Link Click Season 2: A Christian Perspective and Content Guide

In our Christian review of Link Click Season 2, we will explore the donghua (Chinese animation) series from a faith-based lens. We will also provide a Link Click Season 2 content and parent guide.

Our review of Link Click Season 1 is already available. Click here to read it before progressing to Season 2 if you haven’t already!

Link Click Season 2 Review: Synopsis

In Season 2 of Link Click, the Chinese anime sees the return of Cheng Xiaoshi, Lu Guang, and Xiao Ling as they continue their battle against the terrifying enemy from Season 1. This antagonist can possess innocent people and force them to commit horrific acts. Even more alarming—the enemy is after Cheng. As the trio searches for truth and justice, destruction, death, and corruption follow them wherever they turn.

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Christian Review of Link Click Season 2

Tone, Structure, and Voice Acting

In Season 2 of Link Click, the stakes are higher, the backstories are more intense, and (apparently) natural pink hair is canonically significant. Instead of the smaller one-to-three-episode story arcs familiar from Season 1—leading up to a culmination of events in the intense finale—Season 2’s plot is more cohesive. I personally find the second season much darker than the first, leaning more toward a psychological thriller than a series about healing and closure.

The English dub cast is still phenomenal: Alejandro Saab (Link Click, Horimiya) and Zeno Robinson (Link Click, Horimiya) return as Cheng Xiaoshi and Lu Guang, respectively, and Suzie Yeung reprises her role as Qiao Ling. New cast members include Aaron Campbell as Qian Jin, Dee Meo as Li Tianchen, and Rachel Michelle Thompson as Xixi/Li Tianxi.

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Episode 5: Abuse, Inaction, and Consequences

Episode 5 is extremely intense and may be triggering for some viewers. It deals directly with domestic violence, parental abuse, and ends in tragedy. This is your content warning — and a reminder that this section (including subtopics on the episode’s title and adoption themes) contains major spoilers for Link Click Season 2, Episode 5.

Abuse and the Bystander Effect

In this episode, we learn the heartbreaking backstory of Li Tianxi and her twin brother, Li Tianchen. Tianxi is mute and very close to her mother, who frequently takes her to the doctor. One day, after a doctor visit, the two try to win a stuffed animal from a claw machine. A man steps in to help, wins the prize, and even offers to carry their things home. Cheng—who is inhabiting Tianxi’s body through a photo dive (the method of time travel in Link Click)—feels suspicious, but the man appears harmless.

However, things at home are far from harmless.

Their father is extremely paranoid and abusive. He believes his wife is cheating (though she isn’t), and he tears apart the claw machine toy because he thinks it’s a gift from her “lover.” His anger spirals into physical violence. He attacks his wife and children, and while Tianchen tries to defend them, Tianxi runs for help—but is stopped by her father.

They live in an apartment, and their neighbor—yes, the same man from the claw machine—is home. But he’s wearing headphones and playing video games with friends. By the time he realizes something is wrong and calls the police, it’s too late—both parents are dead, and the children are left orphaned.

This episode isn’t just about violence; it’s also about the danger of inaction. While the neighbor didn’t cause harm, his inattention contributed to the tragic outcome. This is not to say that video gaming is evil or that headphones are wrong—but rather, it’s a sobering reminder to stay aware of what’s happening around us.

As Christians, we’re called to protect the vulnerable and intervene when possible. Proverbs 24:11–12 (NIV) says:

Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter. If you say, “But we knew nothing about this,” does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who guards your life know it? Will he not repay everyone according to what they have done?

If we have the opportunity to help others, we should. Although the neighbor technically reacted, he didn’t react quickly enough to save the entire family. The neighbor did call the police but by that point, it was too late to make any positive changes.

Cheng and Tianchen are both critical of this man—Tianchen is outright rude to him. And yet, he was the only one who did call the authorities. He didn’t intervene physically, but perhaps he did the best he could with the information he had.

