Love Between Fairy and Devil (2022)

when everything comes together perfectly ... magic happens

I had been craving for some xian xia drama and I came across one of the reviewers pick of LBFD - I have never been a fan of dylan wang's acting (more miss then hit for me ) and esther yu's earlier works were okay-ish .

But *magic happened * ;)
I admit Dylan wang was the highlight of this show but it would not have been possible without the rest of the factors
1- esther yu's perfect embodiment of her character as fairy orchid
2- zhang ling ke's role as an endearing second male lead
3- the amazing array of supporting cast
4- a very well written script - kudos to the writers (though it did wobble towards the end of the series but thankfully it pulled back in the last couple of episodes)
5- brilliant OST - for me this is another highlight of the show
6- and of course the entire VFX / CGI team for this series - what a visual feast !! the conceptualisation , the design , the actualisation on the screen (considering that we have marvel fatigue nowadays, this really was breath of fresh air for me ) and I thoroughly enjoyed it .

Good thing this drama took a different route then the original novel cause believe me dongfang cingcang from the novel is not a likeable character ... lol .

Overall this was one was a very fortunate lucky strike for this whole team that came together - word of honor days ;) .... anyone remembers ...lol

Hope I get to see such masterpiece again in the future especially in xian xia genre

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Worth Watching

This was a very cute and entertaining drama for younger audiences. At first I was disappointed in the stiff and emotionless ML character and worried that I would be watching yet another drama where the ML has to be emotionally stunted. Even though I hated Meteor Garden, I was impressed by Dylan Wang and felt he had potential. What a pleasure to see him on screen once again. Dylan Wang plays Dongfang Qing Cang, a demon lord whose spirit is imprisoned by the enemy fairy realm and a fairy named Orchid who accidentally sets him free. Although, our main leads fall back on the overplayed tropes of cold, domineering, tough guy and annoyingly childlike adolescent girl, both characters develop into better versions of themselves. I love character growth in dramas. The best part was the love story between this couple. You feel completely invested in them and how far they are willing to sacrifice for the other. It seems that Dylan Wang gets better and better with each drama he is cast in. I hope he continues to hone his craft. He has a beautiful onscreen presence.

The costumes and set design are gorgeous. Absolutely breathtaking and with great attention to detail. The demon realm had a dark Western feel while the fairy realm was light, ephemeral and heavenly. There is the typical formula of a secondary supporting couple who are either friends, or servants. of the main couple.

The OST is amazing. There are some beautiful themes that have now been added to my playlist of Asian TV soundtracks. I recommend this romantic drama.

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A visually enchanting xianxia romance, told the way it deserves to be told

EDIT: Just finished the finale, bumping this up to a 10 oh my god everyone pls go and watch this!!!

Sometimes a story doesn't need to be highbrow or substantial to be good, and this drama is the perfect example of that. This is a xianxia romance told RIGHT: with stunningly beautiful CGI, gorgeous costumes, perfect music choices, competent directing, and to top it all off, a heart-clenchingly sweet chemistry between the two leads. This is about the most powerful, most feared villain of all time being brought to his knees by a sweet little fairy. And sure, there are other things that are happening in the story as well, but the romance is the heart and core of this drama - and they do it WELL. It's fun, it's feel-good, it's funny - and it has raised the bar for xianxia romances by tenfold.

Dylan Wang is wonderfully charismatic and entertaining as the villainous Dongfang Qingcang, and really, is there anyone else who is as perfect for the role of a fairy as Esther Yu? She is effortlessly bubbly and sweet, and while this kind of female lead character can feel tiresome on others, she has a way of making it look natural and endearing. Their romance unfolds in a beautifully organic way - the story has really dedicated itself to the villain-who-would-burn-down-the-world-for-you trope - and there is nothing more satisfying than watching an almighty villain constantly bend to the whims of his little fairy girl love. I know I've rated this an 8 overall, but if I was going off on pure enjoyment alone, this would be 12/10 stars. If you're feeling down, I promise you that this is THE drama that'll pick you right back up again!!

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A simply irresistible drama series!!

I was looking for something light and fun to watch and to find it I always check some certain websites as my reference. While I was picking up, this one popped up and I was intrigued to read the synopsis and some reviews. Due to good reviews and interesting summary and without high expectation I tried to watch it. To my surprise, I really enjoyed it to the core. At first, I admired the costumes (Dylan Wang has such a good posture and he looks amazing as well as gorgeous in every costume), the cinematography (light and sweet colors) and as the story went on, I just could not take my eyes off the screen.

Love Between Fairy and Devil has an absolute interesting package. Every part of it is superb. The chemistry between the main leads is definitely first-class. Dylan Wang and Esther Yu are still young actors but they performed their characters competently. Trust me, they will become big stars in the future.

