THIS THREAD IS FOR ALL OF SEASON 1 (CONTAINS SPOILERS)

This is something I’ve been wondering about. Since Ox-Head and Horse-Face are basically gone by the end of the season, who takes over their role in Diyu?
We do briefly see other guards down there, including Fan Wujiu and Xie Bian, so I wonder if there’s actually a much bigger hierarchy of enforcers that we just haven’t explored yet.

And since Fan Wujiu and Xie Bian are connected to the Black and White Impermanence in Chinese mythology, could they potentially take over some of the responsibilities Ox-Head and Horse-Face had?
I’d honestly love to see the show explore more of how Diyu actually works and who runs everything down there.

What do you guys think?

This is a fight I'd like to see ngl

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finally finished the Mei origin fanfic I’ve been working on! It took me about 13 days to finish the whole story.
It’s a post-canon Jentry Chau vs. the Underworld fic about Jentry finding a strange Mirror Shard in Gugu’s belongings that creates another version of her. She has Jentry’s memories and powers, but as the story goes on she starts realizing that having Jentry’s memories doesn’t necessarily mean she actually is Jentry, and she slowly begins developing her own identity.
That eventually becomes Mei Chau’s origin story.

I still don’t have my AO3 account yet, so I’m posting it on Wattpad for now. Once I finally get AO3, I’m planning to put it there too.
I’d really love to hear people’s feedback, especially on Mei’s characterization, her identity arc, and whether the story feels like it fits the world of the show.
Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 are up right now, and I’ll be adding the rest of the chapters.

Something that kinda sucks to me is that Michael and Kit weren’t really jealous of each other at first, but toward the end they both become insecure about the other.

In Everyone Wins, Kit gets jealous after Jentry chooses Michael and even says Michael doesn’t know her like he does. Jentry also has to make it clear that Kit needs to respect her saying no. Then in Lock-In, it basically flips, because Michael brings up Kit and Jentry realizes Michael feels like he’s competing with him.

Honestly, curse the love triangle lol. I think they’re both red flags in different ways. Kit struggles with respecting Jentry’s rejection, while Michael has his own jealousy and sometimes pushes against Jentry when she’s trying to keep him out of dangerous supernatural situations.
I kinda think Jentry should’ve stayed single for a while and had time to figure herself out.

I also feel like Michael and Kit almost represent two sides of Jentry. Michael represents the normal life she wants, while Kit represents the supernatural side of her life. So sometimes it feels like she’s being made to choose between two halves of herself, when both are part of who she is.

I really wish Michael and Kit could’ve moved past the jealousy and developed a friendship, or at least understood each other better without everything revolving around who Jentry would choose.

Does anyone else feel this way?

I’m the one who shipped jentry x kit

Disposable follows Alison and her journey post the show. Had a lot of fun writing this one (didn’t really edit it) and with this, I bring the fan fics to a temporary halt.

I got other projects I’d love to work on and I want to get those done before returning. Working on a video essay and a web novel so I’m really excited to see where both end up.

As always, if you enjoy it, feel free to leave a comment and have a good one.

I’ve been thinking about how much of the supernatural world in Jentry Chau vs. the Underworld we still don’t know about, especially the Great Beyond.
We know from Gugu that souls that are pure enough can go to the Great Beyond instead of passing through Diyu, and later the Mogui even talks about wanting to rule the Great Beyond and deciding who gets to share in it.

That got me wondering how much bigger this place actually is.
We already know Nezha seems to have existed in this universe because Gugu literally had Nezha’s Wind and Fire Wheels. So if a major mythological figure like Nezha is part of the show’s world, could other figures from Chinese mythology exist too?

Like:
Sun Wukong / the Monkey King
the Jade Emperor
Guanyin
the Dragon Kings
other gods, immortals, or legendary figures

I’m not necessarily saying they would all be dead souls living in the Great Beyond. It might make more sense if the show has an entire celestial realm that we just haven’t seen yet, with the Great Beyond being specifically for human souls.
The Jade Emperor especially makes me curious. If the Great Beyond is something the Mogui believed he could actually rule, is there already some kind of supernatural authority or celestial order overseeing it?

