Karate Kid Sequel

Zack Lee said

to me what makes this thing work at all is the evolution of Johnny. Daniel is an uninteresting adult for the most part. The kids are great but for us in the first gen Karate Kid fam, it is a little too BH90210, particularly in the 2nd season. Here is hoping they get back to more of what worked to begin with.

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I don't know. Daniel trying and failing to be Miyagi is kind of interesting to watch play out. In fact, the finale of season 2 would have been Miyagi's worst nightmare: kids just going apeshirt on each other in what basically amounts to karate gang warfare. Daniel is trying to do the right thing for the wrong reasons (he only re-established Miyagi-Do as a counter to Cobra Kai, not really on its own merits) and it has really only escalated things.

But yes, Johnny's arc is unquestionably the foundation of the show. He is the anti-hero we're all rooting for now.

The teenage drama doesn't really bother me. Some of it (Hawk going from bullied nerd to power tripping psychopath) is pretty interesting.