Park Seo-joon & Han So-hees Returning K-Drama Can Improve On Season 1 In 3 Major Ways

Gyeongseong Creature season 2 premiers in 2024, and the Park Seo-joon and Han So-hee-led K-drama can improve on the divisive first season in three major ways. Set in the final days of World War II, Gyeongseong Creature season 1 combined historical elements with a fictional story about a mysterious organism that could turn people into monsters. The characters played by Han So-hee and Park Seo-joon met amidst their investigation regarding the sinister Ongseong Hospital, inside of which secret experiments based on the true story of Unit 731 were happening.

Despite its incredibly talent lead actors, Gyeongseong Creature was not as well received as the best K-dramas starring Han So-hee or Park Seo-joon. The horror series was criticized for, among other things, a love story that happened too fast and a slow start. Fortunately, the Netflix K-drama has all the tools it needs to improve in season 2. In fact, Gyeongseong Creature’s new season is expected to be very different from the first one mainly because it will take place in 2024 instead of 1945. By changing the setting, Gyeongseong Creature season 2 can be a fresh start for the show.

Gyeongseong Creature Season 2 Can Make Chae-ok & Tae-sang’s Romance More Believable

Chae-ok and Tae-sang’s relationship can start from scratch in 2024

Despite its horror tone and science fiction storyline, Gyeongseong Creature is also a love story between Chae-ok and Tae-sang. However, their relationship in season 1 had issues, particularly how fast they fell in love with each other. Although “love at first sight” is one of the oldest K-drama tropes, Gyeongseong Creature does not give its main couple enough space before Tae-sang and Chae-ok start to declare their love for each other and put their lives on life for one another. Shortly after Tae-sang met Chae-ok, the former was already being questioned about whether he was in love.

Gyeongseong Creature season 2 can be a new beginning for Chae-ok and Tae-sang’s relationship, which ended in tragedy in season 1. It’s unclear how Chae-ok is still alive and young in 2024, but it can be assumed that the Najin parasite gave her powers and made her immortal. Likewise, while Park Seo-joo is said to be playing “Ho-jae” in Gyeongseong Creature season 2, this may be Tae-sang’s new identity in the 21st century. Now living in a much different world from when they first met each other, Gyeongseong Creature’s lead couple can fall in love again and reexperience their relationship.

Park Seo-joon’s Tae-sang Can Be An Even Better Character In A Modern Setting

Tae-sang is a tragic character who wants to survive no matter what

Jang Tae-sang did not become an instant fan favorite like other Park Seo-joon characters. Gyeongseong Creature struggled regarding whether Tae-sang should be a tragic or a comic character, a balance that may be better achieved in season 2. It’s important to notice that, for now, Park Seo-joon has been confirmed to be playing “Ho-jae” in Gyeongseong Creature season 2. Ho-jae appeared in Gyeongseong Creature’s ending credits scene, during which the series shockingly jumped 80 years into the future. Ho-jae may be a descendant of Tae-sang, but he can also be Tae-sang’s new identity.

Assuming that Tae-sang drank the contaminated glass of water in season 1, part 1’s finale, the character may have gone through some sort of transformation and now ages much slower. This would explain why Tae-sang is still alive in 2024. Regardless, Park Seo-joon playing Tae-sang in a modern setting will allow the actor to portray a new side of the character. Tae-sang’s selfishness and wish to survive no matter what can gain a whole new meaning now that he has presumably lived for over 100 years. A modern setting also means Tae-sang’s humor can work better.

Gyeongseong Creature Season 2’s Pacing Can Be Much Better Than Season 1’s

Gyeongseong Creature 2 is already full of mysteries and burning questions

Perhaps the biggest problem with Gyeongseong Creature season 1 was the pacing, especially from the first batch of episodes. It takes a while before the show gets going, a problem that season 2 will likely not have. Whereas season 1 tried to slowly set up the mystery of what was happening in Gyeongseong, season 2 already sounds exciting due to its new setting. Even if the show does not immediately explain how Chae-ok and Tae-sang are alive eight decades later, this mystery itself should be enough to keep things interesting.

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10 Biggest Gyeongseong Creature Season 2 Theories

Several Gyeongseong Creature season 2 theories try to explain Park Seo-joon’s “new” character and Han So-hee’s return as Chae-ok, now in 2024.

There are a lot of burning questions Gyeongseong Creature season 2 needs to answer, which is also good news for the show. Gyeongseong Creature radically changing its setting for the new season may be a risky decision, yet it is a very promising one. It will be interesting to see why and how the Najin research continued, assuming there will be other monsters in season 2. Between the new dynamic between Park Seo-joon and Han So-hee and all the sci-fi mysteries that come with the return of their characters 79 years later, Gyeongseong Creature season 2 sounds exciting.

Gyeongseong Creature

Gyeongseong Creature is an action horror-thriller television series that Kang Eun-kyung and Chung Dong-yoon created for Netflix. Set in 1945 during the Japanese occupation of Korea, Jang Tae-Sang, a wealthy informant in the heart of Gyeongseong, and Yoon Chae-ok, a highly skilled investigator, come together to face a literal creature created from the cumulative greed of humanity.

Release Date

December 22, 2023

Seasons

2

Creator(s)

Kang Eun-kyung , Chung Dong-yoon