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Why Arcane ends with Season 2, carefully explained by the co-creator

The audience is ready to say goodbye to Piltover Arcane In season 2, series co-creator Christian Linke explains why the animated series is ending now. The Netflix animated series is based on the League of Legends Video game franchise that tells the tragic story of two separated sisters who find themselves on opposite sides of a war between two cities. Arcane The cast includes Ella Purnell as the chaotic master of firearms and explosives Jinx, while Hailee Steinfeld provides the voice of her older sister and brawler Vi.




With the first volume of Arcane Season 2 is scheduled to premiere on November 9th, Linke caught up with him Screen rant to explain why the series is coming to an end with the upcoming episodes. The co-creator explained this It wasn't a difficult decision to conclude the story with Season 2as they had a set direction in mind from the start rather than leaving things open-ended over multiple seasons:

Honestly, it was pretty natural. We always thought of it as a special story. It wasn't just like, “Hey, let's put a bunch of characters together and they kind of go where they go.” It was always like, “No, there's a story we want to tell.”

Linke confirmed that they had investigated every detail they wanted to cover and explained this He felt it had always been important to know when to end a storyparticularly in the realm of television, and is therefore proud to be able to end the show on her own terms. See the rest of what Linke shared below:


I think it was just the story we wanted to tell. I think we also just believe that knowing when to end, especially with television shows, is very important. I think for us it just made sense from a creative perspective.


What Linke's answer reveals about the future of Arcane's world

The universe could grow without the champions of Piltover and Zaun

While Linke's statement doesn't contain any specific spoilers about what lies ahead for Jinx, Vi, and the rest of the cast, it does hint at the future of the post-drama series.Arcane League of Legends Animated series. During Season 2 of the acclaimed animated Netflix show will conclude the Piltover and Zaun storylines, It has already been confirmed that there will be more animated series located in the world.


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However, Linke's comments suggest so The storylines surrounding Jinx and Vi will reach their final conclusion rather than leaving any dangling story threads. Therefore, it's safe to assume that most of the cast won't be returning in future series, especially after what Linke said Screen rant directly that Arcane were “just the first” of their TV adaptations of the successful MMORPG franchise:

Absolutely. Arcane is just the first. We're working on a number of new projects, a number of new stories from the different regions and characters of our IP, and some of them are actually continuations of Arcane's character stories. So there are definitely some character stories that we want to continue. So Arcane is really the first. This is the first rite that we had to survive and figure out, “Can we do this?” And now we can kind of dream bigger, which is really great.


Our thoughts too ArcaneThe impending conclusion

Season 2 will complete the cast's transition to Legends

Out of ArcaneIn the beginning it always had a definite end point where it will take on its character. While the series offers a long and surprising origin to its cast's stories, many of their goals are already set in stone through their appearances in video games. This is how characters like Jinx, Vi, Caitlyn and Viktor become characters that the audience chooses as their legends.

Vi stands in a fighting pose and looks serious while Vi and Jinx fight in the background - Arcane

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Despite it, Arcane has still managed to engage both newcomers and existing players in the unfolding story, without compromising on lore or world-building to create a compelling story. So while a story may be coming to an end, viewers will be excited to see what other corners it will have League of Legends The universe will receive a similar treatment.

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