This brings us to another important theme: the cost of unchecked anger. Ephesians 4:26 (NIV) warns:

“‘In your anger do not sin’: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry.”

The father let his anger consume him, and he destroyed his family, leaving his children with lifelong trauma. However, though character actions are a major concern, there’s more to the episode.

The Problem with the Title “Last Supper”

Another significant part of Episode 5 is the title, “Last Supper.” It’s symbolic because the fight between the mother and father erupts at the dinner table, and it’s their final meal together as a family before everything unravels. After that night, both parents are dead, and Li Tianchen begins to spiral into darkness.

That said, I don’t like this title. While I understand the symbolic intent, it feels inappropriate and irreverent. In Scripture, the Last Supper refers to Jesus’ final meal with His disciples before His crucifixion—a sacred moment filled with purpose, love, and the promise of redemption. Using the same phrase to describe a violent and tragic turning point in a story about abuse and vengeance is, in my view, heretical. It replaces the image of Christ’s willing sacrifice and new covenant with one of despair, trauma, and darkness.

As Christians, we’re not against symbolism in media. But we are called to think critically when sacred imagery is reappropriated in ways that distort or diminish biblical truth.

Adoption and the Danger of Appearances

Adoption is often redemptive and wonderful: it gives children love and security. However, there should be safety measures in place to ensure that children are safe in their adoptive homes and not exploited or abused. In Link Click, those safeguards are disturbingly absent.

After the Li siblings lose their parents, they’re taken in by Qian Jin, a seemingly kind police officer who appears at the scene of the tragedy. He comforts the twins and later becomes their guardian.

But as we learn in Season 2, Qian Jin is not who he seems. He surrounds the twins with vengeful criminals who encourage them to assist in criminal acts. Li Tianchen feels right at home among them and gleefully commits heinous acts. The twins have complementary powers—similar to Cheng and Lu—and using the twins’ powers together maximizes their potential.

Unfortunately, this has a devastating effect on his sister. She retains the mental state of a child and remains mute, becoming a pawn in Qian Jin’s schemes. Li Tianchen, who was rather protective of his sister when they were children and seems to be (to an extent) protective of her as an adult, continues to work for Qian Jin and allows him to exploit her. His distasteful and villainous actions separate him from his innocent sister, risking irreparable damage.

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Revenge: A Central Theme (and a Warning)

Whether it’s gossipers, online critics, or wives having alleged affairs, the villains don’t hesitate to murder innocent people. Romans 12:19 (ESV) reminds us to leave vengeance to the Lord:

Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”

The villains refuse to do this. They take revenge into their own hands, and it leads to serious harm—not just for their victims, but for themselves as well.

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Qiao Ling: A Surprising Source of Comfort

In Season 1 of Link Click, you may recall that Qiao Ling—friend of the Time Photo Studio and often its receptionist—didn’t initially have a major role. From the beginning, Cheng and Lu’s presence is clearly justified; they’re the ones who dive into the photos and guide the missions. But outside of managing clients, Qiao Ling’s role didn’t feel as essential at first. That quickly changed as Season 1 progressed, and her importance began to grow.

The wiki article for Qiao Ling explains her role well:

While not playing a very active role in the show’s events until later in Season 2 where the story shifts its focus to things happening outside of the resident studio, she is still a core part of the show’s centerpiece photo studio and a very present figure in the series.

By Link Click Season 2, Qiao Ling becomes an undeniably vital character and ally to both Cheng and Lu. One of her most meaningful roles this season, beyond being a continual presence and emotional anchor, is her connection with Li Tianxi—a girl with childlike tendencies. Qiao Ling meets her where she’s at mentally and emotionally, telling stories, drawing, and offering snacks in a gentle effort to encourage the traumatized girl to share critical information.

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*Spoiler Alert* Betrayal and Death: The Fall of Chen Bin

Season 2 has quite a bit of death, murder, and suicide. Early on, a beloved secondary character, Chen Bin, falls from a rooftop and dies. At first, it appears to be suicide, but we later learn it was murder. This death hits especially hard because, shortly beforehand, we learn more about his personal life: he has a wife, and she’s pregnant. His death is graphic and gory.