All in all, if any of you still cannot find something good to watch or you're looking for something romantic, Love Between Fairy and Devil is definitely a must. Check it out!!

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A Classic Forbidden Love + Body Swapping

I've been contemplating for almost a whole week since this show ended about whether to write a review or not.
So, here it is.

*WHY YOU SHOULD WATCH LBFAD*:
1. I admit, the first and second episode won't get you pumped up to marathon this drama BUT don't stop, give it a chance. For me, the ML, DFQC won my heart since ep 9, but I've been reading that for some, they found it interesting from ep 3. So, clear your doubts away.
2. Prepare to fall in love with the cast and their characters. Their acting, is that good. Gestures, micro expressions, and Dylan Wang especially did it fantastically.
3. A decent plot story with two opposing sides and a third party that spices up their conflicts. After watching far into the story, you will find that actually there isn't a single purely bad character in this drama (except Taisui). Our ML can't feel emotions guys and he actually only wants revenge for his clan. Ronghao? He only wanted to get his teacher back.
4. Yes, we are still circling in the very same chain of 'Domineering and Bossy ML', but rest assured, DFQC will not bore you, you can get to see his cute side and vulnerable side, especially when the body swapping occurs.
5. A relationship that actually has very little miscommunication and misunderstanding. They lied to each other. But they also forgave each other. It's the "If we are gonna face difficulties, then we face it together" relationship type.
6. The OST will get you hooked. My utmost favorite is the opening song (and I can see that many people agree).
7. Bonus: You will become obsessed with DFQC.

*WHY LBFAD IS A LITTLE BIT LACKING*: (My explanation for this 9.5 review)
1. Execution matters. From ep 31-36 it's truly like a speed run. LBFAD really needs more episodes. Especially for the two sisters part, which I found a little awkward. You guys know Jieli right? Even XLH and Shangque need a long time to gain her trust, and then her long lost father and sister actually appeared out of nowhere right when she's about to die? And she just accepted it like that? I found her bond with Dan Yin questionable.
2. As a continuation from No. 1, the ending is unsatisfying (for me) I need more details. Like, so what happens next? Will the two opposing sides stop doing war? Will that darned Heavenly Emperor approve their marriage? Will DFQC stop being the Moon Supreme or is it XLH that will become his queen? (plus, we need more fan service for the ending LOL)

My advice : Prepare tissues for ep 30-36.

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Worth watching for the leads' romantic buildup and the sexy as sin male lead...

I watched "Love Between Fairy and Devil" with my sister and it had the relationship dynamics we love the most: Powerful/hot as hell (and I mean otherworldly HOT –Dylan Wang’s performance was incredible and immortalized this role) villainous ML who falls first and is always the possessive/active one in the relationship; FL who, although has an annoying baby voice, loves more passively and took a long time to come to terms with her feelings; tons of cute ML jealous scenes. The way the ML always wants the FL by his side (first because of their situation and later because of his feelings) and his alpha/possessive attitude made us positively swoon!!!

Overall, the series is completely worth watching for the ML and the slow burn romance: He gets jealous/possessive rather early and stays in the denial, yet "can't help but want the FL near him" stage for a long time. Watching him struggle with his feelings and acting grumpy/losing control of his emotions due to his increasing jealousy of the FL's feelings for the SML gave us such giddy excitement! Basically, "Love between Fairy and Devil" put so much care in building up the relationship between the leads that we had one of the best rides of our life -we loved practically every arc in their relationship!

Despite some issues (rushed ending), esp in episodes 30-36, the drama was overall well-plotted and all major characters had their own understandable motivations and weren't simply there to be a plot device obstacle for the leads.

The FL's character was written inconsistently at times (really dumb, yet smart when the plot demands her to be), although she did shine more towards the end. I completely understand why people may drop this series early on: The FL's baby voice and "cute/dumb" archetype can be really grating and my sister and I had to force ourselves to acclimate.

However, we did very much appreciate how she doesn’t fall for the ML easily and loved how she remained quite unflustered by his smoldering gazes and always made him jealous by openly admiring the SML!

Her dynamics with the sexy as hell ML really kept us watching all the way through -we never were in danger of dropping this series because the ML was everything we wanted in a romantic lead. And this drama is all about the romance, so there's tons and tons of scenes between our leads in practically every episode. We felt like we were in heaven with so many cute/hot interactions btw leads without too many side plots. There's also very little bitch drama as most characters are nuanced -breath of fresh air. So, if you can, try to tolerate the FL for the well-written romance and devilishly HOT ML. If you can manage to connect with the leads, you'll be in for quite a ride. The Ost and costumes/set design are also one of the best we've ever seen and heard!


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In addition, the ML in "Love between Fairy and Devil" did commit a bit of noble idiocy (my most hated trope) towards the end, but we were able to roll with it because his intentions were only a desperate act to save the FL's life and as soon as she's out of danger, he clearly would have come after her again like a bloodhound. Point is, the ML convinced us that he could never let the FL go and wouldn't be able to live without her.

