Forever Love (2020)

5 minutes que je viens de finir le dernier épisode. Un drama qui rend heureux. Qui nous fait sourire bêtement. Même à mon âge. Le pire? On en redemande encore. Encore plus de joie. Plus de rire. Plus d'amour comme celui-ci.
Un drama school qui semble classique. Pourtant, des détails qui marquent et qui prouvent que l'on peut encore surprendre et faire battre la dramaphile blasée que je suis. Que nous sommes. Un exemple? Lorsque Lin Xi s'endort et que le soleil semble la gêner. J'ai adoré ce qu'à fait Zheng Han. Ou le nom donné à sa start up. Ou le bouton en collier...

Le début dévoile la fin, malgré cela, avec l'avancement des épisodes, on s'accroche inconsciemment et on applaudirais presque au final (bien que l'on sache d'avance qui finit avec qui...).
La formule? Un des couples les plus naturels, adorables et AMOUREUX qui soit. Oui, j'insiste bien sur "amoureux". Logique me dirait-on pour une romance. Eh bien non. Car dans ce drama, c'est l'amour avec un grand A, le vrai A.
Jiang Zheng Han et Xia Lin Xi s'aiment avec ce pouvoir, ce vrai pouvoir de l'amour, celui qui donne et qui donne et qui donne encore. Mais pas donner dans le sens "fatiguant", "angoissant" ou "humiliant. Mais ce don de soi qui transcende. Il est tellement rare, et je le souligne encore une fois, qu'un couple se donne la main et ne se lâche plus. Quelque que ce soit l'obstacle. Ici pas de rupture. Pas un seul quiproquo, pas une seule dispute, pas un seul jugement. Ni de l'un, ni de l'autre. Juste beaucoup de respect. Et énormément d'amour. C'est juste incroyable qu'ils puissent se comprendre mutuellement et apporter leur soutien quelque soit leur choix et leur décision.

Lorsque Lin Xi décide de travailler et donc de mentir à Zheng Han, on pourrait s'attendre à sa colère après la découverte de son mensonge. Que nenni, il se contente de la prendre dans les bras et à sa demande " pourquoi ne m'as tu rien demandé?" , il répondra tranquillement " tu avais l'air de ne pas vouloir en parler, alors j'ai attendu que tu sois prête à me le dire". Et c'est comme cela durant tout le drama. Cela est génial de voir des personnages compréhensifs, tolérants et qui ne forcent pas l'aimé(e) en quoi que ce soit. D'ailleurs, lors de sa répartie envers Qin Yue (le rival) " Lin Xi n'a pas besoin de protection, elle a besoin de liberté!" résume très bien l'amour qu'à Zheng Han pour Lin XI. Merci Zheng Han.

Jiang Zheng Han : il est le lead masculin, le héros, l'amoureux que je rêverais d'avoir ( ah, je l'ai déjà, mais chut...). Il est beau mais pas prétentieux. Il est intelligent mais pas arrogant. Pauvre mais pas une seule fois ne s'offusquera de voir sa dulcinée lui donner tant. Et lorsqu'il aime, il donne tout. D'ailleurs il le dira à Lin Xi lors de sa victoire " A partir de maintenant, mes victoires sont les tiennes". Oui, il ne le cachera jamais, tout est pour elle, tout sera à elle, et cela depuis le début. Ce que j'ai particulièrement aimé?
- Sa sincérité, il ne cachera jamais son amour pour Lin Xi.
- Son amour respectueux, pas une fois il ne s'immiscera dans la vie de Lin Xi à son détriment, à s'interposer entre elle et son Ge Ge ou sa mère, ou ses histoires de filles. Il se contentera de la soutenir moralement, de la tenir dans les bras, mais toujours prêt à se battre pour elle s'il le faut.
- Son regard pour Lin Xi rempli d'amour, son sourire quand il la voit, ses petites pointes d'humour quand il flirte avec elle.
- Son humilité et son respect envers une future belle mère difficile, pas une fois il ne la critiquera, pas une fois il ne la jugera, pas une fois il ne fera quelque chose de stupide.
- Un personnage adorable. Qui n'est jamais maladroit. Jamais enfantin. Loyal envers ses amis, jusqu'à ne jamais les trahir, même quand eux-mêmes le trahissent.

