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beautiful ending
Our drama with 2 period time finally come to end. Of course with + & - of their own.Ok. Lets talk about what i love:
+ Shi Yi (SY) is one crazy woman. She just jump to accept the proposal from Zhou Sheng Chen (SC) without much consideration or known him better. And with all the complication in SC family she still dare to stand beside him. If that's me maybe I already considering & run away as far as I can :p.
+ Really love the chemistry between Bai Lu & Allen Ren here. They like made for each other.
+ Very funny to see how SY teach SC about how to coax her. A man who confuse with how to coax woman can learn from this drama. Yeah not every woman is exactly like that, but you get the big picture. :p
+ Love to see how SY & SC support & protect each other.
+ No love rival. Yeah SC family complicated enough so they don't add love rival anymore :p
+ Love to see there is family that still have old traditional family like SC family.
+ Allen Ren smile a lot in here... He doesn't smile much in his other drama that I've watch. His smile actually quite sweet.
What minus but actually not really too much bothering me:
- Why they like to rush the ending again....? I mean SY just wake up from i don't know for goddamn long time, but a little too good to be true, she already can talk, can stand even can just walk like a normal person.
- Where is our time stamp.... From the moment SY coma, she wake up until their wedding we don't know how long it already pass...
- Hoping to see SY really dream. In here the dream not really much shown, it's like not that important, while the summary state the opposite. If only they like having more than few flash back of One & only scene.
- They only cast Bai Lu & Allen Ren for both drama, I think will gonna be more interesting if they have some several cast from the past life so we can see several other people reincarnated together....
* actually don't know better or not, if only the crown prince also reincarnated together & become sort of the love rival, yeah maybe the story will gonna be more complicated if like that, that's why I said I don't know better or not.
Overall: This 2 piece of drama really beautiful in the end. The drama that worth your time to watch. Really love all the song too...
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Very slow but finished because of Bai Lu
As usual there are many epic and eloquent reviews out there already. I'd like to just add a very quick take.Executive Summary: You should watch this only if you will be very into a literary, poetic story with a small stage feel.
The Good:
Bai Lu is awesome as usual. She is the reason I could finish this drama. She is beautiful and cute and her natural acting in an unnatural story is what made this worth the watch.
The cute/comedic moments were very well done and were a nice respite from the slow pace and bad vibes.
The Sub-Optimal
This story is the slowest, least intense drama I have managed to finish. Really too slow for me.
The secondary characters were not fleshed out well. A couple of the secondary female characters were very well done and acted (by Wang Yue Yi and Wang Rui Xin).
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Forever and Ever, a fitting title.
TLDR: watch this drama even if you haven't/couldn't watch one and onlyI've been putting off this drama for a long time because I thought I need to watch One and Only in order for me to enjoy this drama. I've never been so wrong! I am one of the people who really can't watch sad endings, and I have heard that OAO is one of them.
All of the OAO watchers probably would've appreciated this drama more than the people who haven't watched it.
and for those who don't (like me), we will probably regret a little bit that we haven't watched OAO.
Why do I say that? because the love I felt from this drama contains both one and only and forever and ever.
This drama managed to make me feel the love from a drama I haven't even watched.
The drama has some flaws but the love story across two lifetimes makes this drama worthwhile.
though I almost dropped because I felt so sad about Wang Ruixin's character, Zhou Wenxing... I wanted the best for her.
All in all, highly recommended especially if you're a fan of Bai Lu or wants to know more about Bai Lu!
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A Calm and composed story
Story was not at all connected with " one and only" . Though story started with this story line but no connection. Samelead characters with the same name ,only name connects the strangers.