END of SPOILERS...


This drama also catapulted the ML to join the ranks of Ye Hua (Ten Miles), Li Chengyin (Goodbye My Princess), and Li Ziwei (Someday or One Day) as my top favorite MLs of all time! I can't imagine anyone else playing the all-imposing/sexy as sin Lord Supreme of three realms, DongFang QingCang...

Here's a short MV that perfectly encapsulates our ML's HOT/possessive side:

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1tW4y1b7kY?spm_id_from=333.337.search-card.all.click&vd_source=0f51f15ecb949e1a7887f3f80628e226

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Great watch with amazing cast and good quality CGI but expected more with such great premise

Before watching Cang Lan Jue i watched couple of xianxia series and this is by far one of the best with great basis for a story and most importantly character arc of male lead and female lead.

Pros :
Great plot with different basis where so called Devil/Demon are not bad. its just the matter of perspective and female lead learns this early on. The way both grow throughout the story is great to watch. Other characters are good too. So the whole experience with hilarious body swapping happening initially (again great performance the way they switch back and forth and show each others traits immediately) is great.
Cast : best part of the series is cast. Wang Hedi and Yu Shuxin are so perfect and the chemistry just oozes out!! Will repeat so many others here. Hope we get to see them together again.

Cons :
What i did not like and i realised is the case with so many other dramas i watched is either male lead or female lead leaving their main premise shown initially. Like Male lead or female lead but mostly male lead being in a responsible and powerful position (be it general, or emperor, or moon supreme in this case) and initially they are shown to be good at it too. But by the end of the series they start ignoring and at the end just leave it. I get it if there had to be choice where they had to chose between love and responsibility and they chose love but thats not the case at all.

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For ex: the episodes where DFQC just spent tending to the plant forgetting everything. Some find it very romantic etc etc but for me it does not sit well. He could have done the tending being a moon supreme too. And the epilogue where they are just travelling to different places for years too. Somehow those things destroy the premise of the character they started with. I fully understand DQQC was emotion less initially but even after getting emotions he cared so much about his tribe . i would have love if he continued to be a supreme. I feel like in the quest of making MLs hopeless romantic writers end up making this decision for the characters . *sigh* Well end of the rant on this one.

Overall a must watch. It is just beautiful.

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I didn't expect to like this

This succeeded all of my expectations. It was already good just based on the fact that I didn't drop it after finishing the first episode but it was good and it kept getting better. It might be also that the female lead wasn't as annoying as other female leads from cdramas, the female lead that is immature, always gets in trouble and doesn't absolutely anything. Did she need him to save her almost everytime ? Yes but I loved those moments. I was living for possessive Dongfang Qinqang. Also she was smart and she knew when she needed to be serious.
I think I should structure my review so I don't forget anything but :
characters : We'll start with the main couple. I loved them. You know you have to first forget about what dramas they did before cus Esther Yu and Dylan Wang did an amazing job here. The acting, the emotions, the chemistry. Those moments when he would drop everything and go to her because she was hurt ? All those moments in which he would choose her over everything?
This drama has made sympathize with every character that I disliked, Dayin, Changfeng which I'm sorry buddy you didn't anything, I just didn't like you, even Rong Hao. Everyone. That shows how good all of them were.
Now onto the plot I don't have anything bad to say about it, it was so good, I loved that there wasn't any denying of their feelings, especially from him cus in some dramas you'd see the main couple denying their feelings a lot, like a lot. There wasn't any tom and jerry here, like one of them hiding from the other for years ( cough General and I like for real 13 episodes ?! ) . It had the basic of trope of the female lead weak and hidden that at the end turns out to be some powerful goddess, but they've made it work. They were two people in love with each other that couldn't be together and something always would happen. I was hesitant at first cus I thought I wouldn't be that interesting for me if it was only a romance, but it was as I said amazing, brilliant even.
Is there something else I should add here beside plot and characters I don't think so ? I would say something about some of the others characters but I tend to not memories the characters names. Even the male lead, I remember him as Wooden head mostly.
Rewatch value I would say not a lot, not because it wasn't that good but I don't have the time to rewatch it as I plan to watch at least two drama, maybe even three hopefully before uni starts cus I don't think I'll even have time to breath after. I might rewatch scenes from it or make myself a playlist with my favorite scenes to rewatch.

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A beautiful fantasy story

This was my first Xianxia drama, and it didn't disappoint. The story was interesting and the costumes and music were great.

Things I didn't like: the special effects that sometimes looked too fake. Also, I thought the story could have ended in less episodes. I probably wouldn't rewatch it soon because of the number of episodes.
Things I liked: the main couple has great chemistry and relationship. The setting of this drama was stunning. The music was wonderful. The opening song had drawings that were so eye-pleasing.

