Time Agent: Shiguan Daliren season 2

How we would like to fix the past! However, everyone is given only one chance. The main characters of the anime “Time Agent” have an amazing ability to correct past events, but this inevitably affects the future of a person. Is it possible to “play” with such a superpower and how will it turn out for friends in the end?

The genre is fantasy.
Season 1 premiered on April 30, 2021 on the Chinese website bilibili, which hosts and watches videos about anime, comics, and games.

“Time Agent / Shiguan Daliren ss 2”: release date, announcement

The anime “Time Agent: Shiguan Daliren” has not yet been officially renewed for a season 2. There was no doubt about the continuation of the series, as the 1st season received crazy ratings. It is simply necessary to continue the story of two guys! Indeed, in their unusual life there is everything: self-development, humor, drama, difficulties in relationships … And if drama is presented, then the viewer is sad and empathizes with the characters 100%. However, as of May 2023, there is still no news about the anime season 2.

Plot

Cheng Xiaoshi and Lu Guang set up a private photo studio to provide unusual services. Thanks to the superpowers of the guys, their clients have the opportunity to change the past or find out information of interest. While Cheng immerses himself in this person’s body through a photo, Lu is in complete control of the process. And the guys have strict rules: there are only 12 hours, no more, no less; do only what Lu says; do not ask questions or rush things.

In the first episode, the guys finally have another client. This is the girl Emma. Assignment: get the financial statements of the company where she works. It is only at the disposal of the CFO – other members of the company do not have access to the report. The director is too concerned about the security of the organization, so all the data is only with him – on a flash drive.

Cheng travels to the 12-hour past in Emma’s body. All her memories and sensations are for two. In the course of completing the assignment, Cheng manages to get a report, after which a case of fraudulent information is opened, the attackers are arrested and will be punished according to the law. But is everything so great? Not! Despite Lu’s thousands of orders not to change anything in the client’s life, Cheng sends a harmless message to the girl’s parents. A chain of events led to the death of Emma, ​​which should not have happened…

Main characters

• Cheng Xiaoshi – runs a photo studio with Lu Guang; by nature, carefree, a little quick-tempered, stubborn, but with a kind heart; able to go back in time 12 hours ago from the moment when the client’s photo was taken; often argues with Qiao Ling; becoming the owner of the customer’s body, he can fulfill any of his orders, because this is his job.
• Lu Guang – Cheng’s friend and partner; if not the leader, then the brain of the group; a very smart, balanced, self-confident guy who can manipulate people; likes to tease Cheng, although he treats his friend with great sympathy; Cheng’s guide on his time travel; prohibits the friend from being arbitrary in the bodies of clients, but disobedience often leads to bad results.
• Qiao Ling – photo studio owner; despite this, she can be called a full-fledged member of the group; looking for clients for the guys and knows everything about their work.

Interesting Facts

1. The anime series has several titles: “Time Agents”, “Shi Guang Dai Li Ren”, “Link Click”. At the same time, initially after the release of the first commercial for the anime, launched on the bilibili website on the eve of the premiere of the series, the name sounded short “CLICK”.
2. The series “Time Agent” cannot be called unique in its plot. Anime fans have noticed some similarities with such TV shows as “Get Backers”, “The Case Files of Jeweler Richard”, where it is about solving problems for money. Or a similar message, as in the TV series “Mushishi”, “Natsume’s Book of Friends” or “The Manual of Hundred Demons”, where the protagonist meets different people and gets to know their history.
3. Donghua is directed by Li Haoling, who has presented anime such as “Heaven Official’s Blessing“, “Flavors of Youth / Shikioriori”, “The Daily Life of the Immortal King” and others. In the anime “Time Agent”, Li Haoling was not only the main director, but also the screenwriter.

Time Agent: Shiguan Daliren season 2 - release date

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