True Beauty

THE BEST ENDING

Well, this drama has the last episode that I have always wanted!
The time they had after getting back together was properly used for concluding every part like Seojun's career, Heekyung's marraige, Soojin's character development, Jukyeong's and Suho's future career and other couples I love this drama so much.
Yes, I was and forever will be Team Suho and I have my reason to be Shin-Shin shipper.
This drama was one of the basic drama with the love triangle, BUT! the female lead had a goal, she found her true beauty so this made the drama more lovable.
And Seo Jun, what a friend you are!
It is quite amazing that Seojun, Ju Kyeong and Suho will be working together as Idol, makeup artist and producer respectively.
Many of u hate the last episode but I LOVE IT

About the drama,
In a whole this gotta be be of my faves. It had superb comedy!
Ju Yeong is litteraly the comedy King and the best kiss interupter...Dude literally saw his whole family kissing..
The father scene with Suho...UNFORGETTABLE..
The hospital bromance? GOSH ! not even 1 sec was boring....That cake scene too!

I am totally gonna rewatch this drama! This is soo good! I am looking forward to the whole casts futre projects.

Watch this drama if u had a low day ;)

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Cliché but make it fun

Now let’s be honest the idea of the drama is somehow cliché but the story itself is not! It was such a fun ride I enjoyed almost every moment of it and the comedy was such a top notch I don’t even laugh on popular comedy dramas but I laughed on every episode of true beauty, if you didn’t read the WEBTOON you will never know where the story is going actually and this is a good point because it will keep you entertained
The casting of the drama is brilliant I can’t imagine any other actors suited to the main roles, moon ga young nailed her role, in real life of course she is beautiful but she still pulled off the ugly look and her acting of course is amazing, in yeop was just amazing he made the character more outstanding with his acting, and eunwoo with his visuals and good acting, and park yoo na was such a girl crush which I live for and all the cast was amazing ,so-ah and her boyfriend, lim jikyung’s brother and sister and the cast in general were such an eye candy and well chosen
The music was nice it was fun and suited to the vibe of the drama not every ost stood out to me but still i liked it in general
Rewatch it? For me yess!! actually I rewatch every episode with my sister and still have fun as if it’s our first time watching it and I think if i get bored in the future I’ll definitely rewatch it
Overall it was soo fun and amazing for me and I definitely recommend it especially to rom-com fans I don’t think anyone will find boring

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eye candy cast, shallow story

I was ultimately disappointed with the ending and overall message of this drama, but I knew it was going to go a certain way from episode 1. I didn’t finish the webtoon but I knew where it was headed and I didn’t want it to end differently. But perhaps I played myself for thinking that in an eunwoo drama the FL wouldn’t end up with him.
I find Um Ji Gyeong somewhat relatable with wanting to fit in and for once be considered pretty by those around her, and I understand why she lied about her identity, but she was a bit too whiny for my taste. I felt so annoyed whenever she had a sad/crying scene because it was so obnoxious to watch her sorry not sorry lol.
Cha Eunwoo’s performance as Suho was about what I expected. He played the role he always plays-the popular smart good looking guy who’s cold to everyone and only has two facial expressions. In the previews and interviews he said he feels he improved but I digress. I feel like he showed the same side of him we always see, only this time his character was a little bit more emotional. It’s clear he gets casted in these roles because of his looks, but I crave to see him play something more challenging. But maybe he only gets these types of roles because that’s all he’s capable of doing. All I know is that he really didn’t improve besides being a tiny bit less stiff, but that’s about it.
Hwang In Yeob was unanimously the breakout star and the showstopper from this drama. His role was the stereotypical bad boy with a soft heart, but I found his character way more interesting than Suho. Not only that but HIY served visuals that are unique to what I’ve seen in dramas. Looking forward to his next work! Overall I give this a 6 out of 10.

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I don't want to be one of those, but the Mang... The webtoon did it better

Well this is my first review, and it will probably be my last because I don't actually like to write reviews, I am a nobody. BUT this drama, in particular, made me write one, just because it made me so mad.

I am a webtoon avid reader and since quarantine, I have watched so many dramas that I feel like every drama is repetitive.

I am up to date with the original webtoon of True Beauty (TB). This is not my first drama base on a webtoon, but definitely is the first one I have read the webtoon before watching the drama.

I mostly read action webtoons, but for some reason, the premise of TB interested me when Cha Eun Wo announced for the main lead. I watched ID Gangnam Beuty (IDGB) and liked Cha Eun Wo acting, especially because I follow Astro and I know his real personality, so that's why I started reading TB

First. It was a really big surprise how the TV industry it's so out of themselves to not follow the original material. Yes, a few things are kept, but the amazing story made by the original author was sent to trash and decide to just make a cookie cutter of a drama. The story is quite repetitive and almost a copy of IDGB. TB's original story is pretty good when I read it the first time.

