Character Relationship Map: Machi Action

Characters

• Fly (played by Chen Bolin) — protagonist

  Fly is the struggling television actor whose career has been built around playing the fearless hero on the children’s show Spacehero. He insists on doing his own stunts and pushing for retakes, but lo...

• Ching Fen (played by Chen Ting Hsuan) — supporting

  Ching Fen is close to Fly, who is quietly in love with her but struggles to confess his feelings. When Fly approaches her to do makeup for a proposed Spacehero movie, she recognizes that the productio...

• Su Yingying (played by Puff Kuo) — supporting

  Su Yingying is the station’s chairman. She introduces a Japanese television expert to the Spacehero team, whose aging sets and performers are then harshly criticized. Her introduction precedes a perio...

• Monster (played by Ralf Chiu) — supporting

  Monster is the actor who plays Fly’s daily adversary on Spacehero and is close to Fly off set. Their on-screen roles make them opponents, but their off-screen friendship connects him to Fly’s life bey...

• Face (played by Owodog Chuang) — supporting

  Face takes over Fly’s familiar place as the station’s new superhero figure after the television show’s original team is disrupted. His rise leaves Fly displaced and struggling to remain visible, while...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Su Yingying → Fly (Professional Station Authority) — As station chairman, Su Yingying is part of the management context surrounding the show's uncertain future.

  Su Yingying is identified as the station's chairman, and she introduces a television expert to the team where Fly works.

• Fly → Ching Fen (Romantic Unrequited Love) — Fly's feelings remain unspoken as he seeks Ching Fen's help with makeup for a proposed Spacehero movie.

  The plot says Fly is quietly in love with Ching Fen and struggles to tell her how he feels.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Fly → Face (Conflict Displaced Successor) — Face's rise replaces Fly in the station's superhero programming, contributing to Fly's loss of visibility.

  The plot says Fly's familiar place is taken over by Face, who becomes the face of the station's new superhero programming.

• Fly → Monster (Social Offscreen Friends And Onscreen Adversaries) — Their real-life friendship contrasts with their recurring hero-and-adversary roles on Spacehero.

  The plot says Fly is close to Monster off set, while Monster plays Fly's daily adversary on the children's show.

Story Analysis

A fading television hero tries to preserve his identity and find renewed recognition after losing his signature role.

Plot Progression

1. The Hero Behind the Mask — Fly devotes himself to playing the fearless hero and insists on doing his own stunts. His affection for Ching Fen and friendship with Monster provide an off-set contrast to his television persona.
2. A Star Is Replaced — A visiting television expert criticizes the aging show, and the director and writer are fired. Face takes Fly's place in the station's superhero programming, leaving Fly to search for work and recogni...
3. A False Film Opportunity — Fly hears of a Spacehero movie and asks Ching Fen to help with his makeup. He discovers that the promised project has no real script, and Ching Fen's arrival confirms its nature before it is canceled.
4. A Comic Return to View — Fly takes a job in a shopping-channel hosting duo after the movie opportunity collapses. Their unusual comedic sales style attracts attention, restoring some of Fly's public visibility while he contin...