My research on Why Why Love led me to Devil Beside You. Apparently, most of the cast in this 2005 drama formed the said 2007 drama. Unfortunately, pati ang storyline — merong good girl; merong bad boy with a nice heart, merong other guy.

Somewhat, mas believable ang ‘conflict’ dito compared to Why Why Love…but, not in real life talaga ha! Maraming side stories kaya medyo dragging to watch na tuloy as parang pinapahaba lang talaga the series. Tapos, yung ending, super short! What gives?!

Mas comical ang facial expressions and big actions ni Rainie Yang; pero, parang mali ang smile ni Mike He — hindi devilish eh. If only teethless smile siguro. A plus for this series, maraming ‘kilig’ moments. Hahaha, in an interview of Mike He and Kingone Wang in Japan, it was revealed the former and Rainie Yang had 10 kissing scenes.

Super off — the hair styles of the guys…omg, what were they thinking?! Didn’t do the good looking guys justice at all! Also, what’s with the outfits of Jiang Meng? Hindi parang bad boy eh; more like bad fashion taste!

Funny, i just realized that mga Taiwanese dramas na napanuod ko, laging may takbuhan — the leads always running to ‘aid’ or to prevent the other guy/girl maunahan sa pag-declare ng emotion to the lead guy/girl. Meron ganitong scenes ang Meteor Garden, Green Forest My Home, and Why Why Love.

Like Why Why Love, I like some songs in this series too.

Between the two, I declared I liked Devil Beside You more. After fast re-watching both, balik sa Why Why Love…hindi ko kasi ma-take talaga the hairstyles and outfits ng main characters sa Devil Beside You.

Details, synopsis, list of cast, and photo from http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Devil_Beside_You

• Title: 惡魔在身邊 / E Mo Zai Shen Bian
• Also known as: Devil Beside You, Devils Do Exist
• Genre: Romance, comedy
• Episodes: 14 (TV Broadcast), 20 (DVD)
• Broadcast network: CTV
• Broadcast period: 2005-Jun-25 to 2005-Sep-18
• Air time: Sunday 22:00-23:30
• Opening theme song: Chou Nan Ren (臭男人) Jerk by Huang Yida (黃義達)
• Ending theme song: Ai Mei Ambiguous Love by Rainie Yang
• Other songs:
Li Xiang Qing Ren Ideal Lover by Rainie Yang
Set Me Free by Huang Yida (黃義達)
Yi Miao De An Wei (一秒的安慰) A Moment’s Consolation by Huang Yida (黃義達)

After finally getting the courage to confess her feelings, Qi Yue (Rainie Yang) was handing her love letter to Yuan Yi (Kingone Wang), 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?

• Mike He as Jiang Meng 江猛
• Rainie Yang as Qi Yue 齊悅
• Kingone Wang as Sang Yuan Yi 尚源伊
• Ivy Fan Xiao Fan as Xin Li Xiang 辛莉香
• He Du Lin as Jiang You Hui 江友暉
• Ge Wei Ru as Huang Xue Wei 黃雪薇
• Masuyama Yuki as Yu Yang Ping 于陽平
• Tsai Pei Lin as Qing Zi 晴紫
• Fu Xiao Yun as Xiao Cai 小彩
• Yuan Jun Hao as Guo Kai 郭凱
• Katherine Wang Kai Di as Liu Mei Di 劉美蒂
• Figaro Ceng Shao Zong as Yuan Chuan Rang 袁川讓
• Wu Zhong Tian as Tian Si Shen 田思慎
• Wang Jian Min as Chui Ming 椎名
• Tang Qi as Grandma Jiang
• Meng Ting Li as Yuan Mei Jin 袁美津
• Janel Tsai as Chuang Ya Li 莊雅莉
• Huang Xing Lun (黃星倫) as Cai Yi Lang
• Xu Qiong Yun (許瓊云) as childhood Qi Yue