Had I Not Seen the Sun Ending Explained: In this Netflix Taiwanese series, a young documentarian finds herself in the midst of a heartbreaking love story derailed by trauma and abuse as the past rushes back to correct the present.
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Had I Not Seen the Sun Netflix Cast
Tseng Jing-hua, Moon Lee, Lyan Chen, Chiang Chi, Umin Boya, Yao Chun-yao, Nic Chiang, Biubiu Chen, Ann Lee, Chris Lung, Shih Chih-tian, Jake Hsu, Roy Chang, Leo Huang, Xie Zhang-ying, Tan Shan-chien, Yuliya Tsai, Chi Chen, Sonia Yuan, Pipi Yao
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Had I Not Seen the Sun Series Directors
Chiang Chi-cheng, Chien Chi-feng
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Had I Not Seen the Sun 2025 Screenwriters
Chien Chi-feng, Lin Hsin-huei
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Original Title
如果我不曾見過太陽
The series has a total of 20 episodes and will be released in two parts on November 13 and December 11. Each episode has a runtime of 50 minutes.
Had I Not Seen the Sun Ending Explained
The season opens with novice documentarian Chou Pin-yu, having just moved into a new home, finding herself getting a chance to interview serial killer Li Jen-yao. She is excited by the prospect, but also finds her mental health suddenly affected when she starts to be haunted by a young woman. Although she doesn’t know who this person is, she continues to interact with Jen-yao to get more information on why he committed these crimes.
In the midst of this, we get flashbacks to Jen-yao’s past, wherein we see his relationship with model student Chiang Hsiao-tung developing, as well as her relationship with her best friend, Yun-chen. In a surprising twist, we see that Yun-chen is Pin-yu’s cousin, who knew about the entire ordeal with Jen-yao from the start.
Why did Jen-yao turn to murder?
From the start, Jen-yao is shown to be a misunderstood youth who has a good heart but is bullied relentlessly by his other classmates. Although he doesn’t take the abuse lying down, the added stress of his terrible home life leaves him rather heartbroken, until he meets Hsiao-tung. She brings light into his dark life that gives him hope beyond anything that he has ever felt. He also falls in love with her warmth and innocence.
However, when she is raped by the bullies who also put a false drug case on him and have him expelled, he refuses to take it lying down and seeks revenge on them.
What is Pin-yu’s role?
At first, Pin-yu is simply shown as an outsider looking in, but it becomes clear that she is somehow connected to the entire case. Hsiao-tung takes a special interest in her and possesses her to tell her tale, despite there being other people she could’ve reached out to.
In a shocking revelation in part 2, we finally learn that Pin-yu is actually Tien-ching, who is actually Hsiao-tung. She suffers from a mental disorder after going through the horrifying trauma in her childhood.
What do the moths signify?
Moths/butterflies & light/dark are a big part of the series, as they signify Jen-yao and Hsiao-tung’s personalities. It showcases the contrasts between light and dark and innocence and guilt, and how easy it is for innocence to be taken away from the youth. Jen-yao constantly calls himself a moth while Hsiao-tung is a butterfly, as he has only seen hardship and abuse, while she has seen warmth, which has turned her into a wonderful and empathetic human being who only sees the good in others. These symbolisms are extremely important for the series they define these characters thoroughly.
What happens in the end?
In the end, Tien-ching remembers who she is and tries to help Jen-yao from being sent to death row. However, she is unsuccessful as he refuses to implicate Hsiao-tung further and dig up the past. He eventually dies, but Ouyang Ti and his friends’ misdeeds eventually come to light, resulting in all of their names being dragged through the mud. The last scene showcases Tien-ching with Yun-chen, heartbroken for losing Jen-yao while reading a letter that he left for her.
What are your thoughts on the series? Let us know in the comments below!
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So sad
Ik vind het al een aparte en open einde…Er komt dus nog een deel 2 dat verklaart het einde. Benieuwd en kan niet wachten tot 11 december (?) !
I really wonder what it means that she went into the sea after reading the letter. And then they appear together on the rooftop celebrating Christmas. Did she back out?
That’s what I’m wondering too. Is she dead or not ???
So right at the end does she actually commit suicide to be with him ?
I assumed because she came back for Xmas in her younger/teenage form at the very end, that this was in the afterlife. That they were reunited. So yes, I think she committed suicide
E os pirulitos que aparecem no final? Lembra que era a “personagem”suicida sela que aparecia sempre com os pirulitos, então pode ser mais um sinal de que ela acabou se suicidando mesmo para encontrar com ele.
Ou
O final na cena de Natal , seria a explicação do conteúdo da carta …
Ele revelando que naquele dia ela voltou, e passaram o Natal juntos ( mas q ela não se lembrava.