Never-Ending Summer

When you know their love story will be never ending!

I reeeeeally enjoyed Never Ending Summer! It had so many emotional and genuinely sad moments, and the yearning from the MMC was SO good — he really had me feeling all the feelings. His eyes could say sooo much even without dialogue. I can’t tell you the amount of heart flutters I had each time Lu Xi Xiao cradled her head!

I honestly hated seeing everything they had to go through before finally getting their happy ending. There were so many hardships and moments where I just wanted to scream, “Can’t they catch a break?!” Zhou Wan was a standout lead, she powered so many great scenes and when she cried, I wanted to cry too.

The love rival was flipping irritating in places, I don’t know why we always need a love rival, although let’s be real… he never stood a chance against the FL’s true love, anyway! I felt bad for Jiang Yan; he was in an unpleasant life situation, and you could see his fondness, but as with all second MLs, he didn’t know when to bow out gracefully.

I’m also a fan of both lead actors, and I thought they gave such great, convincing performances. They really sold the emotions and made the romance feel believable. Oh, the longing was real, folks! And so was the angst.
Not a fan of time jumps, like at all, I always feel like we miss so much story of the in between, but I understood it was needed to get the couple to the next part of their lives.

So many episodes, this show got me in my feelings. That dancing alone scene, gah! I was a sobbing mess.

If I had to criticize anything, I never took to the second couple. They felt too immature from the school days into adulthood. I would have given screen time to Jiang Yan finding a new love interest over them.

Overall, such a great watch.
Aesthetically pleasing to the eye and wonderful acting.
I’d beg on my rickety knees to see the leads in another modern drama together.

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Its all about the way the male lead looks at the female lead the rest is kind of meeh

This drama is a bit hard to rate, it start off sweet fun with great leads nice cinematography biut also a promise that this will end keeping the suspense alive for a just a little bit to long as the whole break up (we know from the start is going to happen) kind of feels off. and disproportionate to all that came before it...

That said the way the male looks at the female lead is a solid 10, his playfulness, his obsession, everything about him is a lot of fun to watch. Not healthy or goals in any way but dude looks at the female lead like Homer Simpson looks a a donut. And it is adorable.

Ha also has some pretty decent and honest lines here and there.

Chemistry is good, kisses phenomenal there are decent side characters main plot is kind of meeh seen this before and brings nothing new to the table.

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What a master piece!!!

It's best modern cdrama in 2026 ! I didn't have so much expectations bcoz i didn't watched any work of zhou keyu,now i watched this his acting is really good not iam saying top notch but look at his age he is only 24 and he is really good for that ,and I felt he is truly handsome in this ✋🤏.and bao shengnan also played really well actually her work i watched before was generation to generation it was really bland not bcoz of their acting but the story itself is boring ,so I also didn't have hope for her but some reels hooked me and i started watching it and the desition was not wrong.

Iam not giving you any spoilers bcoz you should watch it then only you can know it ,and if you are pending it bcoz of the negative comments,no don't do it it's really good ,like it was an mixed things have happiness, yearning, emotional times,but his love for her so visible even in his eyes and she also you only understand her true feelings at last not judge at middle episodes.iam not saying anymore.iam about reluctant for leaving this drama.😮‍💨💔

Bye bye lixixiao ,zhou wan...

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Everyone must watch it to enjoy the lovely moments

I have watched so many dramas… but Never Ending Summer (2026) hit me in a completely different way. 🌅

This is not just a love story — it’s a journey of first love, heartbreak, memories, and the kind of emotions that stay with you for a long time. The way the story moves from youthful innocence to mature love makes it feel so real and deeply relatable.

Every episode pulled me deeper into its world. Once I entered, coming out felt almost impossible. The calm, dreamy vibe, the emotions, and the connection between the characters made me feel like I was living inside a never-ending summer.

Even after finishing it, I still feel like I’m stuck in that world… like a beautiful dream I don’t want to wake up from. 💭✨

This drama didn’t just entertain me — it stayed with me. ❤️

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In the abyssal dark lies glimpses of brilliance.