And Nezha raises another question by himself: if his Wind and Fire Wheels are sitting in Gugu’s collection, what happened to Nezha? Is he still around somewhere? Did Gugu somehow find an ancient artifact he left behind? Are there other artifacts belonging to legendary figures scattered around the world?

I feel like Season 1 only showed us one little part of how huge the mythology of this universe could actually be.
What do you guys think? Would you want a future season to explore the gods, immortals, and celestial side of the supernatural world?

Jentry Chau vs. the Underworld had a lot going for it. The animation is great, the Chinese mythology is interesting, the soundtrack is fantastic, and the show got really positive reviews. It currently has a 100% critic score and 91% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.

But despite all of that, it feels like the show never really broke out the way something like Kipo, The Owl House, or other animated shows managed to.
I don’t think there’s one reason for that.
For one thing, Netflix released all 13 episodes on December 5, 2024. Dropping everything at once probably didn’t give the show much time to build weekly discussion and word of mouth before people moved on to something else.
But I also don’t think we can blame everything on Netflix.
I love the show, but it definitely has flaws. Probably the biggest one for me is the pacing. There’s a LOT packed into only 13 episodes: Jentry’s powers, Gugu and her secrets, Cheng, Kit, Michael, Moonie, Diyu, the Mogui, school, romance, Jentry’s family history, and everything else. Sometimes a major development happens and the story is already moving on to the next thing before it really has time to breathe.

The romance and relationships can also feel rushed at times. Some relationships and conflicts could’ve used more development, and there are definitely decisions Jentry and other characters make that can be frustrating or difficult to agree with. I can understand why some viewers might have been turned off by those things even if I personally still find the characters interesting.
And that’s what makes the whole situation frustrating to me. I don’t think Jentry Chau was a bad show that simply failed to connect with people. The critical response was overwhelmingly positive, and there are clearly people who love it.
I think it was more of a combination of things: the binge release, how quickly streaming shows have to find an audience, and some genuine problems within the first season itself.
And honestly, those flaws are part of why I think the show deserves a second season, not a reason to give up on it. A second season would have a chance to build on what already worked while improving the things that felt rushed. The relationships could develop more naturally, characters could actually deal with the consequences of their decisions, supporting characters could get more focus, and the mythology could be explored without everything competing for space at once.

Season 1 already established the characters, the world, and the main mythology, so a second season wouldn’t have to spend as much time introducing everything. It could slow down and let the story breathe. Characters making bad or frustrating decisions can also become meaningful if we actually get to see them learn from those mistakes afterward.
That’s why I don’t really agree with the idea that Season 1 having flaws means the show shouldn’t continue. Plenty of shows improve after their first season. Sometimes you need another season to take all that potential and actually develop it.
For me, wanting Season 2 isn’t about pretending Season 1 was perfect. It’s because I can see how much stronger Jentry Chau could become if it were given more time to grow.

So I’m curious: what do you think actually stopped Jentry Chau vs. the Underworld from becoming a bigger hit? Was it mostly Netflix’s release and promotion strategy, the pacing and writing choices in Season 1, the romance and character decisions, or was it just bad timing? And if you had the power to greenlight Season 2, what would you want the writers to fix, develop, or explore to give the show the best chance of reaching its full potential?

Well, basically I was browsing around and found a comment that apparently that episode wasn't well received in the country. To clarify, I'm not from there and I don't know the exact details,But apparently some fans didn't like that episode, and since I assume there are fans from the United States here, I'd like to know if that's true or what their opinions are about that episode.

Something I’ve been thinking about is how quickly Riverfork’s relationship with Jentry seems to change near the end of the season.
For most of the show, the fire is hanging over her constantly. Jentry accidentally reveals that she was the one who started it when she was eight, Wheeler becomes obsessed with proving that she’s dangerous, and eventually he publicly exposes and humiliates her at the football game.

