Amor Eterno (2020)

Absolutely Adorable

If you are in the mood for an easy watch that is sweet and heartwarming, then I highly recommend this drama. Is the story something you've never seen before? Probably not. On the surface it is just another school romance Cdrama. However, the lead characters really set this drama apart.
Let's start with the female lead. If you watch a lot of Cdramas you probably know that they have a tendency to make the female leads, "stupid" and clumsy. This female lead is intelligent and confident. Sad that this is even something that makes a drama stand out but here we are. If I'm not mistaken, this is the first leading role for this actress and she really did a great job.
As for the male lead... I'm totally in love with this character. He is supportive, sweet, and doesn't ever try and stifle the female lead. There is one scene that really epitomizes why I love this character so much. The second lead says, "I've been protecting her for so long" (even though she is totally capable) and our male lead says, "She isn't a girl who needs protection. Do you understand? She pursues freedom." I wanted to stand up and give a round of applause when he said that. Also, I have to say this actor is exceptional. He is able to express so much with just his eyes and has the best micro expressions. The way he looks at the female lead... just watch and you'll know what I'm talking about. Whenever another character fell in love with him, I was like really who wouldn't? He oozes confidence and charisma.
Together they make an adorable couple. The actors really make you believe they are in love with each other with just a look. There is an ease and comfort between them that makes it all seem very natural and organic. Honestly I would have been fine even if they never kissed because their hug scenes are cute enough.
However, there were a couple things I didn't love about this drama:
-The cousin/best friend love side story. I'm sick of these female characters that desperately follow around some dude. I didn't understand for one second why she liked him. I wanted her to end up with the other guy who was actually nice to her. I will re-watch this drama, but I am skipping their scenes. The cousin was annoying and never grew on me as a character.
-The female lead's mom is too much. Take your typical overbearing Cdrama mom and turn it up to 100 and you have this mom. She is completely unlikeable and treated her husband and daughter like trash. I felt suffocated just watching her. So while the drama is easy to watch for the most part, her scenes are not.
All in all a very endearing drama that made me smile.

Leia Mais

It's just too long

==Breakdown==
Background plot - 60% (more and more as the show progresses, but averages to 60%)
Romance - 30%
Misc comedy - 10%

Background plot - Meh
Romantic chemistry - Excellent
Misc comedy - Good
Production value and direction - Good

There are a few scenes that take place between the end of their high school days and the start of their college days that are complete gold, and that's the only reason I'm giving this a 6.5
The first half was fine, the 3 episodes referenced above were FANTASTIC, and then it was pretty bad starting episode 12 forward. That's a lot of bad episodes.
The ML and FL did a great job, and I honestly would've dropped it if it hadn't been for the actors. But the rest of the cast was not great. Another super irritating thing about this drama was how the friends were so stupid. I mean, everyone but the mains were morons and didn't know how to listen, especially the lazy guy friend from high school and the FL's best friend. Ugh. They were SO ANNOYING! I skipped so much of episodes 20-28 because of these two characters.

Chemistry between the leads was great, romance was good, support cast and story were extremely *meh* 6.5 is generous.

Leia Mais

A MEH Love Story

I was attracted to this drama because of the good rating (8.6 as I write this) and fairly good reviews. I completed the whole drama but I’m left totally underwhelmed.

The drama started out quite interesting and fun but after the first five to ten episodes, the drama watered down a lot and was quite slow with nothing much going on.

This drama is essentially a long-drawn love affair between the leads and it is long. This drama could have been done in 2/3 of its length. Nothing exciting really happens. It comes across as a fairly childish drama with close to zero plot.

For me, an 8/10 and up means that the drama is good and should be watched. For this drama, I only give it a 7/10 because the two leads are cute. They are good-looking and have somewhat good chemistry. Apart from this point, the other actors and actresses aren’t really good at their craft. The plot is dull. The songs are forgettable.

My verdict - spend your time on another (better) drama.

Leia Mais

One of the best CDramas I've seen

Basically this was of the few Cdramas I looked forward to every week. The actors were extremely believable and did not over act their parts. The girls didn't act dumb and submissive which can be very cliché for Cdramas. And the chemistry between the two leads was undeniable. You can feel their love on the the screen which made this drama so so watchable. The plot was unique and the episodes didn't drag like some Cdramas. The supporting casts had their own unique stories and kept the drama interesting.
Please watch it, don't waste your time on other high school Chinese dramas, this one will be up there and it will be your most remembered.

