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They promised a lot and delivered nothing.
First of all, I want to make it clear that I haven't finished the series; I dropped it at the tenth episode and I don't intend to go back.
The story introduces us to the protagonist everyone already knows, abandoned by her parents and therefore arrogant and unwilling to let others walk all over her, etc., etc. And the ML, who is yet another misunderstood potential heir we've seen thousands of times in Korean royal sibling plots. So far, nothing out of the ordinary. The trailer shows us a wonderful concept of political intrigue involving so many people that we wouldn't even remember half of their names. But up to episode 10, the most they manage to deliver is a botched, unsuccessful assassination attempt? Is that your kind of good drama?
Honestly, I expected more from a blockbuster production. It's a caricatured romance that conveys no emotion whatsoever. Aside from the intrigues that would only work exclusively in the Korean world, the citizens' criticism of the monarchy and the protagonists makes absolutely no sense, such as: "Let's draw up a marriage contract with benefits," man? People have been doing this since the beginning of society, they just don't have a contract and it's the families of the bride and groom who benefit, and technically the "signing of the contract" is done by the bride and groom who sign the marriage certificate. Seriously! What a huge problem, huh, Ms. Korea, what an enormous problem.
The story introduces us to the protagonist everyone already knows, abandoned by her parents and therefore arrogant and unwilling to let others walk all over her, etc., etc. And the ML, who is yet another misunderstood potential heir we've seen thousands of times in Korean royal sibling plots. So far, nothing out of the ordinary. The trailer shows us a wonderful concept of political intrigue involving so many people that we wouldn't even remember half of their names. But up to episode 10, the most they manage to deliver is a botched, unsuccessful assassination attempt? Is that your kind of good drama?
Honestly, I expected more from a blockbuster production. It's a caricatured romance that conveys no emotion whatsoever. Aside from the intrigues that would only work exclusively in the Korean world, the citizens' criticism of the monarchy and the protagonists makes absolutely no sense, such as: "Let's draw up a marriage contract with benefits," man? People have been doing this since the beginning of society, they just don't have a contract and it's the families of the bride and groom who benefit, and technically the "signing of the contract" is done by the bride and groom who sign the marriage certificate. Seriously! What a huge problem, huh, Ms. Korea, what an enormous problem.
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