From jaw-dropping thrillers to feel-good romantic series, K-dramas can keep us hooked and make
us binge-watch entire seasons in a few days.
However, in some cases, the story was not wrapped up neatly within a single season,
leaving way too many unanswered questions begging to be resolved.
So, to tickle your lingering feelings due to cliffhangers, today, we are going to discuss
5 Kdrama series that desperately call for another season.
Sweet Home Adapted from a popular webtoon of the same
name, Sweet Home was quite the remarkable series.
However, it has diverged completely from the original as the series closes, so there’s
no way of knowing what comes next, unless a second season is in tow.
The drama is set in a Korea where an infectious virus is consuming humans and turning them
into monsters based on their desire.
And our male lead, played by the handsome Song Kang, was based in the Green House apartment
building, trying to survive along with fellow residents.
He’s revealed to be infected, but was able to merge with his inner monster and used his
power to fight for friends.
The many characters of the show all have different backgrounds, personalities, and motives, making
for an extremely emotional watch.
So far, at the end of the first season, we got to see Song Kang on the run, while the
female lead Yi Kyung join forces with the government.
The rest of the residents are towed onto government’s cars and headed to god-knows-where, leaving
ground for myriads of unanswered questions.
First of all, what makes Hyun Soo different from other patients and will he keep his humanity
in the end?
Our favorite leader, Eun Hyuk, was buried under the collapsed building while showing
signs of infections, but seeing how KDramas often go, will he actually die?
Yi Kyung still hasn't discovered the mystery behind her fiance’s disappearance, and what
had she promised the government.
And finally, how was Sang Wook still alive?
Is he actually Sang Wook or had he turned into a conscious monster?
All these loose threads are begging to be tied in season 2, so we are looking at you,
Netflix.
Arthdal Chronicles Ah, Arthdal Chronicles, a series of so many
great promises.
The big-budget drama is the first Korean ancient fantasy series with a star-studded cast including
Jang Dong Won, Song Joong Ki, Kim Ji Won, Kim Ok Vin, and so on.
To create the beautiful fictional land of Arthdal for the series, a completely original
set was built in Brunei for a total of 8 months.
The series follows the central character Eun Seom, who was born with a fate to bring disaster
to Arthdal.
Going through hardships with Eun Seom is the beautiful Tan Ya, destined to become the next
Great Spiritual Mother of the Wahan tribe.
Other interesting characters like the ambitious Ta Gon, the smart Sa Ya, and Taealha, also
portray important roles and bring interesting elements to the plot.
However, after 18 episodes divided into three parts, the storyline of ‘Arthdal Chronicles’
is nowhere near done . Forbes even called the drama's final episode "not a finale" because
it "ends on an ambiguous note", while Kpopmap pointed out 19 unanswered questions that the
series left to the viewers.
There are just so many untapped issues, and no closure thus far.
Watching the finale, we have to question: Will our main couple meet again and have any
romance?
How will Eun Seom handle his relationship with his twin brother Sa Ya?
Can Ta Gon conquer the East as he wants?
How about his newborn? the list goes on.
The final episode even ends with the words "The legend of Arth will continue!", like
a signal for the second
However, information about Arthdal ​​Chronicle's 2nd season remained unknown.The drama had
failed to impress the Korean audiences, leading to low ratings.
Furthermore, the Covid-19 pandemic had made it impossible to film overseas, leading to
a whole different set of problems like delayed filmings, regulations, schedule conflicts
between the cast, maintenance of the old set, and many, many more.
Still, let’s hope that our prayers for season 2 will soon be answered!
Vagabond 2019 is said to be a year of terrible unfulfilling
Kdrama endings", and Vagabond may have also fallen to such a trope.
This big-budget action series scored the highest ratings in its time slot and won Lee Seung
Gi and Bae Suzy multiple awards, but the ending... let’s just say that it isn’t an actual
ending.
Packed to the top with action, never-ending conspiracies, and a tiny sprinkle of romance,
this drama drives us stress-sweating until the very last minute of the show.
Throughout it all, we follow the male lead Cha Dal Gun, who was thrown amid a conspiracy
behind a plane crash that killed his nephew.
He took it upon himself to find the party responsible, and along the way, had crossed
paths with NIS agent Go Hae Ri.
The truth they unveiled had shook the couple to the core, and seeing the corrupted nature
of their government and those they trusted was not exactly the pleasant occasion.
What’s most maddening about Vagabond though, was the ending, which was the exact scene
that we see in the very beginning.
Dal Gun was killed unsuccessfully after discovering the true mastermind, and had to fake his death
to protect Hae Ri, only to be on the opposite side of her.
All their previous efforts were actually for nothing, because they had played into the
hands of the perpetrator all along.
“I am still unable to accept the current season 1 ending.”
“I’ve never been on a cliffhanger so much before!” - many audiences exclaimed while
watching the finale, while some express that “The ending calls for a second season."
After all of this though?
There’s still no news about Vagabond continuing in the future.
And considering that the series was filmed outside of Korea, it is unlikely that Vagabond
season 2 will grace us with its presence anytime soon.
Signal Yes, it has been years since Signal aired.
But let’s admit it though: that ending was too much of a cliffhanger, and we kind of
need a second season.
This fantasy crime drama revolves around 3 police officers, with two in the present,
communicating with the other in the past through a mysterious walkie-talkie.
Via limited clues exchanged via this time-bending the device, the three opt to solve crimes
together, expose true culprits, and seek for the answer between one of their own disappearances.
This 16-episode journey is hooked by itsy bitsy details that are tied up with little
loose ends.
However, the time-bending troupe makes for interesting mysteries, posing the question
of if they are changing the past or had caused the past themselves.
The ending of the first season left us with multiple unanswered issues: Is ‘Signal’
a time loop?
Did officer Lee Jae Han survive the ending?
Will they be successful in changing anything of the past?
Even the producer and the screenwriter themselves admitted that a second season are in the plan.
Kim Eun Hee herself, even assured viewers, saying that: "I would like to make "Signal
2" before I retire".
Still, it has been 5 years already, and there’s no sight of Signal’s second season?
Should we still have faith, or it’s time to mourn a forgotten but dearly-wished project?
Squid Game Squid Game was a phenomenon, having topped
Netflix worldwide and was the first Asian series ever to do so.
While it follows a typical survival game motif where competitors struggle to win money at
the cost of life, it has its own special charm in the character building, its message against
capitalism, and delves into the true schemings behind the game.
It was a heart-breaking drama that’s for sure, seeing that out of all our favorite
characters, only one may survive, but while the final competitor had emerged, there are
still many, many questions that the show left hanging.
First of all, there’s the policeman Hwang Jun Ho, who joins the game to find his missing
brother.
It was later revealed that the brother had been with the game all along, and even shot
his own brother off a cliff!
But is this the very end?
As we can see through many, many Kdramas, a major character’s death is not final until
we have a body, so considering that Jun Ho was only shot in the shoulder and is now missing,
maybe he can come back alive?
Further questions like the reason our main character Gi Hoon came back in the end, how
will the game continue to run after the death of its creator, and further, are also catalysts
to a possible second season.
And even though director Hwang Dong Hyuk did not originally plan for the series to go on,
its scope of success and many cliffhangers leave us wanting for more.
1488 .
And that’s the list!
Do you think that the mentioned series deserved to go one?
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