All footage of Seung Han from RIIZE's debut documentary got cut!

Since before his debut, RIIZE member Seung Han, who is under SM Entertainment, has been constantly embroiled in various controversies. These incidents range from rumors about him renting a hotel room as a minor, leaked photos of him in bed, accusations of cheating, to being seen smoking on the streets. Recently, screenshots from his private live streams have been revealed, including disparaging remarks about TXT's Soobin.

Due to various controversies being constantly exposed, Seung Han has repeatedly topped the trending searches because of these issues, causing dissatisfaction not only among fans of other members but also among the group's fans, with some hoping that he would quickly leave the group so as not to harm the other members.

Despite previously being criticized that he should leave the group, Seung Han apologized via a post and still debuted with the other members in September. However, as controversies continued to surface, he ultimately issued a handwritten letter on the 22nd, announcing that he would indefinitely suspend his activities. This means that R1SE will proceed as a six-member group.

Less than a week after Seung Han announced an indefinite hiatus, RIIZE's official YouTube channel uploaded a new video. It was the 11th episode of the "RISE & REALIZE" series. However, this video left viewers feeling more and more perplexed as they watched it. Moreover, the comments on the YouTube video exceeded 18,000 (as of 9:17 AM, Korea time, on November 28th).

The video was even shared by netizens to the forum "the qoo", where one commenter said, "In the 20-minute video, Seung Han didn't appear in a single shot, and because there were so many cuts, there were hardly any scenes featuring all six members together. Even the group greeting looked as if it was edited, with only five members appearing at a time."

"Some netizens are greatly perplexed, questioning 'It's not like he's leaving the group, is there a need to go to this extent?' and 'Is he about to leave the group...?' Others noticed, 'His name is not at the beginning or the end...' and 'Cut to look like this, he's probably going to leave the group soon,' while some argue no matter what, 'He's just pausing his activities, to edit the already filmed content in such a way, it's a bit... is he really leaving the group?'"

Some netizens expressed understanding, commenting, "They probably edited it like this to protect the artist," "If they hadn't cut out his footage, there would be complaints about not editing it later," "This reminds me of LE SSERAFIM's documentary," "Kudos to the editing team," "The tears of office workers," "SM did well this time."