Love Between Fairy and Devil (2022)

Worth a watch

This drama started off right. It was interesting and fun. There was drama, comedy, and romance all in one. I liked the beginning episodes the most, the middle was okay, but towards the end, it really started to drag and was boring. The ending was also happy but very rushed, short, and unsatisfying.

I liked this drama mainly because the male lead looks so handsome as Dongfang Qingcang. The female lead was easy on the eyes too. I thought the costumes were pretty but the CGI looked cheap and terrible.

I would give the show an 8, I think it's worth watching at least once, the beginning of the story was very good and had alot of potential. Towards the later episodes, it might be better to skip/fast forward.

The OST for this drama was also really good. I enjoyed the theme song alot.

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Love and faith will conquer it all!

Wow... That was sweet. It was so funny for earlier episodes, and mixed of it with seriousness gradually. This drama was about love. Love toward your partner and friends that you hv faith in them. Love towards the innocent people that not needed to be sacrifice for wars. Love for your saviour that you went astray for her.

"I don't care if it's real or not, I will only marry the girl I love. For other people, let alone propose, I won't even take another look." - Dongfang QingCang

The ML, Dongfang QingCang or Daqiang, formerly was a coldhearted and ruthless ruler that had been stripped of his emotions for the sake of bringing glory and justice to his tribe. He was feared and respected because of his supreme power and the way he did to get it. He accidentally was released from his captivity thanks to FL. He was also connected to her bcs of it, so he had to be close to her until he finds the mean to end it. Times spent with FL brought a change to him especially after she did something to revive his emotions. He was moved a bit by what she had done for him few times. After he got his emotions back, the loves filled his heart so he only had eyes for her, protective of her ofc and willing to undergo a harsh punishment just to spend time with her. But reality intruded, he still had his mission and he had to hurt her for the sake of saving her life. He was plagued by regret and vowed to bring her peace even at the cost of his life. He was sincere toward her.

"Xunfeng, you love your brother, don't you? Me too. We have to take some responsibilities and pay the price for love. You take your own responsibility. I will take mine." - Xiao Lan Hua.

The FL, Xiao Lan Hua or Xi Yun, Goddess of Xishan, was pure-hearted, bubbly girl that spreaded kindness to everyone she cared for. She had faith in them although they will disappoint her. She might looks delicate and a bit of a fool but she had steel in her and will brave through anything for the one she loved. She was a low-ranking flower fairy in Shuiyuntian and she only hv her master that was close to her because she had no parent and friends. So she had been alone for a long time. She bumped with ML bcs she wanted to save the life of her crush. She misunderstood and thought ML liked her because he stayed close to her after his captivity and willingly did everything to nourish her while ML had other agenda instead. She was moved by his concerns and worried for his life bcs they both came from different tribes and were enemies. She gradually likes him but she didn't realise it yet. She wanted to help ML being more human and she went through a difficult hardship so ML wld not live in misery forever thinking that his father didn't care about him. I love that when she fell in love with ML, she was direct with him about her worries that he will start war again with her tribe and she didn't want more innocent people getting sacrifice because of the war. Communication everyone! I admire her that she wld prove her love and worthiness to be his Queen by going through some harsh punishment that even ML objected to it. Her love to ML was pure that even though at some point it was life-threatening, she wld do it.

To the other important characters: Changheng our 2ndML, You know how to move on and respected FL's decision and I really wish to see you have someone you love too. You deserve it. Same goes to Danyin too, I love her character developments. Our other couple story, the honest Shangque and the heartless Jieli.

I definitely love some of the OSTs in this drama and I love the costumes and sets too.

This was my first Xianxia drama. It should be another one, The Eternal Love of Dream but I paused at the sixth episode. I need time to digest it, their FL umm... Myb this drama helped with the less episodes amount and it also helped that I've seen both FL and ML dramas before. My second drama of Esther Yu after My Journey To You (I love it, hoping for S2 but I wouldn't hold my breath). I didn't expect to see her in this drama tbh bcs she was so different in here. Probably gave the same vibes at the last few episodes. As for Dylan or Wang Hedi, I've seen two dramas of him. One that I absolutely adore and another one, no comment.

I think I might hv to make an exception for this drama. It's so good. I don't know... but I'm usually very particular about my happy ending. This drama ending of ML and FL moments was so short and I understand bcs it was after a long time. After all the suffering and sobbing, I want a happy ending that gives closure to us, the viewers. That means I got to know what happened to everyone that important in the drama after the conflict. I usually would love if I cld see main leads meaning both FL and ML hv their wedding, how their daily lifes wld go and bonus if I get to see their kids. I didn't see the 2 extra clips yet sooo let's see.