Honestly, I wasn't expecting much for this drama. I knew just seeing the tags that this was going to be a bit heavy. Though this obviously had a ton of inspiration from another drama *ahem OBS lololol, it was re-written and reinterpreted enough that I would call it an original, albeit inspired work.

With that said, this is one of the more better produced dramas that came out of China in a while. There are tons of dramas this year, but this drama hearkens back to the days where classic cinematography and composition was used to move the story along.

Now onto the story, it actually makes a lot of sense. I know when it comes to romance, most "romance" drama watchers would prefer the angle of "prince charming" swooping in. However, not only was that not realistic, it devalues the girl wayy too much. I much preferred this. Call me old, but I prefer mature romance in which there's independence from both parties and inspite of that, they can still come together in the end. And this drama delivered in that aspect. Lu Xi Xiao, though he had his problems, it never occurred to him that all that he's done, all that he's achieved were done on his dad's/ family's penny. It was totally justified for Zhou Wan to leave him and let him understand his own value. As for Zhou Wan's character, I was a bit disappointed that she wasn't given a better platform after her 10 years of hard work. A bit realistic, but man, couldn't she become someone more... important? In the end, I dinked the writing a bit just because Zhou Wan's value ended up being the acceptance of Lu Xi Xiao for her complete self... i guess lol

Anyways, I just wrote a review for this drama just because i loved OBS. And since this was heavily inspired by that, I want justify my own score for it using this review lol

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A Refreshing Youth Drama

Never-Ending Summer is about young romance between a rich, rebelious bad boy and a studious, and poor girl. Does this pairing ring a bell? It's not a new pairing, but it's definitely addictive to watch. I personally enjoyed watching this drama due to the complexity of the characters. While watching this drama, many people compared it to The First Frost, because the man is always chasing for the love of his life, while the woman is always running away due to personal, fair, reasons.

Our female lead, Zhou Wan (Bao Shang En) is a very complex character, she may not be liked by many people, but I enjoyed navigating the layers of our heroine. I would say she is a morally grey character, because she sacrificed a lot for people she loves dearly. Doesn't matter what she does in her youth, as long as she could save the people she loves. Some would say she's selfish, mean, and a liar, I think otherwise. Zhou Wan is not inherently selfish, or mean. Yes, she is a liar, but she was forced to do so. Some say she could've just told the guy, however, from her perspective I think she would prefer to keep her issues to herself. She always handles these situations alone, because that's how she grew up. She was alone in a sense, she didn't want to hurt anyone and she thinks she's not the best person if the people she loves are hurt in the process. Her upbringing explains a lot of her behavior honestly. As an adult, I think she finally learned that it's okay to lean on others rather than holding it in, and that's character development in my books. I really enjoyed Bao Shang En's acting in this drama, very natural in my opinion, it felt like she embodied her character quite well.

On the opposite side, we have Lu Xi Xiao (Zhou Ke Yu) - your typical rich, yet rebellious male lead. I personally think LXX's personality stems from his broken family. Of course, other things comes in to play as well, but deep inside I don't think he's truly a rebellious guy. Other than having a weathly background, all he really wants is someone who loves him unconditionally and gives the attention he needs. That's where Zhou Wan comes in. The way LXX treats ZW is like she's the queen of his world. When he fell for her, he would always put her first and will never forget her. I think that's amazing, and genuine. He was heartbroken several times, yet continued to love Zhou Wan, because he knew she is not genuinely a bad person. I think this is where the anger stems from as they reunited as adults. Because he loved her with his whole heart, and knew what kind of person she is, he is angry that she couldn't just tell him the truth. As an adult though, LXX was childish AF, it was very annoying and cringe to watch. Zhou Ke Yu's acting as a rebeliious guy was a bit cringe I'm not gonna lie, maybe cause I've seen him on variety shows and can tell he's just acting, and not embodying the bad boy persona. Needless to say, his acting overall was decent as well. It was natural aside from the bad boy vibes he was trying to go for, his puppy eye love for Zhou Wan felt very genuine. I think this is my first ZKY drama, not sure if I've seen him in other dramas to compare but the impression was pretty good.


