KPop Demon Hunters
Added 2025-07-03 03:57:39 +0000 UTC:D omg this was so fun!!
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This movie really needed an extra 30 minutes to be a 10/10 for me.
Fallen One 669
2025-12-08 17:38:40 +0000 UTCOK, I get it now.
Purist
2025-10-26 14:56:02 +0000 UTCIt's just that triple side glance with the "Oh Honey" that gets me 33:20
Adam Burrows
2025-10-17 04:26:26 +0000 UTCAlicia and Mikki didn't react to something as I thought they would given the bulidup: Rumi FIXED Jinu! XD
Jacob
2025-10-16 20:03:42 +0000 UTCAnd honestly, even IF studio execs actually keep out of it and just trust the people who made the first success to do their thing, and even if the original creators are actually passionate about their sequel instead of just doing it because the studio mandated it or because they need the paycheck, that's still no guarantee that it'll be great. I'm sure every artist in every medium out there would love to just pump out hit after hit, but sometimes you happen to catch lightning in a bottle and trying to make a follow-up just never quite hits the way that the first one did. Not that I'm just straight up opposed to sequels or anything like that. There have been some genuinely great sequel/prequel stories out there that managed to live up to or even surpass their predecessors. I'm always just hesitant when it comes to sequels in general, and I'm especially hesitant when the first entry was extremely popular. Mostly because I feel like there have been a lot of cases where either the studios or writers ended up pandering to things that people enjoyed in the original (e.g. something like resurrecting the Saja Boys and making the popular ships official because they know they're popular) and throwing in references/callbacks in a way that makes it feel kind of...fake, I guess? Like it was more about cashing in without any real idea of what to do with it instead of actually about expanding on the universe.
Ven
2025-10-05 20:44:24 +0000 UTCKPop Demon Hunter is the prime example of the kind of movie you can get when a studio does not interfere with it's production. Sony let the woman who orchestrated all the music for Spider-Verse build this whole movie, only for the execs to sell it to Netflix from the dollar bin. The Sony Execs literally believe that the film was too niche and wouldn't make them much money, so they opted to sell it to Netflix for pennies on the dollar. Even worse, because of a pre-existing bias against distributing singles created for movies, Sony Music opted to give away the distribution rights. Honestly, this outcome was probably for the best. Considering the Sony execs considered the film financially dead, if they had interfered with the production like they do with many big box office releases, they movie may have neem turned into garbage through their hands alone. Netflix has announced intentions to create a sequel and a musical stage show. I am doubtful if the sequel can be as successful. As we've seen with the Mandelorian, once execs know a series is successful, they start putting their hands in the pot, adding terrible ideas. And then there's going to be the contractual terms between Netflix and Sony. Did Netflix buy the rights out right? Does Sony have any guarantee only they can make sequels related to KDH? If they don't, would Netflix try to find a different animation studio? (because there's no way Sony wouldn't negotiate for better royalties next time.) There's too many cracks in the wall to make me thrilled about a sequel. I'm hopeful, but will not be surprised at all.
KatoBen
2025-09-30 22:35:24 +0000 UTCI feel like there were 3-5 scenes missing in act 3
Maddie the witch
2025-09-29 11:02:33 +0000 UTCThe ending/final act feels so disappointing to me, I loved the first half but rest is just so disappointing, the whole point of questioning if demons are bad and what their stories are is ignored, they practically only accept Rumi and the two mascots and lock the rest away, in some ways it almost feels like intentionally leaving things for a sequel but at the same time there is a major resolution at the end.
Mart Smidt
2025-09-27 14:14:25 +0000 UTCso from the girls saying to bobby they will be 3 and ending the call it takes them 2:46 to reach the show they was actually there in 3 lol
Madison
2025-09-25 18:17:02 +0000 UTCFun fact: the little girl who shows us the rumi jinu ship name is also the first human to get her soul ripped out by a demon once the homoon starts to fail. Yep, the biggest jinu rumi shipper has her life cut short at a young age because of Jinu.
Kap
2025-09-25 02:54:21 +0000 UTCHow is wanting to see millions of people killed by demons "valid"?
Kap
2025-09-18 03:05:13 +0000 UTC"Demons use language to manipulate and deceive people" -Frieren the Slayer. Frieren will always be the best demon killer in anime. For her it's on sight with demons.
Kap
2025-09-18 02:29:37 +0000 UTCAlicia be like "are we sure all demons are back, because if your Mom f*cked a demon..." Meanwhile, Alicia being down bad for every evil, evil looking, muscle bound, glowy-eyed mofo...
Xanis
2025-08-31 04:20:39 +0000 UTCI heard from someone that the movie was originally almost 3 hours but netflix only wanted it to be 90 mins so thats why some parts felt rushed
Klaus
2025-08-28 18:21:29 +0000 UTCLove the fact that they've already been green-lit for a second movie!
