I take the “voluntarily” part of departing this upcoming drama with a grain of salt, but at least it’s now confirmed how the upcoming season 2 and 3 of hit drama The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call will proceed. Namely without female lead Ha Young, who will not be returning anymore to for the sequel seasons after her great-grandfather being a pro-Japanese collaborator controversy and subsequent scrutiny of the Ahn medical lineage, family wealth, and past actions. Her next drama The Long Shot Trial managed to finish filming in the last few weeks as it was almost completed when her scandal erupted but the airing date is now up in the air. With how domestic South Korean’s overwhelmingly have turned against her as a reality whether any international viewers agree or not, it just doesn’t make sense for The Trauma Code to keep her on when it hasn’t even started filming yet, and re-casting her character or making a new female lead character is safer than sinking money into producing two more seasons only to be unable to air it down the road. And hilariously enough, of the three leads she was actually the only one without any prior scandal when the first season aired, what with Joo Ji Hoon having drug scandal from years ago and Choo Young Woo criticized heavily for following sexy adult influencers and having a phone case that was considered promoting pedophilia couched in artistic expression.