True Beauty

Both dramas feature energetic, highly expressive female leads navigating feelings of imposter syndrome or intense secrecy. Just as Im Joo-kyung goes to great lengths to hide her bare face and past school struggles in True Beauty, My Bias, My Boss's Nam Da-reum has to navigate the tightrope of hiding her intense, multi-year fangirl history from a suspicious boss while trying to make a professional impression.

Additionally, in True Beauty, the heroine is caught between two distinct male archetypes (the brooding, internally vulnerable bad boy Lee Su-ho and the warm, fiercely loyal Han Seo-jun). Similarly, My Bias, My Boss places its lead character in a playful dilemma between her long-admired idol "bias" (Lee Chan) and her prickly, workaholic CEO boss (Kang Ha-gi).

The secondary couple of both shows have a similar dynamic, in the sense that there's a role reversal with the Female Character (FL's older sister in True Beauty & ML's older sister in Love With Flaws) being proactively persuing her crush. They are also both successful Female Characters who enjoy being in charge.

True Beauty is a romantic comedy about a high school girl Lim Ju Gyeong, who rises to pretty girl fame after she masters the art of make-up from YouTube. She turns into a goddess because of her makeup skills, but would rather die than reveal her bare face to anyone. It tells her love story with the only boy that saw her without makeup, Lee Su Ho. Lee is an attractive and handsome boy who appears cold because of his dark past but is actually very caring. They grow when they meet each other sharing their secrets and finding love with each other, but can Su Ho make Ju Gyeong find her true beauty?

Same vibes, school setting 2 guys and a girl. A must watch is you liked one of these. A lot of romance in both and many heartfelt moments

Both shows:
> Happen mostly in a high school.
> Have highschooler as leads.
> The FL has a secret they are afraid will be revealed.
> The FL is popular in their school.
> The FL suffered at the hands of school bullies and still carry those scars.
> The ML is the smartest in the school.
> The ML is the silent but caring type who falls in love with the FL first.
> There are secondary couples in both shows.
> FL has a close group of friends.
> The ML has an estrangled relationship with his father.

Both use makeup to promote self confidence rather than vanity.

Makeup transformation, although they were both beautiful either way.

Both based off webtoon/manga

School romance

This is an excellent show that is also a rom-com and has two male leads fighting for the affections of the female lead. It is very hilarious and I highly recommend this.

"True Beauty" is a romantic comedy about a high school girl, Lim Ju Gyeong, who rises to pretty girl fame after she masters the art of make-up from YouTube. She turns into a goddess because of her makeup skills, but would rather die than reveal her bare face to anyone. It tells her love story with the only boy that saw her without makeup, Lee Su Ho. Lee Su Ho is an attractive and handsome boy who appears cold because of his dark past but is actually very caring. They grow when they meet each other, share their secrets and find love with each other, but can Su Ho make Ju Gyeong find her true beauty?

Similarities:
- Cold-hearted on the outside type of male lead, but soft-hearted for the female lead
- Male lead plays the protective, heroic type of role protecting the female lead from dangers
- Weak female lead in the beginning but you’ll see a character development blooming her into a confident, strong woman
- Both male leads are suffering from some type of trauma

A bullied, unattractive girl is transformed into a beauty queen via make up magic. Similar romantic situations.

"True Beauty" is a romantic comedy about a high school girl, Lim Ju Gyeong, who rises to pretty girl fame after she masters the art of make-up from YouTube. She turns into a goddess because of her makeup skills, but would rather die than reveal her bare face to anyone. It tells her love story with the only boy that saw her without makeup, Lee Su Ho. Lee Su Ho is an attractive and handsome boy who appears cold because of his dark past but is actually very caring. They grow when they meet each other, share their secrets and find love with each other, but can Su Ho make Ju Gyeong find her true beauty?

If you like "To The Beautiful You" you might like "True Beauty" they're both school drama and they both face the bullying problem even if in the first one it's just mentioned. There's more comedy than drama in both of them and I really enjoyed both shows so much. They're dear to me <3.

They are the same vibe.
They both have love triangle and they both contain college life.
They are a little cringe but also comedy in their ways

True Beauty is a romantic comedy about a high school girl Lim Ju Gyeong, who rises to pretty girl fame after she masters the art of make-up from YouTube. She turns into a goddess because of her makeup skills, but would rather die than reveal her bare face to anyone. It tells her love story with the only boy that saw her without makeup, Lee Su Ho. Lee is an attractive and handsome boy who appears cold because of his dark past but is actually very caring. They grow when they meet each other sharing their secrets and finding love with each other, but can Su Ho make Ju Gyeong find her true beauty?

Both explore the life of a female lead with an unusual severe skin condission (severe acne/giant scar) on her face and the effort she puts to hide it through make up. She is bullied about it, but finds love even so. Her loved one is somebody she befriended as a child.