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Best Segak of 2025!
Despite the drama having flaws, it came out just fine. Every show, movie, and dramas have their own flaws. I've read the reviews when I first started watching this, they all complained about the soul swap and dropped the drama without even finishing it. They said it had served no purpose—which it did. To say that it didn't means you didn't watch closely or just dropped it within the first 5 eps all because the soul swap. I didn't laugh a lot during the drama, but it was extremely satisfying and good to watch. Instead of the FL and ML not communicating during the times they worked together and fell for each other—like common dramas—they chose to communicate and make decisions with each other. But, in some episodes, they thought of each other and not themselves; which was one of the purpose for the soul swap. Because the ML had only cared about himself, if not including the SML and the deceased crown princess, and made his decisions himself. The FL always cared about others first, just like in an one of the episodes where she chose to reveal that she was indeed the supposedly deceased Crown Princess—after she had gotten her memories back—just so she could protect her adoptive family and Hong Nan.Two of the other reasons for the soul swap was so they could recognize each other's souls and each other's cry of resentment. They were both desperate for each other. Both would sacrifice for each other. The FL drowned herself in a river for the ML—the ML tried to kill himself with poison because he couldn't bare the thought of living without the person he loves by his side, the supposedly deceased Crown Princess.
When the ML started being together with FL, Dal I, he barely thought of the Crown Princess during the time from what it seems—but for me, I feel like he's trying to see her as a different person, not the Crown Princess just because they looked "a-like" but they were two "different people". It felt he just wanted to see her Park Dal I, not the Crown Princess just because at first he thought she was her—which she is, but during their other meets, he seemed to think they were just a-like.
Each scene and episode feels natural—the crying, the screaming, and much more. I don't think I've ever watched any other k-dramas that almost makes me feel like it's real. The casting was great. No can play the ML and FL better than KTO and KSJ. When the soul swap happens, I felt like they were really in each other's bodies because of their acting. HSZ has somewhat improved her acting in her. It felt good. I felt like she was really good in playing the "emotionless" expression parts.
The villain had a good backstory, but a bit of an.. "ehh" reason. In the end, he killed the people who wasn't even part of the ones who separated him from the person he loved. Despite her not remembering him, he still had chosen to love her and to protect her—saying that his fate will be in her hands if she does regain back her memories of what everything happens earlier before. It was sad to see that she always had the pillow in her arms, rocking it gently like it was her child, Yi Un.
The OSTs were great and amazing—my personal favorite is But A Dream. Something about it is just really so catching! If not for that, I would've rated music honestly an 8.
This segak is not for you if you're just into deep political stuff, hurtful angst. :)
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