{"rewrite":{"id":"r_dc86ec21f595f50e46241091","clusterId":"c_7d0760f227da9afbfb83b114","slug":"chinese-drama-love-never-fails-gets-dvd-release","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Chinese Drama Love Never Fails Gets DVD Release","summary":"The Chinese historical fantasy drama Love Never Fails, starring Liu Xueyi and Hu Yixuan, began its sequential DVD release on June 12. The 40-episode series follows a flower god forbidden to love and a devoted flower spirit across four generations. Liu Xueyi plays his first male flower god role. The drama is also streaming on U-NEXT.","whyItMatters":"The DVD release marks the physical home video debut of a xianxia romance starring a veteran immortal specialist actor in a rare flower god lead role.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eLiu Xueyi, known for immortal roles in Love and Redemption and Ancient Love Poetry, plays the flower god Jin Xiu in Love Never Fails. The character is forbidden to love by his father, the Zhongtian sovereign. Hu Yixuan plays Hong Ning, a flower spirit who gains human form after five hundred years. The drama adapts Shu Ke\u0026#39;s novel of the same name. Shu Ke also wrote The Journey of Chongzi and Moon Wanderer. Liao Yujia wrote the script; Zhao Lijun and Ying Yinglu directed. The first two DVD boxes released June 12; the third follows July 10 with bonus footage of a special episode. The series streams on U-NEXT.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Liu Xueyi plays his first male flower god role in Love Never Fails, a genre that typically casts actresses as flower deities. The casting choice shifts the visual dynamic of the forbidden love premise.","twitterPost":"Liu Xueyi's first male flower god role breaks the usual casting pattern for Chinese fantasy flower deities.","threadsPost":"Love Never Fails casts Liu Xueyi as a male flower god, a role typically played by actresses in Chinese fantasy. The casting choice reconfigures the forbidden romance: a male god bound by celibacy rather than a female deity. It changes the visual tradition without altering the core plot.","newsletterBlurb":"The Chinese historical fantasy drama Love Never Fails, starring Liu Xueyi and Hu Yixuan, began its sequential DVD release on June 12. Liu Xueyi plays his first male flower god role. The 40-episode series is also streaming on U-NEXT.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Eiga Natalie\",\"url\":\"https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/675731\",\"title\":\"Immortal Specialist Plays Flower God Forbidden to Love: Chinese Drama \\\"Love Never Fails\\\" DVD Release\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4418,"outputTokens":511,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1781247326,"createdAt":"2026-06-12T06:42:51.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-06-12T06:47:26.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-12T06:47:26.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_7d0760f227da9afbfb83b114","canonicalTitle":"神仙スペシャリストが恋を禁じられた花神に、中国ドラマ「花散る季節、君に愛を誓う」DVD発売","representativeArticleId":"a_b349e656f7889b39bca200e2","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"花散る季節、君に愛を誓う\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"リウ・シュエイー\",\"フー・イーシュエン\"],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-06-12T06:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-06-12T06:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-12T06:47:26.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Eiga Natalie","url":"https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/675731","title":"神仙スペシャリストが恋を禁じられた花神に、中国ドラマ「花散る季節、君に愛を誓う」DVD発売"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["花散る季節、君に愛を誓う"],"studios":[],"people":["リウ・シュエイー","フー・イーシュエン"],"type":"release","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["The Chinese historical fantasy drama Love Never Fails began its sequential DVD release on June 12.","Liu Xueyi plays the flower god Jin Xiu, his first male flower god role, in the 40-episode series.","Hu Yixuan plays Hong Ning, a flower spirit who gains human form after five hundred years.","The first two DVD boxes released June 12; the third follows July 10 with bonus footage of a special episode.","The series streams on U-NEXT."]}