Average.
Honestly, I knew what I was getting from seeing the poster, and name of the show.A girl who to society is "ugly" and gets bullied for that, therefore. She hates her looks. Then discovers the power of makeup! And now she's not getting bullied all that jazz you get me.
The story isn't that original, I say it's kind of bland to a lot of "ugly" to "pretty" stories. Although I did like this show for some twists that they did.
The acting was good! Nothing was bad but it's not SO amazing to the point where I'm crying at every emotional scene. I personally only watched for Cha Eun Woo but y'know, he didn't make the whole show sparkle. Same for Moon as well as I did come for her from tempted.
The music? Honestly I can't remember ANY of them. I only remembered the intro and these two tracks I loved but forgot the names. My fault since I haven't watched this in some months.
Re watch value is low for me, I can only watch for the main couples cute moments but that's all. Maybe for the sister's side romance?
Overall, the show's not that overhyped as some people say, the full ratings for this show is actually the way I want it to be, if it was higher than a 9 then I would've called it overrated. But y'know, some people are into these cute light predictable and unoriginal dramas. Not me though, well once in a while.
The show's good! Just don't expect anything extreme and it'll be predictable than you think. Great high school drama though!
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It was nice
There is so much wrong with this show.But the good: Moon GaYoung was brilliant - she did emotional well, she did silly well and her comedic timing had me laughing out loud at times. She was wonderful. I loved all the friends even SooJin, especially SooJin in fact until she did what she did, but even then…it’s understandable. The music was good. I loved the sister’s storyline and how straightforward she was and JuGyeong’s dad was adorable.
But all in all 3 words, or 3 syllables, made it for me -
Hwang InYeop❤️
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Starts off good, gets a tad boring later on
Now don't get me wrong, I love a good romcom. But this one just kind of fell flat by the end. (Keep in mind I have never read the webtoon while reading this review)The first few episodes provide a good backdrop. It introduces us to the main character and her issues and trauma regarding her looks. This is of course where the title comes from, and I was expecting a drama centering around this issue of finding beauty inside yourself when people around you seem shallow. And it was that....for like 5 episodes.
Listen, I love Eunwoo and his acting was fine for what he was given, but good lord Suho's characterization is so dry. Besides a few scenes regarding his past trauma and fighting with Seo Jun, his whole personality is either nothing or simply Ju Gyeong.
They did my man Seo Jun so dirty. Like yeah he got to debut but is that really considered a happy ending for him? She strung him along (albeit unconsciously) for years and in the end he got friendzoned and ended up with nobody. Speaking of characters done dirty, I don't know how Su Jin's character is in the webtoon, but she had so much more potential that they wasted on making her the intentionally evil person just to move the drama along. Her backstory and her emotions were well portrayed and I caught myself feeling so bad for her, until they just threw that all away to make her pure evil and then she disappeared until the last episode and suddenly all was forgiven? nah
Unfortunately I found myself skipping through a lot of Su Ho and Ju Gyeong's more intimate scenes. I thought at least the entirety of the drama might delve deeper into their relationship and expand on them slowly coming to realize their feelings for each other, but nope they get together in like episode 5 and then all the magic is kind of gone. i found myself saying 'yeah yeah get on with it' anytime they were acting all lovey dovey in the later episodes, especially because i knew that Seo Jun was still getting the short end of the stick.
Overall, the side characters and their relationships were a lot more interesting and they held my attention more often than the main couple. The music was cute and I enjoyed listening to it. The show as a whole is okay, but I don't see myself ever rewatching it.
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A lighthearted watch
While True Beauty covers more mature subject matters, it shouldn't be considered a "mature" show. If you're looking for a show that covers bullying and beauty standards in a very introspective manner then this isn't for you. That being said, I did enjoy the show! It was a reallly great and entertaining show. The acting was a bit over the top at times and after ep 8 or 9 the show kinda went down in enjoyablity for me. I would recommend watching if you just wanna tune the world out and see smth lightheartedWas this review helpful to you?
my first kdrama
the first episode is very boring and silly. I admit that I gave up for a few days to continue watching because the first episode seemed very childish to me. the story is really cool and fun at the same time. She shows pride, empathy, understanding, love, everything in all the characters. because it was my first drama, I developed a very strong affection for it.Was this review helpful to you?
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clichê adolescente bobinho com uma crítica social
plot bom, mostrando as dificuldades que a jukyung passou por ser considerada feia.o dorama inteiro shippei ela com o suho, achei um amor leve, por mais que haviam muitos red flags.
mais para o final da trama, senti que os roteiristas se perderam e acabou que peguei um ranço do suho, achei ele muito tóxico. não acho que terminar, naquela circunstância, foi errado, mas eles deviam ter conversado e se comunicado melhor.
suah é um amor, me apaixonei pela personagem... 💛
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Simples, mas bom.
