With billions of views, online drama “Ode to Joy,” touted as the Chinese “Sex and the City,” has been a resounding success.

The hit show, centered around the evolving friendship of five women from different backgrounds who live in the same Shanghai apartment building, has also caught the attention of China’s Ministry of Justice.

To educate the public on the country’s laws, the ministry’s China Legal Information Center posted an infographic on Tuesday that explained eight legal issues — both small and not-so-small — raised in “Ode to Joy.”

In the series’ second episode, the five female protagonists get to know each other when they become stuck in the elevator of their apartment building. Since then, their friendship has endured for 42 episodes, and a second season will start filming in August. But the ministry’s takeaway from the scene is that the person responsible for the accident could be punished with three years’ imprisonment.

A second case deals with slander: One of the characters, Andi, is dragged through the proverbial mud online for being a xiaosan, or a married man’s mistress. She eventually rectifies the situation with the help of her friends.

However, according to the Ministry of Justice, Andi also had legal recourse at her disposal: Article 120 of China’s civil law states that if a person’s “reputation or honor is infringed upon,” they have the right to an apology, compensation, and more.

As if there could be any doubt of their fandom, the ministry gave yet another example: the case of Fan Shengmei, also one of the five lead characters, who found herself in an unenviable position after her older brother beat up his boss.

The brother of the boss then began extorting Fan for 1,000 yuan (about $150) per day, threatening violence if she refused to pay.

The matter was eventually settled, but the Ministry of Justice says that such extortion is actually punishable by up to three years in prison for “relatively large” amounts or three to 10 years in prison for “huge” amounts.

The justice ministry is not the first official Chinese organization to tap popular culture such as anime and pop songs to get its message out. China’s government and party departments have in recent months published videos and songs that explain policy or otherwise spread the word.

In December 2015, for example, the Communist Youth League rolled out a video lecture series, “Qingke,” that looks suspiciously like TED Talks.

Then in March of this year it posted a rap video extolling the coolness of Karl Marx to its social media accounts.

As to whether the justice ministry’s efforts can be deemed a success, the jury’s still out.

As of Thursday afternoon, its infographic had 12 comments and 26 likes on microblogging platform Weibo.

Corrections: An earlier version of this story said the “Qingke” lecture series began in April 2016. The first video was released in December 2015. In addition, an earlier version referred to Article 120 of China’s criminal law when it should have said “civil law.”

With contributions from David Paulk.

(Header image: A still frame from ‘Ode to Joy.’ Courtesy of Daylight Entertainment (Dongyang) Television Ltd.)