Clayton Stewart
2025-08-28 04:06:34 +0000 UTCThis is a great reaction and loved thier thoughts for the most part but gotta say in regards the their criticism about the lack of communication... I do agree that a lot of the time lack of communication is a lazy plot point but that's only when communicating would be easy and they just choose not to. the way they talked about this makes me think that neither of these girls really understands shame... and that is great for them, but it makes their lack of understanding about Rumi's shame kind of hard to watch. The idea of having some inate part of you that you are so ashamed of due to upbringing and generational trauma that you would almost rather see everything burn rather than admit to yourself what you are let alon admit to others feels really relateable and it makes me sad that the ladies see it as a flaw in the writing when it feels so so realistic to me.
Kyle Junge
2025-08-28 02:07:25 +0000 UTCuh isn't that the idea its called KPop demon hunters so a lot of songs are gonna happen
Drago the dragon pokemon
2025-08-24 09:32:00 +0000 UTCThis is a good movie but the writing definitely could have been better. It feels like Encanto where it's less about the plot and more about the songs
Giddo
2025-08-24 07:38:21 +0000 UTC"Goo Goo Gah Gah."
PWMARSH17
2025-08-21 00:58:54 +0000 UTCDamn didn’t think this movie was for me but 20mins in and already having so much fun 😂😂😂 Man movie was sooooo good!!! And as a warframe fan having ANOTHER demon boy band was funny as hell. As for Jinu I don’t think he left his family intentional. He literally sold his soul to the devil my guess is that they had some influence over him from the moment he made the deal. Maybe Gwi-Ma forced him to leave his family behind then altered his memories making him think he did it completely of his own accord keeping him consumed by his guilt
Nightmareman99
2025-08-18 06:24:38 +0000 UTCI don't think Jinu actually abandoned his family. If that was his plan, he wouldn't have walked them to the palace, holding his little sister's hand the whole time. I think he was planning to bring them with him, but the king wouldn't let them in. And in those days, there was no "If my family can't come, i don't want the job"
Rinthewolf
2025-08-14 11:46:07 +0000 UTCFor anyone not aware, Jinu's Lament (the song he sings when we first meet him) has an extended version and it's amazing.
Rinthewolf
2025-08-14 10:25:21 +0000 UTCOn the "major plot point being not communicating" thing... I usually agree. However, it would make way less sense for Rumi to have told them in this movie. They showed that she was essentially brainwashed from childhood that she can never show her patterns to anyone and that demons are all evil and then as she got older and the Celine formed Huntrix around Rumi, it showed that Celine still brainwashed Rumi into thinking that her friends could never accept her. It is INCREDIBLY hard to overcome that much programming, especially when its started from childhood. If she was going to open up and communicate with them, they should not show the childhood scene at least, because it would feel more realistic how it is, with her trying to hide it up until it comes out and everythign blows up in her face. Thanks! I am so happy you guys enjoyed the movie and I got to see your reaction! edit: "wishing they explored why she was half demon" - I may be wrong here, as nothing was ever explicitly stated, but I think that they gave us enough to imply why she was going demon mode and why she was "half demon". First, it was made clear that it is deep shame that feeds the demon marks. Most are controlled by Gwi-ma as it seems like they were likely all offered "deals" by him, which like monkey paw wishes ended up badly and causing them great shame they stew with, and Gwi-ma is able to whisper to them as the origin of the marks. HOWEVER, I believe that Rumi was "turned" into a demon by Celine, and maybe Rumi's mother. We know that Rumi's father was a demon, and as you noted, either Rumis mom slept with a demon or she was... forcibly slept with. In either case, Celine would see Rumi as a "mistake" since she clearly is deep in the belief of all demons are evil and bad. Rumi's mom may also have had issues with Rumi if it was, in fact, non consensual, and may have taken it out on her before passing away. Either way, Rumi ended up being raised by Celine, and as we saw, Celine GREATLY pushed the belief on Rumi that she had to be ashamed of who she is and who her father was... so while we dont know about before the scene of her as a child, its my belief that Rumi likely was born without patterns, and either given her small version by her mother if the mother saw her as a mistake (as children are very perceptive, far more than most people give them credit for) or even if her mother unconsciously felt bad for who the father was due to her affiliation as a hunter or she was given the small mark by Celine when Celine found out who her father was and started the unconscious indoctrination of her being a mistake. Either way, Rumi then had a small mark on her arm, and we saw how Celine treated her and how she talked to her. Even when demon Rumi confronted Celine at the end, nothing Celine said was actually nice. If you noticed, Celine still made it clear that she considered Rumi a mistake and heavily implied that the only reason she raised her and cared for her is because of the promise made before she knew there was a "child like her". So essentially, I think that Rumi was "turned" into a demon by Celine, and maybe Rumis mother. This also explains why Gwi-ma did not actually control her, as her "demonness" did not originate from a deal with Gwi-ma like it did with every other demon or person we saw get turned or start to get turned.
