There are many countless aspects of the Netflix series 'Squid Game' that propelled the show to become a global megahit K-drama.

The drama grasped the attention of viewers with a dystopian world in which human beings are driven to the edge as they play childhood games to win a lump sum of money trading in their life as the ticket to play the games. Not only that, there were plot twists that kept the viewers on the edge of their seats.

Recently, Korean netizens discussed some of the aspects of the popular drama that shocked international fans. One of the most talked-about scenes was when Ki Hoon gives his daughter a gift box that he won from a crane game. When Ki Hoon's daughter excitedly opened the box, she was only met with a fake gun, which is actually a firelighter. In South Korea, guns are illegal; hence it was obvious to South Korean viewers that Ki Hoon would never give his daughter a real gun. However, to some overseas fans who live in countries where guns are legal, this was one of the shocking scenes. Many fans living in America actually frequently picked this scene as one of the most shocking scenes from the drama.

However, there was another scene in which many international fans picked to be more shocking than Ki Hoon's gift to his daughter - that is, the scene when Oh Il Nam gets the last choice to end the game or not.

During the beginning of the drama, the contestants of the game were given a chance to vote to end this life-ending game or not. After the first 'Green Light, Red Light' game, where an immense number of contestants were killed, the rest of the contestants were left in a panic. Many of them wanted to leave the game. Ultimately, they were given a chance to vote - if the majority voted to leave the game, all the contestants would be allowed to leave unharmed. If the majority voted to stay, then everyone would continue in this death game.

When the voting neared an end, 100 contestants voted to leave, and 100 contestants voted to stay, leaving the last vote up to Oh Il Nam, contestant number 1. Many international viewers expected Oh Il Nam to vote to continue to the game because if he didn't, the show would come to an end.

Many international viewers claimed that they were so surprised when Oh Il Nam voted to leave and was more shocked about the scene after knowing his real identity. Many of these viewers claimed that this scene was one of the biggest reasons they were so drawn to the show. They explained after Oh Il Nam voted 'No,' they couldn't foresee what would happen in the show.

This was because this scene is usually the turning point when the story of these survival thriller shows begins to unfold. This type of scene was seen in various death-games seen in 'Battle Royal' or 'Hunger Game' when all the contestants are forced to continue in the death games. However, 'Squid Game' created a plot twist in which all the contestants were allowed to leave but later made the choice to come back. This scene also showed how people are willing to risk their lives to get out of their hellish life in debt.

Many international viewers picked this scene to be one of the most shocking scenes in the drama and made it impossible to foretell how the story would unfold from then on.

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