The C-ent sudden generosity to awarding airing permits for C-dramas left and right will still not help any in limbo dramas adapted from BL-novels. The detective drama Justice in the Dark with Zhang Xin Cheng and Fu Xing Bo aired early this year and only 8-episodes were released before the drama stopped releasing new episodes. But the released episodes could still be watched until this week when viewers saw that clicking on an old episode got to a “cannot stream” error message. So the drama has formally been removed from streaming and fans of the BL novel are resigned to never seeing their beloved story finished onscreen. Reportedly the ban on BL-novel adapted C-dramas is going to last 5 years so maybe dramas can air in 2028 to which I’m like “huh” at the random time frame and also not holding my breath.
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