Emily

It was Oh Il-Nam until he revealed his true self. He’s not even sympathetic like In-Ho. Then I hated him. So in Season 1, I would say Sae-Byeok. In Season 2, though of course not technically an actual player, my favorite was In-Ho/Young-Il prior to resuming his role as the Front Man. I like complex villains, so he’s my favorite character in general.

I want the ending to be more complex than just ‘the Front Man dies and the games are stopped (at least at that location).’ If Gi-Hun kills him, that won’t be a victory, because it will mean he succeeded at breaking Gi-Hun and proving his point about the nature of humanity. Especially if Gi-Hun ends up replacing him. It would also be unrealistic for Gi-Hun to just have a happy ending after everything. So I see either it having that dark ending, or either Gi-Hun or In-Ho will end up sacrificing themselves to bring these games down (to wrap up their personal conflict) but then we see the Game will continue elsewhere.