Well I hv watched the two extra clips, B for efforts I guess.

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The series was at its best with the main couple and how their relationship grew, it felt authentic and enjoyable and I love the transformation of DFQC to wifeguy extraordinaire. Xiao Lanhua was annoying at the beginning, but post-mortal realm she had a lot more depth and even some pretty thought-provoking insights (I'm not even talking about post-Goddess, because vanilla XLH in the arc pre transformation's maturity and willingness to accept responsibility surprised me a lot). This is where I agree that the drama really makes you fall in love with her through DFQC's eyes. She grows on you, until her absence is very much felt. I really appreciate the themes of peace and breaking the cycle of revenge and the very blatant anti-war message. The drama conveyed these ideas very well and with weight. I think the only thing that would've made it better is if Yunzhong Jun actually...faced some kind of repercussions for being a warmongering bastard and just generally an extremely unkind being with the empathy level of a rock. But I suspect that would've been too much for the censorship standards, and well, George Bush never got repercussions for war crimes so I guess it's only realistic Yunzhong Jun doesn't either.

Plot wise everything with the Tai Sui stuff gets sillier and sillier until you're just like lollll at the end. Whatever intricacies Ronghao followed to not only resurrect Chidi but also fuck it up spectacularly are kind of muddled and run on shaky internal logic. I also thought Changheng overstayed his welcome sometimes, as did Jie Li. Danyin, Xun Feng and Shang Que are great; I'm glad Danyin got to be her own character, and I'm predictable but the family drama with Xun Feng and their father is the part that made me most emotional. It made me cry a couple times, which is the base line of an enjoyable cdrama imo.

Effects and production wise this unfortunately was kind of a reminder as to why I usually avoid Xianxia dramas. It has some great elements and characters, but that doesn't change the fact that I just don't tend to enjoy the stylistic and trope choices of the genre, and watching the fight scenes that consist of two guys pointing CGI laser beams at each other didn't really help. You can tell where they used up the budget and where they didn't, because the backdrops and main characters' costumes tend to look great, the animated opening is one of the most gorgeous things I've ever seen in a cdrama, and then you get to some of the gods' costume and crown pieces and it's like a piece of plastic. And yeah, I know it's not super fair to pick on a silly little drama for its visual effects, but I also wouldn't do it if xianxia dramas didn't rely so much on it. I would even accept poor effects if they were even a little more creative about it, instead of just having a stream of little light.

Overall a pretty okay way to pass the time, but wasn't the It drama for me like it was for so many others. Which is totally okay. Not its fault, I just prefer my dramas a little weightier.

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Beautiful story, & amazing chemistry of not just the lead stars, but all characters in general!

Writing this review while watching the drama again for the 1000th time! Not gonna lie, I was hesitant to watch it at first, then as the show progressed, it made me more interested & invested in the story. What a beautiful love these 2 leads have! They fell in love not because one was forced to, but because they actually spent time with each other, until the love naturally bloomed! Aside from the fact that they are "connected", which made a big impact on their relationship as well.

I like that this drama has no obsessed third party characters & not 60++++ episode long. The God of war who was FL's other supposed love interest, even became Moon Supreme's friend! I admire FL's love for our ML. **spoiler - That EPIC scene at the desert where she was about to sacrifice herself & reminiscing her master's words about love definitely got to me! Their scenes together would always give you heart a flutter.

Dylan Wang's acting here is a plus. His acting range definitely improved since his meteor garden days. His crying scenes are superb. You can feel his pain & cry with him. Even the swapping bodies scene was amazingly made! Give this drama a chance, & I assure you, you won't regret watching it. Yes, of course every review is an opinion of its own, & I understand some might not like it. But for those looking for something new & different to watch, this is it for you. =)

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good acting, great production, average story

Lets begin with what i liked and the characters.

