Autumn’s Concerto belongs to my sacred vault of Asian drama series that I usually grab when my stress level seems to be reaching Uranus. *wink
Top-billed by Vanness Wu and Ady An, if you haven’t seen this darling yet, now is the right time to watch it. I guarantee that a rerun still feels sweet like the first time.
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Quick Plot Summary
Liang Mu Cheng (Ady An), became orphaned at an early age, she then was raised by her late father’s second wife. Her aunt remarried another man when they weren’t left with any options but to survive. They sells lunch boxes in Sheng De University to make ends meet.
Ren Guang Xi (Vanness Wu), a rich man’s son, is a well-known womanizer and lives his life at the moment. His father also died early, and he has distant relationship with his mother. Fate brings Mu Cheng and Guang Xi together, but they leave bad impressions towards each other at first.
They meet again when Guang Xi was taunted by his friends in a deal to date a pretty lunch-box selling girl, who turned out to be Mu Cheng. He initially wants to just win the dare, but he soon fell in love with her.
When they both admit their love to each other, tragedy happens as Guang Xi needs to have a brain tumor operation or else he will die. The operation made him forget everything about his lover. Mu Cheng leaves the city as commanded by Guang Xi’s mom who is against their relationship. She quietly lives away from Guang Xi and was helped by her friend and admirer Hua Tuo Ye, upon learning that she’s pregnant.
Five years later, the old flame meet again, without Guang Xi’s memory of Mu Cheng. But when Mu Cheng’s son with Guang Xi needs an operation, she is left no choice, but to reveal the truth to Guang Xi. Wanting to keep their son, he forces her into a marriage of hell. But what his memory cannot remember, his heart seems unable to forget. Little by little his fondness resurfaces until he finds his memory back.
Series Afterthoughts
Autumn’s Concerto is that romantic tale tailored from those romance novels I used to read in high school. That is why I was able to relate with it. It has all the basic ingredients of a romantic melodrama – rich boy poor girl premise, you-and-me-against-my-rich-mom conflict, amnesia, and years-later-time-jump.
It appears cliche, but I enjoyed Guang Xi and Mu Cheng’s love fulfillment immensely. Probably because the execution of the storytelling was able to gravitate me in the love couple’s sweet start, tragic relationship falling apart, and their worth it second chance in love.
Ady An is sure immersed in her role, hence, she has created a synergy to Vanness Wu – thereby scaling the intensity on their emotional scenes at impressive note. The chemistry is palpable explaining its amazing reception from the viewers.
The writing and narrative albeit the simplicity moved my emotions because it appealed to my heart. There’s no twist that happened, but the conflicts raised targeted my emotions, even asking myself if I would have done what Mu Cheng did for love.
At some point, I struggled to understand her self-sacrificing nature, when she could have just spilled everything Guang Xi’s mother did to her. But we have a righteous heroine who wants the best for the man she loves – and that includes a happy relationship with his mother.
Autumn’s Concerto is a complete package romantic story wise because it threads on relationship stages that we can relate to. The bliss and pain and everything in between. This is one of the very few dramas that belonged to my all-time favorites, which are mostly dominated by kdramas.
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