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The King's Affection

★ 8.0 9K votes 2021–2021 1 season · 20 episodes Ended KBS2
K-dramaKorean drama storytelling: emotional arcs, romance beats and format traditions.This show: 9/10Period pieceSet meaningfully in a past era.This show: 9/10Royalty & aristocracyCourts, crowns and dynasties.This show: 8/10Love storyA love story as the engine of the show, not a side plot.This show: 8/10Secrets & liesHidden truths straining every relationship.This show: 8/10BittersweetJoy and loss mixed so thoroughly they can't be separated.This show: 7/10Romantic yearningThe will-they-won't-they ache as the main draw.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Park Eun-binKim Ro-WoonNam Yoon-SuByungchanBae Yoon-kyoungJung Chae-yeon
Written by
Lee So-Young
Starring
Park Eun-binKim Ro-WoonNam Yoon-SuByungchanBae Yoon-kyoungJung Chae-yeon
Written by
Lee So-Young
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
063125188250

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About

"A hidden identity turns royal duty into heartbreak"

When a newborn prince's twin sister is secretly kept alive after his death, she's raised in hiding until a royal crisis forces her to step into her dead brother's identity and become Crown Prince. Years later she must rule, and love, while concealing her true self from the court and from the tutor who slowly falls for her. It's a lush, melancholy Joseon-set melodrama that trades palace intrigue for aching restraint, carried by its lead's quietly devastating performance and a slow-burn romance built on secrets rather than sparks.

Watch it for

the lead performance, which carries a forbidden identity and slow-burn romance with real ache.

Maybe skip if

you want brisk pacing or plot-driven intrigue over sustained emotional restraint.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12021
8.03K20
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Episode #1.18.0
244—
▶2Episode #1.27.7
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▶3Episode #1.37.8
164—
▶4Episode #1.47.8
157—
▶5Episode #1.57.7
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▶6Episode #1.67.8
155—
▶7Episode #1.77.8
156—
▶8Episode #1.88.2
159—
▶9Episode #1.98.1
151—
▶10Episode #1.107.9
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▶11Episode #1.118.2
155—
▶12Episode #1.128.3
162—
▶13Episode #1.138.0
147—
▶14Episode #1.147.8
147—
▶15Episode #1.157.7
144—
▶16Episode #1.167.8
140—
▶17Episode #1.177.7
142—
▶18Episode #1.188.0
145—
▶19Episode #1.198.5
158—
▶20Episode #1.208.3
178—

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Park Eun-bin Dam Yi, Lee Hwi, Yeon Seon
Kim Ro-Woon Jung Ji Woon, Jung Ji-Un
Nam Yoon-Su Lee Hyeon
Byungchan Kim Ga-on
Bae Yoon-kyoung Sin So-eun
Jung Chae-yeon No Ha-kyeong
Choi Myung-bin Dam-yi
Jolene Jaxon Shin So Eun
Hao Feng Lee Hyun
Eugene Young Chun-Saeng

Crew

Lee So-Young

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