Predicting what will happen inAll of Us Are Deadseason 2 may be difficult considering the show is no longer just adapting a webtoon, but I’m confident that the zombie K-drama’s second season will mirror a different Netflix Korean show about monsters. WhereasAll of Us Are Dead’s first season covered the initial hours of the zombie outbreak,All of Us Are Deadseason 2is expected to be more of a post-apocalyptic story set in whatever is left from Hyosan. Although our characters are currently safe, things will likely escalate quickly.
All of Us Are Deadchose to end its first season on a cliffhanger, which indicated that a second season was being considered. Shortly after thezombie K-dramabecame a global success on Netflix, the streamer announced thatAll of Us Are Deadseason 2 was in development. Unfortunately, three years after season 1 came out, we still don’t have a release date for season 2. Regardless, given the structure of season 1 and where the story is going next, I firmly believeAll of Us Are Deadseason 2 will be quite similar toSweet Home 2.
There are plenty of similarities betweenAll of Us Are DeadandSweet Home, both of which are hugely successful NetflixK-dramas based on webtoons. One of those similarities is how the first seasons of bothSweet HomeandAll of Us Are Deadcovered the entirety of their respective source materials. In other words, just likeAll of Us Are Deadseason 2 will have to be an original story,Sweet Homeseason 2 also had to extend its plot beyond the webtoon. This is whySweet Home2felt like a different show.
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Not only didSweet Homeseason 2 introduce original characters and storylines that were not in the webtoon, but it also chose to sideline most of the main cast. The star of the show, Song Kang, took a backseat, with Cha Hyun-su disappearing at the end of episode 3 and only rejoining the story in episode 7.Sweet Homeseason 2 expanded the scope of the show and explored different corners of that post-apocalyptic world, which I believe will happen inAll of Us Are Deadseason 2 as well.
Cheong-san’s Role In Season 2 Could Be Similar To Hyun-su’s In Sweet Home
Another potential similarity between the second seasons ofAll of Us Are DeadandSweet Homeis the role of Cheong-san compared to that of Hyun-su. Now a special infectee whose powers made him dangerous,Hyun-su chose to stay away from his friends during most of season 2.Instead,Song Kang’s characteracted as a guardian angel watching Eun-ju and the others from afar. It was only when Yi-kyung’s daughter started to become a problem that Hyun-su revealed himself and rejoined the main story. This could be what happens to Cheong-san, assuming he is alive.
If Cheong-san is alive, there is no doubt that he is a hambie now. Cheong-san was bitten in the arm by Gwi-nam, which, according toAll of Us Are Dead’s hambie rules, should make Cheong-san an asymptomatic zombie. This is what happened to Nam-ra after she was bitten by Gwin-nam, after all.Cheong-san may have chosen not to reunite with friends after becoming a hambie, which would explain why he hasn’t shown up even after the four-month time jump that happened in the finale. However, he could still be watching and protecting them from afar.
The incredibly long wait forAll of Us Are Deadseason 2 means that the show will have to meet some very high expectations. With the second season of the horror K-drama potentially arriving four years after the first one,All of Us Are Dead2will have to deliver a consistent, exciting storythat recaptures what made season 1 so good while elevating the show. This is a very difficult mission, even more so now that there isn’t a webtoon for the K-drama to follow.
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All of Us Are Deadseason 2 will have to be different, and that is always dangerous. Between Nam-ra living with other hambies and the ambiguous status of Cheong-san, there is no wayAll of Us Are Deadseason 2 will be just like the first season. That is not to mention the destruction of the city and the fact that the military will likely have a bigger role in the story. All of this mirrors what happened toSweet Home, whose second season was very controversial. Hopefully,All of Us Are Deadseason 2 will be a better sequel.
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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.
Sweet Home
Sweet Home follows the story of Hyun-soo, a reclusive high school student who moves into the Green Home apartment complex after losing his family. When a mysterious epidemic turns people into monstrous creatures, Hyun-soo and the residents of Green Home must band together to survive, confronting their inner demons and the horrifying threats outside.