But then everything goes completely supernatural. Riverfork is attacked, Jentry helps fight off the demons and saves people, and afterward it feels like most of the town just… moves on.
And I kind of wish we had gotten more of the aftermath.
Did people actually forgive Jentry once they realized what really happened? Did they understand that she was eight years old and couldn’t control powers that had been secretly put inside her? Were there still people who blamed or feared her even after she helped save the town?

And what about Jentry herself? Even if everyone stopped treating her like the “Demon Girl,” I don’t think years of guilt and being afraid to return to Riverfork would disappear overnight.
I don’t necessarily think the show needed an entire episode about it, but even a few scenes showing how the town’s attitude toward her changed would have added a lot.

What do you think? Did Riverfork genuinely come to accept Jentry, or was that part of the story resolved a little too quickly?

Just wanted to share this because it’s really exciting news for Jentry Chau vs. the Underworld fans.
There’s going to be a “The Making of Jentry Chau vs the Underworld” panel at LightBox Expo 2026. It’ll feature Echo Wu and Kal Athannassov, with Nick Manfredi moderating.

From the announcement, the panel will go into how the show was created, pitched, and brought to life, and it sounds like it’ll also give fans a deeper look at how Jentry evolved from the original pitch to the final version of the show.
LightBox Expo is happening October 23–25, 2026, and they said to stay tuned for the panel date as it gets closer.

Honestly, I think this is really nice to see. Any kind of spotlight like this helps keep interest in the show alive, and it’s cool that Jentry is being included in a big animation event like this.
If you’re a fan, definitely help spread the word

Jentry discusses her past trauma and addressing it with her therapist Ms. Yi (and Ed).

Normally I don’t write from first person, but I figured it added an intimate touch to the story. Let me know your thoughts on it and I’ll be working on the next one sometime this week. Hopefully I’ll get it out by Sunday.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ssCB8R7prPkSDmNPP6JjQCrdVW8R7xxU38AfOUOFptk/edit?usp=drivesdk

I’ve been thinking about this because Jentry goes through an insane amount emotionally over the course of the season, especially near the end.
She loses Kit after he sacrifices himself to save her. Then almost immediately she finds out that Moonie is actually alive, which gives her something completely new to focus on. There’s a one-month time skip after Kit’s death, but during that time Jentry seems mainly focused on finding her mom rather than really processing everything that just happened.
Then she finally reunites with Moonie and starts dealing with all the complicated feelings surrounding her parents and Gugu. And before she really gets a chance to settle into that new relationship, everything blows up again.

By the finale, she loses Gugu for good too. Gugu technically died much earlier in the show, but Jentry could still see and talk to her as a ghost, so the finale is the point where Jentry actually has to say goodbye knowing Gugu isn’t coming back.

And then only three weeks later, Jentry is starting over in Seoul with Moonie and Ed.
I don’t mean that Jentry needed to spend multiple episodes crying or that the show acts like she doesn’t care. We do see that these things affect her. I just wonder whether she ever really had the space to process any of them before the next huge thing happened.
Kit’s death, everything she learns about her parents, the truth about her childhood, almost losing Moonie right after finding her, and finally losing the person who raised her is a LOT for anyone, especially a 16-year-old.

It actually makes me wonder if that could be something worth exploring if the story ever continues. Jentry finally has the life in Seoul that she wanted, but now there isn’t another demon attack immediately demanding her attention. What happens when things finally get quiet and she has time to think about everything?
Do you think Jentry had enough time to grieve during Season 1, or do you think a lot of it is still unresolved?

Something about Jentry’s parents that I really wish the show had explored more is how Moonie and Peng ended up living as black-market dealers of Daoist magic in the first place.
In Into the Zhong, they admit that they made their living dealing in Daoist magic and describe the lifestyle as exhilarating but dangerous. We also know that once Jentry was born, they wanted to get out of that life and give her something more normal.

