WARNING: This article includes MAJOR spoilers from Cobra Kai season 6, part 2.Cobra Kai season 6, part 1, part 2 saw Miyagi-Do go through some of their most demanding challenges both on and off the mat. However, while there have been serious moments in Cobra Kai's run, a death in season 6, episode 10, will forever be a game-changer for the Netflix series.

During an interview with Screen Rant, Cobra Kai showrunners Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg break down the shocking climax to the season 6, part 2 finale. When they were asked if there were a lot of conversations about not only having a major character death but also if it was always Kwon who would be the one to die, Heald stresses that it was very important for Cobra Kai's final season to take the stakes to a new level, stating the following:

Heald: We want to up the stakes and up the ante and have new, unexpected twists and turns as the series evolves, and ultimately will climax. It's the idea that anything can happen, there is a formula of how an episode of Cobra Kai generally plays out, or how a mid season episode might crescendo or how a finale might leave you with a big gut punch, or a big unexpected turn. But we haven't gone to that place, besides Tommy dying in season 2, but he was already a character that was terminally ill, and he wasn't a kid.

So we knew we were going to go to this place. We knew we were going to do it with the Kwon character, and part of doing that is you need to make that character really investable, and you want to write that character in a way that they jump off the screen so it doesn't feel like, 'Oh this other guy that we kind of haven't really been following died, that's terrible that somebody died.' You want to have a connection to that character, whether positive or negative or mixed. Kwon was that character for us, and Brandon H. Lee was that performer to embody the character, and did it with such strength and such flair and such charisma beyond what we were even writing.

He was bringing in energy, and bringing that je ne sais quoi to that performance - that was more than we could have asked for, so by the time we got there, it was bittersweet because you start imagining, 'Oh we can continue to write to this character! [laughs]' Because he's such a great fly in the ointment and such a great wild man. But at the same time, there was a method to the madness and a reason why we were pulling that lever at that time. It will naturally have reverberations into the end game of the series. To be most effective, it needs to carry weight. It needs to have conflict, and it needs [to] feel like you did something very surprising to a character that feels like there was more meat on the bone to mind, and it wasn't just 'Okay, we've done everything we can with this character and now here's the end.' Sometimes, you need to zag when people are expecting you to zig.

Given that Kwon's death was broadcast to the whole world, Screen Rant also asked the trio how the events of Cobra Kai season 6, episode 10, will now set things up for the final five episodes in part 3. Given that a teenager died on live television, Schlossberg stresses that there will be repercussions as the world reacts to this crucial moment in karate's history, sharing the following:

Schlossberg: That's something that we talked about in the room. What is going to be the reaction to this karate match? Because it's not just a rumble in the streets, this is something that's televised. This is something that is being billed as a major sporting event. So you would imagine this would be on the news cycle afterward. You would imagine that people would be talking about it afterwards. Different ways that can reverberate and have an effect on the characters that exist in our world, we're not going to spoil anything, but that is a big part of the final five episodes. It was always by design to make it where everything is in disarray and unresolved at the end of episode 10.

It's the last episode that we're going to have the ability to keep things unresolved. Spoiler alert, we resolve most things on the show, but when we finish the thing off, we don't want to leave this series with everyone feeling like, 'Okay, well, nothing was tied up.' So we really like the idea of just blowing everything up, where you just don't know what's going to happen next, not just for the characters, but for the sport itself.

What Cobra Kai Showrunners' Kwon Death Comments Mean For Season 6, Part 3

The Fallout Will Carry Over In A Major Way

While there have been theories about Cobra Kai season 6's Sekai Taikai storyline setting up a big death, it's clear from what Heald and Schlossberg said that this was a heavy conclusion that required a lot of groundwork due to the nature of the event. Cobra Kai deals with violence, but never to these lengths when it involves one of the teenagers, as Miguel's fall at the end of season 2 was the closest they got to seeing one of the students almost lose their lives. The world has now had to witness a young man lose his life to karate, which could forever change how society deals with the sport in the Cobra Kai universe.

It also shows that it had to be a character that there were some investments in by the time Cobra Kai season 6, part 2, ended with this climax. Even though Kwon was introduced in the final season, his character was explored enough that it is now significant for the audience that is following the ending of Cobra Kai. To have this in the final episode of Cobra Kai season 6, part 2, it leaves on a high note and raises a lot of speculation about what will go down in part 3.

Our Take On Cobra Kai Showrunners' Kwon Death Comments

His Death Will Change The Show

From what the Cobra Kai showrunners have addressed with Kwon's death, this is definitely going to lead to perhaps some of the most serious episodes in season 6 when part 3 rolls out in 2025. It's no longer only about the Sekai Taikai but the state of karate and what has become of the sport, which will be a fascinating storyline to see explored in Cobra Kai season 6. But for now, time will tell how far this will go when Cobra Kai season 6, part 3 is released next year.