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I am SO surprised that no one has rated this drama or written a review about it 😭 I mean, I get it, it's a vertical-shot drama with 65 episodes, but still, I thought someone would've reviewed this by now. But nope, nobody has. Never mind, I'm here to review it😙.

So spoilers ahead😎...

In this drama, a princess who mysteriously died gets reborn into the body of an ordinary girl, and she has to face the challenges of being an ordinary girl in her own rich household. Within the first episode, you get a rapid monologue from the child actress who plays Dana, and you can clearly tell they're not showing any flashbacks of how she came into this little girl's body, whether she was reborn or time-traveled, no explanation, nothing🙄🌚.

All we get is the monologue that goes something like, "I somehow came here, and I don't know how to adjust, and this is my new home now, and my actual parents are mistreating me and don't love me at all, and I even have a stepsister, I mean the alleged adopted sister who's also framing me as a villain and getting me punished for her petty so-and-so crimes."

Same old Cinderella plot but with a twist, it's Cinderella's father and Cinderella herself, not any prince charming, saving the day, with a little help from her grandpa and his son (the ML - her father) too😌🔥. The king himself (the "alleged reborn king" according to viewers, but according to Dana, the only person she actually knows in this universe, he's just someone who shares the same face as the king, her real father😢💔) is out here protecting his own daughter without even knowing it's his own kid! He thinks Dana is his half-brother's kid, but in reality Kang Yun is the real father, and he doesn't find out until episode 64. Episode 64!! 😭

And this little brother, the one who claimed he was Dana's father, actually tried to sell her off to a businessman as part of some deal. Right at that exact moment, Dana shows up SO boldly in front of the whole family and goes, she wants to change her father. When the lovely grandpa asks who she wants to be with instead, she points her tiny finger straight at Kang Yun and says, "He will be my father.😊" Kang Yun's reaction is so funny, he's literally stammering, like, "😳So you'll be m-my father? 😣😲N-No, I'll be your father. Is that right?🤨" and Dana just nods her tiny head😊, and it's SO comical🤭. I mean, you won't be laughing out loud or anything, but that scene alone sold the instant connection between father and daughter perfectly❤.

And everyone in the room is like, "Girl, you better think twice, he's a playboy, he'll throw you to the wolves himself.😏" But Kang Yun defends himself and tells Dana, from now on he'll be her father and he'll take care of her, and then he leaves the family meeting in his signature immature-arrogant-chaebol style💅🏻. Iconic honestly🙂🖐🏻.

From that moment on, whatever Dana says, Kang Yun does it. Ask him to sell his limited-edition sports car? Even unwillingly, he'll do it. Ask him to give away his favorite pet panda to the zoo? He'll do it. Ask him to hand over the ENTIRE company? He'll transfer the shares to her name within seconds, no hesitation, no second-guessing. Whatever she says is the rule👑. She IS the rule💅🏻. Like, come on 😭🤣🔥 The princess attitude is so strong that even the "king" has to obey, because that's his daughter. Except in this life he's not a king anymore, he's a chaebol, but she's still that same princess who's time-traveled or been reborn into the present with all her past memories intact🥺.

Kang Yun also has a little sister😍, and honestly she's way smarter and such a supportive character✨ to both the male lead and to Dana. She wants her own brother to step out of the whole stupid heir game he's playing with their eldest brother, because to her, preserving their true culture and having your own identity matters way more than money or unwanted power. The bonding between the eldest and youngest is also so heartwarming to watch❤. Dana is truly adored by her aunt and grandpa, who also genuinely care about the male lead💯. Their rapport might have some friction here and there, but Dana gets herself involved in everything, just to help her father rise back to the top (Queen Behaviour)💅🏻.

As for the ending of the little brother, his wife, his mother (Kang Yun's stepmother), and his adopted daughter, don't expect any classical ending here, not even an anticlimactic one. The ending was SO rushed. It just comes down to a dialogue between the father-daughter duo, where Kang Yun says they've all left and won't come back to trouble his daughter again. That's it. It's kind of an open ending, they never show whether the rest of the family finds out the truth about Kang Yun's real bond with Dana, and honestly, that's such a disappointment to me😒😑.

Yeah, you read that right. Because this drama is SO messy, you'll find the overall plot slightly confusing. I guess the producers weren't even sure if they wanted a time-travel drama or a rebirth drama, so they just did a bit of both, and yeah, it was a mess I guess. But the drama moves so fast that you won't feel bored throughout, even through the ending😙😅.

There's a little angst in the beginning, but other than that, you'll find this father-daughter pairing SO adorable😍❤, because the bond between them is just precious. I mean, you could tell the child actress and the actor were genuinely comfortable around each other. I wish the makers had given us 100 episodes. Let's be honest, this drama deserved 100 episodes🔥💯.

I'll tell you why: this story is a fantasy, and for a fantasy, the outcome needs to be logical enough for viewers to actually understand what's going on. This story had SO much potential but it wasn't executed right, there were scenes where the plotline should've continued without a break but it just... didn't. The cuts weren't clean from one scene to the next. In the end, the overall plotlines isn't very aligned, but somehow it still made sense to me🤔🤷🏻‍♀️❤✨.

I'm trying SO hard not to spill two more spoilers here, how the princess actually finds out she's Kang Yun's real daughter, and how literally no one notices the difference in Dana's character traits after the swap!? Like, of course no one knows about the real princess, but surely they'd know how Dana usually behaves, right? Aren't they around her enough? Except for Kang Yun and a few others, only Dana's fake parents would actually know how the real Dana used to behave. Maybe they're just so blinded by wealth and greed that they never notice the change in her at all🤷🏻‍♀️.

And they never even show HOW she ended up in that household, apart from a couple of throwaway lines between characters. Sigh😩... The producers and makers messed up so much here, and it honestly erased so much of this drama's potential💯.

Despite all of that, still a big shoutout to the team for this wonderful drama 😊🙌🏻 The music score was SO good, I just wish they'd shown more of the traditional instruments, and the cinematography was fine, though the color grading and editing needed a bit of work, and the styling across all the characters could've used an uprise too😊💯❤.

Everyone was shining in their own element, yes, even the actors who played the villains. The directing is done right, and I really hope the director gives us BTS of this drama, hopefully on YouTube. And if they release the UNCUT version?? Count me in 😌✋🏻

There are supporting characters who are clearly Team Dana more than Team Kang Yun, and honestly it's hilarious to witness😂❤.

The only real character development you get across the whole show is from the adopted daughter and Kang Yun himself. For a short drama, that's still a pretty big deal, and I absolutely loved both little girls' acting, both of them were BORN to be actresses💅🏻. I hope they get way better scripts soon🧿❤.

Also, someone please tell me all the actor names who played these characters, I NEED to know who they are!!!

And cheers to our male lead, Cha Joo Wan 🥂👏🏻 this was the first drama of his I've ever seen, and I really hope to see him in many more projects soon🧿❤.