Leia Mais

Interesting story, smart leads

STORY: Great story. Different than the traditional rich man, poor girl. In forever love, both the guy and girl are smart and capable and come from well to do families (not anymore for the boy). Development of the relationship between the two main leads is entertaining to watch. A simple story but so nicely done and original.
EXECUTION: Acting is great from everyone on set. Some episodes has start with a time skip to the marriage between the two main leads, I personally really enjoy the time skips. Main couple gets together EP 12. Main couple doesn't breakup and make things unnecessarily complicated. Music is great and quality of the show is on par with expectations.
OVERALL: After finishing this show, I changed my review from 8.5 to 10/10. I really enjoyed the simplicity of this show. Forever love reminds me of Le coup de flounder. Watch if you enjoy school to marriage romances, back story, and capable male/female leads. This drama seems to be a good pick for learning Chinese if you'r interested.

Leia Mais

From the first episode , I was hook towards this drama . Both the mc pairing was so beautiful . They are truly adorable and chemistry was on on point .
The school and college episode was the best but after that the story started boring . The last few episodes was not what I was expected . I really wanted to see their wedding . I really like that mc are capable and independent . Specially fl is not clumsy and dumb like in other drama and that is a plus point of this drama.
The second couple story was very bad . I think writer should develop second leads story as well .

Leia Mais

Amazing

This is by far the best story of how two characters fall in love with each other that I have seen in Chinese dramas and it definitely ranks in my top in the entire world of drama.

It is not the typical drama in which the male protagonist is perfect, intelligent, outstanding in everything, popular, with zero tact towards other people and the other million characteristics that they add, those that make it seem that everyone falls before him. It is not the typical drama where the protagonist is made to act like a fool, where they are infantilized, no, there is nothing like that here.

Although the male protagonist is intelligent and good at everything he does, at the same time he is a guy who knows how to show what he feels, who always fought for what he wanted, who at all times showed loyalty to her, never hurt her, he was at his side always and most importantly, everything he promised in the end he fulfilled.

As for the female lead, I have to say that she enters my top of main characters in all kinds of dramas (the same happens with the male, but in this case my top 5), from the first episode she showed what she was , I love that they have not done like in other dramas where she is very intelligent at first but later becomes a fool when she falls in love.
She is a woman who from the moment she came of age began to do what she wanted, she was always constant in the decisions that she made, intelligent, too capable, at no time did I doubt him (as he did with her), She did not get carried away by the choices that her mother, a strong woman who when she had problems was able to solve them herself (with the tools she had at her hand), I loved when Qin Yue's parents arrived and did what she did to make it clear that I wanted nothing with him, well, if I keep telling what I feel when I see her I think I will not finish, where Jung Ryeo Won did not exist playing Ma Yi Deum in Witch's court would be for me the best female role in a drama ( In the C-dramas I have seen, I win the position slapping everyone), if maybe I'm exaggerating, but what do you do when you like a character so much?

The secondary characters are doing well, they played their role, their stories in my view were well developed, what I liked the most was the growth they showed, especially Chen Yi Chuan, I have to say that at the beginning I hated it, then I improved a heap.

As for the story in general, there is not much to say, you cannot expect much from it, it is very normal but enjoyable, you can easily finish watching the 28 chapters in two days, it does not bore you, they do not resort to the same situation every Chapter, in general it is very well achieved.

What if I recommend it or do I plan to see it again? The answer is a resounding yes to both questions.

Leia Mais

Such a cute couple, but...

The main couple was wonderful. Theirs was a healthy, loving and supportive relationship. Things got a little hazy midway through - she got an apartment for him, was she staying there too? (after saying she wasn't ready to be with him in a physical way). I really loved the progression of the relationship and some of the friendships.

I have to say that her cousin needed to be run over by a truck or something. He was beyond irritating throughout most of the show and a girl blindly liking a total mean guy just never makes any sense to me. There was also the obligatory "you're not good enough for him" wanna be girlfriend as well as "I can take care of her better than you" wanna be boyfriend. That cliche gets really tiresome. And some of the secondary characters were seriously overacting. And the dubbing was somewhat problematic - most of the girls sounded the same.

I had to rate down based on the other cliches of the evil mother and the two year separation. This story arc really bothered me on so many levels. She stood by her man up until this point and then was leaving without letting him know?!?! So immature and it wasn't true to their relationship up to that point. It would have been so much better had the mom said at the airport that she had changed her mind and the daughter didn't have to go. And why leave for two years to "study" when you are part owner of a company?!

All that said, the ML and FL were both wonderful, him especially. When he looked at her...oh my. And can I just say a big THANK YOU for giving us a wedding at the end?

Leia Mais

Not a Romance Person, But OMG...

I started watching this drama because I saw clips on DouYin and really needed something to watch. It's amazing.

