so when they announced that hyunjun wouldn't be returning i was a BIT worried considering how the whole first instalment is abt them and i was EVEN MORE worried when i heard that they were bringing a NEW ML in. i was very prepared to just write it off and pretend it didnt exist because what wouldve been the POINT of building a beautiful soulmate storyline only to bring Some Guy in and ruin it. this did not HAPPEN tho i was shooketh to my core.

so i really enjoyed this second instalment, it's more mystery-driven and sehyun is a GREAT addition he is just a goofy ball of fun and him and the main lead bounce off eachother so well. I do also enjoy how the ML has kept his character development from S1. i've seen some people saying they thought yeon woo was ooc in this?? and i HEAVILY disagree. in S1 he had some snark and bite to him from the start, but he was also very VERY fragile and believed he was a monster, and then by the end he has become comfortable in his skin and that really shines through in S2 he is an absolute DELIGHT i would die for him.

anyway back to S2, so overall the budget is around about the same but the way its put together feels far more like an actual show and less like a pet project that maybe five people filmed in a room for two weeks. there are far more locations and characters, and there is more building on their world of MONO and probes which i LIVE FOR, the character of sehyun actually feels really naturally inserted into the narrative, and both MLs motivations make sense. the writers have also not discarded the character of yoo han despite the actor not returning - he is still VERY prominent and mentioned throughout the series.

towards the end it did feel a little bit rushed but that's understandable considering how little run time they have and also how ambitious the creators have been which i really respect. theyre trying to give us something new and interesting with lgbt characters and i rly do love that. i also think its very clearly meant to lead into a 3rd season so im not mad about it, i would rather they rushed a few bits here and there rather than scrap it all together because i am SO intrigued by the world theyve made so far.

to mention the music also, i did not like the songs anywhere near as much as S1, i found them kind of forgettable tbh, but the actual ost like the instrumentals that play throughout the show not just in certain places i rly liked those ones they were very pretty and set the mood SO WELL

so IN conclusion, i thought it was a very good carry on from the first and i would recommend but if you only watched the first one for overt BL shenanigans then u may not enjoy this one so much

also like with S1, i feel there is a fair amount of rewatch value, since things get mentioned, and then u can go back through (both instalments really) and find parallels or maybe pick up on something u didnt see before)