Alice in Borderland Season 3: An original six-episode continuation

Netflix released the third season of Alice in Borderland on September 25, 2025, returning Kento Yamazaki as Ryōhei Arisu and Tao Tsuchiya as Yuzuha Usagi to a smaller, six-episode run that departs from the manga and closes the immediate arc while leaving the wider world of the series open. The season sends the married couple back into the Borderland when Usagi is abducted by a scholar obsessed with near-death experiences and Arisu follows to rescue her, setting up a Joker-stage tournament built around original games and new players.

Season 3 was produced as an original continuation after the television adaptation exhausted the manga source in season 2. Showrunner Shinsuke Sato and the writing team created several new games and a roster of characters led by Kento Kaku as Ryuji Matsuyama, an assistant professor whose obsession with the afterlife drives much of the new plot. Guest star Ken Watanabe appears late in the season as a mysterious figure identified as the Watchman, who frames a moral choice that becomes central to the finale.

The narrative culminates in a final tournament that forces contestants to gamble points and futures to reach an exit. Arisu volunteers to sacrifice...