The music overall was good, the story was decent. It's quite sad honestly to watch in the beginning, but as adults it's all about revenge and reunion between the leads so the drama vibes did shift. I'm not going to lie, I skipped a lot of scenes in the last few episodes. lol I feel like I only watched this drama for the lead characters, no interest in the side characters at all.

If you enjoy rich, bad boy x poor, studious girl tropes definitely go ahead and watch it.

Never-Ending Summer touches upon some dark topics such as loss of loved ones, grieving, depression, abandonment, loneliness, etc. I feel like they touched the surface of some of these topics instead of going deep into it
If you must ask whether I recommend it, I can only say it did not give me the "Omg are you watching this drama?!" vibe when chatting with my friends. Like the only thing I cared about were the main leads, and that says a lot about the drama overall imo.

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Cute, Modern, and Easy to Watch

I loved how scheming and manipulative Wanwan ( FL) was. Even after falling in love, she couldn't let go of her desire for revenge. She was incredibly determined, independent, and strong-willed. At times she almost felt like the villain, and I loved that vibe 😏

Despite all the hidden agendas and everything that kept pulling them apart, their relationship was beautiful to watch. I loved their dynamic as a couple. It felt very modern and mature.

I also loved how the mother was written. She was deeply flawed, but never a one-dimensional villain.

Great OST (I actually saved a few songs on my playlist).

If you liked *The First Frost*, you'll probably enjoy this one too. It has a similar vibe, but with a more outgoing female lead and a more youthful feel.

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chemistry so good i didnt care about the plot

i need this man booked and busy.
the way he delivered the lines, the emotion he was putting in every scene.
bao shang en my queen i love you i just met you but i loved your character
i cant lie, the story was hanging by a very thin thread called chemistry and nothing else. thank god i wasnt paying attention to anything else except these two, but that plot has some holes i cant ignore
jk i absolutly can
and boy he is a yearner he a real one i love when men cry let em cry i will watch it a hundred times
but now getting serious, what was that time jump? so uncalled for and unnecessary; why be separated for over ten years if youre gonna get back together in the next 20 minutes
i need tension, passion, love, hate, indecision—something that leads me to the HEA
i really liked this show i smoked it in like 5 days

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PERFECT SLOW-BURN SUMMER DRAMA

I enjoyed each and every episode. The storyline, the chemistry, the plot twists and the friendships, I loved that. All those heavy and soft feelings, perfect mix of love and sadness, misunderstandings and reunions, all in one series.

How ML and FL stick to each other in both happy and sad times, just their presence radiated warmth. Two youngsters falling in love and growing deeper understanding about life and themselves along the way, felt refreshing. The part where FL's grandmother died and how ML helped her to see the colors of life again, was powerful and soft. They truly were each other's strength and weakness.

The ugly business politics and industry tactics, broken families and treacherous relationships, set the base of their emerging love story. None of the characters were perfect, they made mistakes and owed up to them, and were ready to start again.

Wishing a never-ending summer, to the couple who showed us that love never ends and it has always been about choosing each other everyday, who taught us the true definition of loving each other deeply. How to give wings to your dreams, look after your family and goals, work academic balance along with the person you like, making tough choices and a journey that started from hidden feelings and deception, but ended in truest form of love and friendships!

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No villain, just life being cruel

Honestly I wasnt planning to watch this in the first place, i know how cliche it will be and since i already dropped speed and love, i thought this is the same. it also uses brother-sister dynamics but thank god, it just for a short while.

The best part is they are not met by chance, or by coincidence, they met by choice. Xixiao seek her to buy her notes and Zhouwan seek him to get money from her mother who is currently his father's mistress. surely, at first, she only tried to get money for her grandma surgery, but she surely make him fall too hard. when her grandma died, he stayed by her side, and that is very profound. they runaway is absolutely cute (though i dont recommend it irl). i love how nonchalant he is but still expressing his feeling obviously.

they said there is a lot of misunderstanding in the drama, surely it is, but in my opinion, they already know and understand each other well even though they dont know anything since they dont communicate, but they immediately forgive each other is golden.

there's a lot up-down in the drama, and i keenly follow through with the updates. there's biggest plot twist at the finale, and i absolutely love it.

