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Beyond the ridiculous premise, it's the way the makers had to picturize only shin eun soo with her hair down in school , like not even a little hair clip because a ponytail or braid with her hair type would not allow for exaggerating the unkempt-ness (if thats a word) of her curly frizzy mane while she's surrounded by other girls who all look like they put in the bare-minimum effort to come to school with pulled back hair (as picturized in the article above).

Reminded me of the Chinese drama The First Frost where in the flashback scenes, they had to have only the female lead with her hair down in school, looking like a manic pixie come to life, horribly out of place for a school setting.

Like, we get it. They're the main lead. But it's like it's not enough for the female lead to just be a normal school girl. They have to stand out some way or the other from the rest of the "average" crowd for the hero to take a look at them, for better or worse.

She's adorable omg...that photo makes her look like a tiny woman 🥰

Too early to tell, but if this drama pans out the way I'm thinking it will purely based on the summary, it might actually become my favorite drama of the year. Looks like it has all the themes I love in stories: sisterhood, unrequited love, an aloof and tortured male lead, small town life, etc etc

Yes but that's recently and i'm glad he's been able to branch out but the fact remains that for the majority of his filmography, he's been playing the same slightly dorky, goofy funny guy across different settings

Lee sun bin is gorgeous but plays the same roles every time...looks like she's been typecast by the industry like her partner Lee kwangsoo

Yaay finally a kim woo bin and bae suzy drama i can watch 😅😅

So excited for this! Can't imagine how fun this must've been for them to film...hoping it's fun and lighthearted throughout

What's the point of a second season without one of the main leads?

Was really skeptical about his pairing with Yoona but I'm really surprised by how mature he looks in these pics now...

100% agreed. Tired of how invasive and creepy they get with it too.

She was really good in Kill It tho! I had to do a double take to recognize her in Hierarchy. Not sure what happened from then to now. She got the typical k-celeb makeover but I'm not sure why it affected her acting...

They should just leave the Korean title as it is, unless it's something completely difficult to remember. Loved the original title for Head Over Heels for eg...

So let's get this straight...your entire counter-argument (if it can even be called that) to my ethically relevant question of "when will creators ditch using offensive stereotypes and packaging it for youth" is "haha well acne *is* ugly haha!" and "well it's just how things work in the flawless Korean society that is above all criticism and anyone who questions their regressive ideals is a superior morning-breath smelling virtue signaler!"

Then I would suggest the flawless and superior Korean society keep their regressive content amongst their own people, instead of slapping on English subs hoping to profit from the same international crowd whose features keep being the mainstay of their "unattractive" booklet.

And you are 100% right that I definitely do not care about anything in this life as much you seem to do about the hideousness of acne, and upkeeping the dignity of flawless Korean "society", with how you're going around replying to everyone commentingunder this post sharing their own opinions, mocking my profile name (which *was* quite funny I will admit. thank you for the laugh and also for reminding me that I *am* being an idiot continuing to give my time and attention replying to a hate monger like yourself)

That is all I have for this comment thread. But feel free to keep those mindless childish insults without a relevant counter-argument coming. You can assume that I have continued to read and appreciate them.

The only thing truly hideous here is your shameless display of ignorance and bad personality. I would rather "virtue signal" about topics I care about than waste my energy hating on people's insecurities just coz I can.

Besides, your bad attitude starts and ends with the anonymity you get on the internet. Bring this ugly personality to real life and watch people skitter away from your acne-less flawless presence like the very acne you seem to be fixated on hating.

My bad, replying to someone who is clearly either still in middle school or hasn't outgrown the teenage
bully mindset. My sincere apologies.

But but but...you clearly neither have common sense or basic empathy? On the other hand, when people have both, we don't need to "search" for reasons to be offended. They naturally present themselves to us in the form of regressive ideas being propagated in content curated for youth consumption. And people like you who unabashedly throw millions of people's insecurities back in their faces like it is your own personal boss moment. Spoiler alert: it's not.

You know what would make life actually easier? If people realized they didn't live in a vacuum and were more considerate of other people.

Then maybe restrict your content to your geographical land mass and don't put english subs and cater your content for the international crowd hoping to profit from them if you're going to be pushing your country's (regressive) "ideals" globally

This statement "who devises a plan to straighten her perpetually unruly frizzy hair to prepare for the biggest confession of her life" from the summary which implies her hair has to be straight for her to confess from the article and the general trend around stories like this that have been done to the bone a hundred times.

Sure but we aren't living in the 90s. It's a show that's releasing in 2025 and obviously catered to the young crowd, specifically young girls. Most young girls watching this aren't going to be looking at it as "oh this was just how it was in the 90s, not my reality in 2025".

I got little women vibes haha...the kdrama

It's 2025. When will we stop seeing curly hair, glasses, acne and a tan as the hallmark of being unattractive?