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Delightfully Funny RomCom That Loses Its Way at the End
My Royal Nemesis took tired cliches and transformed them into pleasingly familiar tropes to be appreciated. Viewers were treated to all those things we've come to love about K-dramas: the music, scenery, family relationships, and romance.
The Good:
• The leads were wonderful together.
• This was definitely a case of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. The reduced 14 episodes told the story without getting too caught up in peripherals, as so many longer dramas do (although, it could have cut out the FL's rival and rival's mother, the ML's two aunts, and FL's best friend at the very least). It recycled and reused freely of K-drama tropes:
• The White Truck of Doom foreshadowed the inevitable with its initial appearance.
• How would we know if our couple was falling in love without falling particles? The petals of tree blossoms showered down on our couple as expected, but that wasn't all. We were also treated to bubbles, snow, frost, and confetti. I don't doubt there were more floaties that I missed.
• I relished the music. Of course, Melomance from Business Proposal played, and I heard a song from Itaewon Class, too. I'm sure there were more that I didn't recognize, but they felt familiar.
• Product placements were loud and proud but done in an amusing manner that gently poked fun at the practice.
The Bad:
• Both main leads were on fire at the beginning of the drama. As it proceeded, they lost their drive and personalities. Some of their transformation was understandable, but the changes were too abrupt, and they nearly became unrecognizable.
• Tension and momentum were broken by Grandma's bus trip. It was so long and unnecessary. A drama that started strong began to bore me. The story came to a screeching halt just as things were getting interesting.
• The drama worked best when it stuck to comedy and teasing parody. When it tried to become a tearjerking melodrama, it lost its way.
• The set parameters of how the soul switch worked got messy at the end and didn't follow the rules of what had been established.
All in all, it was a pleasant throwback to romcoms of previous years, and I thoroughly enjoyed myself. It could easily have received a much higher rating if the tone at the first of the drama remained strong and true to the end. Unfortunately, it didn't, but it was still worth the watch.
The Good:
• The leads were wonderful together.
• This was definitely a case of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. The reduced 14 episodes told the story without getting too caught up in peripherals, as so many longer dramas do (although, it could have cut out the FL's rival and rival's mother, the ML's two aunts, and FL's best friend at the very least). It recycled and reused freely of K-drama tropes:
• The White Truck of Doom foreshadowed the inevitable with its initial appearance.
• How would we know if our couple was falling in love without falling particles? The petals of tree blossoms showered down on our couple as expected, but that wasn't all. We were also treated to bubbles, snow, frost, and confetti. I don't doubt there were more floaties that I missed.
• I relished the music. Of course, Melomance from Business Proposal played, and I heard a song from Itaewon Class, too. I'm sure there were more that I didn't recognize, but they felt familiar.
• Product placements were loud and proud but done in an amusing manner that gently poked fun at the practice.
The Bad:
• Both main leads were on fire at the beginning of the drama. As it proceeded, they lost their drive and personalities. Some of their transformation was understandable, but the changes were too abrupt, and they nearly became unrecognizable.
• Tension and momentum were broken by Grandma's bus trip. It was so long and unnecessary. A drama that started strong began to bore me. The story came to a screeching halt just as things were getting interesting.
• The drama worked best when it stuck to comedy and teasing parody. When it tried to become a tearjerking melodrama, it lost its way.
• The set parameters of how the soul switch worked got messy at the end and didn't follow the rules of what had been established.
All in all, it was a pleasant throwback to romcoms of previous years, and I thoroughly enjoyed myself. It could easily have received a much higher rating if the tone at the first of the drama remained strong and true to the end. Unfortunately, it didn't, but it was still worth the watch.
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