I recommend it if you like Xianxia, Esther Yu or Dylan Wang.

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Surprisingly good !

I wasn't expecting much especially at the beginning when I agreed with some audience about the FL high pitched voice and the plastic looking headdress on the gods, but after a few episodes I got used to them when the story started to unfold. The story and script were great as was the acting. The FL character was a bit annoying and naive for my liking and I may have dropped this drama prematurely if it weren't for the ML character and Dylan Wang's great acting. The casting of the second ML with Zhang Linghe rather than a lesser known actor was just right because it kept you in suspense about who FL will end up with. The production and directing was good as was the OST and special effects. The ending could have been more polished rather than rushed and it seems like the writer ran out of steam. I would watch this drama again for any details I may have missed and just to enjoy Dylan Wang's acting again.

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i really wanted to like this..

Honestly, i really wanted to love this and understand the hype for it but i just couldn’t. it makes me sad because so many people love this drama but i just don’t understand the hype? Especially because I picked this up due to the high rating and all of the 10/10 reviews and i was really expecting something mind blowing that i’d get attached too but i guess it’s just not my cup of tea.

**This is my opinion and you are allowed to have your own! please be respectful**

Love Between Fairy and Demon is a highly overrated (in my opinion), xianxia drama where i got so bored and lost interest very quickly.

To start with the story, the first few episodes were SO BORING for me. But then, around episode 7 I got hooked into the story and I was hyped asf. But then, it was like I was on a rollercoaster. I kept getting disappointed, letdown and bored and then we’d reach another high where suddenly, I was hooked AGAIN. Some people might enjoy that but i prefer a show that doesn’t overdo it. the drama kept just repeating the same, letting me down and then exciting me again. the letdowns were so bad that i genuinely just wanted to finish the show asap so i started watching in 1.5x speed. i really didn’t want to drop it because i like to give all dramas a full chance until the end, but honestly i think i should’ve dropped this and saved some time.
I honestly think this should’ve been a drama with around 20 episodes, 25 max. even though the romance is cute and all, 36 episodes was a STRETCH, 😭. it just dragged the main plot on for too long. also the world building wasn’t amazing. we never actually found out what caused the war between the fairies and the moon tribe. i’ve also noticed it’s always this same sort of ‘trope’ where he randomly snaps at her, but he ends up saving her from danger and all is well without talking about it. it was fun like twice, but then it became a real bore.

the one thing i did really LIKE was the acting portrayed by literally everyone in the cast, especially the ML. the cast is honestly brilliant and when the ML and FL ‘swapped bodies’, it was genuinely believable. like i forgot it’s all acting. dylan managed to portray FL REALLY WELL and esther also portrayed the coldness of ML which is the opposite of FL, really well. also esther is SO PRETTY. like there’s a scene in episode 2, where her natural hair (pretty sure) is shown and she looks so pretty.

ML’s backstory is pretty sad though and him and his brother were the only ones with actual character development. and is it bad i feel FL has more chemistry with changheng than ML..? also FL was sort of annoying, no hate to esther she’s amazing, but the character omg. she whines and whines and whines. i don’t have a problem with her voice, it’s just she’s plain immature. she kept wanting to go back home when back home, they were literally planning to kill her and they see her as a traitor and SHE KNOWS. like idk decisions like this just made me feel embarrassed for her. also it was for comedic purposes but how did she actually not realise it was DFQC? so many clues were thrown at her. and just cause his backstory is sad doesn’t actually excuse the fact he wreaked havoc on her and killed so many people. also he was an absolute bitch to her some scenes but she never actually stood up for herself.

the setting and cgi though are AMAZING. beautiful and amazing. the costumes and props were all really pretty and looked stunning on everyone. budget was definitely used mostly on that.

OVERALL:

i give this drama a 6.5. i really wanted to like it but i just couldn’t, it felt so boring at times and the plot wasn’t very engaging for me. but this is my personal tastes and opinion. you may think this drama is a 10 and that’s perfectly fine! i’m happy you enjoyed it. i guess it just wasn’t the right fit for me. but i will still try to watch more xianxia cdramas and see which ones i like.

if you decide to watch this, happy watching and i hope you like it!

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AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Are you kidding me ? Please dont tell me only 36 episodes ? GIVE US MOOOOOOORRRRREEEEEE!!!!!!!!! I was just getting into it. I want to know more about the glaze fire!! You cant just end it on 36 episodes. The cute scenes, the actions scenes, the scenic scenes, the kissing scenes, the intense scenes, the storyline were all on point!

But i have to say and forgive me people for saying this. I couldnt stop laughing at Zhang linghe full body armour outfit, it reminded me of bubble wrap 😄 the costume designs in this tv show were just so different from what im used to watching haha
Either way still a good tv show!!!!!

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