Xia Lin Xi: Une fois n'est pas de coutume, un personnage féminin qui n'est pas le second rôle. Elle est belle! Elle est féminine! Elle est intelligente (la première de la classe). Elle est riche. Elle s'habille bien et ses manière sont éduquées. Et pourtant,Lin Xi reste humble, simple et tellement souriante. On nous démontre ici qu'être le personnage principal n'est pas forcément un personnage pauvre et fier, garçon manqué ou mal habillé, Stupide et dernière de la classe, grande gueule ou effarouchée. Et cela fait tellement du bien de voir un personnage comme Lin XI. Forte avec du caractère, 1ère de la classe, issue d'une famille aisée, elle sait rester naturelle (j'ai adoré sa réplique "ne pas avoir d'argent n'est pas quelque chose de honteux"). Son sourire inonde d'ailleurs l'écran et on comprend pourquoi Zheng Han en tombe amoureux. Et on adore particulièrement que Lin XI reste auprès de Zheng Han jusqu'au bout. Elle ne lâchera jamais sa main. Rien n'y fera. Pas sa mère. Pas les obstacles rencontrés sur le chemin de la start-up de son chéri. Elle le dira à la toute fin " J'étais auprès de toi à 18 ans, et je le serais encore à 80 ans."
Lorsqu'elle décide de partir étudier à l'étranger et que Zhang Han la rattrape à l'aéroport (oui, oui c'est du déjà vu, mais pas ici), à sa question " tu me quittes, c'est cela?", Lin Xi crie en pleurant " Qui a dit que je te quittais??? Nous allons être dans une relation longue distance!" J'aurais presque applaudi. Je n'ai jamais compris pourquoi dans certains drama, partir temporairement à l'étranger signifiait souvent une rupture....

En résumé : Le naturel de leur couple nous touche de par leur geste, leur regard, leur complicité au quotidien. Ils ne cessent de rire, de se sourire, de se prendre dans les bras, et on y adhère sans remords. Si vous cherchez un drama 100% happy du début à la fin, un drama qui rend stupidement heureux, un drama qui nous fait croire que l'amour avec un grand A existe, alors ne cherchez plus. Il est là. Il n'y en a pas beaucoup des dramas comme cela. Où le mot confiance rime aveuglément avec aimer. Et cela ne fait pas de mal de rêver un peu ^^

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I'm a sucker for healthy relationships and this drama did not disappoint me. I LOVE IT ❤️

there are slight spoilers here not the big ones..
THE CHEMISTRY!!!!!!!!!
They are so cuteeee. Their relationship was so healthy and they never broke up. This is all I like.
We saw them from being in the freshman year to being successful and they never left each other.
The friendship between all of the friends is like a dream for me. Leads had jealous people by their side but they had more good people who will support them till death.
This was so satisfying to watch as female lead was always so strong and she always had a clear mind about her aims. I love her!!! Such a kind yet strong lead.

Male lead is so smart and always sees the future in a good light. I love his personality. He achieved so many things in a young age.
I like how even the side characters who were in relationship never broke up but solved their own problems together.

There's no bad people here all of them got a character development.

Overall this drama easily entered in my top 5 cdramas.

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Unexpected Gem with the sweetest chemistry

I’ve fallen hard for Wang An Yu’s acting and character in Forever Love! This simple youth drama brought me back to my youth and I felt every heartbeat of the leads. They’re just so darn cute.

I don’t normally write reviews but I think this is now one of my favorite youth dramas now. I didn’t have any expectations and was expecting to skip scenes, but I didn’t end up skipping much! It’s generally light and fluffy with a few serious moments. There were some parts that I wish was written differently and felt some side characters were miscast (hence knocking 1 star). But the main leads are totally worth it. (Would rate the leads 10/10) The chemistry between the leads are off the charts. They don’t even need to physically touch for you to feel just how much they care for and love each other.

Don’t say I didn’t warn you. Wang An Yu’s loving gaze goes straight through the screen and you may find yourself blushing too! :)

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Sweet love

For a teenage love story, I find this very refreshing. It's not the typical macho-man-I’m-gonna-chase-you and you’re just gonna fall in love with me. There is a lot of character development from the struggles they go through to make them who they are.

What I like about the series:

The chemistry between the leads. Because of the relationship they developed in high school they have this support, love, and care for each other which I really like because it is different from “you’re good looking” let fall in love. I also like there a lot of gentle kissing scenes, almost like a cute peck stating "I adore you and you’re cute!" I also love how it differs from the strong passionate kiss we see often, this is a cute heart-fluttering moment I enjoy thoroughly throughout the series. Their relationship is very realistic and I love the way they handle it; with brains and hacking into systems, this is what you get when you get a brainy hot ML!!! Their relationship is so sweet, definitely on the sweet innocent cute side that you don’t see very often. It's one of those love stories where the ML doesn’t push to get it his way. He slowly and reassuringly lets her know he likes her and makes things work for her. I also like the parts where he is patient with her. He knows about the issue she faces and he can prevent it but he lets her figure it out, giving her the utmost respect, pride, and trust in her! I really like this kind of love story! It teaches you patience, kindness, respect, rightful pride, and rightful jealousy in a relationship. They communicate so well and so sweetly with each other, they try to make their relationship work and it just seems so genuine. I can say so much more about their relationship and why I absolutely adore watching it but I recommend watching it for yourself.

