The romance is so boring. Like, thr prince just decided he loved her when he was 5 and jus...

For me, these kinds of manhwas are not just about romance. While some isekai or reincarnation manhwas focus mainly on romance, I think the story and the world's setting are more important here.

And about childhood love, most reincarnation manhwas just can't seem to let go of that prodigy child phase. It's like the authors always have to show how insanely smart and different the kid is. And of course, it's pretty much guaranteed the ml will fall for mc. I get why it's annoying though but if the story starts from where the mc is a kid, I feel like it's inevitable

There are plenty were the MLs have little crushes or are just close friends with the FL and at some point they realise that it's love or their feelings just grow. I think that's better and I don't mind it. I was very specific in my criticism

But is that their smart, or is it that they've come to a world that's not advanced as the old one and because they have their memories so they just seem smarter than most. Think about it, if your isekaied or reincarnated to an 18th century type world, you wouldn't make indoor plumbing, you wouldn't have your own of sanitary napkins, you wouldn't be reinventing fashion so you wouldn't have to wear a corset, you wouldn't try to bring the convenience of your world to the place your now living. I have a hard time believing that.

But it's not just the isekai'd kid that gets that treatment, in most childhood-set stories, they also make the kid ML a natural prodigy of some sort.

I know what you mean, I used to be a bit put off by that too. It wasn't that bad after the scene where the FL convinced him to be "more selfish" (I kinda get why someone with his personality would end up *truly* falling for her, after that) but yeah... the romance aspect is a bit stagnant.