“Big Mouth,” Netflix’s popular adult cartoon about the struggles of puberty, returned with its long-awaited second season on Oct. 5.

The show’s first season shocked audiences with its candid look at preteens going through puberty, as the creative minds of Nick Kroll, Andrew Goldberg, Mark Levin and Jennifer Flackett gave audiences a comedic look at the awkward encounters of prepubescent teens as they learn about their bodies.

The leading premise is that “hormone monsters” – creatures who are assigned to kids as they begin to go through puberty – are responsible for their kids’ changing bodies and sexual desires.

The new season picks up right where the first one left off. Andrew and Missy have broken up, Jessi and Jay have run away together, and Nick finally gets a hormone monster after desperately wanting to go through puberty.

The second season focuses heavily on insecurities and introduces a new mythical character, the Shame Wizard, who haunts the kids. The Shame Wizard is voiced by David Thewlis, who is best known for playing Remus Lupin in the “Harry Potter” films.

Andrew, voiced by John Mulaney, is embarrassed after having gone through a growth spurt. On the other hand, Nick Kroll’s character Nick spends the season feeling insecure about being one of the smaller kids in his grade. He pursues new character Gina, voiced by Gina Rodriguez, but believes he will be friend-zoned because he has yet to go through puberty.

Missy, voiced by Jenny Slate, never seemed to worry much about her appearance, but she too becomes embarrassed about her body, when everyone is noticing how developed Gina is.

Andrew struggles with insecurities regarding his excessive masturbation. He starts to believe he is a pervert and a creep, and the Shame Wizard encourages his guilt.

In light of her parents’ divorce, Jessi, voiced by Jessi Klein, begins to act out. She steals money from her mom, shoplifts and takes her dad’s edibles.

Jay, voiced by Jason Mantzoukas, becomes close with Coach Steve and the Shame Wizard manages to make him feel bad about that. The only character the Shame Wizard has no effect on is the oblivious Coach Steve.

The concept of shame this season is very interesting because it shows all the students feeling embarrassed about themselves, when in fact everyone is going through the same struggles.

The hormone monsters and the Shame Wizard visually represent the challenges that all preteens go through. It is a creative way of showing puberty on screen, and is matched with crude comedy.

The show’s twisted humor makes the struggles of puberty incredibly funny and the best humor comes from the strangest characters, like Coach Steve, Jay and the hormone monsters.

Often, a show with a good first season will have a disappointing second season. Luckily, this is definitely not the case for “Big Mouth,” as season two easily matches the first.

The only downside of the second season would be that the viewer does not get to see as much of Duke Ellington’s ghost. Regardless, the new season provided a satisfying continuation of the “Big Mouth” story.