{ "id": "ep6f9hxqqe", "slug": "unknown", "title": "Unknown (关于未知的我们)", "updated": "2026-11-01", "topic_path": [ { "id": "culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture" }, { "id": "culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials", "label": "International serial drama and telenovelas", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia", "label": "East Asian drama series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.east_asian_web_streaming_serials", "label": "East Asian web and streaming serials", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.east_asian_web_streaming_serials" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.east_asian_web_streaming_serials.alpha-sp-to-z", "label": "Titles Sp to Z", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.east_asian_web_streaming_serials.alpha-sp-to-z" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.chn.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.east_asian_web_streaming_serials", "label": "China · 2021 and later: East Asian web and streaming serials", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.east_asian_web_streaming_serials", "path": [ { "id": "geo.chn", "label": "China", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2021", "label": "China · 2021 and later", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2021" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2021.culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2021.culture" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2021.culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2021.culture.performance" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2021.culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2021.culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials", "label": "International serial drama and telenovelas", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.east_asian_web_streaming_serials", "label": "East Asian web and streaming serials", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.east_asian_web_streaming_serials" } ] } ], "excerpt": "Unknown (關於未知的我們) is a 2024 Taiwanese BL drama adapted from Priest's novel Da Ge, starring Chris Chiu and Kurt Huang as adoptive brothers Wei Qian and Wei Zhi-yuan; 12 episodes on Youku, February to April 2024.", "snippet": "Unknown (關於未知的我們) is a 2024 Taiwanese BL drama adapted from Priest's novel Da Ge, starring Chris Chiu and Kurt Huang as adoptive brothers Wei Qian and Wei Zhi-yuan; 12 episodes on Youku, February to April 2024.", "node": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.east_asian_web_streaming_serials.alpha-sp-to-z", "markdown": "# Unknown (关于未知的我们)\n\n**Unknown** (關於未知的我們) is a 2024 Taiwanese boys' love (BL) television series adapted from the novel *Da Ge* (大哥) by the Chinese web novelist Priest, first published on Jinjiang Literature City. It follows Wei Qian, an orphan who raises his younger sister and an adopted brother, whose confession of romantic feelings upends the household. The series ran for twelve episodes of roughly 30 minutes on Youku's international platform and free YouTube channels from 24 February to 20 April 2024.[1](https://pavilion.taicca.tw/portfolio-item/unkown-2/) • [2](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Unknown_%28Youku%29)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Native title | 關於未知的我們 (English title: Unknown)[1](https://pavilion.taicca.tw/portfolio-item/unkown-2/) |\n| Source | Adaptation of Priest's novel *Da Ge* (大哥), serialized on Jinjiang Literature City[1](https://pavilion.taicca.tw/portfolio-item/unkown-2/) |\n| Format | 12 episodes of about 30 minutes; Saturdays at 20:00, 24 February to 20 April 2024[1](https://pavilion.taicca.tw/portfolio-item/unkown-2/) • [2](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Unknown_%28Youku%29) |\n| Lead cast | Chris Chiu (邱宇辰) as Wei Qian, Kurt Huang (黃宏軒) as Wei Zhi-yuan, Tammy Lin as Wei Li-li, Kim Jae-hoon as Tan Yu[3](https://blglflix.com/titles/unknown/) |\n| Key crew | Director Ray Jiang (姜瑞智); producer Sammi Pan (潘心慧); writers Tsai Fei-chiao and Hsiao Yi-wei[1](https://pavilion.taicca.tw/portfolio-item/unkown-2/) • [3](https://blglflix.com/titles/unknown/) |\n| Production | Yoiisz International Media (有意思國際傳媒有限公司), with Result Entertainment; filmed in Taiwan in 2023[1](https://pavilion.taicca.tw/portfolio-item/unkown-2/) |\n| Reception | 9.6 rating on Rakuten Viki from more than 26,000 users; BL of the Year at the 2024 Splash Awards[4](https://www.viki.com/tv/40478c-unknown?locale=zh) • [3](https://blglflix.com/titles/unknown/) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Plot\n\nWei Qian loses his parents as a teenager and becomes the breadwinner for his younger half-sister [Wei Li](https://www.edgepedia.org/wei-li)-li. He takes in Wei Zhi-yuan, a boy living on the street, as an adopted brother, and to support the household he leaves school and takes dangerous and sometimes illegal work before his childhood friend San Pang helps him move into legitimate employment.[3](https://blglflix.com/titles/unknown/) • [2](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Unknown_%28Youku%29)\n\nYears later, Zhi-yuan returns from his studies, kisses Wei Qian, and confesses feelings he has held for years. Wei Qian responds by sending him abroad, and the series follows the two men until Wei Zhi-yuan returns four years later and their bond moves toward romantic recognition.[9](https://www.elle.com/tw/entertainment/drama/g60808981/top-5-bl-series/) The story centers on a household assembled by circumstance rather than birth, and on whether affection that began as rescue and gratitude can be renamed as love.