TL;DR - I thought this was decent, although I personally wasn't a fan of the romance until the last episode. I think if you like fantasy rom-coms, you won't be too disappointed with this one. If all else, it is worth watching for Mario's performance.

I had heard about this lakorn from a blogpost a few years ago and didn't think to watch it until I heard the OST. I really liked it, so I gave this a go. I will first talk about what I enjoyed.

The absolute star of the show was Mario and his dual portrayal of the thorny Thun and sweet Mek. He played both characters very well and was able to seamlessly transition from one to the other. He made it really easy to believe that there were two spirits in one body. It surprised me how much he made me want to punch him when he was Thun, but then make me simp for him when he was Mek (plus how he captured the Boran mannerisms) which is very hard to do. I enjoyed watching his performance. I can definitely see where the hype for Mario comes from and I'll certainly be looking for other lakorns of his that I can watch.

I also liked the story. It kept me on my toes and there were some things that happened that I didn't expect. I liked how I couldn't really predict how the lead's ancestors were intertwined, and how they showed snippets of the past but not the whole shebang until it was relevant (a weird thing to like, but when you've watched other shows that aren't as smart, you learn to appreciate things like this lol). I also like how the slow revelation of the past was paralleled with what was happening in the present; history was quite literally repeating itself in a similar, but also different manner that was creative and not what I expected.

Beyond these two things, I thought the rest of the show was pretty average. I found the secondary cast to be okay; Pu was certainly the stand out with his character growth and feeling sorry that he was destined to never get the girl (and he knew it). I did like the second leads, and in particular I was surprised at the decent performance Punjan gave for his character (Kew's brother). I say this because I watched him in My Forever Sunshine and I thought he was so blah there, but here he felt alive. His character development and love lines were interesting and enjoyable to watch.

Now to get on with what I didn't particularly like, which was the romance. In the beginning, I felt like I was watching a typical "tyrant CEO that forces his love on the poor female lead and she has no choice but to accept cuz he's rich" trope that has been seen a thousand times before. To Thun's credit, he did try to give Kew space and respected her choices when he could've just ignored them, and Kew did call him out for being overbearing. But he was pretty much doing things his own way and just expected Kew to go along with it, which I didn't like. I also felt the romance between Kew and Thun to be somewhat forced and didn't accept their pairing until the last episode. Again, to both Mario and Mint's credit, they were cute together and made their pairing as believable as it could be. It was just hard for me to see when Kew fell for Thun when it was clear that she liked Mek more and tbh I shipped her with Mek more than with Thun. They also had a terrible fake kiss scene. I don't deny the genuine love they both seemed to have for each other, but the foundation for it was weak for me and not really believable till the last episode.

I also didn't like how they milked the villain until the last episode. The rinse and repeat of him hurting the leads then somehow conveniently escaping got old fast. I wished they just had Champagne take over his role and move forward from there.

As for the rest, music was what got me into this lakorn and I still enjoyed listening to it here, especially the main theme song. It was appropriately played. I would not re-watch this. If you like fantasy rom-coms and don't have weird hang ups like me, I think you would enjoy this. If all else, just watch this for Mario's excellent performance as dual spirits in one body.