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Tasnima_329

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Shadow Beauty korean drama review
Completed
Shadow Beauty
4 people found this review helpful
by Tasnima_329
Dec 31, 2021
13 of 13 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 8.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 10.0
Rewatch Value 7.0
This review may contain spoilers

Crazy AF character that grow on you

I hated almost all the characters at the start of the drama. It took a few episodes for them to grow on me, but I took an almost immediate liking to Ho In though he is not any more sane then any of the other characters. Jin Sung was probably the only clear headed and sane character. At first I thought it was a bit over the top, how insane all the characters were, but its set in a high school and honestly, high school student can be terrifying when it comes to bullying, especially in a fairly sane Kdrama, which this is not.

I shipped Ae Jin and Ho In together almost throughout this entire drama because they were so alike. But I didn't mind that they didn't end up together, I thought I would be disappointed but I wasn't. This drama has very little romance. There are couples, two different couples throughout this drama, either they had very little screen time or they weren't 'real'.
As much as I hated Ho In and Ha Neul together, they grew on me after watching their POV. Every episode would start off with the POV of a character and once I saw the POV of one of the main characters they start growing on me, because I get to see the story from their side and get to know their history. It really helped with the character development.

I did not like Jin Sung at first because he seemed really dodgy for essentially being a normal and decent human being since absolutely no one else in this drama was. But I loved him when he came back after being absent for SEVERAL episodes. His POV was one of my favourites because we got to see what a genuine person he was. And his scenes on the last episode were so damn sweet and probably the only real romance in this drama where a ship I didn't even know I was shipping sailed.

This drama had a very satisfying ending where EVERYONE got what they deserved and the FL and SFL finally became best friends again, a friendship that, again, grew on me after the flashbacks and POV of Ae Jin and Ha Neul.

Definitely a worth while drama to watch. Short and straight to the point with no unnecessary drama.
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