What I liked was its original plot progression. Lim Ju Kyung never dated Lee SuHo during high school and in college, she did end up dating Sea Jun. When I read that part I was surprised because after watching so many dramas, this was the first story I have read for a Korean writer to actually give the idea of a second lead chance with the main protagonist, and no a fling, like an actual big relationship. The webtoon is still going and the story is developing in more of an American series type story. Something that I thought was impossible by Korean writers because you know in every drama the two main leads will end together, second leads are just there to look pretty.

So I was an expectation for the first time a drama to make something different. TOTALLY disappointed when they make it a cookie-cutter. Nothing new, the drama was just predictable. All my expectations went to the drain, the drama keep some original plot but it was just too spicy it a little to then follow by a "sike". I finish it just for the sake of it, and because I didn't have anything better to do.

One thing that I did like, and that is something I have to praise about drama writers is that all characters have their part and their stories no matter how small they are. For example, the roles like Ju Kyung's sister and brother, and Kang So Jin in the webtoon are just there for props. But all three in the drama had their own arcs. The one I feel the most grateful for is Kang So Jin in the webtoon I could see the author trying to make her an antagonist from the very beginning but at some point, she just vanished like Thanos just snapped her.

My conclusion is that even though dramas have gotten better in terms of cheesiness, directing, and writing since 2017-18, they are still doing the same old story just with a different path and story backgrounds.

Dramas have become just predictable. I can count with two hands the few dramas that actually can differentiate from the rest, and normally those dramas are the more mature and risky in topic dramas. And I am referring only to romance comedy. Other genres are very original.

And that just... doesn't seem right. These rom-coms can actually have a twist and be original, they don't have to follow the same formula, they can actually take a different approach in the plot to make it good. The reason why the rom-com genre has lost so much rating is that the public knows how it will end.

One drama I can call original is SEARCH WWW, wao 10/10 writing. Even though we have our typical happy ending is actually the drama was more drama than romance. The romance was just a side dish, the character development of the three protagonists was the real main dish. Dramas like this can be refreshing from time to time.

I like romantic comedy-dramas because is an escape from the suffering of the world, I have too many problems to watch super dramatic and melancholic dramas or suspense or crime dramas. But seeing the same story just with a different mask is making it hard and hard to actually keep going into rom-com dramas.

Come on Korea you are just one step closer to make a difference.

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A good drama but not a excellent one

STORY: The story was pretty much the same as most of the high school dramas and it contained all the clichés the kdrama land has at first it went on good but after that it just became repetitive and the last 2 episodes were so rushed.
CAST: All the actors potrayed there character very well especially Park Yoon ah/Kang soo jin her character was really beautiful one in the drama but they spoiled it really badly they could have done better to her.
OST: Well the OST were fine but not for my taste i listened to them twice or thrice and got tired of them i think i kiked only one OST all of them.
REWATCH VALUE: Sincs i don't rewatch any drama i gave it a 1 but if i keep that aside and deside to rewatch i would be skipping half the things and the 16 hours drama would be finished in 4 hours .
OVERALL:Its fine but after some episodes the plot got lost her getting bullied and why she put on make up became secondary and her falling for the main lead became the primary thing they didn't depict the main reason properly in drama and it was shown more of like bits and pieces after ep 4.

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Funny, but lost interest

This drama has a empowering theme and talks about bullying and the resulting effects bullying can have on a person. Beauty is only skin deep. At first, I really did like the drama--it was cute, funny, and refreshing. The character development was nice and the gradual relationship build was good. However, I have to admit the story itself is cliché and predictable--which I did not mind at first, but the story started getting drawn out and I found myself having lost interest by episode 9-10. Then, I ended up dropping it altogether at episode 12. Perhaps, not the drama for me. Other people who enjoy the light-hearted, fluffy-wholesomeness, slow-paced may enjoy it more.

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One of those that made me smile, alot

This is reminded me of a 1940's screwball comedy, and really you have to forget it's supposed to be a high school rom com.

Some of the comedy scene's, the one in the lift rivals Rachael and Samantha, are memorable. The rewatch value is mainly for those scenes.
Yes you have 20-30 somethings playing teenagers, and the sad backstory, The leads are all good actors, so its polished.
I never believe in love triangles, so the fact there was one is just a plot device and you have to go with it.
Who ever did the set dressing for the book shop and the family home deserves an award, I could smell the rooms, they looked lived in, so they were not acting in something that looked like a set.
Just submit to the genre and have some fun.

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Hilarious & a Classic Cliche

The drama excels in its dialogue and delivery, the acting is superb and the show is hilarious. Several laugh out loud moments additionally several moments where I cried too. I felt for Joogyung and was extremely happy for you when she realised her self-worth and inner-beauty. Story is filled with a bunch of cliches but executed really well.
I would say the drama goes extremely well up until around episode 12, which is why I rated the rewatch value at a 6 because I'd watch it up until then. After ep 12 I no longer felt the hype and would watch the show several days after release. The storyline was a bit of a drag. The last two episodes were disappointing, I'm satisfied with the ending however the episodes were not needed, the pace was off. It felt like they were fitting so many things into the episodes.
OST was alright, it wasn't impactful, didn't add anything to the scenes but some of the songs were catchy.

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