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You will laugh, you will cry and you will feel all warm and fuzzy inside from the sheer wholesomeness of it all.

It's a quiet movie, aesthetic and very slow paced. I thought it was nice tho a bit confusing towards the end because a key element wasn't translated and I was left like ??? It's more of an art house film so it's not to everyon's taste. I personally prefer Rage, another movie of Ayano's where he also plays a gay man. It's violent and raw and not easy to watch but really good.

This sounds great!! *excitement intensifies*

Oh I know that, I meant here in MDL he's listed as main role because he's part of the main cast but the actual lead is Akaso for sure which is why he's listed first.

What if he reincarnated as a man like it happened in one of the chinese version endings? Is their connection beyond gender or is it affected by the bodies they inhabit?

This is one of the interesting theories I keep seeing but what would be the ending be like? Bong-hwan/the queen stays with the king and going back to the body in modern time no longer matters?

This would be really nice tho sort of sad and unfair if you consider the queen's perspective : she lost control over her life and body, even her soul is nowhere to be found. I also think it's too bold for a mainstream kdrama. You can tell the show is playing it safe by having Bong-hwan blame any romantic feeling on So-yong's memory and heart so it looks like it's not really him liking the king back.

I keep wondering, how do you guys define a "happy" ending? And by this, I mean what does it imply for :
- The comatose body of Bong-hwan in modern time and his soul.
- The original queen and her soul.
- The king who started to fall in love only after Bong-hwan's soul inhabited her body.

I feel like Mr Queen won't follow the cdrama and will have its own ending. If you don't mind a rather long read, here you can find a summary and a bit of analysis of the 3 alternate endings :

https://bitchesoverdramas.com/2020/12/26/mr-queen-ep-1-and-the-go-princess-go-ending/

I know, history says he dies first and his queen dies years after. Whether they follow history or not, I'm still curious how the drama will handle the soul/personality aspect, like will the king ever learn about the soul swap and will the show ever make it clear who loves who. I'm aware the drama is more on the silly side so I'm not expecting it to go in depth about these almost existential issues but I wish for it to make sense at least even if it's sad.

What makes you think so? I even watched the preview for episode 14 and I'm sure Bong-hwan is still in the queen's body.

This story is complicated but one thing is clear and I agree with you : the king is in love with Bong-hwan's soul/personality. If Bong-hwan is gone, it will be sad for the king and it's also sad for So-yong because the king doesn't love the real her. I have no idea how they're gonna handle this.

The anime is excellent and the character growth amazing. It's been years and I still have the fondest memory of it

Yay! Let's do it! ^_^

Like our friend Coriander suggested, can we organise a group watch for this since we're sure to have subs?

Ok now I want this to happen and I will be sad if it doesn't *crossing fingers*

Yeah, I also think it's because MDL only has main and support categories and Machida's role is too important to be tagged as support. In this case, the order of names can be more indicative : Machida is obviously the senior actor here but Akaso is listed first because he's the actual main lead.

Bless them! Our angel xD

Great news! Irozuku heard our prayers and picked it up \0//

hellooo *waves*
Looks delicious, doesn't it? xD