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Snow in Summer!

I'm being really honest,I didn’t expect much. Storywise,it didn’t bring anything new to the table. We've already seen plenty of these type of stories, rich mentally struggling boy with poor but strong girl, both falling in love,then starts all the drama,separation and then the time jump and reunion. Yeah,very known formula for an young love story.

Then what makes Never Ending Summer so special that made me binge the whole drama? I think its the main couple. Daniel Zhou and Bao Shangen. The creators of the magic in the show. These two young actors took the huge responsibility of making a simple story so memorable and they did it. They made something special. Never ending summer was indeed full with warmth,love and comfort. Hats off to these two, and whoever casted them together.

I must say about Daniel. I've seen him before,yes. But he never caught my eyes this way before. This boy portrayed every emotion of Lu Xixiao so good. His love was completely evident, you could feel it through screen.Even in his rebellious teen era,his presence was really comandable. His yearning,his sadness,his depression, his rage.... everything was heartfelt. Specially in that breakup scene where he starts to panic when he couldn’t find Zhou Wan... Thats one of the most memorable scenes in the whole drama. Is Lu Xixiao a green flag character? No. Not every male lead has to be greenflag. Lu Xixiao is grey and its okay. He is human. He has humanly emotions and he expresses it. But when he loved, he loved with his everything and nothing compares with that. He decided to be there for Wan and he was there. He fulfilled his promise. He never left,not for once.

And his best companion was the female lead without whom this journey is incomplete. Zhou Wan, a girl always struggling, suppressing her feelings,never letting anyone enter into her storm....did everything she could only to survive. In the midway she found love and even after lossing him she never lost herself. She also yearned for him,maybe not as expressly as him,but her actions always screams her love for him. She was a teenager when she had to take the most cruel decision of her life to leave him. And I think we can forgive her for that cause as teenagers,they struggled A LOT. And even adults couldn’t take any rational decisions in the whole story,why would we expect that from some teens to be always brave and do everything right? After everything she went through, she could only hope for the best for Lu Xixiao and she did what she thought would be best. Maybe it wasn’t the wisest decision,but again thats a devastated, struggling teen we're talking about. And she always proved before and after she actually loved him. She was'nt only talk and no action. She was always present in his story. And her struggles weren’t something you can brush off,as a teen she really pushed mountain. That's why when she screamed "I'm only 18, I can't pretend to be strong anymore", your heart breaks.

And they both together brought comfort to the show.Both as teens and adults,their presence together makes you smile. Lu Xixiao brought safety to her world and Zhou Wan brought calmness in his storm. And they togther built their world as a cozy,comfy,warm one with lots of sunshines and rainbows.

But yeah,the story of course had its lackings. I wasn’t satisfied the way they showed the reunion phase,it was extremely easy after all the emotional turmoil they went through,especially him. Maybe a little bit more push and pull would bring out more raw emotions. And that home eloping phase was too easy. Idk if its thats easy for teens in China to elope and stay in such comforting way for months without any money or suitable jobs. And they really should've added the wedding scenes. I mean...after two proposals,atleast a glimpse of wedding is the most expected thing and we were robbed.

Also,side characters werent that much memorable... I mean i was'nt even paying attention to them that much. The second couple was just meh,they could be completely avoided and I couldn’t care less. Evil people were evil throughout the whole show doing evil things,some changed,some didn’t. They weren’t anything special to remember.

The OST's were another plus point. I enjoyed every ost in this show. The dance scene was extremely adorable, I really hoped they would add another one in their wedding. Yeah,we were really robbed so badly.

This show,maybe not the best one,but a memorable one. Best of luck to them,would look forward to their future works.

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