rin_0006 :
Honestly, I think the ending was perfect. Gihun didn’t just survive, he proved something deeper. The Frontman believed people are naturally selfish, that when pushed, they’ll always turn on each other. But Gihun showed the opposite. That even in a place as brutal and hopeless as the Squid Game, compassion can still exist. People can still choose to be good.
And then there’s that final line “We are not horses, we are humans. Humans are…” and he just stops. That unfinished thought hits hard. Horses act on instinct. They’re forced into wars, into races, into someone else's game. They run because they don’t have a choice. And maybe that’s what the Squid Game was, people running out of desperation. But humans? We’re not supposed to be like that. We’re supposed to have a choice.
But choose what exactly? That’s where it gets messy. Gihun saw it all. The greed, betrayal, cruelty, but also love, sacrifice, and kindness. So what does it really mean to be human? We use the word “humanity” like it means compassion or empathy, but the people who built the game were human. The ones who killed and betrayed were human. So are the kind ones the only true humans? Or is all of it just us?
Maybe that’s why he couldn’t finish the sentence. Maybe he didn’t have an answer. And honestly, neither do we. Humans aren’t just good or bad. We’re capable of everything. That word “humanity” doesn’t mean much by itself. It’s what we choose to do with it that defines us.
2025-06-29 00:51:10