The King's Affection features a cisgender woman who cross-dresses and assumes a male identity for survival and political necessity. This narrative, while exploring gender roles and societal expectations, does not depict or engage with transsexual characters or themes. Therefore, the film receives an N/A rating for its portrayal of transsexual identity.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

The series centers on a female character who disguises herself as her deceased twin brother, the Crown Prince, to assume his identity. This is an in-plot gender disguise, not a change of a character's established canonical gender from source material.

The King's Affection is a South Korean historical drama based on a Korean manhwa, set in the Joseon Dynasty. The characters, both in the source material and on screen, are consistently portrayed by East Asian actors, aligning with the historical and cultural context. There is no instance of a character established as one race being portrayed as a different race.