Devil Beside You made me an eternal fan of Kingone(the brother in this) and he and his love interest in the show are one of the best secondary pairings I've seen in a drama.
It also gave me such an intense aversion to the Mike He/Rainie Yang pairing that I can't make myself watch WWL(or, so far, anything else with either of them in it)despite many reliable promises that I'll like it. You know the whole thing with the alpha jerk who essentially pressures the girl into being with him and then bullies her and pushes her around the whole time, but it's ok because he's cute and has angst? That's the entire show. I can't even really like or feel for her, because she just takes it. She pouts a bit and makes token protests, but lets him bulldoze over her and jerk her around the whole time. Even when she does put her foot down over something, it's her complaining that he rejects love letter from girls he doesn't know, right on the heals of saying nothing while he he orders her around. I mean, I hate Goong/Palace(drama, not manhwa) for similar reasons, but at least she tries to stand up for herself.
Actually, most of the supporting cast is pretty cool, and even their individual characters are ok if balanced well with someone else, it's just that the combination of the 2 is the perfect example of all the wortst shoujo tropes. I think the manga was released in the US as "The Devil Does Exist."
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Thu, Jun. 19th, 2008 06:57 pm (UTC)It also gave me such an intense aversion to the Mike He/Rainie Yang pairing that I can't make myself watch WWL(or, so far, anything else with either of them in it)despite many reliable promises that I'll like it. You know the whole thing with the alpha jerk who essentially pressures the girl into being with him and then bullies her and pushes her around the whole time, but it's ok because he's cute and has angst? That's the entire show. I can't even really like or feel for her, because she just takes it. She pouts a bit and makes token protests, but lets him bulldoze over her and jerk her around the whole time. Even when she does put her foot down over something, it's her complaining that he rejects love letter from girls he doesn't know, right on the heals of saying nothing while he he orders her around. I mean, I hate Goong/Palace(drama, not manhwa) for similar reasons, but at least she tries to stand up for herself.
Actually, most of the supporting cast is pretty cool, and even their individual characters are ok if balanced well with someone else, it's just that the combination of the 2 is the perfect example of all the wortst shoujo tropes. I think the manga was released in the US as "The Devil Does Exist."