Ode to Joy Season 3 announces new cast: Jiang Shuying, Yang Caiyu, Zhang Huiwen, Zhang Jianing, and Sun Qian.

Ode to Joy 3, the third season of the popular drama, has announced its new cast and released an initial poster. This is a Daylight Entertainment production. The scriptwriter, Ah Nai, also wrote the script for another acclaimed Daylight drama called All is Well. The director, Jian Chuanhe, is also the director of All is Well. Hou Hongliang is the chief producer, who also produced Nirvana in Fire, The Story of Minglan, and Battle of Changsha. 

The five new leads are Jiang Shuying, Yang Caiyu, Zhang Huiwen, Zhang Jianing, and Sun Qian. The five original leads were Liu Tao, Jiang Xin, Wang Ziwen, Yang Zi, and Qiao Xin.

Netizens reacted in the following manner to the announcement.

1. Don't call it Ode to Joy 3, then. It's such a major change, yet you're still saying it's Ode to Joy 3?  [+119308]

Response: Why can't it be called Ode to Joy...This neighborhood is called the Ode to Joy Community...it's not like only a few people live there...the stories of other people are also occurring in Ode to Joy, there's nothing wrong with calling it Ode to Joy [+28875]

Response: Isn't this another story now? The characters are all different [+13173]

2. Just directly change the name, then. The actors and the characters have all changed...is it still meaningful to call it Ode to Joy...? [+66342]

3. What relationship does this have with Ode to Joy? [+11043]

4. Dramas that Daylight Entertainment release are all pretty good [+6124]

5. I recommend that you change the name  [+4356]

6. The character names that were given make them appear to not be very smart  it's too Mary Sue-like, right? [+2252]

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