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I heard the news over the radio and my mum asked “who died?”; when I said it was Korean actor she said “it seems like a lot of Korean celebrities die/suicide” which surprised me. Even people who aren’t knowledgable about Korea/Korean entertainment can recognise the prevalence of this issue.

You do realise that no matter whether YOU are straight or gay, no matter who YOU have worked with… it doesn’t mean you know SOMEONE ELSE’S sexuality, right? Unless the person you worked with was Mew himself and he TOLD you. He hasn’t publicly said that he’s straight or gay, so who knows? More than that, you say “have we ever seen him in public with a male that wasn’t a friend” but the thing is… how would we know? It seems like his private life is pretty private, I believe he also hasn’t been publicly involved with a woman either, right? But MOST OF ALL~ Why does it matter?

It was filmed a few years ago. The rights were recently sold to a Japanese network so it should air this December!

To answer #3, in Taiwan you have 16 as the legal age of consent BUT there are controls (such as the older party must not be abusing the younger’s inexperience). Considering Yan filmed when the other had said that he didn’t want anything to be filmed, and subsequently these videos were leaked, there is an argument there. The main thing though is that Yan disseminated the videos and, although age of of consent is 16, 16 is still a minor/youth. Creating, possessing and sharing this material is illegal.

I know it has been thought about. I think I will stop replying to the comment thread because I think my intentions have been a little bit misunderstood—as you said, only wishing the best for him^^

I’m not saying it WILL but that it COULD because of the nature of his scandal. I don’t feel like that is an outlandish consideration, no?

What I am saying isn’t that it has anything to do with China (although technically it does—the rights to this series could be bought by a Japanese network only because the Chinese network wasn’t going to air it and sold them). ZZH was blacklisted due a “scandal” which pertains to tensions between Japan and China, which I think most of us know, so being in that situation and then having his show air on a Japanese network seems like something that some people wouldn’t look kindly upon. I am not suggesting he deserves any backlash as I have never thought so but it doesn’t mean that there WON’T be backlash. Hopefully there isn’t or, if there is, hopefully it doesn’t impact him. I am wishing him the best. As @Tidieu said, it wouldn’t be right for his talent to go to waste. I guess I’m just pointing it out because when I saw that Castle in the Time was airing, I thought he was no longer blacklisted… but that isn’t necessarily true.

Yes, I know this but because ZZH’s scandal was centred around Japanese/Chinese tensions, I don’t think the situation is comparable with those other actors^^

You can edit your comments and check the spoiler box… because anyone else who sees your comment will also have the ending spoiled… like me lol

This is airing on a Japanese network, so I guess it doesn’t really speak to whether ZZH is still blacklisted in China. Although given the nature of his “scandal”, I wonder whether this airing in Japan will mean that he is never going to be on screens in China again..?

I’m curious… Does anyone know whether Castle in the Time airing in Japan will be a final nail in the coffin, so to speak, of ZZH’s career in China?
No matter, I hope this is the beginning of his return to the screen and that he is doing well ✌️

I love Leo and this plot is exactly the kind that I like… but did anyone else find it quite boring? Did anyone else feel this way and if so did it get better? I’m only on episode 5

ZZH is a brilliant actor too so this should be great 🥰

Okay wait so which guys like Hua Qian? Please spoiler tag it for me 😅

Just saw that it is to be removed from Netflix in two days ;_; Does anyone know whether it’s moving to another platform..? To watch 50 hours in two days just isn’t possible hahaha

the puppy cloud on the poster is too adorable ;__; also Ding Cheng Xin? fingers crossed

What is carved into Shan Gu Dao’s box/chest in ep 31? The subtitles I was using only translated the song that started playing at the exact moment it was revealed 🥲

They take turns filming so their children are never left alone :)

Ok—hard laughing for 90% of this movie and even harder crying for 10%. The ambulance scene near the end 🥺

I agree that legalising gay marriage doesn’t eliminate homophobia but I don’t think that was ever an intended message; like, it was supposed to reflect Ming Han’s personal change of attitude rather than to reflect a change in the broader society. Legalising gay marriage doesn’t eliminate homophobia BUT very few homophobes would be accepting of gay marriage.

I also don’t understand hating homophobic characters whose primary intention as written by the author/screenwriter is literally to grow from that. The reason it wasn’t a gay man whom Mao married was because it would literally take away from the message of the story.