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Will There Be a Season 2 of Darling in the Franxx? Release Date News and More


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Darling in the Franxx is a Japanese Sci-Fi romance Isekai anime series animated by CloverWorks is co-produced by A-1 Pictures and Trigger which revolves around the dystopian future where the children are artificially created and made for the purpose of defending what remains of the civilization.

The story goes around ten pilots and focuses on the partnership of Hiro, a former prodigy, and Zero Two, a hybrid human and elite pilot aspiring to become fully human. Humanity faces the brink of extinction in a dystopian future under the threat of giant creatures, the klaxosaurs.

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The klaxosaurs are further classified into four: Conrad, Mohorovičić, Gutenberg, and (Super) Lehmann. Being close to annihilation, parasites are groomed to pilot the giant mecha, the Franxx, coming in as a boy-girl pair, the stamen as the male, and the pistil as the female. These parasites are artificially made and live a short lifespan.

Ten parasites venture into their assignment, the experimental Squad 13 of Plantation 13. Hiro, the former prodigy, can no longer be in sync with his partner, therefore, failing the training program. Hiro chanced upon Zero Two, an elite pilot having the blood of a klaxosaur.

Zero Two's history has not been great as well. Rumors surround Zero Two's partners dying after getting paired with her for the third time. Despite this history, Hiro stands up to become the partner of Zero Two and her term of endearment to him is "darling."

It has been two years since Darling in the Franxx closed its curtain with the first season. Recently, with the advent of the social media application of TikTok, fans of Darling in the Franxx started to go wild as few tik-tokers teased the release of season 2 of the animated series in February 2021.

To clear the air, to date, there has been no confirmation as regards the second season of Darling in the Franxx. Not to close the doors permanently, but the series can also return and it is possible despite being on hiatus for years. Classic examples of this are Attack on Titan and One-Punch Man which only had their anime renewed after years on break.

For the case of Darling in the Franxx, it ended in a great way in season one and the only thing that could bring a season two is if the creators of the anime could pick up an interesting angle to plot from where they left in the first season.

As amazing as the anime is, that could be it for Darling in the Franxx. Still, there's nothing wrong with having a little bit of hope that one of the best-animated series to grace the screen will be back.

The dubbed version of Darling in the Franxx is available on Funimation.

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