With Su Yan's current influence, the announcements posted on Dimensional Pictures' official website didn't even take half a day to explode across the major web platforms, getting prominently featured on homepage banners of countless media outlets.
Fans of Su Yan and professionals in the entertainment industry alike all found themselves asking the same thing:
Is Su Yan even human?
Anyone who's worked in the film and TV industry—even tangentially—knows how excruciating scriptwriting is.
A movie might only take two hours to watch.
But writing it? That's months of work. Sometimes, for the most detail-obsessed screenwriters, even a single line of dialogue can take days to refine.
Su Yan's scripts were undeniably top-tier. But how on earth was he managing to create high-quality scripts at such an incredible output rate?
He was still acting in 'Tokyo Love Story' and 'Madoka Magica', and somehow launched two new film productions at the same time.
Was he just a creativity machine?
[This guy is kinda insane.]
[Two more romance films??]
[Are they similar to 'The Garden of Words'?]
[Seems like it. Just by the title, 'We Made a Beautiful Bouquet' sounds like that kind of romance. But '5 Centimeters per Second'… a racing movie?]
[My math is bad. What's 5 cm per second in speed?]
[That's 1.8 meters per minute.]
[Bro, that's a snail. Definitely not a racing film.]
[Don't overthink it. If it's a Su Yan film, I'm supporting it no matter what.]
[I haven't even finished wrapping my head around 'Tokyo Love Story', and now 'Madoka Magica' is set to air in April next year. On top of that, he's launching TWO films? This is kinda scary.]
[Is high output a bad thing? With talented creators, we want high output, so we're not stuck waiting years for our next drama fix. Unlike certain writers who blow up off one show, then disappear for three to five years, finally drop a new work, and it turns out to be hot garbage.]
[Still, creating so fast… aren't you worried the quality might drop?]
[Heh. Even Su Yan's weakest drama, 'Life is Strange', is still better than most shows. Don't question the process.]
[Until Su Yan actually drops a total flop, I'll treat every new project from him like gold-tier content.]
[Fast writing ≠ low quality. That's just a lazy excuse people use. Back in the day, there were films written, shot, and released in a month, and they're now considered classics. Meanwhile, modern films can be in development for years and still be total disasters.]
[Honestly, if these two films are anywhere near 'The Garden of Words', I'll be watching them at least three times.]
[Kinda wild how Su Yan's public image flipped so fast. Yesterday, people were flaming him over 'Tokyo Love Story', and today everyone's hyped about his new films.]
[That's just how it is. Sure, people rage at Su Yan all the time. But have you ever seen anyone say he's untalented? Never. The hate is all about the pain he puts his characters through. As soon as he drops something new, we're back in line.]
The announcements for 'We Made a Beautiful Bouquet' and '5 Centimeters per Second' stirred up huge buzz in Xia Nation for days.
But the core fanbase's focus remained on 'Tokyo Love Story'.
Just a few days passed, and everyone was glued to the drama.
Sunday. Episode 8 aired.
Ever since episode 5, the show has been walking a tightrope, balancing the tangled web of the main four characters.
Kenichi, while a certified Playboy, genuinely loved Satomi.
Before he got together with her, he'd already had feelings for Nagasaki Naoko, a fellow student.
So when Naoko started approaching him after he was already dating Satomi, he struggled, sure—but he didn't cheat.
There was no actual betrayal. No crossing the line.
It was Satomi's lack of self-confidence and her refusal to accept Kenichi's history with Naoko that led her to initiate the breakup.
After that, she ran straight to Nagao, constantly seeking emotional comfort.
While she never openly tried to sabotage Nagao and Rika, Rika could sense Nagao wavering.
And that set off a spiral of trust issues.
Break up, make up, doubt, recover—it was an endless emotional loop.
Yes, the structure was repetitive.
But the writing for Rika was simply too good.
Almost no one could resist her character.
Once you saw the story through Rika's eyes, your emotions were guaranteed to go on a rollercoaster ride with her.
And if we're being honest…
That iconic train scene in '5 Centimeters per Second'?
It was almost certainly inspired by this very episode.
Two sides of the same road.
Rika and Nagao are facing each other across the tracks.
A train passes by.
The difference?
In '5 Centimeters per Second', we knew they'd never meet again.
But in 'Tokyo Love Story', we knew Rika was just angry.
Even if she left in episode 8, she'd be back in episode 9, episode 10—always giving her all for their relationship.
Of course, that didn't stop fans from exploding in rage once the episode ended.
Especially after that line—Nagao's emotional confession to Satomi when she was down:
"To me, you're still the one I've always admired."
That sentence made countless Xia viewers go stone-faced.
Then go ballistic.
He actually said it.
Everyone knew deep down that, despite dating Rika, Nagao still carried unresolved feelings for Satomi.
But you can't say that. Not out loud.
Unspoken feelings are one thing—saying them is betrayal.
What about Rika?
Before this, Nagao had only been indecisive.
But now?
After episode 8, Nagao Kanji hit rock bottom in the hearts of viewers.
