I don't know what happened to the storyline, but if it wasn't axed, it was certainly overhauled and rewritten. The earlier chapters really made it seem like we were going to meet each Princess and King's Branch as our characters grew and developed. It's absolutely crazy to me that the most recent chapter decided "nah, 10 of the princesses-branch duos have already been defeated offscreen, don't even worry about them and all the different fairytale interpretations we could have shown you. No sir, it's just this one terrible guy and his milk-toast girlfriend." Like, beyond Mikel and Rapunzel reuniting, what am I even supposed to be invested in anymore?
I suppose I always knew that this was going to have a bittersweet ending, but it felt more bitter than sweet. I'm sad and disappointed but only because I wanted happier endings for the characters and not because I thought the ending was bad. Actually, I felt the ending was very good and fitting, and I think the author did a phenomenal job writing this whole story. But still, I'm sad.
I went back to read the previous season, because I hated what season 5 was doing and I wanted to remind myself of the good times..... You guys, the last chapter of the last season ends with Taesung treating Haebom roughly and literally asking himself "how is this any different from rape"? I hate to say it, but I think the seeds for the nonsense that is season 5 were always there. The author didn't have to go ahead and plant them and continue to ruin the story, but I think it's clear that they've wanted to for a while.
I truly don't want anything bad to happen to our boys, but unfortunately, I do think something dangerous/tragic is going to have to happen to Seo Eunseong in order for Lee Taegun to get over this depressing hangup he's got over their relationship, in a "don't know what you've got 'til it's gone" sort of way. I'm not happy about it, but I don't see anything else getting through to him. With all that being said, Kang Jaeha, serve your role to the story and then gtfo of here!
Absolutely not. I was reading the last chapter, thinking how sad I was that she had passed, especially after how much trouble her terrible father caused when it didn't even matter in the end because she died, but also that I kind of respected the mangaka for committing to a sad ending, and then the last couple of pages hit me. What the actual fuck? Not only does it not make any goddamn sense, but it's also literally the least satisfying thing that could have ever happened. Why??? Why do this??? Did the mangaka hate their story? Their editors?? Their fans??? What the hell????











Is it just me or does Bihwan look different in the side stories? Maybe I'm just going crazy, but I remember that the artists each draw one of our two main leads, and I'm convinced that only one of them is doing the art for the side stories. I'm not seeing anyone else mention this in comments so do I just not remember what Bihwan looks like after the story was on break for half a year???
Art upgrade