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Daisy Jackson

New mural dedicated to hit Netflix show Squid Game appears in Manchester

There's another new piece of street art in town, this time dedicated to the global phenomenon that is Squid Game.

The smash-hit Netflix series recently became the most popular series launch on the streaming platform of all time, knocking Bridgerton off the top spot.

111 million users watched the Korean drama in its first 28 days - and now it's been immortalised in a mural in Manchester.

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The art piece comes from renowned street artist Akse-P19, famed for his hyper-realistic murals.

He has painted it on Copperas Street in the Northern Quarter over the last two days.

The mural has covered over what was previously his tribute to Stranger Things' lead character Eleven, played by Millie Bobby Brown.

The art piece comes from renowned street artist Akse-P19 (Manchester Evening News)

Akse's other work in the city centre has included portraits of George Floyd, Captain Tom, David Bowie, Tony Wilson and Ariana Grande.

He's also the artist behind the Marcus Rashford mural in Withington.

The new Squid Game mural on the side of Sweet Mandarin shows lead character Seong Gi-hun, played by Lee Jung-jae, holding up a dalgona candy.

The sweet, honeycomb treat was a key part in one of the games on the show, where players had to carve out shapes in the brittle candy with a needle.

But rather than the umbrella, circle, triangle or star used in the hit series, Aske has painted a Manchester bee onto his.

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