23 minSeason 1 • Episode 16
LatestIn order to save her father, Claude, who has fallen into a coma, Athanasia enters his mind. Within his thoughts, she is reunited with her mother, Diana, who tells her the truth behind the prophetic dreams she's had since she was a young girl.
When a woman wakes up as Athanasia, the ill-fated princess from the novel The Lovely Princess, she's gotta rewrite this tragedy or face execution—by her own father! She may be trapped, but she's got her wits and the doomed girl's memories to help her with a plot twist of survival. But when her escape plan fails, she has to charm her way into not being executed again.
Production
Donghua visuals finally competing with Korean webtoon aesthetic—those eye sparkles!
Acting
Tao Dian balances panic and poise; Zhao Lu makes daddy issues sound *good*.
Writing
Meta-commentary on romance novel tropes that actually lands.
Tao Dian
Athanasia de Alger Obelia (voice)
Zhao Lu
Claude de Alger Obelia (voice)
Ma Zhengyang
Lucas (voice)
Zhang Qi
Young Lucas (voice)
Sun Ye
Felix Robane (voice)
Xu Hui
Lilian York (voice)
Chen Yiwen
Jennette Margarita (voice)
Yang Chaoran
Ijekiel Alpheus (voice)
Mu Xueting
Young Ijekiel (voice)
Zhang Pei
Anastacius (voice)
Du Qingqing
Diana (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chuanyue (穿越) protagonist as self-aware genre critic reflects Chinese web novel readers' own fanfiction literacy.
The manhwa artist Spoon's original designs were so influential that the donghua studio reportedly redid Claude's eyes three times to match fan expectations.
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