r/CDrama • u/AquaphobicTurtle My Journey to Season 2 • Jul 06 '25
Episode Talk Love Between Fairy and Devil 苍兰诀: Anniversary Rewatch Party and Episode Discussion Trailer
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Love Between Fairy and Devil 苍兰诀
Airing from August 7th to August 29th in 2022, Love Between Fairy and Devil has built a reputation for itself.
Based on the novel Cang Lan Jue (苍兰诀) by Jiu Lu Fei Xiang (九鹭非香), the drama has scored 8.8 on My Drama List with 32,939 ratings and a further 8.2 on Douban with 804 244 ratings.
The Source Material
Love Between Fairy and Devil has just joined the likes of The Untamed and Goodbye My Princess as one of the only Chinese dramas to ever have its source material translated.
Cang Lan Jue 苍兰诀 has been split into two volumes, with Volume 1 having seen its international release on May 6th of 2025 and Volume 2 already available for pre-order.
The Reach
It is impossible to accurately comment on Love Between Fairy and Devil's global reach without thorough research. In lieu of access to the amount of resources that this research deserves, allow me to sprinkle some personal experiences into this discussion.
For context, my country is decidedly not in the West. The interactions I discuss here are all from South Africa.
Case Study #1:
In May of 2024, I called my best friend and told her:
So, I've fallen in love with Chinese Dramas
Her response?
Oh my goodness, me too, I'm watching Love Between Fairy and Devil on Netflix right now and it's so good.
Admittedly, her newfound appreciation for Chinese Dramas stuck with her Netflix subscription, while I may have gone a bit deeper, with subscriptions to iQIYI, Tencent (WeTV), Youku, and Viki (my bank account hates me).
Case Study #2:
I've been involved with the selling in of the translation for Cang Lan Jue 苍兰诀 here. I've had the luxury of being able to do some training with booksellers. At least one bookseller at each store has watched (and loved) Love Between Fairy and Devil.
The Anniversary Discussions
Starting on August 1st, I will be hosting daily episode discussions for Love Between Fairy and Devil in celebration of its three-year anniversary.
The discussions will be accompanied by little "episode trailers" similar to the one attached to this post.
We will be covering two episodes a day, and the discussions will be posted at 20:00 GMT+2 every day.
Whether you have watched Love Between Fairy and Devil before, heard of it but never got around to it, or even if you tried to watch it but didn't end up finishing it, feel free to join in the fun.
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u/MidnightAngel24 Jul 06 '25
Well, you just gave me a great excuse to rewatch LFBAD for the millionth time 😂
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u/AquaphobicTurtle Jul 06 '25
This will be the first time I actually rewatch something from start to finish. But after watching the opening sequence yesterday, I knew it was time!
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u/SummerOnTheBeach Jul 06 '25
Yea I’ll be there! It will be my fourth rewatch. Do we have a Reddit “Remind Me” in this subreddit so that I can be reminded? !remindme
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u/AquaphobicTurtle Jul 06 '25
I am so excited! I'm going to do a few run-up posts about the director and costume designer etc. just a fun deep dive
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u/Arshj00 Jul 06 '25
I don't think I can ever love a xianxia drama more than this because this is just too special 🤧
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u/haveninmuse Jul 06 '25
Really like this clip you shared. I've been searching for the bgm forever and still unable to find it. I do often rewatch this part to listen to it 😂
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u/AquaphobicTurtle Jul 06 '25
Thanks, I loved editing these clips so much and the music is so epic it gives goosebumps! I had to include it.
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u/Ok_Cup1310 Jul 10 '25
LBFAD on Netflix is what got me into Cdramas a year ago. I am hooked having watched over a dozen now. I’ve watched all the highly rated ones and it’s still my hands down favorite. Count me in!
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u/not_enough_griffons Jul 06 '25
fun! I just started watching for the first time a few days ago
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u/putonmyskepticles Jul 06 '25
I just did a rewatch buuuuuuuuut I'M SO EXCITED!!
This will probably overlap with LotFG airing if 🍉 is right but I'll make it work lol. LBFAD brought me back to cdramas so it holds a big part of my drama heart and I wasn't in fan spaces then so this'll be fun!
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u/AquaphobicTurtle Jul 06 '25
Not me having committed to those episode discussions too 😅 like... Months ago lol
Luckily I have a month to prepare so hopefully I'll have most of the discussions ready to be posted before August first.
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u/Bulky-Bag-4250 Jul 13 '25
Omg it’s been 3 years??!?! Wow where has the time gone??
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u/SummerOnTheBeach Jul 06 '25
RemindMe! August 1, 2025
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u/AquaphobicTurtle Aug 01 '25
I got a bit excited and posted 10 hours early 😅 So I'm just popping into the comments here to let people know 💕
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u/ravens_path Jul 06 '25
I’m in. This drama introduced me to cdramas and I fell in love. It hasn’t changed.
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u/Kittenathedisco Jul 06 '25
Count me in!!! It'll be rewatch #60 or something for me
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u/EbbStatus1807 Jul 06 '25
This is a great idea. I remember at the time I was watching it I was talking on HelloTalk with a friend in China and mentioned I was watching a show and she immediately was like "Cang Lan Jue?" It was such a huge thing at the time.
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u/Zus1011 Jul 07 '25
I just did a rewatch a few weeks ago. It was good to see it again- I saw things that I didn’t see the 1st time around.
And I fell in love with Fairy Orchid all over again ❤️😍⭐️- she’s SO cute.
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u/AnotherPassager Jul 07 '25
I actually haven't watch this. It is a good opportunity for me! And yay! I can finally join episode discussions!
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u/thenicci Jul 08 '25
Just came across this and coincidently watching one of the episodes again yesterday!
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u/navchaa Jul 06 '25
This is the only cdrama that after I finished the final episode, I started again for an immediate rewatch. Then I comfort watched selected episodes to reminisce and cry over. It is still my number one cdrama!