Polygon.com / 27.07.25

Lord of Mysteries is the closest we might get to Bloodborne 2

Ten years after Bloodbornes release, its fans are still exploring the game and finding new secrets, while stubbornly waiting waiting for a sequel. I also wish for more stories about old secrets and the dreams of hunters. The hopes for a possible sequel only make me more eager to get in touch with anything that could even slightly hit the same notes Bloodborne does. Instead of a new game, I found my answer in a Chinese animated series. The donghua Lord of Mysteries offers hidden dangers, fascinating magical powers, and eerie secret societies that follow mindbending gods the perfect replacement for the never-released Bloodborne 2. Adapted from a web novel written under the name Cuttlefish That Loves Diving, Lord of Mysteries (currently streaming on Crunchyroll) is the story of a Chinese man who wakes up in another world after performing a ritual in his room to enhance his luck. Instead of the 21st-century China he used to live in, he now inhabits the body of Klein Moretti, a citizen of ...
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