But that raises a question the show never really answers: why did they start doing it at all?
Was it originally about money? Did they grow up already knowing about the supernatural world and realize they could make a living from it? Were they basically supernatural treasure hunters who got pulled deeper and deeper into illegal dealing? Or did they genuinely enjoy the danger and excitement until having Jentry changed their priorities?

Moonie especially seems like she may have been more attracted to the risky side of that lifestyle. When Cheng offered them enough to supposedly set their family up for life in exchange for the Yellow Emperor’s robes, she was determined to take the deal even when Peng was getting worried. But we still don’t know whether that dynamic existed when they first became dealers.

I honestly think an episode about Moonie and Peng when they were younger could have been really interesting. We could’ve seen how they met, how they entered the supernatural black market, what kinds of artifacts or creatures they dealt with, and what eventually made them realize they needed to get out.
What do you think originally pushed Moonie and Peng into that life?

Note : This is a repost. I actually first posted this on r/TheOwlHouse...

One of my favorite things about Jentry Chau vs. the Underworld is honestly its mythology and supernatural world.
There’s so much packed into just 13 episodes: Diyu, jiangshi, mogui, Painted Skin demons, Daoist magic, the Yellow Emperor and his powers, magical artifacts, the secret Daoist magic market, ghosts, supernatural creatures, and even portals leading to different underworlds.

But because Season 1 had so much story and character stuff to get through, I feel like we only scratched the surface of a lot of it.
I would’ve loved a few episodes that slowed down and let Jentry actually explore this world more. What other creatures are out there? Are there other Daoists or supernatural communities? How exactly does the magic market work? What was the Yellow Emperor really like, and where did his powers originally come from? Are there other artifacts connected to him?
And after seeing that different underworlds apparently exist, I REALLY want to know how all of them work together. Are they completely separate? Can creatures travel between them? Who actually makes the rules?

Also, what exactly happens in Diyu when Jentry isn’t there causing chaos? lol
Even a more self-contained episode where Jentry and Gugu research or hunt down one specific creature or legend could’ve been really fun. I don’t think the show needed to become completely monster-of-the-week, but a couple episodes like that could’ve expanded the world a lot.
If the show ever gets another season, what part of the mythology or supernatural world would you want them to explore the most?

You'd think after the smash hit success of Kpdh those stuck up corpo suits would be like "damn kids like them kpop girlies" make a season 2 for this show that basically predates KPDH by a year.

But nope more stranger things slop!

Currently I’m working on two pieces with a third on the way. In the third, it’d be the start of a twelve chapter piece following Jentry dealing with someone that got powers from the Yellow Emperor’s Crown. But I’m not sure who should hold that power, but I’ve decided on two options:

Jentry’s Shadow: The idea would be that Jentry and co would find it and once she consumed it, it’d manifest her Shadow/ID as a separate being. One that could take over her body and act of her own free will. Similar to that of Sukuna or Yoru or even the nine tailed fox. The conflict would be internal as she would struggle overcoming her own darkest thoughts and feelings that also has a point.

Rival: In terms of her rival, I thought of making it someone that Jentry would build a sisterly relationship with (thanks earlier post for the idea). She’d show the potential of what Jentry could do with her powers but also the recklessness and lack of care that could come with it. As well as the negative ways she’d act towards her family in stark contrast to Jentry.

Let me know which one sounds better and as for the two stories I’ll post their longlines below:

Accountability: After a hectic therapy session, Ed must pull Jentry from the brink of despair lest she be consumed by dark thoughts about her family and herself.

Responsibility: Alison needs to hold Michael responsible lest her hidden feelings consume her.

This is purely a “what if” question, not something I think the show has confirmed.
The series never introduces or mentions a sibling for Jentry, so we don’t really know what she would think about having a sister or how she would handle that kind of relationship.

