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True Beauty korean drama review
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True Beauty
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by nhi
Feb 5, 2021
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 7.5
Story 6.5
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 7.0
This review may contain spoilers

cliche but good

The story starts of with a girl, Lim Jugyeong, who gets bullied for being "ugly" and wears makeup to hide her "ugly self". She transfers to a new high school where she meets rich, lonely guy Lee Su Ho and a troublemaker, Han Seo Jun. The plot already sounds cliché and obviously we all know who is she going to end up with.

What I liked in the drama is that Jugyeong stood up for herself and embraced her "ugly" face which was a good character development whereas in the webtoon, she has not but we will have to see as the webtoon has not finished yet.

What I did not like in the drama in episode 16, was Su Ho broke up with her which to me, I understood why because he did not want to hurt her and did not want her to wait for him as he was unsure if he was able to return to her. But, being up on her face when he returned was very childish of him. She clearly felt uncomfortable. The drama Su Ho is very different to the webtoon Su Ho.

The thing that really was painful was Seo Jun, he knew that he could not force her to love him but he did so many things to help her, like get her a job. It broke my heart when he let her go to Su Ho and he ran off to to cry alone. He knew he was not the one for her but still had those eyes like he is still in love with her. Jugyeong was very clueless and had no clue Seo Jun loved her until the very end. The director really gave him a dirty ending, they just showed him that he is debuting, that he told himself that when he becomes an idol "he will forget his feelings."

Another thing was that when Su Ho and Jugyeong dated, it was very cringeworthy that they had to "hide" like every typical Korean drama.

The music was very uplifting and was suitable for the three characters.

I would definitely rewatch this drama but not too often because it is like your everyday typical drama.
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