A boy who was the professor and a girl who dubbed her voice . Two persons belong to different professions fall in love . It was love at first side from girl side . They met many times coincidently but the girl never told him about her feelings and the boy character was ambivert . He got little shy while speaking with girl though he also felt something for her . Eventually they said to eachother whatever they feel for each other .Girl side's family ready for their marriage but boy side's not . As his family though live in modern era but they followed old principles set by their ancestors ,had a very big family . Girl respected his family and had no problem with their principles . But something happened in his family because of that they got separated and in the end showed how they become one .
This was the glimpse of story .
Acting was good .
Story was little slow and the male lead's character was also slow as he was so calculative so he behaved accordingly .
Love story with little romance but still different
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Read the novel if you want a complete picture
I loved this show. I love Mo Bao Fei Bao's writing (both novels and scripts), and I think Allen Ren and Bai Lu made a perfect couple. They both fulfilled their characters perfectly, and the rest of the cast was well-chosen too. The cast as a whole came together beautifully. The sets were stunning, costumes lovely, perfectly suited to the story.That said... it wasn't perfect. There were gaps in the story that would not have made sense without the book. In the latter half, there were way too many scenes in bed (usually on an IV drip).
In comparison to the book... It filled several holes that weren't well-explained, such as Zhou Wen Chuan's story arc, which seemed kind of arbitrary in the book. Some of the scenes improved, such as the step from "not married" to "married"... where the drama gave her a say in the matter. I loved the way that grandma was woven into the drama; she became a very interesting character.
Lots of comments seem to be upset about the lack of kissing -- Allen Ren's contracts usually have "no kissing"... (and the one kissing scene isn't, if you watch closely) but I personally didn't find it lacking. They had enough chemistry without the kissing. I did find it annoying how they stopped the kissing scenes with stupid stuff... like people walking in, or suddenly she has something to say (that could have easily been said a moment earlier). None of that was necessary.
Overall
1. Watch "One and Only" first -- it's a really nice complete version of their past lives
2. Read the book (hui3r.wordpress.com)
3. Then (and only then) watch "Forever and Ever"
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I'm a sucker for happy ending. This one has it..
I admit, I didnt watch the first installment. Read somewhere that it didnt end well. So, here I am tried this one instead. Pretty slow start to be honest, and a bit boring.Cast/Acting was ok, not much excitement at the beginning but it did improve as the story progresses. I feel like the ML had the quota of crazy with his family. He was a straight laced nice guy with a big traditional family. Amidst all the secrets, lies and betrayal, customs and tradition, in his own way, he loved them still.
FL reflects sweetness, innocence and a bit vulnerability, pretty and talented too. No wonder ML find her interesting enough to propose early on.
The family drama, crime mystery is a bit mediocre for me. It was lacking something. It feels like it was just put there just for the sake of conflict. Rewatch value is not that high.
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Easy watch when you want to feel good
Main leads both are fantastic. Allen Ren is trying different roles and his acting is very nature. He is not dashing but a cute type. Bai Lu is one of my favorite, she got good acting. She does not over do or under do and this role fits her the best. I liked the drama where there were no unnecessary misunderstanding or villainous monstrous enemies. I liked how main leads understood each other. It was not a sizzling chemistry but not too bad also. Every thing about this drama is what it should be. I haven't watched one and only becoz of the sad ending but you don't need to watch one and only to watch this. This story was able to carry itself. Also i liked that the FL had a good dressing style unlike other dramas. All and all when you are feeling down go watch it, its easy to watch and predictable.Was this review helpful to you?
Some comfort after watching One and Only
LIKEWhat ZhouSheng Chen did when he found out that Zhou Wen Chuan had been plotting
When Zhou Wen Xing confessed to Shi Yi what she did and there was an unspeakable secret in the ZhouSheng family
DISLIKE
ZhouSheng Chen's status which kept on putting Shi Yi in danger
MUSIC - personal fav
续写 Xu Xie - 单依纯 Shan Yi Chun
毛不易 Mao Bu Yi - 给你给我 Gei Ni Gei Wo
REWATCH VALUE
When I want to chill some day
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Most Satisfying Drama Ever, LOVE IT
this is a 2nd season or can say the story of Reincarnation of "One and Only" even tho i didn't watch "One and Only" but im still understand the love between Zhou Sheng Chen and Shi Yi at the past.This drama i love it so much, not like most of the drama this drama relationship between Lead Couple is the best no disagreement problem ,no any exes problem , no misunderstanding at all, overall this Lead Couple only let you feel their love ,Zhou Sheng Chen have shy and responsible personality and Shi Yi have straightforward and bubbly always willing to teach him about love.
