Eu Nunca Te Abandonarei (2019)

Worth watching if you ignore the ending

So. This was my first Chinese drama and I didn't expect to finish the first episode, never mind all 50 something episode. Since I am new to c dramas, I'm not really a good judge of the actors, OST or plot but.....

I really enjoyed it. There was not one moment (except for the first episode) where I considered dropping it and when it was approaching 50 episodes, I was dreading having to finish it.
However, without being too spoilery, the ending was just plain awful, not because the ending was happy or sad but because of all the plot holes. The last few episodes were so rushed that they almost ruined the drama for me. Well, not almost, they did ruin it for me until I remembered how much I enjoyed the first half so I decided to compromise and give this drama a rating of 7.5

Other problems:

Plot holes - but they didn't appear until the end, so you could watch most of the drama without experiencing any major issues.

Major reveals - these are important secrets hidden for most of the drama and many characters go to great lengths to hide them but in the end, there were revelations left, right, and centre all at once without having much impact on anyone.
Here's an example, and I don't think it's much of a spoiler because it's barely mentioned, a male character is actually female but pretends to be male for no real reason. Throughout the whole drama she pretends to be a boy, only to at the end, reveal that she is actually a girl in a scene that lasted less than 5 minutes and had little to no impact on any of the other characters. So this poor actor had to pretend to be male for no reason. They might as well have gotten a male actor in the first place and saved that ridiculous reveal that they forced into one episode.

Villains- let's just say that I don't think each character got what they deserved in the end.

Miscommunications- which, granted are in most dramas but these ones weren't resolved because they were towards the end, and as I already mentioned ,the ending was such a mess that these things were sidelined.

Second male lead - I ended up rooting for him but they ruined his character in the end (like they did many, many other things) . He started off sly, manipulative but completely devoted to the heroine. He ended up still devoted to the heroine but lost his edge and became just desperate.

Ok, a lot of negatives BUT this drama did have good things as well :

Female lead - smart but not perfect and most importantly, remained motivated. Yes, she fell in love but she still had her own priorities and agendas which she didn't give up or ignore for the male lead.

Chemistry - I think the male and female lead had good chemistry, but so did the female lead and second male lead .....(just saying)

Actors - again this was my first drama so I can't tell for sure but I thought all of the characters acting was really good.

Plot - A good plot and storyline throughout most of the drama.


Would I recommend this ?

Hmmm.....yes because of how much I loved this drama before the ending. It's worth watching as long as you enjoy the first 40 or so episodes.

Leia Mais

I liked the plot at the beginning, but then felt like they ruined the story with the ending. Almost everybody that we kind of felt in love died, which honestly just breaks my heart. Even thou I love Vin Zhang as an actor, and is one of my favorite Chinese actors I kind of felt in love with Dong Fang Shi played by Austin Lin. Dong Fang Shi is the second male lead and even though he was kind of a bad boy good boy role I just felt that he gave so many emotions that I just felt like he was carrying the love triangle on his own and making it really believable. Hated it but at the same time loved it, which it seems that not that many people did.

Leia Mais

We could have had it all. Ariel Lin adorable, my son Zhang Bib Bin is beautiful, and the rest of the cast was mostly A+. Truly, the performances were the best part of what could have been a much better show had the story not completely unraveled near the end. In fact, I would happily sit through the first 45 episodes of the show again just to watch Ariel Lin charm the socks of everyone and everything she encounters.

That said, though the story was otherwise quite fun, it did unravel near the end. Partly because the writers dropped what I figured were some pretty important plot threads, partly because some of the best characters made some VERY abrupt heel-turns (think Jaime Lannister at the end of GoT), but mostly because the ending felt very discordant with the rest of the show.

The production values were also occasionally inconsistent--and even downright terrible in one episode. The lighting and makeup were not always on point, but one episode completely dropped all the background noise. This didn't bother me terribly because the production was otherwise perfectly fine, but I did find those occasional blunders a bit distracting.

Still, if you're at all into wuxia romances or beautiful people being goofy together, I highly recommend the show---except for the last few episodes. Just skip those and watch the last thirty seconds, which, even though they made no sense, at least made me happy.

Leia Mais

Ariel's acting as a smart and un- intimidated female lead is refreshing and a pleasure to watch. I love that though she is "physically weak" she is able to "think her way" out of many predicaments. It is super fun to see how she handles all the challenges thrown her way. There are many secrets that add a lot of tension and curiosity but unlike dramas that hold the secrets for a long time making you feel super frustrated, surprisingly secrets are revealed pretty quickly so you feel tension then its released then again and again.... Vin Bin Bin is gorgeous to look at and the Villian character though ridiculous a lot of the time is also very entertaining. There are definitely a few times when I was rooting for him. the last few eps dragged a little and the ending was a bit meh for me personally, but its definitely a super fun and awesome ride.