Sinceramente, para um Dorama de comédia romântica, me prendeu bastante. A história é um tanto simples, mas movimentada e explorada de uma boa forma. Os atores são ótimos, passam muito a energia do personagem, e também são muito parecidos com do webtoon. Te arrancam boas risadas, é aquele drama que quando a personagem sofre você sente com ela. Apesar de já ter vistos muitos dramas de comédia romântica, ele certamente tem um diferencial. Acho muito bom a forma como eles mostram o significado da maquiagem para as garotas, de muitas formas.Não é o melhor que já vi, mas eu certamente recomendo.
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Got me into dramas
Say what you want, it was chessy, not well thought out etc but I don't care. Before this drama I tried to watch other dramas but this drama just stuck with me more than the others. I found myself having anxiety for weeks waiting for an episode to come out, went on twitter to talk and tweet about it others etc.I enjoyed every single thing about it, except the love triangle and how the second lead was treated. Even at the end the authors kept disrespecting the guy. As much as I was rooting for the first lead, i could recognize that a two year time jump and he's still in love with her and gets chosen over is such disrespect to that character. Making him long for her til the bitter end. Not saying that that the writers should've given him another love interest because that would've been a cop out, but I'm saying that the writers should've made the seconds leads feelings dwindle a bit.
Also secondary couple was so damn cute I loved them so much
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yeah
I see where all of these other comments bashing the drama are coming from. When I watched the drama by myself before reading the other reviews on this site, I genuinely enjoyed and looked forward to every new episode that came out. Although I do understand and agree how the plot isn't anything special, it didn't really matter to me. I'm sure there are more hopeless romantics like me out there that wouldn't mind watching the same cliché plot over and over again but still get butterflies everytime. I had a great time watching it while sitting back and enjoying the eye candy the lead actors/actress provided us with. Honestly, most of us watched it bc of the visuals. I wouldn't rewatch the whole drama, but I'd be more than willing to skim through the trailers and clips of the drama on YouTube ig.Was this review helpful to you?
All around alright
I enjoyed the drama all around, but I cant help but not really enjoy the ending or some of the changes they made from the webtoon.I did like the changes that were made about 김수진 and how she was a strong character that wasn't a straight up terrible person in the beginning. I appreciated it, and it felt more believable.
Concerning the time skip and the second male lead, I wasn't too happy with the changes that were made from the webtoon. Sometimes the baby voice did get on my nerves, and there were the side character parts that I most definitely had to skip, out of cringe or boredom.
But what can I say? I liked watching it and enjoyed myself while doing so. Not bad, overall.
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ROLLERCOASTER OF EMOTIONS
This show made me laugh like a maniac, giggle like a high-school girl and cry like some child. Never have I watched something that has made me go through so many emotions. Even in a single episode I laughed and next minute i'm crying and then i'm laughing through my tears. There were some aspects of the show that weren't too good, but the storyline was nice and the way MC's story was shown was brilliant.Best guy in this show was Seo Jun, since he was introduced to the end I knew he wouldn't let me down, he's become one of my favourite characters now. I miss him sooo much now that I've finished the show and I hope to see him in another show soon. Love him through and through and I'm completely team SeoJun, there was not ONE thing that I didn't like about him....NOTHING. HE'S AMAZING.
Another good character was Ju-Young, he was just a nutcase and I loved him for it, he's probs one of my fav goofy side characters. He showed a very brief caring side a couple of times, but those moments literally lasted 5 seconds...max and then he went back to his crazy self
The show went through some drama - like all shows - but for some reason the drama in this show and the emotions hit me so hard and I was crying so many times during sad scenes. But this show was a ROLLERCOASTER OF EMOTIONS - One second I'm crying the next I'm laughing, this show made me laugh and smile and just AAAAAHH so much, even just thinking about it now I have a massive grin on my face and I'm trying not to laugh to myself. So I'm really glad to have watched this show and I hope you guys watch it too because you're missing out otherwise.
Honestly, I put off watching 'true beauty' for a while because I didn't think it'd be that good, even tho I'd heard people's thoughts on it, but I'm so glad that I watched it.
Many people dislike this show, but for me it was the emotions that I experienced, EVERY SINGLE EPISODE, that made me keep watching this show after the first couple of episodes :)
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First of all this drama is completely for adolescentsThe story was ok but nothing new at all in it
It had an important message behind
You should accept yourself the way you are away from others opinions
The bullying was annoying in Korea really and dangerous
The romance was nice
The plot wasn't wow
As usual they should connect the main leads together in their childhood
And I don't know how they remembered eachother
I used to forget people in my same year lol
The main song was really nice, I loved it
The characters were good except
Si mi and the Fl's father he was so irresponssible and stupid
I dislike the outfit of in youp with all these earrings
His character was really nice in the drama which I hated the most for the second ML because he is going to be rejected 😭
I felt great when the FL slapped (si mi) the bullying girl a lot
I wanted to enter the screen and share the FL slapping her... LOL 😂😂
Of course tears and drama should take a place towards the end
I didn't get what eun woo did
I hated when one of the partners take a decision by himself thinking this was the good decision for all
I saw that selfish and cowrdness
He left her for two years, know nothing about her,
in the other hand in youp took care of her every day
Really this is not fair
She should ended up with him
The other side stories were nice
In general this drama was just OKAY to watch once
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