The side characters, some of my favorite are Boss Xie, Duan Ning, the professor, and Zhang Huai Wu. I love the bond and the chemistry male leads have with each one of them. I love how smart ML is for befriending and bonding, teasing, and get along with all of them, it was almost as if they were just like old friends.

The storyline. Even though it is a very typical love story and you know what going to happen, I still enjoy these once in a while. It is simple, ordinary, and very relatable which makes it appealing.

What I don’t like:

All these love triangles and is it worth mentioning a mistakenly love square (or is it pentagon or just a straight line??) between Chen Yi Chuan and Gu Xiao Man.

I also hate how passively senior Shi Ying handle her love life. She took advantage of a kind and naive Zhuang Fei and tried to create tension between her and FL. She also tries every opportunity to put FL at a disadvantage. For one so obsessed with a guy that won’t even look her way, I don’t know why she didn’t try harder to chase him instead of finding every opportunity to ruin FL. Just a small pet peeve of mine, I don’t get why girls hate on girls instead of trying to fix the issue between them and the guy. But I’m glad things clear up at the end.

Overall I recommend anyone looking for a cute and sweet love story. It has been on my watchlist for the longest time and I’m glad I finally made time to watch it.

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A couple that makes you feel secured

I think this is the first chinese drama ive seen where the main couple has a very healthy relationship. No possessive gf/bf, no unnecessary jealousy, no nonsensical misunderstandings. The main leads are very mature that it makes you feel secured with their relationship.

Kudos to the actors who portrayed their characters well. Their chemistry is on another level that you will actually feel what the characters are going through. This was supposed to be my filler drama bc ive been really busy with irl but i couldnt help but focus. Definitely worth your time.

I hope we can see the main leads on another drama in the future!!

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Good not great but solid on the romantic elements

8/10 is my rating. This is a 2020; Chinese Romantic drama with 28, 35-48 minute episodes.

First I provide a unique synopsis then review

Synopsis
Xia Lin Xi (Xiang Han Zhi) and Jiang Zheng Han (Wang An Yu) were not fast friends when they first met in high school. In fact, top student and class President Lin Xi is charged, by their teacher, with reeling in Zheng Han to comply with some rules. She accomplishes her original missions then sees there is not only a deep intelligence but a hidden side to Zheng Han that reveals he is intelligent and kind. This makes Lin Xi determined to fully convert Zheng Han to help him realize his academic potential. Study dates become akin to real dates and the two draw close enough as more than friends that Li Xi's tiger mom notices. Nearly overnight and without many words Zheng Han is on a bus out of Lin Xi's life. Not one to go down without a fight, Lin Xi chases after Zheng Han only to have her pleas fall on deaf ears. Fast forward several years and the two former friends are now in the same college, the college they had promised each other they would attend together. But, having mended her broken heart, Lin Xi also barricaded it shut and is not ready to give Zheng Han the chance to explain. Being among the Gods and Goddesses of the campus neither lack for potential boyfriend or girlfriends and as their relationship has moved backwards it seems Lin Xi at least may make another choice. Through college and then early professional careers it becomes apparent that their love was not just a passing high school crush.

Review

This story begins "How I met Your Mother Style" with the start being the end of the story and the rest how they got there. I am not a fan of that style as part of the allure to me is not knowing, beyond that it ends happy, just how things will end up. So that was a slight detractor. It is a rather simple, predictable, yet heartwarming romance. Rich girl and down on his luck guy, good girl and bad boy, are the overall vibes. It is a good romance, not over the too great but good if you appreciate straight forward stories.

It ends happy. I recommend it if anyone is a fan of either actor or if they like coming of age, rich girl/poor guy tropes. I would not watch it again but am not sorry I watched it once.

Spoilers

I thought her cousin was mean to the lead girl"s best friend and it was a struggle determining how she would have fallen in love with him. They did really turn it around though and their romance wound up being very sweet.

It is one of the rare occasions when I did not feel sorry the 2nd lead did not get the girl. Not only did he not take no for an answer he tried to use the parents to get her tied into an arranged marriage. He went behind her back getting her in trouble with her already difficult mother. He threw his friendship with lead guy out the window and was willing to tarnish his former friend's future prospects to try to take him away as an option for the lead girl and to save his family's failing company. There is a tiny bit of redemption with him in the end but not nearly enough to overcome all the crappy things he had done. He even completely crushed the girl who had lovingly stood by his side by suggesting she become a secretary with benefits for a rival company. I was completely glad lead girl did not get with him and did not feel sorry when he was sad.

