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3	-->''[[SurvivalMantra "Ang matapang umiiyak, pero hindi nagpapasindak."]]'' [[labelnote:translation]]"''A brave person cries, but doesn't give up.''"[[/labelnote]]
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5	''He's Into Her'' is a TeenDrama series that premiered on May 28, 2021 and airs on Kapamilya Channel, [=A2Z=] and TFC. (with episodes posted early on [=iWantTFC=]). It stars Creator/BelleMariano as Maxpein "Max" del Valle, a girl from small-town Mindoro whose rich father invites her to move to a cushy new life in Manila. Max reluctantly accepts and finds herself thrust into the brutal world of Benison International School.
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7	Benison is stratified by clique. Max angers Deib Lohr Enrile (Creator/DonnyPangilinan), leader of the most popular clique of all. As with many Asian teen dramas founded on a similar premise, this prompts Deib to incite a pattern of bullying against Max. But also... PuppyLove!
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9	The source material is a 2013 Platform/{{Wattpad}} novel by Maxinejiji. Despite technical issues on the day of premiere, Creator/{{ABSCBN}} reported record-breaking viewership rates for ''He's Into Her''. The series was renewed for Season 2 as early as the second week, thanks to the phenomenal success that may prove instrumental to Creator/{{ABSCBN}} surviving its franchise loss and becoming a global entertainment company.
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11	Season 2 premiered in April 2022.
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13	'''BEWARE OF SPOILERS.''' Character-specific tropes go to the character sheet.
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15	!!''He's Into Her'' contains examples of the following tropes:
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17	* AbortedArc: Ysay gaining a love interest in Hunter, played by Patrick Quiroz, as well as [[IncompatibleOrientation Migz being sad because he's in love with Hunter and Hunter likes Ysay]]. This halted because of a behind-the-scenes conflict between Quiroz and the cast members that caused Quiroz to be written off the show. Hunter ''does'' appear and flirt with Ysay, but then disappears and never returns.
18	* AerithAndBob: Lampshaded. Max's stepmother laughs at how strange a name "Maxpein" is. Oddly, no one comments on the other characters' names, even though a name like "Deib Lohr" is plenty weird too.
19	* [[AdaptationalNiceGuy Adaptational Nice Girl]]: Ysay seems to be a much more wholesome person in this version, though the possibility of her ''still'' being a covert minor antagonist is teased nonetheless. In Episode 5, she befriends Max and Deib, even shipping them. [[spoiler:However, Max winds up in the hospital because somebody hit her head with a baseball bat. In the book, Ysay did this -- but she did not do this to Max, she did it to Deib, which makes many believe that she may have not done it in the show. It's left ambiguous who actually did it to Max, but signs point to Choco. In the book, Choco bullied ''Max'' specifically; he shoved her against a locker. So it's not implausible that Ysay's big antagonistic moment was given to Choco instead in this manner, especially because vengeful Aimee was shown ordering him around before the incident.]]
20	* AllJustADream:
21	** PlayedForLaughs in Episode 2. Deib has a romantic dream about Max. It derails into him being confronted by his ex-girlfriend Kim, and Max about to punch the shit out of him. Again.
22	** Also lighthearted in Episode 5, but played less for comedy. In Episode 5, Deib has the same dream about Max, which is amusing, but he's sincerely falling for her.
23	* BeautifulSingingVoice: As Deib is falling for Max, he hears her sing, and obviously this leads to him listening to her with puppy eyes.
24	* BelligerentSexualTension: Max and Deib have this in spades.
25	* ButNotTooForeign: Khloe Gomez has an obvious Australian accent, but her actress Ashley del Mundo is of fully Filipino ancestry. (Ashley del Mundo truly ''did'', however, live in Australia.)
26	* ComingOfAgeStory: Max is in her senior year of high school.
27	* {{Determinator}}: "Ang matapang umiiyak, pero hindi nagpapasindak." (A brave person cries, but does not give up.) This is Max's motto.
28	* {{Fangirl}}[=/=]ShipperOnDeck: Ysay Baylon is a major fangirl and shipper for Deib and his ex-girlfriend, Kim. Overnight, she apparently starts shipping "[=TagSen=]" (Max and Deib) instead -- though it still remains to be seen if this is real or if she's actually still loyal to Kim x Deib.
29	* InUniverseNickname: Max is nicknamed "Taguro" and Deib is nicknamed "Sensui," a ShoutOut to two antagonists from ''Manga/YuYuHakusho''.
30	* FauxAffablyEvil: Max's stepmom pretends to be sweet while bullying her teenage stepdaughter, but Max can clearly tell that she is barely able to tolerate her presence.
31	* MalignedMixedMarriage: Max's father Maxim has Han Chinese heritage, and her mother didn't. This made Maxim's family disapprove of Max's mother.
32	* ManlyTears: A GenderInvertedTrope. Max, a girl, cries when she's upset. But they aren't TenderTears. She cries, but won't give up, according to her and her uncle's personal creed.
33	* NeverTrustATrailer: The trailer implies that Max calling Deib handsome ("gwapo") then pretending she called him an idiot ("gago") is a DidIJustSayThatOutLoud moment. In the series itself, Max actually calls him handsome to distract him during a game of pool, which works. Her calling him an idiot is not just her pretending; she's being smug in the scene.
34	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Maxpein is often shortened to simply Max.
35	* PintsizedPowerhouse: Deib is OneHeadTaller than Max, yet her swift punch was enough to leave a visible mark on his face.
36	* RaceLift: Of a sort. Max was North Korean (for some reason...?) in the source material; Max is a much more practical mix of Chinese and Filipino in the show.
37	* RivalryAsCourtship: The scenes leading up to Max and Deib's [[invoked]]OnceAnEpisode fights are practically video game cutscene-worthy.
38	* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The series uses an alternative transliteration for Toguro ("Taguro").
39	* WickedStepmother: Max's stepmother is the FauxAffablyEvil sort.
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