There Is A Chinese-style Squid Game Netizens Are Furious

Squid Game (Netflix)

JAKARTA - The world-famous Squid Game series has inspired many countries to make copies. This is also done by streaming service from China, Youku, which presents an event entitled Squid's Victory.

A poster featuring the Squid's Victory logo is circulating on the internet. The logo has a similar design to the Squid Game logo, which is gray with white and pink writing. Reportedly this show will air starting in 2022 on Youku.

Like the original story, Squid's Victory contains a traditional children's game competition that is followed by a row of contestants. This news drew negative criticism from South Korean netizens.

It is known that China has begun to ban K-pop and Korean dramas there, but on the other hand, "rides" on the success of South Korean content for their country.

Launching NME on Friday, October 22, the production party apologized and claimed this poster was only the first draft for the latest show on Youku.

"This is the first draft for a Game's Victory event that has been removed," said Game's Victory production.

Still, netizens were furious with the imitation. One netizen said, “The Chinese government bans K-pop and Korean shows there but Chinese production companies copy a lot of Korean shows.”

“This is no small event. Isn't YOUKU very popular in China? But they imitated it? Classic hahahaha I'm not surprised by their fakeness," said another netizen.

"Netflix let's do something!" said another netizen who asked Netflix to step in. After this controversy, Youku's party changed the name of the show to Game's Victory but the concept is still the same.