Editors

Where Does the Evidence Lead is written and kept up by a small editorial team. Our job is to watch vertical short dramas closely enough to answer the questions people actually have about them: who is this character, what does she want, why did he do that, and where is this relationship heading.

How a character guide gets made

• We watch every episode that plays here, start to finish. Nothing is written from a trailer, a poster or a platform blurb.
• We keep notes on the people, not just the plot. For every scene we note who is present, what each person does, what they say word for word, and what that tells us about what they want.
• Names come from the screen. Characters are called what the show calls them, on screen or in the dub. When a character is never named, we describe them instead of inventing a name.
• Motives are stated as evidence, not as fact. If we say a character is hiding something, we point to the scene that suggests it. If the show has not shown it, we do not claim it.
• Drafts are checked against the video before publishing. Wrong names, wrong relationships and events in the wrong order get fixed.

What we do not do

• We do not guess at plot or endings we have not watched. Our notes stop where the episodes stop.
• We do not repeat a platform's marketing copy as if it were part of the story.
• We do not publish ratings. We tell you who the people are and what they do; whether you will enjoy it is your call.

Keeping pages current

Every drama page shows the date it was last updated. When more episodes become available here, the character guide, the episode guide and the questions are revised to match.

Corrections

If a name, a relationship or an event on a page does not match what you saw, tell us which drama and which episode, and we will check it against the video and fix the page.