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This story came in like a bad fanfiction from the writers of the Marvel universe. The first two episodes were unbearably full of terrible humor every 30 seconds punctuated by ridiculous flying fight scenes, and I wouldn't have bothered continuing if not for my honor as a completionist.
Luckily, after those two episodes the "humor" abated and the story became more serious, but still it wasn't exactly good. If you liked season 1 for the romance, there might not be much here for you except being able to continue admiring your favorite characters for another 12 episodes and the interactions of the brothers. The plot was a lot of things combined together, it seemed that a lot of different subjects got stuffed in just because they'd be popular: There were lower level dieties (who got largely ignored but should have been more significant in the plot), two more companion mountain gods (but lacking the only other fellow mountain god we'd really met/heard about in S1, Bear), yacha (seemingly just for the zombie hype), Rang's subplot, the whole thing with red/white mask, Japanese colonialism, Japanese demons... It goes on and on.
Rang's story was good, but it would've been much better if it had been a bigger part of the plot. Seeing the brothers together again was nice, and his romance was cute but rushed. If this had been the main plot with a lot less focus on the rest, it could've been good. (Although it completely doesn't mesh with how he acted S1...) It was nice that Yeon was still committed to Ji Ah, so understandable that there would be no romance for him, but it would've been nice to see him missing her more.
Suddenly having two other fellow mountain gods was okay, but they just seemed obsessed with a past that would've been hundreds of years ago. (And I burst out laughing when they played obvious Studio Ghibli forest music for the scenes of them on the mountain as kids!)
The rest of the plots weren't very good, especially when it focused more on the Japanese demons who seemed like bumbling fools. Moo Yeong's story seemed like it was getting somewhere, but got completely abandoned at the end with no real resolution. Also the inclusion of Kim Yong Ji playing a different part than in S1 seemed like a desperate attempt to keep more of the original cast, but just ended up being confusing and strange. If she was acting in S2 I would've much preferred seeing her with Sin Ju in the present time, even just a bit!
Overall it played out like a superhero movie, with ridiculously strong characters spending the entire time pointlessly fighting over a macguffin and coming to the usual conclusion at the end. I didn't love it, although I did like seeing the characters again, and I felt the cast's talents could have been used better elsewhere. Season 1 ended on a beautiful note, and really didn't need any more.
Luckily, after those two episodes the "humor" abated and the story became more serious, but still it wasn't exactly good. If you liked season 1 for the romance, there might not be much here for you except being able to continue admiring your favorite characters for another 12 episodes and the interactions of the brothers. The plot was a lot of things combined together, it seemed that a lot of different subjects got stuffed in just because they'd be popular: There were lower level dieties (who got largely ignored but should have been more significant in the plot), two more companion mountain gods (but lacking the only other fellow mountain god we'd really met/heard about in S1, Bear), yacha (seemingly just for the zombie hype), Rang's subplot, the whole thing with red/white mask, Japanese colonialism, Japanese demons... It goes on and on.
Rang's story was good, but it would've been much better if it had been a bigger part of the plot. Seeing the brothers together again was nice, and his romance was cute but rushed. If this had been the main plot with a lot less focus on the rest, it could've been good. (Although it completely doesn't mesh with how he acted S1...) It was nice that Yeon was still committed to Ji Ah, so understandable that there would be no romance for him, but it would've been nice to see him missing her more.
Suddenly having two other fellow mountain gods was okay, but they just seemed obsessed with a past that would've been hundreds of years ago. (And I burst out laughing when they played obvious Studio Ghibli forest music for the scenes of them on the mountain as kids!)
The rest of the plots weren't very good, especially when it focused more on the Japanese demons who seemed like bumbling fools. Moo Yeong's story seemed like it was getting somewhere, but got completely abandoned at the end with no real resolution. Also the inclusion of Kim Yong Ji playing a different part than in S1 seemed like a desperate attempt to keep more of the original cast, but just ended up being confusing and strange. If she was acting in S2 I would've much preferred seeing her with Sin Ju in the present time, even just a bit!
Overall it played out like a superhero movie, with ridiculously strong characters spending the entire time pointlessly fighting over a macguffin and coming to the usual conclusion at the end. I didn't love it, although I did like seeing the characters again, and I felt the cast's talents could have been used better elsewhere. Season 1 ended on a beautiful note, and really didn't need any more.
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