A popcorn drama. Cute, light, and requiring absolutely nothing from the viewer.
It's a pretty easy watch overall, with a world so firmly of its genre and a plot so straightforward that I was able to put it down for weeks at a time, then pick it back up when I had time again without any confusion or difficulty.
Truthfully the plot and world are pretty thin but this is one you watch for the romantic couple, not the plot.
The main leads are adorable together. Their relationship is sweet and fluffy like cotton candy. There are no love triangles, the only secondary love interest that pops up is a blatant comedic Jarjar Binks type character whose declarations of affection are an obvious gag.
Even the couples angsty moments don't come across very bitter. Throughout the entire drama they remain obvious about being absolutely head over heels for each other. And I don't mean obvious to just the viewers either, the supporting cast comments on how gone they are for each other constantly. Not always positively granted, but these two set off everyone else's love radar like a 7.0 earthquake.
One interesting thing I enjoyed about this drama was while the leads seemed pretty typical at first glance, they actually have a subtle gender role reversal thing going on.
Minor Spoilers below for what I mean, though they're mostly vague and about the tropes you can see in the characters.
The female lead has quite a few of the standard male lead tropes. She's the one who is more physically affectionate in their relationship and is often the one to initiate their intimate moments. At first you assume it's because she just doesn't understand the implication, but once she cottons on that physical intimacy is on the table she doesn't fluster or flail about being confused. She goes after her man. In once scene he's trying to chivalrously resist his desire for her and she not only pulls him back but literally says the words 'I want to have sex with you' . Then later on when we run into the conflict arc of the drama and the male leads reputation is in danger, she's the one who pulls the male leads typical 'I will give you up for the sake of your happiness while silently protecting you from the shadows' move.
Meanwhile the male lead starts off seeming like the cold and powerful type that softens because of the female leads bubbly nature. But once we get a few episodes in it turns out the guy is full of female lead romance tropes; he's struggling with (very light) harem drama at home, he's deeply attracted to his arranged marriage partner and mortified about it to the point of going to bed fully dressed and clutching quilts protectively against his chest, there's one scene where he can't stop his family from attacking the female lead and begs them to spare her. And then later when the female lead is having her 'distant but protective domineering CEO' arc he gets her to admit she loves him by playing 'damsel in distress'.
So yeah, they're completely playing into the tropes, just with a gender reversal which was actually a lot of fun to watch.
Truthfully the plot and world are pretty thin but this is one you watch for the romantic couple, not the plot.
The main leads are adorable together. Their relationship is sweet and fluffy like cotton candy. There are no love triangles, the only secondary love interest that pops up is a blatant comedic Jarjar Binks type character whose declarations of affection are an obvious gag.
Even the couples angsty moments don't come across very bitter. Throughout the entire drama they remain obvious about being absolutely head over heels for each other. And I don't mean obvious to just the viewers either, the supporting cast comments on how gone they are for each other constantly. Not always positively granted, but these two set off everyone else's love radar like a 7.0 earthquake.
One interesting thing I enjoyed about this drama was while the leads seemed pretty typical at first glance, they actually have a subtle gender role reversal thing going on.
Minor Spoilers below for what I mean, though they're mostly vague and about the tropes you can see in the characters.
The female lead has quite a few of the standard male lead tropes. She's the one who is more physically affectionate in their relationship and is often the one to initiate their intimate moments. At first you assume it's because she just doesn't understand the implication, but once she cottons on that physical intimacy is on the table she doesn't fluster or flail about being confused. She goes after her man. In once scene he's trying to chivalrously resist his desire for her and she not only pulls him back but literally says the words 'I want to have sex with you' . Then later on when we run into the conflict arc of the drama and the male leads reputation is in danger, she's the one who pulls the male leads typical 'I will give you up for the sake of your happiness while silently protecting you from the shadows' move.
Meanwhile the male lead starts off seeming like the cold and powerful type that softens because of the female leads bubbly nature. But once we get a few episodes in it turns out the guy is full of female lead romance tropes; he's struggling with (very light) harem drama at home, he's deeply attracted to his arranged marriage partner and mortified about it to the point of going to bed fully dressed and clutching quilts protectively against his chest, there's one scene where he can't stop his family from attacking the female lead and begs them to spare her. And then later when the female lead is having her 'distant but protective domineering CEO' arc he gets her to admit she loves him by playing 'damsel in distress'.
So yeah, they're completely playing into the tropes, just with a gender reversal which was actually a lot of fun to watch.
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