Leia Mais

The whole plot is rather interesting. Although I'm not fond of Zorrolike characters, Vin Zhang's smile wins it all ! We can regret here a storyline rather far away from psychological and social reality. Nerverless, actors are doing a very good job, only Kris Sun is overacting but he is actually playing the dummy infatuated and love sick guy you can only laugh at when he doesn't get on your nerves ! I was really impressed with Xing En's character (Mo Ruo Fei) not only because of the actor's performance but although because of the warmth and sex appeal Xing En gives to Mo Ruo Fei. Actually, the most interesting and unexpexted part of this drama is its last episode. From the very beginning of it till the end, you hardly can believe what is going on and can't help saying nooo, wtf is happening, whyyyy. Are the Director and sceenwriter being serious ? Even the actors are acting bad. This last episode is really the worst ending episode I have ever watched ! Really, this is kind of masterpiece ! Last episode is worth watching and it will never let you go !

Leia Mais

A light-hearted Drama that wasted its potential.

I initially watch this drama for Ariel Lin, and despite the lack of story development and serious pacing issues. I thought the actors did a good job with the material they had. And, had it stayed a light hearted drama -as it was for most of the episodes—I probably would’ve rated higher. However, the last 3-5 episodes, the writer tired to shift the focus of the drama,—literally shoving so many character and story elements, that it was not well-flushed out or made any sense. Which, is unfortunate because, they were interesting story/character concepts, but they didn’t have enough time to properly cover it.

Overall, It wasn’t completely terrible, but it lacked story focused. However, I was pleasantly surprised with Austin Lin’s role in this drama, he was a welcome surprised. And, as I am typing this I am searching for more of his roles.

Leia Mais

I mainly started to watch this drama due to Ariel Lin but little did I expect I would have a huge second lead syndrome and its funny cause it was very similar way to prince lan ling who had same actresses. I was interested in the main couple with both of them but then the story makes them apart and introduces second lead who brings the comedy and fun back to the drama. I did drop the drama for almost half a year around episode 40 because I stumbled upon spoilers! Came back to finish watching it only to figure out dropping it was better since the writing gets very bad as you go on. I came back mainly due to second lead's charm since I was already not very invested in the main couple. The ending doesn't make any sense, its semi okay for people who enjoyed the main pairing but other than that was bad. The way characters were handled was not justified but I did enjoy the comedy aspect of this drama and it was somewhat fun ride so I did not get bored often.

Leia Mais

Plot wise - This was an interesting drama, I loved the mysterious romance between the masked hero and our female lead. I just didn't like the fact that there wasn't much of our otp moments in the first 12 episodes or so. I would have gladly given this at least a 9/10 but the last few episodes had plot directions that I didn't understand. The ending episode was the most unsatisfactory one I've watched in a while. There were unnecessary deaths and a character that I had a liking towards changed so much. There should be one more episode at the very least as the viewers were given no explanation whatsoever about the very last scene.

The cast was stellar, I felt vin Zhang pulled off his character really well. He is so handsome as the mysterious masked hero! Ariel Lin was good too, as an experienced actress, she really made her character come to life. The supposed "villain" had an interesting character and I felt sorry for his one sided love for the female lead.

I loved the music, especially the sad song that played whenever our main OTP has sad scenes. The ending song was great too!

I would definitely rewatch the cute moments between our main leads!! The jealousy scenes were adorable!!

As a frequent watcher of chinese historical dramas, this drama wasn't the best but I would still recommend people to watch this as I loved it despite the shortcomings of the last episode.

Leia Mais

MESMERISED AND AMAZING

THE STORY THE SONGS, AND MORE GREAT ACTING ALL OF THEM MAIN AND SUPPORTER. BOTH WERE GREAT....... BUT THE ENDING WAS SHORT AND ITS OKAY I ACCEPT HAPPY ENDING, IT WORTH MY TIME WATCH FOR 51 EPISODE.. THANKSSS GREAT ACTOR AND DIRECTOR AND PROCUDER AND ALL CREDITS FOR SUCCESSFUL DRAMA... i need more... someone suggest more romantic Chinese drama for me... i always want more romantic action story, and now my life full of Chinese drama only...crazy crazy crazy for their drmaa... im ni longer love korean drama🤭🤭🤭.. they dont have many romantic action in historical story.

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