The Girls' Frontline 2 (少前2: 追放) drama just keeps on giving. Director Yu Zhong (羽中) finally broke his silence and sat down with gaming media outlet STN Express for an interview — his first official response to the infamous Dai Yan (黛烟) storyline controversy. His claim? The offending plot has already been modified.
But the way he chose to respond? That alone was enough to set the community on fire — again.
Let's cut to the chase: NGA users had one word for this move — 'LMAO.' The original poster called it 'the most on-brand moment in STN history,' implying that STN Express is essentially a mouthpiece for game studios. Choosing them to address the controversy is like asking the referee's cousin to testify as a character witness.
For context, the whole mess started when dataminers leaked story content showing that the character Dai Yan had a romantic subplot with an NPC named Raymond — while the player character (the 'Commander') was basically a third wheel. For a gacha game where players spend real money pulling for waifus, this was an NTR (netorare/cuckold) storyline that hit way too close to home. The community erupted.
One user in the replies acknowledged that compared to earlier vague video statements, this was the first time the dev team actually addressed the storyline controversy head-on. But they quickly added: everything else in the interview was just recycled marketing talking points players had already heard a dozen times.
As for player reactions — overwhelmingly skeptical. One commenter posted a meme saying 'I don't read content from writers with a track record,' implying the actual scriptwriter behind the Dai Yan plot is the real problem. Fixing the story without holding anyone accountable is just a band-aid on a bullet wound.
The community's core demand was crystal clear: don't just patch the story — fire the writer. 'Did they fire the writer? No? Then they're just planting landmines for the future,' one user demanded. Another went further: 'So the fix is done? Cool. Then who wrote this masterpiece in the first place? Let us know.' And someone else nailed it: 'What kind of connections does this writer have that Yu Zhong would rather take the heat himself than let them go?' Some even speculated the writer might be Yu Zhong himself.
Here's where it gets really spicy: by saying 'we've modified the Dai Yan storyline,' Yu Zhong essentially confirmed that the datamined story content was real all along. One sharp-eyed user pointed out: 'Well, there it is — the devs just officially certified that the datamined plot was legit.' Before this, some people had dismissed the leaks as unverified rumors. Now the director himself validated them. Meanwhile, another user went further, theorizing that the Raymond storyline leak from days earlier was actually planted by the developers themselves — a deliberate PR move.
Then there were the players who'd already moved on. One commenter represented the disillusioned crowd perfectly: 'Knowing this dev team, they only fixed THIS one. Doesn't mean they won't pull the same stunt again later. But what do I care? I'm finally free.' When trust is broken, no amount of damage control brings people back.
And perhaps the most savage take of all: 'Yu Zhong: Watch closely, THIS is how you use media.' A brutal讽刺 (sarcasm) that cuts straight to the heart of what this whole interview really was — not crisis management, but a friendly outlet doing the studio's PR dirty work.
As it stands, Yu Zhong's response has done the opposite of calming things down. By choosing a controversial media outlet as his megaphone, refusing to name the responsible writer, and inadvertently confirming the legitimacy of the datamined content, the director has only deepened the community's distrust. In the words of one brutally honest commenter: 'In the world of waifu games, once the membrane is broken, no amount of patching can fix it.' Crude? Absolutely. But it perfectly captures the current community mood.
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