I watched Kpop Demon Hunters AND I AM EMOTIONALLY UNWELL😭, SPOILERS AHEAD
Firstly I am very happy that MOST of my hopes for this movie came true with the real big bads the movie being Gwi-ma & Celine (yes I consider Celine a villain too, I would say her heart wa sort of in the right place but that can’t excuse that she basically did to Rumi what Gwi-Ma did to Jinu with pressuring them whatnot.)
And I’ll just say this I REALLY appreciate one of the Main conflicts in this movie based on Kpop revolved around insecurities, negativity (the negative thoughts that intrude the people to lure them in sure do remind me of Hate Comments), not to mention bosses/ people with power inc harsh of you putting immense amount of pressure on you feeding into the already overwhelming negativity and stress. Also Jinu selling his soul to Gwi-ma to be able to sing, that certainly reminds me of a certain industry and specific companies within that industry that are guilty do something like that. In all seriousness I loved how to movie tackled these kind of real mental/emotional health related issues that are especially prevalent in the Kpop scene. I also appreciated how it wasn’t just Huntrix struggling, we also saw Bobby and Jinu’s struggles and how they negatively affect them.
The animations be artiste used in this movie is GORGEOUS especially for the magic/ powers used by Huntrix & The Saja boys. I also loved how the intro showed a compilation of previous musical generations in Korea that evtuallyneld up into Kpop, it’s a very nice little visual summary of the original of Kpop. Also being the thirsty Ho that I am, I have to especially thank the animators for making the Saja boys so Hot, and ESPECIALLY thank you to whoever animated and model Abs Saja/ Abby’s abs (on that note Abs Saja fanart both cutesy and spicy will be expected.)
And the moment we all waited for WE GOT RUMI X JINU ENEMIES TO LOVERS, YEEEEEAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!! But then Jinu just had to make a daring romantic sacrifice for Rumi at the end and is left hinting at him possibly surviving…WWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY😭😭😭😭😭😭 Firstly, I loved Jinu as a character and thought his backstory was pretty intriguing. Someone who deeply regrets and is constantly haunted by the greatest mistake of his life. But is able to heal from it by being able to find someone with a similar struggle that he can connect with. Also I love his giant goofy Cat & Bird, bro is just a single father of two who eventually finds the ultimate wifey. I also loved how goofy he was, considering he’s based on Kdrama male leads I think they nailed his character making him a little serious due to past trauma, but also making him a bit of a jokester who is also a little clumsy. And I fell 10x harder at his little “teeheeheehee” when running away from Huntrix, like I just love that idiot.
Secondly, Emi X Jinu was GIVING and I was so happy, it did feel a teensy bit rushed but the love story overall still went along smoothly. The way he held Rumi, and helped cover her demon marks…LORD Whatta Man. Their heartfelt conversations were adorable and their argument after Rumi’s demon side was revealed was powerful (I was internally crying like NO plz don’t fight, just hug each other! You both need the cuddles PLEASE). FINALLY THEIR DUET, EAT YOUR FCKING HEART OUT DISNEY’S WISH I GOT THE CUTE DUET THAT I ALWAYS WANTED ACCOMPANIED BY AN AMAZING LOVE SONG.
But then…The writers decided I wasn’t already hurt enough from Kit’s death from Jentry Chau vs The Underworld, AND DECIDED TO HURT ME MORE. JINU YOU BEAUTIFUL SACRIFICIAL BTCH WHY COULDN’T YOU JUST HOLD RUMI’S HAND AND DEFEAT GWI-MA TOGETHER IN A HUNTRIX & SAJA BOYS DUET!!!!! AND WE DIDN’T EVEN GET A KISS. I WANTED THEN TOGETHER BY THE END IF THE MOVIE BUT NOW I HAVE TI EITEHR ORAY FIR A SEQUEL OR LOOK TO FANFICS (Fanfic writers I am gonna be on all your a$$es for those Rumi X Jinu fics, you better deliver!!!!) I know they said the romance would be based on Kdramas but I was hoping for a My Demon scenario where he sacrifices himself but by miracle he able to come back to his love. Or even something like Crash Landing On You where he has to go back to the underworld but because of his sacrifice he is allowed to visit Rumi every Full moon or something. But instead I am unwell and hurt and possibly need to go into denial repeating that Jinu survived. I was close to sobbing when he sacrificed himself for Rumi, “You already saved me” WELL LET ME SAVE YOU MORE YOU BEAUTIFUL MAN YOU ARE BANNED FROM DYEING ON ME. Honestly I deserve it I wanted an animated romance that made me feels emotions again, but I shouldn’t have specified I wanted to feel joyful emotions again now I got Joy, Depression, and so many other things and my only cure is fanfics and fanart 😭
Random Final Notes:
-I love all the girls for different reason: Rumi, because her story and struggle was so powerful, and I was very touched with how her story centered around accepting and loving yourself and how that meant EVERY part of your self painful pasts, flaws, and all. Zoey, as a recovering people pleaser who hid their emotions a lot I related to her and her chaotic gremlin energy. Mira, I liked how she didn’t take sht and fully embraced the no BS baddie lifestyle but still allowed herself to thirst over hot abs (also I like her hair style and her voice reminds me of Rosa Diaz from B99).
