5 Issues We Wish to See in a ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Sequel

The way forward for KPop Demon Hunters as a franchise stays unclear even because the massive Netflix hit acquired from Sony Footage Animation continues to dominate pop culture. The fandom, in fact, expects a sequel—and it’s already abuzz with what’s subsequent for Rumi, Zoey, and Mira and their future to maintain the Honmoon sealed from the demon world.

Listed here are simply a number of the issues we’d like to see explored in an eventual (and doubtless inevitable) KPop Demon Hunters 2.

Totally different Demon Hunter Eras

The mythology of the Demon Hunter lore goes deep if there was all the time a trio of singers holding the Honmoon down. It will be so cool to discover spinoffs of various eras by means of a sequence or anthology of shorts (assume Star Wars: Visions) that jumps round time durations and maybe different international locations.

I’m taken with studying if different cultures even have music magic wielders and the way demons may work by means of industrial music to attempt to acquire management. I wish to find out about different bands, possibly in short-form spin-offs, to arrange new characters for the long run. There are such a lot of potentialities!

Rumi’s Household Backstory

Rumi being the love youngster of a demon and a hunter is an origin story we wish to see. It’s good for a prequel or by some means pulling a Godfather 2 with twin timelines arcing into how that informs Rumi’s future.

Maybe we may glimpse her father’s and mom’s previous as they meet within the current to additional the complexities of excellent vs. evil between the demons and the people. If Jinu may very well be a good-guy demon, possibly Rumi’s father was too. There was a lot left unanswered by Celine (Rumi’s guardian); we don’t actually know what occurred to her dad and mom or how they had been handled by Gwi-ma and the opposite good guys.

Theories have abounded about Rumi being associated to Gwi-ma, however being his daughter straight appears unlikely—possibly his granddaughter? Would that be too Star Wars-y? It will be finest if Rumi’s lineage was explored with out her having to be a product of pure good and pure evil.

Bringing Jinu Again

Often we predict characters ought to keep useless however not this man. Our boy Jinu deserves a second probability. His sacrifice was big so we’d prefer to see him return in a roundabout way. A preferred concept on-line is that he’s trapped in Rumi’s sword, which might make sense as he gave her his soul and have become part of the prism Honmoon. Plus, if Derpy and Sussie are nonetheless round, they may be capable to discover him by means of their connection to drag him out of a backdoor of types. Possibly he’s human once more however doesn’t keep in mind who he was? We wish the drama and to have him earn his approach again to Rumi; that’s each fulfilling and romantic. We don’t want any extra tragic star-crossed lovers; that might have been Rumi’s dad and mom story however it doesn’t must be hers.

And talking of bringing again characters, possibly let’s give the Saja Boys an opportunity at redemption too. It will be good to see them come again as comedic reduction and attempt to do good whereas making extra good music. We miss Child and Abby. Maybe they will workforce up with Huntr/x to defeat an even bigger risk. Additionally, extra Derpy and Sussie all the time and perpetually, please.

A Full Huntr/x Album

As somebody who wished there was a Powerline album out of A Goofy Film and who excitedly purchased that particular version Josie and the Pussycats (2001) vinyl, I can’t stress sufficient that we’d like a complete Huntr/x album. Songwriter EJAE (who does the singing voice for Rumi), together with voice solid singers Audrey Nuna (Mira) and Rei Ami (Zoey), will quickly be performing awards-season contender “Golden” on The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon, which appears like a check run for a real-life Huntr/x and extra music, we hope.

Huntr/x may actually do a complete sequel companion album—that will be so meta! The way forward for Huntr/x feels limitless as a result of we’d be seated to see a sequel film in a theater or at dwelling and go to the official tour with Huntr/x gentle sticks in hand. Do it for the followers!

Demon Hunter World Track Contest

Image it: Huntr/x is the primary band we observe because the sequel introduces an even bigger world risk that’s related to Rumi’s household. Who you gonna name? A narrative alongside these strains may herald different Demon Hunters for an Avengers-style team-up from world wide that’s half world tune contest (like Eurovision) and half Mortal Kombat.

Possibly the latter may be too excessive for the world of KPop Demon Hunters however the baddies must be vanquished by some means. And these potential team-ups may be characters launched by means of pleasant competitors within the sequel, with their facet tales featured in an anthology main as much as a 3rd movie the place all of it comes collectively.

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