Netflix’s first venture into Korean Drama resulted in Love Alarm. Love Alarm, or Joahamyeon Ullineunis, as it is called in Korean, is a romantic drama based on a web-comic of the same name. The webtoon was created by Cheon Kye Young. The first season of the show was released on Netflix on 22 August 2019.
In the center of the show are the themes of love, personal demons, and, of course, technology. The show is set in a world where a very interesting app is available to all people. The application is called Joalarm. It alerts the user when there is a person in a 10m radius who is romantically attracted to him or her.
The female lead of the show is high school student Kim Jo Jo. While she is a very cheerful person, she has a personal tragedy that still haunts her. She lost her parents when she was young. As a result, she has to live with her aunt, which is not exactly a treat. Perhaps the exact opposite of it. She does not use the app. Also studying at the same school as she is Hwang Sun Oh.
He comes from a very rich family, although they are not affectionate with him. He is very popular at school. His closest friend is Lee Hye Young. In the beginning, it was Lee Hy Young who liked Kim Jo Jo, but Hwang Sun Oh also begins to like her and this causes a rift between the two best friends.
It is this love triangle that makes the series very interesting. How technology or the Joalarm app works in the story is a real catch and adds layers to the story. Love Alarm received mostly positive reviews from the viewers. It was one of Netflix’s biggest hits of 2019.
Love Alarm season 2 Release date
Love alarm season one was announced by Netflix on 5 January 2017, although its specific name was not mentioned. Its release was initially planned for 2018. The show was directed by Lee Na Jung. Later, the season finally arrived in August 2019. From the moment of its release, the show garnered the attention of the viewers. It was loved by the audience and was one of Netflix’s most successful shows of the year. Netflix later placed it at number 8 on its list of top Korean shows of the year.
Overwhelmed by its success, Netflix announced another update regarding the show only after a month after the release of season 1. On 29 October 2019, Netflix announced that the show will be renewed for another season. It had already been stated by the director of Season 1, Lee Na Jung, that the sequel to the show depended on much money the first one makes.
The success of the show was evident and another season was sure to be made. Unfortunately, the process was halted due to the pandemic that so suddenly stuck the whole world. Like all the other projects going on at the time, Love Alarm 2 also suffered from the ongoing emergency and its production was halted, too. Had it been a normal year, we would have been much closer to season 2 than we are now. They have not yet started filming the show but the script meetings have begun and all is going smoothly. The first script read was held on 21 February 2020. It has been reported that the crew is working harder than ever and we can expect another season in 2021.
Love Alarm Season 2 Cast Revealed
With another season on the way and no major news breakouts regarding the cast, we can assume that the show will have actors reprising their roles from the first season. Here is a list of actors we think are coming back with their characters.
- Kim So Hyun as Kim Jo-jo
- Jung Ga-squash as Lee Hye-Yeong
- Tune Kang as Hwang Sun-goodness
- Go Min-si as Park Gul-mi
- Park Sung-Yun as Jojo’s aunt and Gul-mi’s mother.Lee Jae-Seung as Cheong Duk Gu
- Choi Joo-won as Sun-brilliant’s vigorous and energetic aide school accomplice.
- Tune Sun-mi as Jeong Mi-mi
- Hera as Kim Jung-go
- Shin Seung-ho as Il-sik
- Kim Si-Eun as Lee Yuk-jo
- Jo Yoo-Jung as Mon-Sun
- Yeom Ji-fiery as Jo-jo’s mother.
- Kim Young-okay as Jo-jo’s grandmother
- Tune Geon-hee as Marx
Love Alarm Season 2 Plot
Season 1 of the show revolved around the love triangle and friendship of the three main characters. This was supported by the added touch of technology by the app called Joalarm, which tells when a person with romantic interests in you is around.
Although Netflix has not yet announced an exact date for the season or any plot dates out to the public, there are some general themes that we are sure will be picked on in the forthcoming season. The first season ended with a cliffhanger. The second will surely explain the story after that. The subject of personal demons and damages and moving on from those damages are skillfully explored in the first season and will be a central theme in the second season, too.
Love Alarm Season 2 Trailer
The production of Live Alarm was negatively affected due to the pandemic. Therefore, Netflix has not yet revealed a fixed date for the release of the trailer of the second season. However, the second season is to be directed by Kim Jin-woo and Park Yoo-Yeong. The script is being worked on by the crew and the first meeting regarding the script was held in February 2020. The trailer will be out once the show is ready to be released and that is expected to be sometime in 2021.
When will I get to see Love Alarm season 2?
Love Alarm season 1 was a commercial hit for Netflix. Therefore, only after a month of its release, Love Alarm was renewed by Netflix for another season. This means that we are sure to get another season of the show sometime in the future.
The Crew had started working on the show but the pandemic hit the production and it was affected negatively. But, the show is back on track for production and the actors even enacted their parts in the script in 2020. The show is expected to come out most likely in the first half of 2021.
