Netflix renews Heartstopper for seasons 2 and 3

Queer love story HeartstopperNetflix’s newest original show, “The Last Man Standing”, debuted just a month earlier on Netflix. The streaming company announced on Thursday that the contract has been renewed.

The writer and creator of both the show and the webcomic/graphic novel, Alice Oseman, revealed the renewal via the Netflix blog, drawing the stories’ lead characters along with a message that said “two more seasons.” Oseman is also quoted in the blog saying “we were overjoyed with the global reaction to Heartstopper and can’t wait to continue the story with two more seasons.”

The series’ first season covers a friendship-turned-budding-romance between two British schoolmates, Nick and Charlie. In addition to showcasing stories from a variety of their friends, the duo have their first kiss in the show’s eight episode season, and begin to explore their identities as young, queer students.

It’s an uplifting love story that explores the fun and beauty of romantic discovery — relatably, through movies like Pirates of the CaribbeanHere, one has to answer the unanswerable question: Orlando Bloom or Keira knightley. The meme even became a Twitter meme, with fans sharing their favourite gay ships.

Heartstopper’s first season only covers the first two volumes of the graphic novel, so there’s plenty of romance left to explore. Four volumes are already available on the webcomic. The fifth and last volume will come out early next year.