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Scored entertainment-first on WhatSphere's content-balance model 3

Its director stated on the record that "the fundamental questions of life and death, the decisions made at the very edge of survival—whether to live or die, Should you sacrifice others in order to sa…" 1. Its narrative-universality assessment registers 8 of 10 2. Taken together, the content-balance model places it entertainment-first at 19 of 100 3. Relative to the expected cast make-up for its production origin, on-screen representation registers above the baseline for Asian 4.

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    Creator statementdirector: "The fundamental questions of life and death, the decisions made at the very edge of survival—whether to live or die. Should you sacrifice others in order to save yourself? Is it acceptable to survive…"Screen Anarchy, December 2020 source ↗
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    Narrative universalityNarrative universality 8 of 10; identity centrality present.WhatSphere content assessment. Narrative universality 8/10 -> advocacy signal 22
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    Content balanceAdvocacy 19 of 100, tier entertainment-first.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1. Narrative universality 8/10 -> advocacy signal 22
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    RepresentationRepresentation vs production-origin baseline: Asian 77.WhatSphere representation model, score_version 1

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Primary audienceOlder MenOlder Men75
Young MaleYoung FemaleMature MaleMature Female
Primary audienceOlder Men
Targeted

Quadrant Scores

Young Men
27
Young Women
25
Older Men
75
Older Women
73
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Audience Representation

White
40
Black
46
Hispanic
48
Asian
77
South Asian
48
Middle Eastern
48
Indigenous
50
Mixed
42
Other
48
LGBTQ+
44

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Advocacy

Advocacy19
Entertainment

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Synopsis

With his two friends, a video-game-obsessed young man finds himself in a strange version of Tokyo where they must compete in dangerous games to win.

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The average advocacy score of Mystery titles by release year, with this title marked. Higher is more advocacy-driven.

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Average advocacy score of Mystery titles by release year
YearAverage advocacyTitles
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194703
195822
196052
196315
196463
197233
197302
197402
197603
197803
197902
198002
198204
198302
198502
198643
198713
198802
199002
199102
199273
199425
199554
199642
199715
199815
199967
200093
200137
2002111
200325
200439
200539
2006311
2007213
200835
200944
2011123
201382
2014166
2015202
2017125
2018126
201975
202048
20211411
2022189
2023622
2024296
202519
2026214
This title (2020)191

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