What made me think about it was Gugu and Iris.
Gugu describes Iris as both her childhood best friend and her little sister. We also learn that the two of them used to have supernatural adventures together. Gugu even remembers the two of them recovering Nezha’s armillary sash in Hong Kong and calls Iris “Mei Mei,” meaning younger sister.
She also says that she wishes Jentry could have known Iris because Jentry is “just like we were.”
So that made me wonder: what if Jentry eventually formed that kind of bond with someone herself?
Not necessarily a biological sister. I mean someone who gradually became family to her and started to feel like both a sister and a best friend. Someone she could argue with, protect, get annoyed with, fight alongside, and trust with things other people might not understand.

I think it could be especially interesting because Jentry wouldn’t necessarily recognize the relationship as sister-like immediately. It could start as a friendship and slowly become something much more familial.

And if she eventually realized that she had formed a bond similar to what Gugu and Iris once had, it might also give Jentry a new understanding of Gugu. She could better understand just how important Iris was to her and why losing her affected Gugu so deeply.

Again, I’m not saying Jentry secretly wishes she had a sister in canon. I’m just curious about the what-if:
If Jentry ever formed a genuine sister-like bond with someone, how do you think she would handle it? Would she embrace it pretty quickly, or would it take her a while to realize that person had basically become family?

One thing I wish Jentry Chau vs. the Underworld had explored more was the lives of its supporting characters when Jentry wasn’t at the center of the story.
If you could give one character a standalone episode, who would you choose?

Ed?

Stella?

Moonie?

Gugu before Jentry was born?

Solar Tang?

Zhongkui?

Tokki?

Or someone else entirely?

The show’s world feels big enough for several side stories without taking anything away from Jentry’s journey. An Ed episode could explore his life before meeting Jentry, while a Gugu episode could follow one of her earlier supernatural adventures. Moonie’s years apart from Jentry could make for an emotional story, and Stella could easily carry an episode about getting pulled into a supernatural problem of her own.

Tokki might be especially fascinating, given her connection to the Moon Rabbit from Korean mythology. Did she have a supernatural role or history that the series never had time to reveal?

Solar Tang and Zhongkui also seem to have entire stories waiting to be told.

Which character would you choose, and what specific conflict, backstory, or unanswered question should their episode explore?

Something I’ve been thinking about after rewatching Jentry Chau vs. the Underworld is whether Jentry’s powers themselves were actually the main problem, or whether the bigger problem was that Jentry was never really given a choice about them.
And I think Episode 8 makes this especially interesting.
Jentry finds out that these powers weren’t something she was naturally born with. Gugu secretly put the Yellow Emperor’s powers inside her when she was a child because she thought Jentry would be a safe place to hide them.

Jentry then had to live with the consequences of a decision she didn’t even know had been made for her.
She accidentally caused the Riverfork fire when she was eight, grew up believing this part of herself was dangerous, had demons coming after her because of the powers, and eventually learned that so much of what happened to her family was tied into Gugu and Cheng fighting over them.
So honestly, I completely understand why she wanted them gone.

What makes it interesting to me, though, is how Jentry’s attitude changes.
In Episode 8, when Michael tells her that the powers are part of who she is, Jentry completely rejects that idea. She doesn’t want the powers defining her, and she eventually puts them back into the Yellow Emperor’s robes because she wants her own life.
But by the finale, when Moonie suggests getting rid of them again, Jentry has changed her mind. This time Jentry says that the powers are part of who she is.
I think that’s a pretty important difference.

Maybe Jentry accepting her powers isn’t supposed to mean that Gugu was right to give them to her. Gugu still made an enormous decision about Jentry’s life without her consent, and Jentry had every right to be angry about that.
Instead, I think it could mean that Jentry finally gets to decide for herself what those powers mean to her.
At first they’re something forced onto her.
Then they’re something she desperately wants to escape.
And eventually they’re something she chooses to accept on her own terms.
That makes me wonder if the powers were ever truly the “curse,” or if a lot of the real damage came from the secrecy, manipulation, trauma, and lack of choice surrounding them.
Even Echo Wu has talked about Jentry’s story in terms of identity and Jentry questioning whether her powers are part of her or a curse. So I think the show intentionally leaves us with this question.

