#cha sohee

Basic Premise: A crossdressing isekai romantic drama. Serena has to deal with several assassination plots and a medieval conspiracy while acting as the personal knight of the so-called "villainous crown prince," who is basically deeply in love with her.

My Review: When I called it a drama, I meant it. This is deeply dramatic - it's got high highs, low lows, and the characters are constantly having emotional outbursts. That's not to say that it's worse off for this, since it is supposed to be a dramatic manhwa; instead, it's just a description of the kind of characters that revolve around our fairly straightforward main character Serena. The crossdressing plot (yes, I'm a fan of this trope) is done pretty well, without too much overly annoying fuss - I do like how she doesn't change her personality or become a different person if she doesn't crossdress.

The romance in this is a central point, and honestly one of my favorite parts of the manhwa. The prince, Ignis, is very obvious about being in love with Serena no matter the form - he's fully accepting of potentially being bisexual before discovering her gender, and his support of her goals feels like it's out of genuine care. He's somewhat of a pathetic puppy-dog style lover when it comes to Serena with a boke-tsukkomi dynamic between them, so if you're not into that, you'll probably be more interested in the "second male lead" who is fanatically obsessed with and possessive of Serena. I'm personally not a fan of this, but he does add some interesting tension. There's several similar side characters like this who have interesting designs and motivations/powers, but I do appreciate the central focus on the two main characters as the main appeal.