When I started watching Kdramas almost three years ago (thank you, COVID!) I came upon the concept of short web dramas I had never heard of before. At the beginning I was reluctant to watch them thinking they were just a low quality sub produce but after finally giving them a try, I discovered a vast world of short, sweet, tightly woven stories that rarely have wasted moments.
To My Beautiful WooRi is just one of the better webdramas. It is only 30min long but it manages to tell a complete story including the main characters' past.
WooRi is drifting,she is jobless and treated as less than nobody by her boyfriend destroying the little confidence she has left. She unwittingly accepts to go on a blind date and there she meets a highschool friend . The tables have apparently turned on them during the years they had not met. In school she was a confident popular girl taking no nonsense from anyone and he a nerdy loser being bullied by the local gang and saved by her. Now he is confident and successful and she falls hard for him!
The story is not new or original in any way or form but it is sweet, they have a good chemistry, it is well written, the pacing is good and Kim Young Dae is so tall and cute. The music is there, I think since I did not notice any. And of course it features a magnificent fish kiss!
The confidence in one's self, why one loses it, what to do not to lose it and how to be more confident are the notions driving this web drama forward! The confidence shown by Woo Ri in high school inspired Jun Soek and his atttitide changed so much that WooRi did not even recognize him when they met again. Bur just by being there, treating her like a valued human being, helped her regain some of the lost confidence!
I guess we all need someone to show us that deep down we are good and competent persons and that life can throw lemons at you but instead of being hit by them, you make lemonade!
All in all, a cute and sweet watch, a nice filler drama that cheers you up!