mejjmurphy Review of Love Between Fairy and Devil

Love Between Fairy and Devil (2022– )

It starts to get really good at episode 9

[9/10 · 26 February 2023]

I've watched this show twice. Once by myself, and the second time I forced my significant other to watch too. The beginning episodes are important for exposition. It'll set up all the relationship dynamics and that's when the protagonists start bonding. It is on the slow side though, Orchid's voice is very annoying at the start as she is portraying a naive cutesy fairy and sounds like a child. However, it gets better as the Orchid becomes less naive and grows with experience. I think it starts picking up at episode 9. I wish the graphics were a bit better for the fighting scenes. Because seeing Donfang's hellfire (with better graphics) against the high immortal fairies would've been visually cooler. I like the relationship development and character development in this show. I loved all the scenes in the mortal realm and after. I think the women's costumes were much better than the men's. Only Dongfang, Xunfeng, and Shanque had cool outfits/armor. Changheng's armor looks more comical to me, and the armies' outfits could've been better. But then again, I'm new to Chinese romantic fantasy genre. The settings though were very cool. This show has a lot more depth than a lot of American tv shows that are getting released today. I enjoyed how they had Orchid in the fairy realm at the start, as a hardcore fan of Changheng, and heard of the scary Donfang Qingcang and only knew that the Moon Tribe was full of awful people. And even though she always remains loyal to the fairy realm, she realizes that the Moon Tribe is full of families and good people who want their soldiers home from war but want to be protected from the fairy tribe. She learns as she switches bodies with DQ what it takes to rule a nation that is scared of the fairy realm. That the fairy realm even has assassins that intrude into Moon Tribe territory. It's not just the Moon Tribe who attacks the fairy realm. I just love when she begins to realize it's not all black and white. I like DQ as well. The actor did an amazing job. I've watched other tv shows with him in it and I think this is my favorite. I like how the show touched on the idea of being emotionless and how DQ grew up believing emotions are hindering, but through Orchid learns how they're actually valuable and allows one to experience a more fulfilling life. I love how these characters try to balance duty and their selfish wants, it adds a lot of complexity to the show. I know this is all over the place, but ultimately I think anyone who likes a good romance should watch or just a good story in general.