I wish they had developed the story better so that this dissonance did not exist. I would have appreciated seeing Anis and Euphie's feelings towards each other bloom slowly. The show also distracts away from the great sacrifice involved in contracting a spirit by immediately cutting to the 'Happily Ever After' script. I think this was way too sudden. They needed to give that sacrifice sufficient time in the plot to make it seem as weighty and troubling as it is. They rush through many important plot points, including Anis confessing about her past life and Euphie learning to be comfortable in her own skin. These are all crucial character development! Please show us instead of skipping by while giving an entire episode to each fight. I can remember at least 3 whole episodes wasted in a fight that can be boiled down to flashing lights and loud sounds.
To continue the point above, this is because the show veers into trouble regarding power scaling. I still cannot tell you how powerful Anis is supposed to be. Euphie also seems to have very different powers depending on the situation. I know this is not the point. A nice romance does not need mathematically accurate damage numbers and logic. It would detract from it. But I need to know something about the magic system. Otherwise everything just seems like its being yanked around according to the author's whims to suit whatever he is writing.
And lastly, a very interesting part of the show is the challenge this couple poses to the social mores of the times. This kingdom has never had a female leader. It worships magic and the nobles try to monopolize it. Same-sex relationships seem to be frowned upon. A little bit of time is spent showing us this. But the resolution to these problems is just kicked down the road and reduced to a blurb at the end where the narrator says Queen Euphie led the kingdom to a new age where tradition is destroyed. Thanks, I guess. But I would really have enjoyed seeing this for myself!
All in all, it seems unremarkable and forgettable. I appreciated the lesbian romance -- and that is precisely (and regrettably) the part that is given the least attention. The show spends too much time on fight scenes instead of dialogue and character development.