[3](https://blglflix.com/titles/unknown/)\n\nThe adaptation moves the novel's setting to Taiwan with a Taiwanese cast and production. Reviewers noted that the drama compressed the novel's early years, covering roughly half the source material's backstory in the first two episodes, and adjusted the story's period details to fit modern Taiwan.[3](https://blglflix.com/titles/unknown/) • [5](https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/TaiwanDrama/M.1708968648.A.693.html)\n\n### Cast and characters\n\nChris Chiu (Chiu Yu-chen) plays Wei Qian, and Kurt Huang (Huang Hung-hsuan) plays Wei Zhi-yuan; the two actors had known each other for more than ten years before the series, and it was their first drama together and Chiu's first BL role. Lin Si-ting plays the sister Wei Li-li, and the Korean actor Kim Jae-hoon plays Tan Yu. Sam Lin of *We Best Love* guests as Lin Zu-yuan, with Yang Tzu-i, Liang Cheng-chun, and Prince Chiu in further guest roles.[3](https://blglflix.com/titles/unknown/)\n\nChiu said the director asked him to keep Wei Qian's feelings out of his dialogue and carry them in behavior and in his eyes, an instruction suited to a character defined by duty.[3](https://blglflix.com/titles/unknown/)\n\n## Production and release\n\nThe series came from the production team behind *We Best Love* and *My Tooth Your Love*, making Unknown the fourth BL title from that group and director Ray Jiang's fourth collaboration with them. It was produced by Yoiisz International Media with Result Entertainment as co-presenter, and presented by True Love Media.[3](https://blglflix.com/titles/unknown/)\n\n**Distribution.** Episodes premiered on Youku International on 24 February 2024, with a free simultaneous release on the production's Taiwan YouTube channel, a dual-release pattern that had become standard for Taiwanese BL by 2024. The series also streamed on Rakuten Viki worldwide and, in Japan, on Video Market and Rakuten TV.[3](https://blglflix.com/titles/unknown/) The Chinese-language trade press reported that it was the first time a copyright from Priest, a leading mainland danmei author, had been licensed to an overseas production, and that Youku's international app promoted it with the tagline \"No longer willing to be just brothers! This time, I want to be your love in the open.\"[6](https://www.donews.com/news/detail/9/4083971.html)\n\nThe broadcast schedule opened with two episodes on 24 February, ran weekly through seven single-episode Saturdays, and closed with three episodes on 20 April.[3](https://blglflix.com/titles/unknown/)\n\n## Music\n\nChris Chiu sings the opening theme, 未知, featuring his co-star Kim Jae-hoon, released as a single on 24 February 2024. The closing theme, 怪咖 (Freak), is performed by WAJI (洪暐哲), and the soundtrack runs to eleven tracks; insert songs include 我想你的時候 by Kurt Huang.[3](https://blglflix.com/titles/unknown/)\n\n## Reception\n\nOn Rakuten Viki the series holds a 9.6 rating from more than 26,000 users.[4](https://www.viki.com/tv/40478c-unknown?locale=zh) The series earned the BL of the Year honor at the 2024 Splash Awards and was included in a March 2025 roundup naming the twelve top Taiwanese romantic dramas.[3](https://blglflix.com/titles/unknown/) On Douban, more than 8,400 users marked it as watched, with viewer reviews divided between praise for the young actors and the production's pacing and criticism that the emotional development felt abrupt for readers unfamiliar with the novel.[7](https://movie.douban.com/subject//36680608/comments?status=P) Commentators also noted that producing the adaptation in Taiwan allowed the story to be filmed without the censorship constraints that apply to mainland Chinese productions of danmei novels.[8](https://lovewithoutgender.com/2024/06/09/unknown-2024-taiwan/)\n\n## References\n\n1. [UNKOWN – Taiwan Pavilion Presented by TAICCA](https://pavilion.taicca.tw/portfolio-item/unkown-2/)\n2. [Unknown (Youku) – DramaWiki](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Unknown_%28Youku%29)\n3. [Unknown (2024) Taiwanese BL Series Cast and Story – BLGLFlix](https://blglflix.com/titles/unknown/)\n4. [关于未知的我们 – Rakuten Viki](https://www.viki.com/tv/40478c-unknown?locale=zh)\n5. [BL劇《關於未知的我們》1-2集觀後感 – TaiwanDrama, PTT](https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/TaiwanDrama/M.1708968648.A.693.html)\n6. [优爱腾B，海外偷偷\"麦麸\" – DoNews文娱](https://www.donews.com/news/detail/9/4083971.html)\n7. [关于未知的我们 短评 – Douban](https://movie.douban.com/subject//36680608/comments?status=P)\n8. [\"Unknown\" (2024) (Taiwan) – Psychomilk's Love Without Gender](https://lovewithoutgender.com/2024/06/09/unknown-2024-taiwan/)\n9. [5部必看BL劇！韓劇必看《語意錯誤》、《戀愛修課》爛番茄100%，台劇《關於未知的我們》大譜兄弟禁忌戀曲！](https://www.elle.com/tw/entertainment/drama/g60808981/top-5-bl-series/)\n\n---\n*Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Series and fictional screen worlds › International serial drama and telenovelas › East Asian drama series › East Asian web and streaming serials › Titles Sp to Z*\n\n*Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 3, 2026; Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 3, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026*\n\n*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*\n\nLicense: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license\n", "same_as": [], "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/unknown", "markdown_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/unknown.md", "license": { "name": "Edgepedia Community License 1.0", "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license", "summary": "Free with credit, commercial use included. AI training is open to everyone. 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