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If you can overlook the silly slapstick elements it is season 2 enhanced
10 is my rating. This is a 2023 South Korean Supernatural Action Drama with 12, 61-74 minute episodes.First I provide a Unique Synopsis then Review
Synopsis
This is everything season one was but with more intensity. While they defeated the evil spirits in season one as was sinisterly predicted by the level three they extracted, evil is back but even stronger. Ga Mo tak (Yoo Jun-sang) returns and is now back on the police force so arresting the host after the evil spirit is removed is easier. Do Ha na’s (Kim Se-jeong) ability to to sense the evil spirits is no longer as useful as the evil spirits have learned to see the territory and avoid it. Choo Maeok’s (Yeom Hye-ran) ability to heal makes her an emphasized target for the evil spirits who have also absorbed the ability to heal and understand the importance. So Mun’s (Jo Byung Gyu) abilities have now far surpassed that of any other counter. There is a new counter Na ro bong (Yoo In Soo) who is clumsy and oafish but has the ability to “sniff out” evil spirits. The evil spirits in the second season have the ability to absorb counter’s special abilities especially Hwang Pi kwang (Kang Ki young) who has psychokineses on par with Mun and absorbs the abilities of those counters he consumes. Gelli Choi (Kim Hieora) is his right hand evil henchwoman who is a third level with a spike globe that enhances her physical damage by causing britally deep gouges and cuts in her victims. Like Ha na, Gelli can read and erase memories. Their third evil spirit team member is Wong Li Qiang (Kim Hyun Wook) who absorbed the ability to heal but takes psychotic delight in brutalizing his victims.
A third-level evil spirit specializing in speed who scratches, stabs, cuts, and kills. She can also read and erase memories. Mun struggles with concepts of good and evil when someone he greatly admires, Ma Joo seok (Jin Seon kyu) turns evil after his wife and unborn child are murdered. With evil spirits more powerful than ever, and the lines between good and evil blurred, can the counters prevail against seemingly insurmountable odds?
Review
Could you skip two and just watch season one? About the only thing you might miss is Mun becomng even more amazing. But they are fighting new evil so it is a little bit stand alone. In my opinion it is better than season one just in terms of how much stronger and more powerful both sides have beocome. But, the silly slapstick elements incorporated in season two were a huge detractor made some determine they could do without it. It ends well and everything is resolved yet there are onvious openings for additional season(s).
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I like Yoo In Soo and was happy to know he was going to be in the 2nd season.That is until they introduced Na Ro bong and his character was ridiculous. The whole dung and potty humour was too much. Ok we get it you worked with cows. And his ability to smell evil? That could have been interesting I am thinking of “The Girl Who Sees Smells” but they made it so he would put his head out the window like a dog. And he wasn’t even that great at it. He would lose track and misdirect. He was useless in the physical fights and, if anything, put the others in danger. He had the mentality of a young child. If they had left that character out the show would have been better.
They put way too much slapstick comedy style throughout the series. Reapers are a serious thing in all the other South Korean shows I have watched. The “counters” were serious bad asses in the first season. This season they trivialized their role by making it over the top silly. I mean, the main counters were still serious, but they interacted with Na Ro bong, and he was so silly that it made everything silly.
Once again Netflix deviated from the elements of South Korean drama that most fans love. Repeat after us Netflix kdramas should be one season with 16 episodes. Supernatural beings are serious characters.
One well written plot twist was when Gelli Choi discovered she could see by reading their minds when and how the counters first got their abilities. I thought “big deal what can she do with that?” Then she was fighting with Mun and realized the only way to defeat him was to steal his memory of gaining his power. She did that and it took Mun out for a significant portion of time. I did not see that coming.
From season one I really wanted to see Mun and Ha na become a couple. If anything in season two they mive farther from that. Ha na even has a side romance. The romantic in me still hopes for a season three and they finally get together.
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Bagus banget banget !!!!
Sejujurnya aku lebih suka cerita di season 1 meskipun sama2 seru dan menarik sih. Mungkin karna pd nya ganti. kalau yg season 2 ini banyak adegan yg lebih lucu jadi cukup menghibur. untuk karakternya untung gak di ganti pemeran counter meskipun ada 1 yg di yung yg di ganti. trus ketambahan counter baru si jeok bong disini kalau menurutku sebenernya agak gak berguna ya. mungkin ekspetasiku yg ketinggian. ku kira dia bakal lebih kuat daripada somun atau minimal sama kuatnya sama somun, ternyata tidak hiks. jadi jatuhnya malah bikin kesel penonton. terus ku kira do hana sama somun bakal gimana2 ternyata makin gimana2 mengsedih. tapi untungnya season 2 ini happy ending semuanya dan open ending juga. semoga next lanjut season 3.Was this review helpful to you?
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A little different then what we expected but definitely not dissapointing
Honestly what threw me off was the sudden increase in maturity of the drama. Season 1 watchers loved the whole high school concept of victim standing up to bully with newly gained powers then having a whole secret life of fighting evil spirits while getting revenge for his parents.Season 2 kinda felt like they tried to keep that high school innocence in him while showing these grown way more mature evil villains so i felt it didnt mix well. plus with the new member added i felt they didnt properly explore him as much. like i get he aint the main character but like we didnt get to truly bond with him and the way they tried to make him the dumb comedy relief felt forced.
