Arcane Season 2 might be the final installment of the Netflix series, but that sacred status hasn’t protected it from major online leaks.
Five episodesof the Riot Games animated seriesappeared online, alongside episodes of Dandadan, Ranma 1/2, and Terminator Zero. Episodes of the shows included time-stamps, watermarks, and annotations for later music and sound effects, revealing that the episodes in question hadn’t yet been completed.
The “hacker” in question, who goes by @jacejohns4n online, is known for threatening leaks of popular properties on the regular. In the past, they’ve teased leaks forSonic the Hedgehog 3andStranger Things Season 5, though careful onlookers have noted that thesenever actually come to fruition.
As such, this temptation of more Arcane leaks seems hollow to those in the know.
“Bro lying out of his a**,” said one comment on the post.
“Have you actually leaked a damn thing or just reposted things that have already been posted?” asked another.
“F**k you faker,” another wrote.
On Reddit, a similar response appeared during the alleged Sonic 3 hack, with one userwriting: Can this guy shut up already? He keeps saying ‘I’m gonna do it! Sike! But I’m actually gonna do it!’ (He’s not gonna do it). At this point just say you don’t have it/are gonna get sued and stop talking. Jesus.”
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What’s more, fans are pushing back. When it comes to Arcane, many devotees of the show are encouraging others to ignore the leaks, if real.
“Fellahs I know you are all excited for Season 2; I am as well,” said onecomment. “But please, please have the discipline to hold off on watching these leaked episodes; the show is UNFINISHED, and we owe it to the artists working on this fantastic series to only watch it when they give it the big green tick; otherwise we are sullying that experience.”
Jessica Cullen is a TV and Movies Writer on Dexerto’s UK team. She’s previously written for The Digital Fix, Cosmopolitan, Refinery29, Slate and more. Aside from being the residential Yellowstone expert, she also loves Westerns, ’90s action movies, and true crime. You can email her here: jessica.cullen@dexerto.com.