-I loved all the Saja boys too, despite not getting a whole lot of character from them but for the bits of personality we did get I thought they were very charming (sad they didn’t really get proper names though).
-While I love all of them, my favs of the Saja Boys are: Jinu, I am fully willing to do any type of demon summoning ritual in order to bring him back to give him all the cuddles he deserves LET THEIR BE A SEQUAL AND BRING BACK JINU PLEASE. Abs Saja/ Abby (chat tell me do we like Abby or did we prefer Beanie/ Beni I’m cool with either honestly) literally any time Abby was on screen my brain just went; * insert “CPR” by Cupcakke*. And surprising new fav is Mystery Saja all because of that scene of him randomly barking like a feral dog at the fan meet, it’s random as hell but I DIG IT.
-I’m not a fan of Abs Saja X Mira & Mystery X Zoey. Personally I feel like Romance Saja X Mira is where it’s at and I am a devout worshipper of Abs X Zoey. I STAND BY ABS SAJA X ZOEY AND NOTHING ELSE. Though Ngl I wouldn’t entirely hate Abs x Mystery X Zoey, it was brought up in a chat and the throuple idea has grown on me, I wouldn’t mind 2-3 fics of it, but then THE REST OF THE FICS I WANT TO SEE SHOILD STRICTLY BE RUMI X JINU & ABS X ZOEY. PERIOD.
-As much as I wanted to movie to be a single thing with everything wrapped up neatly at once with Jinu x Rumi, Abs X Zoey, and Mira X Romance (or Mira X Couch + garlic bread + chilling with the cat, bird, and the rest of the Sajas) happily together going on triple dates and being cute. It seems like there is possibly a sequel based on the fact that Jinu’s Cat & Bird are just chilling around implying Jinu is coming back, I feel there is a lot of unresolved stuff with Celine (especially since there wasn’t any follow up between her and Rumi) and I feel like for being a big powerful demon force Gwi-ma seemed a little too easily defeated at the end so maybe something will happen and he comes back, but luckily Jinu and the rest of the Saja boys reincarnate/ come back and are able to warn Huntrix and team up with them to defeat Gwi-Ma (and possibly Celine idk) once and for all. -On a final note when teaser info and images for the movie first came out, I was a little skeptical since Western Media and entertainment can be a total prick when doing anything related to Kpop (or just non-American culture in general) so thank god it has actual Kpop fans working in it and thank goodness it was actually a good movie. On top of that, I saw some people saying the music won’t be good because of whoever was the label producing the music. But I really liked the whole soundtrack like there isn’t a single bad song here and the songs just range from really like to love for me, my favorites are: Golden, Soda Pop, Your Idol, and Free is the top tier song for me. And those are my thoughts on Kpop Demon hunters, to Kpop fans, go watch it because it’s great animated movie with amazing characters and has a good message about the struggles people, Especially Kpop artists, have to deal with and are forced to hide, something I believe ALL kpop fans need to hear so we can remeber to have a little empathy and to be kinder to the artists who work their butts off to make art and music while dealing with personal struggles. To non-kpop fans it’s still a fun movie even if you don’t like kpop and I am an definitely see this movie possibly being an awakening of some kind for some people I already new I was a fabulous gay but Huntrix made me want to be more fabulous and Saja Boys made me gayer (Seriously I need Jinu and Abs to just have their way with me and pop my soda).