Umbra_Nex
2025-08-07 02:47:56 +0000 UTCYeah exactly, also, when Mira and Zoey did find out, no matter what they were thinking, they did point their blades at Rumi, so her fear of telling them was entirely warranted
Loki
2025-08-05 05:50:23 +0000 UTCI love how Gwi-Ma and Alicia basically had the same laugh there.
Wrantheim
2025-08-04 15:27:59 +0000 UTCI hate the "oh she could have said something earlier" argument because they demonstrate that Celine quite literally pushed Rumi to hide it and communicated to her that it was something they wouldn't understand and that she had to cover up. Why would she have revealed that now when her own mentor pushed her to believe that no one would understand for years?
Mark Gorman
2025-08-01 07:24:38 +0000 UTCto be fair, this movie was originally supposed to be almost 3hrs long but Netflix made them shorten it
Z Assassin14
2025-07-07 14:03:09 +0000 UTCI hope they make a prequel/sequel combination. I was thinking of some beats to fill the gaps of this show's "lore" and here's what i came up with : I kinda want the sequel to be a dual prequel/sequel. It would start with a “where are they now” moment for Huntrix, showing the aftermath of their last battle. But then the story shifts into a prequel, diving into the origins of the Sunshine Sisters—their rise, their bond, and how it all fell apart. Then we jump back to the present: Huntrix, Celine, and a new threat—the Demon King, plotting his revenge, resurrecting corrupted souls for one final fight. Remember, at the end of the last movie, it wasn’t a Golden Honmoon they created—it was just a new one that now has to be maintained. That fragile balance leaves room for darkness to resurface. In the sequel's present-day storyline, we discover that everyone who was corrupted or died without embracing their shame is now trapped by the Demon King—including Rumi’s mom. She’s still dead (there needs to be finality), but something shifts: her soul starts surfacing, and Celine and Rumi uncover the truth. Turns out, Rumi’s mom didn’t die by accident. She tried to save Rumi. And Celine—she had to kill both of Rumi’s parents. She’s carried that shame ever since, denying herself the right to feel anything. That’s why she’s cold, why she can’t face herself. Only when Rumi and her mother confront it head-on does the healing begin. I could also see Bobby, the manager, retiring—or even dying. His absence creates instability. There's no one who clicks with the trio the way he did, and the fear of flaming out or breaking up starts to fester. That’s when Rumi’s mom resurfaces. But not as herself. She’s now leading a rival band—an intentional antithesis to the Sunshine Sisters. Maybe they’re called the Moonshade Mothers, Shadow Sisters, or Crescent Coven. Dark, demonic, graceful. The twist? She has no memory of Rumi. This shatters Rumi: “Why doesn’t she remember me? Why doesn’t she love me?” That breakdown forces Celine to finally reveal everything—her role in the past, the burden she’s carried, and the truth about Rumi’s mom’s sacrifice. And then, the three are united in a song. A song that captures each of their truths: “The lost one who has forgotten — herself. (Rumi’s mom)” “The lost one who was forgotten — by the world. (Celine)” “And the lost one who tried to forget her loss… and almost lost herself.” (Rumi) This becomes the emotional climax. Rumi accepts her mother is truly gone, and sets her soul free. Her mom remembers her love and finds peace. And Celine? She realizes she didn’t just keep a promise—she became Rumi’s found family, her second mom. By the end, Celine stops pretending to be the perfect, corporate, shame-ridden version of herself. She finally breathes. And with Bobby gone, Celine becomes Huntrix’s new manager—the only one besides him who truly understands them. She doesn’t try to hide their flaws. She trains and guides them through them, making them stronger as hunters and idols. I think this would make an amazing sequel—full of heart, pain, redemption, and music that heals.
Cyber
2025-07-06 06:02:56 +0000 UTCMovie apparently had 40 minutes cut which would've fleshed it out more but Netflix didn't want it being that long
T
2025-07-06 01:45:51 +0000 UTCYou know Alicia, you missed an excellent opportunity. When Jinu was blocking the flame and Mikki was complaining, you should have said 'Hey come on, let my boy cook!' :D
Arashi
2025-07-05 03:41:21 +0000 UTCas someone who's bi and enby and related a lot to Rumi, plus growing up in a heavily religious household, it's fuck Celine til the day I die
Librainiac
2025-07-05 02:54:33 +0000 UTC