Lin Xi's mom was a tiger mom who projected all her failings and worries of future difficulties onto her daughter. She could not get along with Lin Xi's father because she was a harpy, so she projected that onto Lin Xi's relationship with Zheng Han. Yes Zheng Han did pretend to be a teacher but he delivered and Lin Xi's math skills improved. But her mom did not to hear why a high schooler might have done that, or that he was a good tutor, she simply wanted to hate on him because he was not who she wanted her daughter to marry. At the wedding she was still acting harsh to him when she should have apologized. Sending Lin Xi to study abroad served no purpose but for her to exert power over her daughter, She was an abusive person who was all criticism and no praise to the extent her family was emotionally terrified of her,

The father in law and son in law relationship that developed between Lin Xi's dad and Zheng Han was beyond cute. He was the only kind parent in Lin Xi's life. Her dad helped the couple as much as he could without incurring his wife's wrath. As her father was the one Lin Xi could go to for emotional support it was clear that Zheng Han would also support her. With a mother like she had she would need the two caring men as a buffer.

I do not like the leaving for your or my own good trope and it was particularly annoying in this because Lin Xi literally had no benefit.

It had so little intrigue and a very simple plot, so that it dragged a lot in the latter episodes. They could have easily told the story in 20 episodes so the fact that it was 28 is part of the reason it was so slow in parts.

#ForeverLove
#XiangHanZhi
#WangAnYu.

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Perfect youthful romantic drama

Wow,what a series it was, very recently I've watched my calorie boy drama, which is similar to this one,it is also a new age romantic drama,upon searching for similar dramas I've found this gem,what a story, especially the lead actress is damn good,she is the backbone of the drama,her acting skills were top notch,and all actors did their best, the friendship,their struggles to start a startup and how they faced all those problems together, it's simply a master piece for everyone who lack a motivation in life,it has a hidden message, if you meet the right person in your life ,your life will be wonderful, i really liked this one,28 episodes never made me bored at any point, it's for sure recommended to everyone who like new age dramas.

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Heartwarming and Surprisingly Real

This story caught me by surprise. Though it’s not surprisingly different in terms of plot, it’s well executed and does manage to throw a few surprises at you. Overall I’d classify it as a feel good romance.

The main leads were by far what made the show for me. The way they supported each other even through the most difficult of times was beautiful to see. Of course they did make mistakes and poor choices along the way but honestly it just adds to the realistic feel of the story. People make mistakes and things don’t always go smoothly. I was so happy that there was no breakup in the show. They really had me thinking there that it was definitely going to happen. The whole noble idiocy play is just really upsetting but I was happy to see this show didn’t go there and they stuck it out and came out stronger for it.
I wasn’t a fan of the secondary couple but oh well just skip over those parts and the rest is lovely

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An underrated gem, one of the best romance C dramas I have ever watched!

I finally found the drama which put me out of my C-Drama slump. Lately I had been having a hard time watching C Dramas. I would watch the 1st couple of episodes and then find it too boring to continue watching. The plot or the characters would bother me and I would end up dropping it. This drama was a breath of fresh air- it kept my attention from start to finish.
This drama is an extremely sweet love story ( as you might have already guessed from the title). The main leads are adorable and sweet and caring towards each other and their love is so pure and innocent. You'll be rooting for them as they pass hurdles together, supporting and loving each other.
If i talk about the story, it starts in the senior year of high school. Xia Lin Xi is a star student and JZH is the last ranking in class. That is not to say he is stupid, in fact, he is a computer genius who doesn't care about school or grades, until he meets Lin Xi. Lin Xi helps him out when he is struggling with his family's financial issues and a bond forms between them, blossoming into romance as they transition into University. Once they got together, there was literally no force which could keep them apart. No matter the amount of hurdles , they stuck together through thick and thin and it was heart-warming to watch. Their chemistry was so good, it felt so realistic. The acting was superb. my only complaint is that there weren't as much kissing scenes as I would like. However there were literally so many swoonworthy moments of our main leads that I couldn't stop smiling from ear to ear.
The male lead really stole my heart. Even the female lead was intelligent and she wasn't portrayed as a damsel in distress who couldn't stand up for herself( thank god, those plot lines get too cliched).
What I really liked about these two was that there were almost no misunderstandings between them, everything was resolved quite quickly. There was this plotline in which JZH leaves without telling Linxi for a few months in high school. After that, there were a few episodes in which she is unable to forgive him. That was really painful to watch. While her anger at him was justified, I just wished it would get resolved asap.
The secondary leads had a much rocky story, they got together much later. Initially Chen Yi Chuan, Lin Xi's cousin is quite annoying but he matures and becomes nicer in the end. There are number of side characters which keep the story interesting. Some of them are annoying like Lin Xi's mom, but I didn't really mind, because I was so invested in the main leads story.
Overall, this is a a really wholesome love story. I loved the snippets from their wedding in the starting of the 1st couple of episodes, they were really cute.
I would totally recommend this drama to anyone who wants to watch a feel-good romance. It is cute and heart-warming and a must watch for romance fans. I really loved it and would be watching its clips on Youtube to fill the void left by it lol.

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