I binged this series in two days. That's how good it was.

Yes, there were sometimes when the storyline dragged (slight pacing problems) or felt rushed. I felt like they focused too much on Bei Bei's storyline. Although I get that she is a significant character in Ma Kwai's life and I like her character, they could've given more time to flesh out Ling's story (especially since her son is likely to be the next big boss if there is a season 3) and Thalassa's story (main villain). I also found it annoying sometimes how the characters don't communicate with each other, like shit has to hit the fan before they actually put two and two together. That was mainly directed at Ma Kwai, because although his character is supposed to be carefree, you'd think he would learn from his mistakes and be more observant in the future.

With my ranting aside, I really enjoyed the series. I fell in love with the first one and was worried that they'd mess up this sequel, but I actually ended up crying so much more this time around. Maybe because became so invested in the characters since the first season. I was crying pretty much every episode. Although sometimes it seems like they are milking the emotions from characters that died in the first season, they raised a lot of deeper questions about life and death that just made this season more heavy (i.e., the burden of survivor's guilt, what it means to be a hero, the harshness of reality vs the beauty of a lie, death vs eternal suffering).

This series made me become a fan of Hubert Wu. The OSTs for both seasons are by him. I liked the OST from the first season more, but the songs this time were still really good! I loved Shek Kan Dong in the first season, and I thought I would be annoyed with Ho Jai this season, but Ho Jai is honestly my favorite character this season. Both have such tragic endings. Ho Jai is literally the perfect kid and deserves everything wonderful in this world, but he was tricked by a sea demon as a kid and now suffers eternally. He has to feed off human souls to survive but he doesn't want to be a monster. However, he cannot die, so he just exists until the hunger inside him forces him to become a monster and kill people. Although he is a powerful demon now, deep down, he is just a scared little boy who longs for his mother and brother-- and every second he is able to spend with them and his own humanity is on borrowed time. In the end he chooses to have his brother kill him in order to set him free, his existence is just filled with so much suffering. I was sobbing at the end scene when they had to duel as brothers... Ma Kwai provokes the fight and lets Ho Jai win, telling him that the Demon Slayer finally wins (a roleplaying game they used to play as kids, where Ho Jai would purposely lose rock, paper, scissors every time and become the demon so that Ma Kwai could be the Demon Slayer).

I really hope there is a third season and we can finally get some closure about Ling's son, Dr. Jeung and Ma Kwai's relationship, as well as Shek Gam Dong and Ho Jai's fate (because the final scene left off on a cliff hanger).