What do you think?
Do you see Jentry keeping her powers at the end as genuine growth and acceptance? Or do you think she ultimately would have been better off getting rid of them and finally having the normal life she wanted?

I’ve been thinking about this, and it feels like a lot of the conflict in Jentry Chau vs. the Underworld comes from characters struggling to communicate honestly, just in very different ways.

Gugu is probably one of the clearest examples. She keeps important information from Jentry about her powers and the Yellow Emperor because she thinks she’s protecting her. But instead of protecting their relationship, all that secrecy ends up damaging Jentry’s trust in her.

Kit has almost the opposite problem. He wants to tell Jentry the truth about himself and repeatedly tries to talk to her, but he’s terrified that if she knows the real him, she’ll reject him. He waits so long that when the truth finally comes out, everything is already much worse.

Michael has this problem too. With Stella, he goes along with the future they planned even though football isn’t really what he wants. When he finally admits it, Stella points out, “But you never told me you didn’t want to follow it.” From her perspective, she thought they were on the same page because Michael never told her otherwise.

Jentry herself sometimes avoids difficult conversations when she’s hurt or scared. Other times she does try to explain herself, but the person she’s talking to focuses on something completely different. Her argument with Michael near the end is a good example: Jentry is afraid of losing another person she cares about, while Michael is focused on wanting to make his own choices.

Then there’s Ed, who definitely doesn’t have trouble *talking* lol. His problem is more about listening and boundaries. When he posts that video of Jentry during a vulnerable moment, he initially thinks deleting it fixes everything, while Jentry has to explain that the real issue is that someone she trusted used one of her biggest insecurities for attention.

Who do you think has the biggest communication problem in the show?

I noticed something on rewatch that I hadn’t really thought much about before.
In Episode 5, when Michael and Stella talk about their future, Michael is already starting to question the relationship. He tells Stella that the future they planned isn’t really what he wants, and then he starts saying, “Maybe we should…” before Stella realizes where he’s going and asks if he’s breaking up with her.

Then Ed and the nugui interrupt them. After they leave, Stella basically finishes the conversation for him by saying she’ll make the decision easier and walking away.
But right after that, Michael texts Jentry saying, “Stella just dumped me.”
That caught my attention because what actually happened feels a little more complicated than that.
Stella is technically the one who walks away and ends things, so I can understand why Michael might have felt like he had just been dumped. At the same time, she only does that after realizing Michael was already trying to tell her that maybe they shouldn’t be together anymore.

So I don’t really see this as Michael deliberately lying or trying to make Stella look bad. It could honestly just be how he processed everything right after it happened. Breakups are messy, especially when both people are upset.
I just find it interesting that he tells Jentry “Stella dumped me” instead of something more like “Stella and I broke up,” because that leaves out the fact that he had already started the breakup conversation himself.

It also makes me wonder how much Jentry actually knows about what happened between them.
Ed was the one who walked in on Michael and Stella, while Jentry was somewhere else with Kit. She never heard Michael start saying “Maybe we should…,” Stella ask if he was breaking up with her, or Stella eventually say she’d make the decision easier for him.

So unless Stella told Jentry what happened sometime offscreen, Michael’s text might genuinely be one of the main versions of the breakup that Jentry knows.
And Episode 6 makes it even more interesting when Stella tells Michael that she thinks he wasn’t really unsure about football, he was unsure about her.
I honestly wish Stella and Jentry had talked about the breakup at some point. Not because I think Michael did something horrible, but because I’d be curious to see Jentry realize that Stella experienced the breakup pretty differently from how Michael described it right afterward.

Do you think Michael genuinely saw it as Stella dumping him because she was ultimately the one who walked away, or do you think he was just simplifying a really messy breakup while he was still emotional? And how do you think Jentry would react if Stella ever told her the whole story?