All of Us Are Deadseason 2 is expected to be a“survival period for zombies”according to one of the show’s creators, a surprising but exciting approach for the zombie K-drama’s future. Shortly after the release of season 1, Lee Jae-kyoo toldHypeBeast KR(viaWhat’s On Netflix) thatAll of Us Are Dead 2was going to flip season 1’s premise. Rather than a survival period for humans,All of Us Are Deadwould now be about the zombies trying to survive.The director was most likely referring to hambies like Nam-ra having to survive in Hyosan.
Assuming this is indeed the storylineAll of Us Are Deadseason 2 will follow, theNetflix original K-dramais in a good position to reinvent itself after an incredibly successful first season. Three years have passed since the zombie K-drama came out, and with season 2 filming in 2025,All of Us Are Deadmight only return in 2026. In other words,All of Us Are Dead 2will have to make up for such a long hiatus and cannot just do the same things that the first season did.
Making the zombies – or at least the hambies – the heroes of the story inAll of Us Are Deadseason 2 is a clever way to make it differentfrom the first season. InAll of Us Are Deadseason 1, most of the characters are trapped in a school and must survive the first hours of a zombie outbreak.All of Us Are Deadis not too different from other zombie movies and TV shows, but it executes its simple premise very effectively and makes viewers care about each character.
“A Survival Period For Zombies:” All Of Us Are Dead Season 2’s Story Tease Confirms A Popular Theory About Nam-ra’s Future
All of Us Are Dead season 2 is set to be “a survival period for zombies,” which all but confirms a fan theory about Nam-ra’s future on the show.
IfAll of Us Are Deadseason 2 were to simply be another story of humans running away from zombies, the show would risk feeling repetitive compared to what it has already done in season 2. Instead,All of Us Are Deadseems to be making the most of its hambie conceptand putting Nam-ra front and center in season 2. While we still don’t know much about season 2’s story, Lee Jae-kyoo’s comment about a “survival period for zombies” heavily implies that the military will be huntinghambies like Nam-ra.
The simplest reason whyAll of Us Are Deadseason 2 must be different from season 1 is that it is now impossible for the show to replicate its original premise. The school has been destroyed, most of Hyosan has been bombarded by the military, and the rest of the world is carefully watching what is going on in Korea as they try to avoid a global zombie outbreak. Additionally, most of our main characters are currently safe and sound in the military encampment.The worldAll of Us Are Deadis now vastly differentfrom when it started.
All of Us Are Deadis based on a webtoon calledNow at Our School, although season 1 already covered most of it.
All of Us Are Deadseason 1’s biggest selling point was the idea of a zombie outbreak in a school where the students would have to fight for their lives and save themselves without the help of any adults. Although season 2 could try to replace the school setting with the encampment, this would feel like a cheap way to replicate season 1’s story. Instead,All of Us Are Deadshould expand the scope of the show, perhaps with more external scenesand showing what Hyosan looks like now.
With the hambies at the center of the story and Hyosan now being a post-apocalyptic city,All of Us Are Deadseason 2 will likely feel like a different show. Although this might not seem a good thing given how well-received the first season was,All of Us Are Deadmust do something different yet still exciting in season 2.With most of the main characters still alive and the concept ofAll of Us Are Dead’s hambiesyet to be explored, the show has plenty of interesting opportunities to explore in season 2.
Perhaps On-jo, Su-hyeok, and the others will have to escape the encampment again so that they can help Nam-ra and her new friends.
For example, Nam-ra mentioned she has found other people like her and even learned how to control her powers.All of Us Are Deadseason 1 ends on a mysterious note and doesn’t show these other hambies, but we can assume that they will play a very important role in season 2. Perhaps On-jo, Su-hyeok, and the others will have to escape the encampment again so that they can help Nam-ra and her new friends. That is not to mention Cheong-san, who might return as hambie if he is indeed alive.
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All of Us Are Dead is a South Korean series that centers on a high school overrun by a zombie virus outbreak. The students, facing an unprecedented crisis, must navigate survival while combating the threat of becoming part of the undead horde.
