KPop Demon Hunters season 2 to explore Zoey, Mira's backstories and Jinu's fate, makers await Netflix's go-ahead
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The story follows Rumi (Arden Cho), Mira (May Hong), and Zoey (Ji Young Yoo), the characters inspired by real-life K-pop bands. In the film, the three juggle K-pop superstardom as HUNTR/X by day and demon hunting by night, a responsibility passed down through generations. Their biggest challenge is to take down rival demonic boy band, the Saja Boys. A climactic battle at Namsan Tower sees HUNTR/X come together through music, while Jinu (Ahn Hyo Seop), a demon-turned-ally, sacrifices himself to save Rumi after her half-demon, half-hunter identity is exposed mid-performance, setting off a chain of events. The ending leaves the door wide open for a sequel. But for now, Netflix hasn't given it the green light. That said, co-director Maggie Kang told Variety, 'We've set up so much for potential backstory. There are a lot of questions left unanswered and areas that are not explored, and we had to do that because there's only so much movie you could tell in 85 minutes.'
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According to the showrunner, 'This was Rumi's story, and we have backstories for Zoey and Mira, ones that we actually put in the movie, but it just kind of rejected it. It just wasn't the movie for those stories,' Kang continued. Meanwhile, the voice cast of Cho, Hong and Yoo are also onboard for a second season. 'I've already told Maggie [Kang] and Chris [Appelhans] that there has to be a follow-up,' Yoo said during an interview in June 2025. 'I would totally do it again. I'll be honestly, a little bummed if we can't do a sequel.'
While Netflix hasn't confirmed a sequel yet, there's a strong chance the announcement could drop any day now. In its first week on the OTT charts, the film landed at No. 2 on the English Films List with 9.2 million views. By week two, it shot to No. 1 with another 24.2 million views, dominating the top spot in 93 countries in one sweep. Even in week three, it held strong at No. 2. And it's not just the film, the multi-singer original soundtrack is also tearing through the music scene.
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