What makes it even more heartbreaking is that the man behind his death—Qian Jin—was once a mentor to him. According to the Link Click Wiki:

Qian Jin appears to have been a mentor figure to Chen Bin while the latter was training to be a police officer. Chen Bin saw Qian Jin as an older brother, and their friendship remained even after Qian Jin switched careers.

This reminds me of the biblical concept of a wolf in sheep’s clothing, from Matthew 7:15 (NIV):

Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.

Qian Jin isn’t a prophet, of course, but he looked like someone Chen Bin could trust—someone who had his best interests at heart. Yet inwardly, he had murderous intent.

This reminds me why it’s important to “…test everything; hold fast what is good” (1 Thessalonians 5:21 ESV). Anyone can appear trustworthy or claim to speak for God—but we must test every teaching and influence against Scripture. False prophets, false versions of Christianity, and deceptive teachings are real dangers. As believers, we don’t live in fear of them, but we must stay grounded in truth so we can recognize deception when it comes.

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Where’s the Healing This Time?

Season 1 of Link Click was characterized by its focus on relational healing. Season 2, however, takes a bit of a different approach. It’s not that healing doesn’t exist—it does, especially in the final episode—but it’s much less prominent. The focus is more on finding the bad guy and saving everyone before it’s too late. In this season, Lu and Cheng barely dive for clients, and the one dive they do for someone else ends in massive destruction with no emotional or relational healing in sight.

There is a moment at the end of the season where the main villain seems to start repenting of his mistakes, but whether it’s just regret at where it led him or an actual desire to change? I’m not sure. Healing isn’t as central to this season, which is sad because it’s one reason Season 1 felt so redemptive.

A Full Circle Moment: Why Season 1’s “Filler” Episode Wasn’t Filler

In Season 1, Episode 5.5 (considered “a special episode unrelated to the main story line“) Cheng and Lu help a man named Liu Siwen win the hand of his girlfriend, Ouyang. In order to do so, Liu Siwen must beat his love’s father, Ouyang Bubai, in martial arts. At the end of the episode, the father allows their marriage. Cheng learns a bit of martial arts from Liu Siwen.

This may sound super irrelevant to this post, as this all happened in Season 1. However, in Link Click Season 2, Liu Siwen, Ouyang, and Ouyang Bubai all appear. Ouyang Bubai pretends to be Lu in the hospital, and they dress up as superheroes in order to provide martial arts backup to Cheng and Qiao Ling. It’s a beautiful full circle moment, and reminds us that helping others is always worth it.

Without the context of Season 1, Episode 5.5, the presence of the martial arts experts would seem random and disjointed—but with the additional context, it’s both humorous (they dress like superheroes to hide their identity) and beautiful—they help Cheng and Qiao Ling survive the fight against evil.

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Final Thoughts: Link Click Season 2

Link Click Season 2 picks up where Season 1 left off, but there are so many significant differences between the tones and themes of the seasons that they don’t really resemble one another. Season 2 doesn’t focus on healing or redemption as strongly as Season 1 does; Season 2 feels more like a revenge arc where evil tries to destroy the innocent, and The Time Photo Studio must stop them.

It’s still an entertaining season, but it’s quite dark and way less redemptive.

It also ends on a major cliffhanger, but the next installment, The Bridon Arc, is already out.

So, is Link Click Season 2 safe for Christians? Maybe, with the discernment you get from the Holy Spirit. If you watch with your faith lenses on (watching with Biblical values in mind) you’ll see a cautionary story about the dangers of revenge and the lifelong impact of how we raise children.

For our next Link Click review on Link Click: The Bridon Arc, click here.

