and diminish
his group's Advantage this hints at the front man's deeper psychological strategy to gain their trust by the end when he helped win the final game however the arrangements of groups particularly placing jihun's team lost in the Six Flags game that's intentional this set up ensure that if player number one the front man in Disguise was compromised the elimination of the entire group would protect his identity showcasing the meticulous control he had over the game's Dynamics although this led to his frustration during the spinner game when he struggled to succeed because if he failed the potential
necessity to eliminate jiun prematurely would disrupt his broad plan to prove by episode 7 that the choice he made to play the hero was a failure because another small detail is the frontman smut in response to gun's assertion about necessary sacrifices for the greater good which inadvertently validated the front man's cynical worldview setting up the stage for season 3 and another small detail is that he addresses jiun by name without any prior introduction offering a flimsy excuse when he was questioned about it just like the several other subtle behaviors that that reveal his true identity
like his remark to jiun when he says it's not like you killed anyone which only implies that he has knowledge he shouldn't possess why would he assume this regarding jiun and during a conversation player number one points out the meaning behind their numbers stating my name means one and I'm number one yours means last name and your 456 where he starts laughing not reading the room properly poking fun at the sh coincidence like even his exceptional combat skills against Thanos should have demonstrated a background in law enforcement or the military yet gun seemed to overlook
all of this another detail regarding him is during the Mingo game he might have cheated when he was separated from the rest of the group we never see what group he joins and when they reunite he comes back stating when you're charismatic like me this game is easy which hints that he avoided participation possibly hiding to ensure his survival reflecting his willingness to bend rules to maintain his cover and in that same game the front man's prediction about the group sizes that there would be six and two players in the last two rounds that was
a huge giveaway another insane detail that is called back upon in season 2 that you may not have noticed is that he claims to soon jiun after he won the games in season 1 the following more however in season 2 we see the dudes literally wearing a horse mask when entering the club implying nothing has changed they are still gamblers and within his grasp this is Illustrated with yet another small insane detail regarding the food that proves it now in Korea rice rolls are never eaten with a fork you either use your hands or traditional
wooden Chopsticks but in Squid game the players were served rice rolls with a for why that wasn't r at all it was deliberate all these items were potential weapons the management was handing them tools to fight each other this mirrors what happened in season 1 remember when ji hun was served State they got metal knives that means the front man wanted the players to start eliminating each other however given the fact that ilam was number one and behind all the games it's crazy how naive jiun acted in this season not picking up on any of
these clues that number one can be a traitor just like before next up is the fisherman who has insane amount of details that interlinks with the front man in Squid Game season 2 the fisherman seems helpful but is actually working against the main characters let's break down the clues that reveal his true intentions in one scene the investigator mentioned a Lee and the fisherman quickly asks is it the guy who won it before the investigator responds oh oh oh did junho tell you that this suggests the fisherman knew more than he should hinting at his
deeper involvement and and throughout season 2 the fisherman acts clueless about technology like pretending not to understand how a drone works or even say it properly but this was just him planting the seeds of doubt in their heads for later on when they discover the Drone has been sabotaged how could it be the fisherman if he doesn't know how it works like even the fisherman saving the policeman is questionable as the officer literally states there are hundreds of islands but he just so happened to be at the right place at the right time to save
his life so it's obvious he's working for the front man to save his brother because at the end of the day he still loves him and wants him by his side just like he mentioned in season 1 furthermore the fisherman prevented the task force progression to find the island multiple times he deliberately stares them away from the actual Island where the games occur this is by planting the tracker in the bay and setting a trap explosion he's been the mold this whole time for the past 2 years being funded with money why else would he
be helping this policeman for free where he even mentions he's not even being paid but just so happened to find this random guy with a random insane story so he feels obligated to take him to hundreds of different islands for free but in truth none of this would be possible without the front man helping out the fisherman in exchange for preventing them and gaining Intel or money and speaking of money there's another small detail regarding the salesman when the salesman hands a coin to a homeless man we get a closeup of his hands revealing calluses
at first glance this could be from weightlifting but let's be real it's probably from slapping recruits and proving his philosophy day after day because he's in It For the Love of the Game he doesn't even have to do that but he does that to the homeless just to prove them wrong now the detail is subtle but it's linked to The Matrix reference the front man makes as well the iconic red and blue pills from The Matrix are mentioned and this ties into jihun's internal struggle he's still stuck in his Gambler mindset unwilling to truly live
his life with his daughter and the money the Russian roulette game with the salesman further proves this point emphasizing how jiun isn't much different from the beggar in the park whilst offering the option between food or a lottery ticket a majority gambled for money rather than stopping their hunger this reaffirmed his beliefs that certain people in the world are trash they consistently choose risky uncertain objects over safer more guaranteed outcomes jihun proved his point by taking the 50/50 to die to let fate decide if he lives rather than killing the salesman with the last bullet
and guaranteeing the outcome so he can take the invitation out of his pocket this proves that Jon not living a happy life with his daughter is just a choice just like in The Matrix he's still a gambler willing to make sacrifices like he admitted by episode 7 to the front man and regarding the salesman have you noticed how the cot animation is way too similar to his caricature in the series this feels like a nod to meme culture showing how the creator of squid game is definitely locked in unlike the people who invested in free
free freees mg coin as that's a nod to the dquan crypto Scandal where people lost everything and some even took their lives he faced legal action after the 2022 collapse of Terror USD and Luna cryptocurrencies it's a reminder of how greed and exploitation ruin lives but now here's one of the best details in season 2 it's a moment you probably missed if you watched in the English dub in episode 5 Thanos and his group are casually discussing their ages for those who don't know age is a big deal in Korean culture it influences relationships respect
and even how you address someone so after a bit of back and forth they figure out that the girl in the group is the eldest that's when Thanos pushes the guy in the group to call her Nuna which is the term younger men use for older women but here's where the scene gets even better right after this playful interaction the show cuts to player 120 hju the transgender woman being called onlyi by another girl in her team onlyi is what younger women call older women in Korean and you can actually see how flustered hunu gets
when she hears it as someone has acknowledged her identity then there's the moment when the girl tells hunu only you're beautiful where hunu brushes it off talking about how beautiful girls in Thailand are and how she'll be too but then the girl insists only you are beautiful it's heartbreaking because you realize she feels conflicted hunu knows she voted to continue the game when the girl wanted to stop she's probably used to people not respecting her identity but here's this random girl not only using an daring term calling her only but treating her with kindness this
connection gets even more emotional when you realize hunu got attached but witnessed her death in mingle player 120 is similar to sta Sergeant Bon hu Su sorry if I mispronounced it but in this real life story it's regarding a transgender soldier in Korea who is discharged of the transitioning despite fighting for her rights she was denied and tragically took her life but that's not all this moment parallels sang Wu and Ellie's relationship in season 1 remember how Ellie started by calling sang Wu s Jang Nim which means boss or CEO or president but sang Wu
told him to stop Ali then called him hung which means older brother as a sign of respect and closeness but in the end as a parallel both Ali and young me had their last words in the show beung and uni terms they use for people they grew attached to now to enjoy more squid game videos and to learn even more lore of things you have missed watch this video on your screen right now