Overall tho i really enjoyed it. The acting was amazing the characters still felt like them selves and the villains were honestly so good and fighting against them was so challenging for the counters and i prefer those more then simple minded vilains
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an all time favorite
i will literally never forget this series and if they make a third season, (which i kinda doubt) best believe im tuning in. i don't really have much to say because my opinion is almost like everyone else's, but i don't think this season is as rewatchable as the first one. dont get me wrong, it's a great season and i cried a lot, but i feel like i won't feel the need to rewatch it for any reasons. this season will stick to me. i would rather just rewatch the first one and maybe rewatch the second one. or just watch specific episodes. im sad that some of the fighting scenes were so long and i wish we got to see more of mo tak's background because out of everyone, his was shown the least but the show didn't seem rushed at all and the whole crew did a great job on it.Was this review helpful to you?
The Uncanny Counter Season 2 is just fine not good as Season 1
The start of the season was good but after that I feel bored sometimes.Season 1 was so good and it was my first k drama and I loved it.I don't know they follow the webtoon good or bad.Because I have checked few chapters they all are practicing to fight hwang pil.In this season they are just eating noodles etc.Ga Mo-tack is so weak in this season.He is not fighting good don't know why.All of the time he was looking confused.He can't save his partner from hwang pil and run away was so bad i laughed.He was strong in first season.The new smell counter irritates me when he smells evil spirit he just ewww this is so bad.He didn't develop a skill in whole season like controlling his power of smell and fight evil spirits .Villians are good Ma ju seok and hwang pil.Whole season they are just dependent on so mun.In their new base they are just eating you can check the episodes just eating eating eating very less practicing.Ha-na was good she fights very good in this season.Last episode action was good the scene where so mun enters ma ju seok body the scene is excellent.But I feel this season is just okkish fine.But It was my first k-drama that's why I want season 3.please make it good like season 1.So mun was badass in this season.Was this review helpful to you?
Their growth from season 1 was really showed during season 2
From season 1 where they battled their most powerful enemy, a level 3 if I'm not mistaken, they showed some growth. They adopted psychokinesis to their fighting style and it improved it. Season 2 showed very powerful enemies and the plot really navigated the story really well. From revenge to salvation, it shows that people despite succumbing to a blinding path of revenge have some humanity remaining deep within their soul and that helped the ML in overcoming their dangerous situation. The new member elevates their overall capabilities since he can detect evil spirits despite not having the territory.Was this review helpful to you?
A total waste of a masterpiece
Season 1 got me hooked up on these counter things. S1 was made very well and garnered a lot potential. It’s just a shame that S2 failed to meet pur expectations. Otherwise, these could have been a a great series like even the characters will get to changed,it will still be liked since it’s all about being a counter and fighting evil spirits. S2 made those evil spirits almost as powerful as the counters in S1 even more since Mr.Ma can even read/see then from the territory. These could have been fine if they made the counters a lot more powerful (gaining additional unique individual powers) and smart too (with their past experiences fighting the #1 evil spirit in S1- Sin and a more years of training). But to our dismay, they made them appears as "can’t win a fight unless with Mun" . They made Mo-tak (power:super strength in s1) seem to be an ordinary counter in s2. They could have just retained his super strength as powerful as Mun, the only difference is Mun has a lot more additional powers like psychokinesis,agility,etc. OR if they want to show that Mun is the most powerful counter, instead of weakening the other counters,they could have made the counters a lot more powerful on their powers + additional unique powers then made Mun possess all their powers too. Then the character of the newbie counter was a total flopped. He was made like a sniffing dog. How wonderful it is if Jeong's power is a quick sense of smell(he can tell if it’s level 1,2 3 4) + he can travel in a lightning speed (or the power to communicate with animals)? Then Mun can summon the territory keeps moving towards the smell ,then Hana can see what's in there (better if Hana can now also see the past by sensing a certain place).I was actually excited to watch the S2 but im sorry but i had to skip from ep.7 to the final episode. But just in case they'll make a S3 either with the same characters or new set of counters, they I'll still definitely give it a try to watch. Fighting evil spirits is unending, so this Uncanny Counter has a very high potential for a great number of series.
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Disappointing sequel
If you are like me and you went in to this season right after finishing the first season than you most likely also feel like you picked up a completely different show. This season does not feel like the previous season; especially if you are going in to right after watching the first and it is fresh in your mind. If you are picking this up after having seen the first season when it first came out then you might find it more enjoyable.If you are coming into this season hoping to feel the magic of the first then you'll be disappointed like I was. The first season did an excellent job of setting up the plot and characters that you kept you bound to the screen. The characters all had depth and their own stories that made them all endearing to you as a viewer. The main plot was well thought out and executed with the subplots contributing well to the overall picture. While So Mun is the main character and you do find yourself attached to him and his story the writing for the other characters was also done very well all the way down to the side characters that had little screen time. I rate dramas based on my enjoyment and season 1 kept me captivated from the first episode and I never wanted to fast forward through any part of the show which is very common for me to do in kdramas.