The storyline is fantastic. It doesn't lag around and delay the plot for the sake of episodes; there's a constant stream of events that keeps the storyline going. The characters display growth-- even the "evil" characters. It's realistic in that manner; no character is continuously evil, nor are any continuously good. The character set is phenomenal (though you must admit, our leads are rather lucky to have the friends they do). The mother is realistic; I've seen people be upset at the mom, but she's an amazingly well written Chinese mother. She's like my own mother and I adored her character. Also, some people complain about a lot of time devoted to Gu Xiaoman/Chen Yichuan/Duan Ning's relationship, but I personally enjoyed it. I thought their storyline was very adorable and added to the overall story. Also, Duan Ning! I loved his character.

I hate to admit it, but I'm a skipper. When I get bored, I'll watch on 2 speed or skip. Not this drama. There's enough happening at all times for me to be continuously intrigued and willing to watch.

The leads are perfect together (so much so people are questioning if they're actually a couple). Their chemistry is phenomenal. The acting all around is absolutely fantastic and realistic. I adored every second of it.

The music is great! Haven't found it on Spotify yet, but when I do, it's definitely going in my playlist.

I'm not a romance lover; if you go to my watchlist, majority of my unfinished/unstarted/dropped dramas are romances because I got bored or get bored thinking about it. But this drama was so sweet (much better than Love O2O in my opinion) and adorable. It's absolutely worth it!

Leia Mais

Why is this drama so underrated????!!! IT'S SO GOOD

Let me start off by clarifying that I found this drama by pure chance. I was scrolling through YouTube and got a recommendation of a fmv that someone made for this drama. After I watched half of the fmv, I got really intrigued with it and decided to check this drama out. And that is one of the best decision I've ever made in my life!

I'm going to start with the story line. There's honestly nothing new with the story line. I had my fair share of Chinese youth drama and I'm well aware of how the story will goes. There are going to be about their high school lives, university lives and work lives, also there's going to be a separations or breakups. I know the story line for youth drama like the back of my hand lol.

But what makes this drama so unique to me is the female lead and male lead.

The female lead is Xia Lin Xi, she's the best female lead in youth drama ever!! No doubt about it. In Chinese drama, it's usually the male lead who is the perfect one but in this drama, it's the female lead. Xia Lin Xi is a clever, beautiful and rich female lead, this is a rarity in Chinese youth drama. She holds the number 1 spot in every exam for her whole grade. I love her from the beginning of this drama until the end of it.
As for the actress, Xiang Han Zhi, it's my first time watching her drama. She's very cute and beautiful. She's a good actress but there were some scene where I think her expressions were quite weird but that honestly doesn't bother me. I've became a fan of her, excited for her future project!

The male lead is Jiang Zheng Han, he is smart but because of the condition of his family, he neglected his studies. He skipped class and didn't answer the exam properly hence he got the bottom spot in every exam. Until Xia Lin Xi came into his life and changed it. I love how strong his love is toward Lin Xi. Lin Xi became his goal to be better and strive for more in life.
As for the actor, Wang An Yu, it's also my first time watching his drama. He's also a good actor but I really want to see him with a different hairstyle. The buzzcut hairstyle suits him but I think he'll look better with longer hairstyle.

Other than the amazing female and male lead in this drama, the relationship between them is also the reason why I extremely love this drama. Ever since they become boyfriend and girlfriend, they solved every problem together. Although sometimes they did keep a secret from each other but when the other knew about it, they didn't fight and instead very calmly discuss about it. There's no annoying misunderstandings between them. I like that this couple is very mature compare with the other youth drama couples. Zheng Han and Lin Xi supports each other and their trust on each other is very strong. No one can shake their relationship, literally.

The side characters are great. My favorite side characters got to be Duan Ning and Qiu Yan, because the other side characters knew the main leads since their high school days but Duan Ning and Qiu Yan met Zheng Han and Lin Xi as their dormmates and their friendship started from there. Although they haven't been friends with the main leads for long but their trusts in them are very solid.

For people who love youth drama, I totally recommend this drama to you. You won't regret it because I don't.

Leia Mais

Its Perfect

One Sentence!!!
This is the MOST Beautiful story about First Love & Friendship....
This series is the best... U will fall in love again & touches your heart about the strong bond of their friendship... Both characters are strong on their own... i just fall in love with Wang An Yu... goshhhh he is so handsome :D i dont know who will fit his perfect face...
Both Leads carry their character very well. No over acting or childish act to think the FL is only 18 Y.O. and I love how she looks from 18 to Adulthood, not like other Youth Drama their looks in HS is same with college... kudos to the stylist..and again Wang An Yu is exceptionally handsome hehehe...
Its a MUST watch....
PS. SPOILER ALERT:
I love the Ending... the "Programmer" Wedding hehehe

Leia Mais