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Parent Guide for Link Click Season 2 Review

Sex and Nudity in Link Click Season 2

• A shirtless character gets dressed: putting on a shirt, a suit coat, and tie.
• Qiao Ling wears a crop top.
• A character says “Dicking me around.”
• A character talks about lifting skirts in relation to an alleged affair.
• A female character pats down a man to look for wires, and then wants him to go to the bathroom with her.
• A guy’s chest is partially visible.
• A few characters believe their wives are being unfaithful.
• A character gossips about an alleged affair.

Violence and Gore in Link Click Season 2

• Someone threatens to cut a throat.
• A dead character bleeds.
• Xiao hits Cheng.
•  A character hits himself continually.
• Characters fight and bleed on multiple occasions.
• After a fight, the bad guys sustain various levels of injuries; one had his face cave in.
•  A good character hits the bad guy.
• A husband physically and verbally abuses his wife and children; he grabs a hammer and threatens to kill everyone.
• A character threatens another.
• A young boy tries to protect his loved ones and gets hit with a hammer; he bleeds and falls to the ground. He bleeds quite a bit.
• The husband physically beats his wife over and over.
• Parents hit one another at the same time and kill each other. One dies from a stab wound and one dies from being hit with a hammer.
• A beloved character bleeds quite a bit and is physically harmed.
• Characters go hunting and throw rocks in a fairytale.
• A character gets shot and bleeds.
• A character gets shot continuously.
• A well-liked character is shot. They die and there is lots of blood
• A child wants to murder someone.
• Characters murder other characters and plan to murder them.
• A well-liked character is murdered.

Alcohol and Drugs in Link Click Season 2

• Wine is visible on a table.
• A character suggests that someone committed suicide after taking drugs.
• A pack of cigarettes appears.
• Characters drink on multiple occasions.

Frightening and Intense Scenes in Link Click Season 2

•  When a character is possessed (by an enemy), they have red eyes.
• A beloved character is seriously injured, and it looks like they have flatlined at the hospital.
• A character is shown attempting suicide, and another (well-liked) character is shown falling off a roof and dying.
• Multiple characters die in sad and disturbing ways.
• A character says that he thinks another “jumped himself.”
• A character is found hanging. They have a suicide and confession note with them.
• Suicide is mentioned/shown/happens on multiple occasions.
• A character experiences what other people feel and it can be intense.
•  Someone is killed by hanging.
• A character kills his pregnant wife.
• A character is pushed off a roof and dies.
  

Language in Link Click Season 2

Including, but not limited to:

• idiot (multiple times)
• b*stard x5
• sh*t x3
• d*mn it/d*mn/d*mned x27
• shut up x3
• stupid x2
• jack*ss
• pr*ck x2
• who the h*ll/h*ll x11
• *ss
• Stupid rigged piece of crap
• creeper
• Bullsh*t x2
• ***d*mn wh*re
• b*tch x3
• Crap x3
• Don’t be a butt.
• Jerk.
• big mean stinky tiger.
• Dummy.
• A character calls his wife “dirty.”
• We’re fools.
• Less garbage in this world.
• c*ckhold
• blaspemous phrases used more than a few times
• “I won’t be judged by some monster.”
• *sshole
• coward
• You pig
• piece of trash
• old fart

Religious Mentions in Link Click Season 2

• A character says his faith will change fate.
• A character says “Sell your soul.”
• Characters bow at the deceased’s photo at a funeral
• A character playing a video game says “I am your god”
• Characters, including good characters, appear posessed or controlled by the villain.
• Mention of fate on a few occasions.
• “Fate is comprised of many parallel lines.”

Other Concerns in Link Click Season 2

• A character steals a photo from a pregnant woman.
• A character believes that “fountain diving is basic fat kid stuff.”
• A child is taken in by evil people and seems to fit right in.
• A neighbor gossips about an alleged affair.
• Someone says that they are going to rewrite destiny.

Cover Photo Credit: Screenshot from Crunchyroll listing of Link Click used under fair use for review, criticism, education, and commentary. All rights belong to their respective owners.