This second season however ignores many of the rules that were established in the first season while also abandoning the original character profiles for the main cast. The characters are supposed to be 2 years older in this season and obviously SO Mun has grown both mentally and his powers have also grown quite a bit. The writers firstly did not do a good job of explaining the power growth as it does not feel very reminiscent of the first season. While psychokinesis was touched on last season, this season it is now in every move all the characters make, even the villains, making the production feel more cartoonish and over the top. This season is also more about the villains from the very first episode to every episode after that. The villains are also made to be the evil version of the counters and while villains are not meant to be likeable these are downright obnoxious to watch. They get so much screen time but no backstory or explanation for how or why they are doing the things they are. Even Mr. Ma became more powerful so quickly that it did not make sense based on the rules you previously understood in season 1. While the first season made you feel like these people could actually exist, this season has turned them into super heroes instead. The humbleness that you felt in all the characters before is no longer present. The addition of the comedic relief new counter just leaves you frustrated any time he is on the screen instead of finding him funny.
I wouldn't recommend you watch and just let the end of season 1 be the end for you.
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Not on Par with the Prequel
Keeping up with its popular first edition, “The Uncanny Counter Season 2” truly packs a punch with upgraded versions of both the protagonists and antagonists. With evil spirits pooping right and left, our favorite gang of Counters have been training their psychokinesis skills, under the able leadership of So Moon. The show has been in making for almost three years and is undoubtedly one of the most anticipated releases in 2023. With a casting that is comparatively bigger than the prequel, “The Uncanny Counter Season 2” delivers on its promise of some exciting demon hunting coupled with the effervescent familial love that is so typical of this show. Doing a short rehash of the prequel, The Uncanny Counter (adapted from the webtoon “Amazing Rumor” (경이로운 소문) by Jang Yi (장이) describes the story of evil spirit hunting heroes who are known as Counters. Each of them have different abilities and they are paired with their afterlife counterparts who exist in Yung (the boundary between the afterlife and the world of the living). The first season was well received and as such, the anticipation for the sequel has been building since then.Read the complete article here-
https://kcdramamusings.wordpress.com/2023/08/24/the-uncanny-counter-season-2-counter-punch-first-impressions/
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You just need a different oerspective to understand the writer and the cast or the plot.
So it was a great watch to me.Unlike other reviews ,my review is little different and you might find it off the track.So So Mun in the first season was fighting his own battles and that is what held the story more and as there were more dangerous humans than evil spirits,it was always So Mun and the counters having the plus point and that is why season 2 was important.As there is no plot regarding the college life of So Mun,the story will be considered draggy due to thewhole focus tied on evil spirits.And as there are more evil humans possessed by evil spirits ,that is what make them stronger and put counters at the negative point.Therecan be no comparison of te both season,as the whole situation and whole plot is way different in both the seasons,the fight in the first one is physically intriguing but the fight in the second one is mentally remarkable and commendable.And as it contains the darker element,the mental or the fight within oneself is the more justifiable upcoming plot after season 1.It was a great watch and understandable efforts made it more powerful.Was this review helpful to you?
Fantastic
I loved season one and this second season was great and really brought out the emotions as well. It really shows how you should not give up on someone until the very end. Yes, I used several tissues during this season!I love this cast. They developed some new powers and got a new counter! And what a unique power the new counter has! And, my Lord, when did Mun get so attractive? He’s maturing in the best way possible.
The writers did an amazing job with the story. I hope there is another season.
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Unwanted Chitchats, Poor Reasoning: Not Recommended for Logic-Sensitive Viewers!
Stupidity at its peak. The main leads engage in chitchat or look at each other when the enemy is nearby, resulting in the enemy conveniently escaping or taking hostages. Despite having 10 years of experience, the main leads, who are wounded in a scene, casually move towards the enemy or engage in casual chitchats. I don't know how I watched the first season; I'm not sure if it was this stupid. Basically, all these grown men with enough combat experience just engage in chitchat or have badass moments or dialogues when in combat.I'm currently on the 4th episode, and despite the leads being frustratingly foolish and dragging the show down with their mistakes, I plan to finish it since I've already started.
Also, it's kind of weird to have only 5 or 6 demon hunters per country. By the way, it's not the biggest issue; the above chitchats were way more annoying and stupid than this. In a somewhat similar show called 'Tomorrow', they had a large organization with many employees. However, in Uncanny Counter, there are only a few demon hunters for each country, which seems really weird and stupid. I think this would be better suited for new viewers or for kids, or for someone who doesn't think too much and can ignore these issues while watching.
I wouldn't recommend this to anyone sensitive to logic and reasoning, specifically regarding the leads' thinking capacity. I'm not referring to the logic behind the fantasy, but rather the main leads' IQ and their ability to understand when to engage in chitchats and when not to. If you enjoyed Season 1 and want to watch this, I suggest checking out a recap or the story of Season 2 instead. It might be better than wasting time on this series unless you have no other shows to watch.
(Note: The graphics were good, though.)
Update:
It was unwatchable i completed this series by fast forwarding. So, final verdict not recommended.
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