I liked the MLs character the most. Strong, dark, ruthless and fearsome who doesn't lose his dignity, glory, power and influence for a girl yet was pitiful. His character is consistently strong throughout and never lost his spine just to become a weak shadow of his former self. He was charming and his dark side was even hotter. The way he protected the fl every time was so sweet, even though he had his agenda. Overall i loved dfqc from start till end. At first her constant whining to go back to fairy realm even after how she was treated there really bothered me, and i hated how she treated dfqc with hypocrisy even after he did so much for her, and all she did was create troubles for him, though i did understand her feelings for Chang heng, her first crush, a hero that all girls love. She was really weak and her being overly kind to everyone, every time isn't that amazing either, she was spineless mostly, maybe it's just my preference for strong FLs which she wasn't. But i did like how self aware, brave, persistent and determined and at times a little witty she was and she wasn't insecure about her weakness.The first time they swapped bodies was so funny.  She was overall a weak little girl with a big heart, too kind, ignorant and innocent and not the most likeable person, and i felt like slapping the hell out of her uncountable times for the first 16 eps. Later on i realized that xi yun was just supposed to be the epitome of kindness and benevolence and purity so she was always sacrificed so i accepted it. Chidi and xiyun were literally lambs to the slaughter, whatever happens they always took the worst hit, i felt bad for both. The first time they swapped bodies was so funny. Jieli was annoying and manipulative throughout and she was one of my least liked characters. Poor shangque. I rather liked Danyin, she grew on me as the story progressed. Rong hao was so evil and hypocritical and he was like a cockroach, never dying, well the so called heavenly king was a bigger hypocritical bastard, why didn't this dirtbag get punished again?

But there was plot development for almost every main character. The story was great too. Cast did a good job with strong performance.
Dylan Wang's acting surprised me here. He did it so damn well. The stupid weak behaviour of the girl, the devilish, cruel, cold and arrogant moon supreme, he did them both smoothly. This isn't what i expected after miss the dragon where i saw him first. This was my first time watching esher yu, and as annoying xiao lan hua with her weak and innocent character was, she did well as xi yun which i did not expect. i admit i had issues with her constant whiny voice and childish acting tho, her voice stung my ears and always behaving like a child was outright annoying, she is better in somber roles like xi yun and for the few seconds she was dfqc.. xu haiqiao as always played the bad guy. I like cristy guo every time she plays a good role, but she again didn't teach her disciple well and he fell for her again and did evil.. bad shifu. But tbh even though i dig master disciple romances, rong hao and chidi felt so wrong to me and it has nothing to do with female teacher male disciple, but the fact that she RAISED him from a child. She was more like a mother to him and not what was portrayed.

Loved the ost, cgi and overall production. Though sometimes the costumes of Chang heng and DFQC were too dramatic and new designs in cdramaland and i am not used to them, didn't really like them much either. Cgi was exquisite. The opening and ending murals were stunning. Glad that the fl got beautiful costumes unlike in most cdramas. Overall i liked it very much and would suggest watching it.

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Unexpectedly good

I went without any expectations and it was so good. I wasn't a fan of any of the main leads or second leads, I actually couldn't finish watching moonlight because I find her voice a bit annoying and I already had bad impression of Wang Hedi from another drama. I was neutral about Zhang linghe because I haven't watch any of his dramas before. Yeah I had little to zero expectations starting this. And I have to say perfect casting.

Things I like :
1) story itself. It's a really good story, really good script. Nothing was what I expected from usual xianxias.
2) perfect casting. I think Esther and Dylan had amazing chemistry and everything felt natural. Whatever bad impression I had before I blamed it on directors/scripts of those dramas because these two can act and are very good. Definitely looking forward to more dramas from them. Especially Dylan. His portrayal of Dongfang qingcang were mind blowing.
3) the music. The moment I finished the series I have been listening to the ost nonstop because it's just that good
4) fav characters. Apart from Dongfang qingcang, I really like fairy Danyin.
5) visuals.

Things I don't like : not much actually. The only boring part was when they were in mortal realms. And I didn't really care much about supporting roles love story. So I did ended up fast forwarding them.

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SO BEAUTIFUL

This is the best xianxia i have ever watch honstly... The storyline was beautiful although i wish we could get more of the lead couple scene.. The cinematography was brilliant and the CG... just perfect... Casting was amazing, i'm very impressed with Dylan's acting during the body swap and Esther is sooooo cute without trying, Like you get what i mean? watching some cdrama could be sooooooooo annoying when the FL tries to act cute but fails :V.
Costume was super pretty i wish they sell it online and even the hair accessories especially when she was at Cangyan Sea damnnnn super prety...
I just cannot describe it, i wish they make more drama like this and DEF GONNA REWATCH LIKE 100000000 timess
LOVE CANGLANJUE, LOVE DYLAN, LOVE ESTHER, LOVE ALL THE CAST, LOVE DIRECTORS, and all behind the scene crew.. LOVE YOU GUYS

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Beautiful Xanxia

Went into this with low expectations, and came out of it happily surprised.

This was the most visually stunning xanxias I've watched thus far. The CGI, cinematography, outfits, makeup - everything was done beautifully. Special shoutout to the person who worked on all of the ML's outfits because I literally could not stop obsessing over how beautiful his outfits were lol.

And while I wouldn't say it had a particularly complex plot and it definitely had a ton of tropes, the acting, music, and production of the show really made the whole drama immensely enjoyable for the viewer.

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