Devil Beside You

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Devil Beside You is a 2005 coming-of-age,Taiwanese Drama series starring Mike He and Rainie Yang. It is based on the love story between two step-siblings.
Qi Yue (Rainie Yang), is a high-school student living with her single mother. Her father is dead. Her mother (Ge Wei Ru), falls in love with Ah Mon's (Mike He) father (He Du Lin), the president of Qi Yue's school. Several misunderstandings bring Qi Yue and Ah Mon closer, but what will happen when they suddenly realise that they are siblings and are not supposed to be lovers? Will they drift apart or they'll fight for their love? 
There are in total 4 love stories running parallel throughout the story alongwith Qi Yue and Ah Mon. One is between Jiang You Hui (Ah Mon's father) and Huang Xue Wei (Qi Yue's mother). Second love story is of Shang Yuan Yi (Qi Yue's crush in school) and Qing Zi (Qi Yue's best friend). Third love story is of Xin Li Liang (Had a crush on Ah Mon for years) and Yan Ping (Ah Mon's friend). And the fourth love story is of Tian Si Shen (Qi Yue's first childhood crush) and Chuang Ya Lin.
The drama at some points have overly dramatized the concepts but all-in-all, it was a good drama especially the OST by Rainie Yang. The drama clearly represents how one should be mature enough to fall in love and understand what love truly means. It doesn't always have to be in close proximity, but love is something which is through a heart and soul connection, whether near or far away.

Genre : School, melodrama, romance, comedy, action,  friendship, family
 No. of episodes : 20
Rating : 8.3/10

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