Starline Reviews

Devil Beside You is a taiwanese drama starring Mike He, who played Jiang Meng also known as Ah Meng, and Rainie Yang, who played Qi Yue. It was based on the popular Japanese manga “Akuma de Souro” (Devils Do Exist) by Takanashi Mitsuba. This drama aired from June 2005 to September 2005.

Main Cast:

Mike He as Jiang Meng
Rainie Yang as Qi Yue
Kingone as Sang Yuan Yi
Ivy Fan Xiao Fan as Xin Li Xiang
He Du Lin as Jiang You Hui (Jiang Meng’s father)
Ge Wei Ru as Huang Xue Wei (Qi Yue’s mother)
Masuyama Yuki as Yu Yang Ping
Tsai Pei Lin as Qing Zi
Fu Xiao Yun as Xiao Cai (Qi Yue’s friend)
Figaro Ceng Shao Zong as Yuan Chuan Rang (Jiang Meng’s younger brother)

Synopsis: After finally getting the courage to confess her feelings, Qi Yue (Rainie Yang) was handing her love letter to Yuan Yi (Kingone), but by a stroke of bad luck, he did not see and walked passed her. The person standing in front of her was the troublemaker of the school, infamously known for his devilish ways, Jiang Meng (Mike He). The devil will get what he wants, and the object of his desire was Qi Yue. Although having a cruel exterior, Ah Meng’s heart is kind and caring, which truly touched Qi Yue. The big problem remained: Ah Meng is the son of the man Qi Yue’s mother is going to marry. Even though they were not related by blood, who will accept this step brother-sister relationship? What is to become of their relationship when other lovers come into the picture?

(credit: http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Devil_Beside_You)

Review: I was kinda debating which drama to post next and this one really jumped out at me, mainly because I love this drama and I am watching another drama with the same three actors/actresses in this one (Mike He, Rainie Yang, and Kigone). Yeah, this one is great…it’s probably the first drama I have watched. I thought that this couple was so cute and apparently everyone else does too, because they have been in a couple other dramas together.

The acting by Mike and Rainie was really well and not too much overdone like in some dramas. Kigone was good, but I really favored Mike in this one not only because I thought he was smokin’ hot (hehe) but also because of his acting. I thought he was great. Rainie, of course, was Rainie; cute as ever with her awesome ability to make her chipmunk face!! (side note: I really wish I could do that!!! =D) Anyway, they were a really cute couple and I know many people think they should be a couple in real life, but if you watch the behind the scene takes of them together, they bicker like brother and sister!!! It’s actually pretty funny.

Okay, got a little side tracted…back to the drama. Overall, I thought it was cute and a real fun drama to watch. It definitely had its somewhat dark, soap-opera-ish moments, especially when Ah Meng’s brother came into the picture. He still kinda freaks me out…and that hair… Also, the whole thing that they are step-siblings, really tore them apart in this drama and I like what they decide to do at that end, it really shows that the characters are selfless. I definitely recommend this one, I give it a 10/10.

And, unlike the last drama I did, I have links! YAY!! One is for youtube on my accout. However, I have put my playlists on private for certain reasons and if you want to view them you have to add me as a friend, or I can add you, it doesn’t really matter. It is really good and anyone who wants to get into dramas, this is the first one that I would watch. Enjoy!

YouTube-http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=77F9923858E2C3FC
aznV.TV-http://aznv.tv/?p=d128