And yet, in perfect contrast, episode 8's viewership climbed again.
5.54%.
Su Yan had expected this from the beginning.
He knew exactly which characters would get hate and which would be beloved.
He'd seen this fandom reaction in his past life.
But here's the thing about 'Tokyo Love Story':
Even if the entire main cast gets hated…
It doesn't matter.
As long as Rika remains intact, this drama will stay iconic.
Su Yan knew it.
The audience knew it.
Why were people still watching?
Because they just wanted to see Rika.
These days, whenever Su Yan went outside in Tokyo, he dressed in full disguise—hood up, mask on, everything.
Same for Gu Qingyuan.
After episode 8, Nagao Kanji and Sekiguchi Satomi absolutely dominated the male and female most-hated character lists in Xia Nation.
In Tokyo, some rabid fans couldn't handle it anymore.
They were showing up at nearby locations, trying to start drama near the production set.
Mainland fans were still relatively calm.
But over in Sakura Island, hot-blooded fans were already protesting outside the filming location—waving signs demanding that Su Yan stop hurting Akana Rika in future episodes.
The Xia media and critics were all over it, eating up the drama.
A show that makes the male lead and second female lead this detestable—
And yet its ratings and reputation remain sky-high?
That's practically a miracle.
Every episode of 'Tokyo Love Story' was packed with hot topics.
Every line, every beat of pacing—
Viewers might think Nagao and Satomi were unbearable, but writers?
They were studying every word with a magnifying glass.
Amidst all this, episode 9 aired.
Nagasaki Naoko, now arranged to be married, sought out Kenichi one last time.
Rika, newly offered an overseas job opportunity, hoped Nagao would convince her to stay.
His response?
"That's too big a responsibility for me. I can't make that decision for your life."
Meanwhile, Satomi and Nagao, both emotionally low, began comforting each other again—like they shared some deep emotional wavelength.
Su Yan, in his past life, had also cursed out Nagao and Satomi while watching this episode.
And this episode ended with the ultimate betrayal:
Nagao ditched a planned date with Rika just to be with Satomi.
In any other romance drama, this kind of plot twist would've made Su Yan quit instantly.
But Rika…
Rika was the reason he kept watching.
And for most viewers, it was the same.
They just wanted to see how Rika's story ended.
Still, this constant testing of fan tolerance?
It made people grit their teeth in frustration.
[No wonder Kenichi, Satomi, and Nagao are such good friends. Rika could never fit in with them. Birds of a feather.]
[This drama rewrote my entire worldview. Other love stories tell you true love conquers all. 'Tokyo Love Story' tells you everything can change—except Rika. Only a girl like her would keep loving someone like Nagao.]
[This is the most realistic romance drama I've ever seen.]
[At first, I thought Kenichi was the worst. But now? He's the best of the trio. He may be a playboy, but he has boundaries. Satomi and Nagao? Zero integrity.]
[Satomi needs to disappear. Nagao was about to patch things up with Rika—and then she told him not to go. Unbelievable.]
[Women are just more decisive in critical moments. Satomi knew this was her final battle. If she could keep Nagao from seeing Rika now, she'd win. And she did.]
[So what, Satomi won? I'm so mad!]
[Maybe. But there's still time. It's only episode 9 out of 11. But this episode was definitely Rika's darkest hour.]
[Honestly, Kenichi and Rika click well. They're not interested in each other romantically, but they get each other. They both have standards.]
[My whole family watched episode 9 tonight. We all ended up rage-laughing.]
[Say what you want, but no romance drama in recent Xia TV history has come close to this. Every single week, there's a fresh batch of trending topics—and a million people flaming characters online.]
[Su Yan is definitely doing this on purpose!]
[Of course he is! Anyone in the industry knows—being able to cram this much information and emotional punch into 40 minutes per episode, week after week, is genius-level writing. I used to think Su Yan was overhyped. Not anymore. 'Tokyo Love Story' is a masterpiece.]
[Most writers can't even handle a love triangle. Su Yan juggled a five-way love tangle and made it work. Every character here is complex. Even the hated ones make sense when you dig deeper.]
[Honestly, maybe Rika should just dump Nagao. A happy ending doesn't have to mean being together. It can just be peace of mind. Thinking about someone like Rika loving a guy like Nagao makes me sick.]
[But that's Rika's character. She's loyal. If she gave up easily, she wouldn't be her.]
[Kenichi remains the show's most consistent character. Slept with Nagaki Naoko again this episode. I don't even have the energy to be mad anymore.]
[Most stable personality in the whole cast. Never changed.]
[Can't believe I'm actually starting to appreciate this Playboy.]
[Doubt Kenichi. Understand Kenichi. Become Kenichi.]
[Viewing this show from Kenichi's perspective is oddly satisfying.]
[No lie.]
[Your comments are killing me LOL]
[At this rate, I feel like Nagao and Rika are going to break up.]
[Not guaranteed. In this show, characters change their minds in a heartbeat. Until the finale, anything can happen.]