I have finally completed watching the long awaited C-Drama, Remembering Li Chuan (遇见王沥川) that I so passionately shared recently: C-Drama Review : Remembering Li Chuan (遇见王沥川)
In conclusion, I loved the drama. After all, with Godfrey Gao as the male lead and fantastic acting, this fan-girl had truly enjoyed the drama. For those who are interested to watch the drama and is waiting for a review before deciding to watch or not (I know one that is awaiting for my review before she would want to watch – tinkerbellsan), the following are some points that I felt important to know:
- In the novel, it was a Happy Ending (HE) while in the drama, it is actually a Sad Ending (SE). Wang Li Chuan actually died in the drama while in the novel, it was a happy ending with them getting married and subsequently having a set of twins
- Ji Chuan and Rene are not partners in the drama – I guess this could be due to regulations where they do not want to show both as gay partners. So in the drama, Ji Chuan and Rene both got married to originally irritating women who loved Li Chuan (yes, both women used to love Li Chuan but ended up being a great friend to Xie Xiao Qiu)
- Most of the important part of the novel are i.e how Xiao Qiu and Li Chuan met again after their initial separation
- Emma in the novel and Emma in the drama have different role in Xiao Qiu’s life
- Li Chuan’s love rival in the drama is actually Emma’s ex-boyfriend where in the novel, it was Emma’s nerdy brother
- Xiao Guan, the love rival of Li Chuan in the drama truly loves Xiao Qiu. There are many very touching moments in the drama. (At times, I also wished that Xiao Qiu chooses him and move on with him instead)
Overall, it was a great drama. Not too lengthy (where Godfrey Gao is concern for me) with only 38 episodes. However, do note that get ready the tissues as you are watching the drama. One could actually get pretty emotional when watching some of the scenes.
Lastly, I watched the drama from a Vietnamese source so, the sub-title were in Vietnamese language. Luckily, I could understand Mandarin so the language was not much of an issue for me to understand in most episode. However, should there are any English subtitle available later, I would definitely watch the drama all over again! So for those who could not wait for the English Sub and could understand Mandarin, the episodes are available here: 遇见王沥川 & 遇见王沥川
Sad ending! Nooooo! *prepares tissues* I’ll have to wait for English subs but I did love the translated novel a lot.
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Hei Rebecca. Heard from a friend saying that fans did make a different ending on YouTube just because they do not like the actual ending. Sad that they ended the drama with him dying. I was expecting a good ending like the novel. Good luck and I certainly hope English will be make avail soon too.
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So stranges. … why the drama choose sad ending while the original novel is happy ending?
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Exactly what I thought too 😰
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Wait, yesterday I jumped on ep.38 where it was a happy ending. So that was not the real ending? Why did they change it?
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Thank you…..sad to hear that it doesnt have a happy ending. I think I will just stick with the novel (for the time being only la….) haha…
Maybe out of curiousity will give it a try one day…
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I’m pretty sure its happy ending in the drama, i just finished watching it yesterday.
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Is it? The Vietnamese sub version I watched is sad. I will rewatch tonight 😉 my 3rd time just to be sure😉
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Thanks. Will watch that later when I return.
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Sutekii, thanks for sharing the link. Your link is indeed a happy ending which is the part 1 of Episode 38 from the link that I watched. The one I watched from is from this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkkIb6etmy4
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Yeah that version you watched is only half of it
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I have watched until episode 36 which such heart-breaking…. T^T
Godfrey Gao, daebak!!! like his acting so much as Li Chuan 🙂
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Oh my goodness, this drama made me cried a river of tears. I didn’t think I would be this invested in the drama when I first started (I was not a Godfrey fan and I didn’t know who Jiao Jun Yan was). But having watched it, I can’t bear to let them go. Not just Lichuan and Xiaoqiu, who are definitely the center of the universe, but also their families and friends. They made the heartbreak a bit more endurable.
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If anyone here have a sub or can sub this drama.. please share the link.. i can’t understand mandarin at all, and can’t find the sub everywhere… thank you ^^
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