A River Runs Through It

Currently my favorite C-Drama

The story when they were still school student until they became an adults is amazing. The story is very natural and the scenes are all what we experience in life.

Personally, I do not feel like the ending is rushed or dissapointed with how the story ends. I think this kind of story does happened in real life. It just shows how strong the love that the characters had.

In the novel, it is from FL pov and I think its nice. We don't need to know the ML's pov to enjoy the show.

The first time I feel attached to this drama is from the OSTs. At first I was only enjoying the story and feel relate to them but the OST makes me feel very attached and have strong sympathy with the characters. The OST start playing in the college part and I feel like I am their own best friend. Everytime the OTS played, I almost always cried because the of nostalgic feeling. Although I don't understand the lyrics, but I love it all.

I have read the novel and the story is quite different. This drama contains more events than the novel. In the novel, the ending is not really shown. Its an open ending but we know that finally the FL likes the ML.

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A STORY THAT MAKES YOU WAIT BUT IS WORTH THE WAIT

NOTE: I can only recommend this drama to those who like genres' like romance and youth. Plus, if you can also keep up with a slow drama (What I mean about what is slow is the formation of the love between the leads)

Some chinese dramas with the same genre (Romance & Youth) that I have watched was overpassed by this drama, A River Runs Through It. Why?

FIRST THE PLOT/STORY:
As what other romance dramas deliver, it has the same aspects such as falling in love, getting hurt, and forming friendships of a lifetime. Though this drama placed a long journey until both leads gets together— it was still worth the wait and the enjoyment and emotion it brought all throughout made me continue until the end. Also it is quite realistic compared to other dramas— it somehow shows what falling in love is like and the feeling of not knowing how to let go of something and move on like liking someone.

SECOND THE ACTING/CAST:
Everyone suited their roles, and played them very well, very well that you'll end up feeling their emotions and hating some of them. The actors of this drama was very good.

THIRD THE MUSIC:
I didn't really care about the OST when I was watching it since I just skip pass through the intro and outro as well. But I guess it isn't something that I would add in my playlist. But everyone has different tastes, right?

FOURTH THE REWATCH VALUE:
I wouldn't probably rewatch this since I have plenty of other dramas to watch. But if I can, I would probably watch it again. It would somehow be something fresh to rewatch.

LASTLY THE OVERALL:
I rated it a 9.5 since I think it deserves it. I love the story and actors of this drama. It made me somehow cry out of nowhere, but I wouldn't probably miss it much. Thank you to this drama that gave me something fresh to spend my time with. A worthy drama— I can say.

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Better watch it!

A river through it

I've seen a lot of series that deliver stories in a similar way. School, childhood, naivety, and growth. I thought I'd give this one a rating first and then not watch it because I thought I'd seen it before. But when I started watching it for the first time, I knew I'd definitely continue until it finished. This series is so good. I know it's an underrated plot, but you shouldn't miss it – watch this series, and you won't be disappointed. I love how it plays with my emotions. I laughed a lot at the main lead couple; I felt like I wanted to have my own story like theirs.

Let's go back to the details – Richard Wang played Li Shiyi, and Hu Yixuan played Xia Xiao Ju. You never know when you'll fall in love with someone's silly gestures and long companionship. Expect the unexpected; you never know how love will surprise you. I really liked the part when Li Shiyi, the main lead, took courage to step forward and express his feelings. I don't want to explain it more because I'm too attached to this series, and I might get stuck in a loop of thoughts.

Their acting was just so fine; they delivered it well because I know they did their best. I don't need to judge them; I trust the process. I really want to have other seasons for this because there were only 2 episodes of their adulthood and the final ending. But even though I thought those 2 episodes might disappoint me, they made a clean and good ending. I really enjoyed and loved this series. You never know when the day will come that you'll just start living in the moment. I give this a 10 because I love the main lead couple, and the breakup of the female lead's best friend was well-deserved. Better watch it and don't miss it out!

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Nice school drama

Very nice drama to watch.. My second cdrama to watch.. I watched this after watching professional single.. This drama similar to that but slight difference between them.. I like the way of acting of hero and heroine in this drama.. they are acting in a natural way... Carrying the drama through a real one..



A good suggestion to see... Nice drama


I saw this one after already watching a school drama... This tells us about good friendship, relationship and kindness.. The school dramas I suggest you to watch are A river runs through it and Professional single... They both are good in their story cast and acting... The heroine and hero of the both dramas are so cute and lovely... The heroes are handsome... They both has a perfect one and cute couples... Qin Shen ❤️ Yuan Qian
Lu shi yi ❤️ Xia Xiao Ju

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Enjoyable and frustrating

This slice of life, coming of age drama was a nice watch. The plot wasn’t a new concept for high school, college dramas but this one ranks high among dramas of this genre due to the great acting, relatable topics, and realistic ending. The English title was a great choice to sum up the happenings in this show. There were many joyful light hearted and frustrating heavy moments that kept me watching. I was highly invested into each character and their story. For the time period, 90s to early 2000s, definitely brought back some nostalgia with the clothes and technology being used. The time period was well represented and the OST was very nice.

The main negatives were the overuse of misunderstandings being dragged out. This is a staple in cdramaland though.

A definite recommended watch.

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I originally watch this one for Wang Ruichang, but in the end, even Ruichang cannot save this drama.
Honestly, this drama is not bad. The story is solid, the characters are lively and the relationships between each character is pretty good, but I think I really am too old to be able to resonate with the FL.

The FL, Xia Xiaoju is your embodiment of teenage girl in CDramas. New girl, timid, not a bright student but tries hard to study well, strong determination, clumsy, low self esteem, etc. For some dramas, this is not an issue, like LCDF, there it was fine, but I don't know what's different with ARRTI, I just could not find myself to care for her character, for me she fits for a side character instead of a FL. Even more I could not stand Cheng Lang and Lu Shiyi, two of the strongest characters in this drama, only being painted as 'love interests'. Maybe it's because it's only the beginning, I don't know either, but I don't think I can watch any longer to find out.

Actually, I do find similarities between this drama and Reply 1988, but the feeling is somehow different. Maybe it will be better if Xiaoju is the one getting on that train instead of Baobao, and we get to see her struggle for a bit by herself. By then maybe we will see why this FL is the lead and not a side. Maybe someday I will find this drama again by accident and decide to re-watch it again and eventually came to like it. I don't know.

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O ENEMIES TO LOVERS QUE MERECEMOS

tinha tudo pra ser meu cdrama favorito mas em algum lugar ali no meio do caminho eu perdi a conexão com os personagens. A primeira coisa que me incomodou foi a obcessão absurda da personagem com o second lead, juro me irritou muito. O protagonista tinha seus momentos que me irritavam também, mas eu passo pano acho que ele era muito imaturo no começo e depois consegui ver a evolução dele. Eu AMO plot de enemies to lovers e foi o que mais me pegou nesse drama porque eu acho que realmente foi bem desenvolvido, mas depois de um tempo a protagonista começou a ficar SONSA me perdoem mas poxa 34 episódios pra ela perceber o óbvio se manca mona!!!! Eu AMEI o Lu Shiyi queria que ele casasse comigo e não com aquela sem sal. Em suma vale muito a pena assistir eu achei super divertido me viciou MUITO!!! 4.5/5 🌟

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