But this drama also have a antagonist plot not all perfect happy story, which is ML family problem , his family have complicated problem but tbh im not to interesting even this its still won't effect ML and FL relationship and to be surprised that is their good relationship really last to final episode i never watch any drama like this beside Love O2O drama but of course their relationship almost "ruin" but not that bad to say ruin XD because of a slightly accident at close to final episode.
Overall i just love how ZSC and SY interaction ,i as viewer keep getting butterfly feeling because their love interaction.
Finally is not to important , which is what most people say that you must watch " One and Only" first to understand this "Forever and Ever" drama but my opinion is you don't need to watch the "One and Only" to understand "Forever and Ever" cause i didn't watch "One and Only" and i jump straight to "Forever and Ever" still understand maybe because i already know spoiler Sad ending so i don't wanna watch it , but it doesn't effect at all to "Forever and Ever" , BUT if you wanna watch the 1st one then watch the 2nd one i welcome you to watch it.
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Even the second time it was wonderful
This was definitely a slow burner but maybe that contributed to the developing love being so believable. I only know I still did not fast forward any part on the second viewing of this drama. For me, the plot managed a great balance between, romance, family drama and 'business". The script also added to the sincerity of the story.However, the best part was the performances of , not only the leads, but the whole ensemble. I particularly became a mad fan of Ci Sha. I could rave about the music as well...I know this is not a good review as such. My only excuse is that I watch a lot of Asian drama, and have a list of favourites from a number of countries including China and this one is definitely in the top five .
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Do You Believed in Reincarnation?
'The life is short like a dream, how often can one enjoy himself if it is not for my one and only love, Shi Yi who deserve my lifelong pursuit' - this is the poem handwritten by Zhou Shen Chen in his wedding invitation card to show his sincerity in marrying his beloved.The one who understands will truly enjoy the stories. I love every details they tried to incorporate into the story to link and portrait between the prequel and the sequel. Similarly to One & Only, FL love to ML is Love at First Sight. Contrary to FL, ML love and affection towards FL is developed, accumulated and gets stronger by days. FL first word in both the drama is also Zhou Shen Chen. She still loves turquoise blue, books, poems, pomegranate, lotus flower, sleeps on the floor to be with her beloved, enjoys touching the nose bridge of the ML like O&O.
Whatever can't be done and incomplete in O&O is finally completed in F&E. Their love, their marriage, the handwritten poem 'Shanglin Fu' on the wall.
I wonder if Mei Xing is the reincarnation of Liu Zi Xing (Crown Prince in O&O) as a repayment from his previous life. The suicidal and loss of Cui Shi Yi in O&O has made him realized and regretted his previous life?
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Inferior to O&O
This was sadly inferior to One and Only, but it will still be mostly satisfying for anyone who watches O&O first. RJL is handsome and has a pretty good command of the screen, but his character is soooo frustrating. I saw someone else comment that they're trying to imply that because of his hyper intelligence he may be on the spectrum. I haven't read the book, so I really don't know the intent. But whatever the reason they had for making his character so stiff and backward, it didn't really work. Again, every annoying thing is this basically gets a pass if you watched the first series, because it just makes you want to see them together, no matter what. But my main point is they didn't really do RJL justice. In the first series he is so upright and stalwart, and has lived the hardest life possible and still somehow was more human and sympathetic than in the modern one.Was this review helpful to you?
