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Definitely more show than substance
This BL drama follows the journey of long lost Prince Khanin coming back to the country of Emmaly to take back his place in the royal family under the protection of devoted guard Charan. The premise is not that innovative, it is very much a mix of "The Princess Diaries" and some dystopian YA novels, but in the BL genre, it feels at first definitely fresh. Unfortunately, it really does not hold up and is rather disappointing.
There some big pacing and writing issues. The drama is incredibly slow and repetitive as it takes 75% of the series to get to the main point of the story : the tournament whose result would determine the fate of the monarchy in the fictive country of Emmaly. The world building is pretty poor : there are details but it overall feels very "Disney Channel movie" with oversimplified economics and politics issues that are resolved in an unrealistic and immature way. The enemies are obvious from miles away and their overall arc is pretty much expected. Production wise, they clearly had the budget but it is proof that having ressources cannot save a bad and lacking scenario.
In terms of the various romances, the only one that interested me (even if the finale could have been more convincing) was the secondary couple played by Jimmy and Ohm. It was the most outstanding one and the less cringe, with a solid chemistry. They could have had more screentime given the fact that the 3rd couple played by JJ and Net was completely useless and here to promote their new pairing, without bringing much to the plot. The main couple played by Nunew and Zee was just a let down for me...Not sure why I was not interested, but while far from catastrophic, their more sensual scenes felt very one note...
I would not recommend this to people unless you are a big fan of one of the actor(s). If it were not for some of the most spicy NSFW scenes, I honesly think it could be seen as a kid show given how oversimplified and limited the writing is. Not that kids cannot have good written shows (they should for sure) but it really gave me that overall feeling that I can't shake off. Do yourself a favor and just watch an edit of the secondary couple storyline, rather than spending your time watching the full drama.
There some big pacing and writing issues. The drama is incredibly slow and repetitive as it takes 75% of the series to get to the main point of the story : the tournament whose result would determine the fate of the monarchy in the fictive country of Emmaly. The world building is pretty poor : there are details but it overall feels very "Disney Channel movie" with oversimplified economics and politics issues that are resolved in an unrealistic and immature way. The enemies are obvious from miles away and their overall arc is pretty much expected. Production wise, they clearly had the budget but it is proof that having ressources cannot save a bad and lacking scenario.
In terms of the various romances, the only one that interested me (even if the finale could have been more convincing) was the secondary couple played by Jimmy and Ohm. It was the most outstanding one and the less cringe, with a solid chemistry. They could have had more screentime given the fact that the 3rd couple played by JJ and Net was completely useless and here to promote their new pairing, without bringing much to the plot. The main couple played by Nunew and Zee was just a let down for me...Not sure why I was not interested, but while far from catastrophic, their more sensual scenes felt very one note...
I would not recommend this to people unless you are a big fan of one of the actor(s). If it were not for some of the most spicy NSFW scenes, I honesly think it could be seen as a kid show given how oversimplified and limited the writing is. Not that kids cannot have good written shows (they should for sure) but it really gave me that overall feeling that I can't shake off. Do yourself a favor and just watch an edit of the secondary couple storyline, rather than spending your time watching the full drama.
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