Aarcflick

When I first started watching the Netflix original series, Bet, I couldn't wrap my head around what was happening. Everything seemed so unreal, exaggerated, and absurd. But then I realized it reminded me of the Japanese live-action series Alice in Borderland, but in English and set in a high school. The strangeness of the erratic cadence of English was almost intolerable at first, but once I got used to it, I realized I was thoroughly enjoying this English-language revenge series with a very anime-style twist. The 10-episode series is set in a boarding school where we don't see any teachers the entire time, where high school students compete for a spot on the rankings. One day, when an exchange student named Yumeko arrives at the school mid-year, she becomes the talk of the town when she starts messing with the student council—a.k.a. the school's elite, or senior students. Yumeko's disruption revolutionizes the school, but will she get what she wants? Or will she be lef...