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neomu BeAuTiFuL
so first of all , i wasn't going to watch this drama but my friend told me to give it a try and here i am satisfied . this drama was everything , funny , sad , romantic and in some type of a way heartwarming . the cast was on point , every actor and actress did their job perfectly and i'm saying this to those brats that be saying that eun woo can't act . bruh just because he is handsome and pretty doesn' tmean he should suck at acting . there's so many funny scenes that made me wheeze in the middle of the night while everyone is sleeping lmao . i foundit a bit exaggerated how she was afraid and anxious if her classmates about her wearing makeup cuz whats the big deal but than thats korea so maybe thats the case there idk . i was team suho all through the drama so i was completely satisfied with the ending but team sejun on the other hand... of course he doesn't stand a chance cuz he's just a second lead what did u expect ?the high school vibes made miss my high school days .
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All cliches in one drama but still a fun watch.
I love the message of the drama. But as time went the story lost its focus and all focus was on the aggravating love triangle, and at that point the characters just looked pathetic. To make it worse, the FL is so clueless it's frustrating. Anyone can watch this but I definitely think the drama is geared towards younger audiences. The best thing I love about the drama is the characters, some of the characters had so much depth and shined anytime they appeared on screen. They really elevated a story full of cliches.Now as for the love triangle, as someone who never gets second lead syndrome this was very hard to watch. Writers need to stop this trope where the second male lead is left sulking for the girl even after time jumps. How about introducing another love interest, at some point it gets tiring to watch and I hope they never make another drama regarding that. I was stupid enough to expect some kind of change in the last two episodes, but it had the same cliche ending. Overall, this wasn't a bad watch, I love how they wrapped up everything.
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"True Beauty: A Heartfelt Blend of Romance, Comedy, and Self-Discovery"
Review of True BeautyTrue Beauty is a captivating South Korean drama that masterfully blends romance, comedy, and themes of self-acceptance. Based on the popular webtoon by Yaongyi, the series delivers an engaging high school story filled with heartwarming moments, relatable struggles, and endearing characters.
The story follows Lim Ju-kyung, a kind-hearted yet insecure high school student who has faced years of bullying due to her appearance. Determined to reinvent herself, she becomes highly skilled at makeup, transforming her look and gaining newfound confidence at her new school. However, she lives in constant fear of her bare face being exposed, leading to moments of tension and self-doubt.
A significant part of True Beauty’s appeal lies in its well-developed characters. Moon Ga-young shines as Ju-kyung, portraying her insecurities and growth in a relatable way. Her journey is not just about external beauty but about learning to love herself beyond her appearance. Cha Eun-woo plays Lee Su-ho, a reserved and seemingly cold student with a hidden warmth and painful past. Hwang In-yeop brings Han Seo-jun to life, a rebellious yet kind-hearted character who adds depth to the story. The chemistry between the leads is strong, making the love triangle both compelling and emotional without overshadowing the drama’s central themes.
Beyond romance, the drama explores self-esteem, bullying, and the unrealistic beauty standards often imposed by society. It sends an empowering message about self-acceptance and inner beauty, making it more than just a typical high school romance. The balance between lighthearted comedy and emotional depth keeps viewers invested throughout.
Visually, True Beauty is stunning, with well-executed makeup transformations and vibrant cinematography that enhances the storytelling. The soundtrack also complements the mood, featuring songs that perfectly capture the emotions of the characters.
Overall, True Beauty is a well-rounded drama that offers romance, humor, and meaningful life lessons. It’s a must-watch for anyone who enjoys high school dramas with a strong message about self-worth and confidence.
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Felt my brain cells atrophy with each episode
Watched this because of Cha Eun Woo. Could not finish it.It was so predictable and stupid. The protagonist's problem is not so much that she is ugly but more so that she is dumb. She has the voice of a preschooler and just comes across as an absolute bimbo. If I could retitle this show it would be "A Schoolgirl's Manual for Transformation into a Date-Rape Target". She comes across as self-absorbed and lacking in any self-preservation mechanisms for her own safety. Going on blind dates with older men while dressing up as an older woman; giving her number to strange men just because he asks for it; letting men invade her private space; having an imbalanced response to just being a victim of upskirting. If I had a teenage daughter, I would keep them away from this show or at least let them know this is brain fluff and not to be taken seriously. At all.
JG's voice grated the entire time. She is immature, does not care about anyone at all except her own issues. Sure, it's to escape bullying and such, but having achieved her objective of being allowed to live her own life and not be bullied, one would think that someone in that situation would at least spend that time on SOME amount of planning for her future. Hell, no. She has no mental ambitions at all and is quite happy to have her grades be as low as her skirt is short as long as she is considered pretty. Why bother being left alone when you're not going to do anything with your life? Even Han SJ's younger sister has more ambitions than her. I watched on because I was fascinated with her cool older sister but the r/ship with the teacher was unnecessarily angsty and weird that it wasn't enough to keep me invested.
Pretty much every episode has a kdrama romcom formulaic slo-mo clumsy moment from the protag that involves falling and getting caught by the handsome male lead and then this time-stood-still stupid, googly-eyed stare at him. Once in a while is tolerable but this was nearly every. Single. Episode. On some episodes, any close contact with the male will lead to her having heart palpitations while in others, she's quite naive to invading their personal space and being oblivious to their reactions i.e. with Han SJ. Like, really?! Very convenient. Who goes around roaring like an idiot up close to the guy? Bimbo JG, apparently.
The mother's treatment of the father was appalling as well. Flip the genders around and see a husband treat the wife the way the mum treated the dad and what would one think? She's unsupportive, verbally and physically abusive. She puts him down when he's trying out new ideas and having new interests. She's the type of partner that wants to keep the other one meek so she has the upper hand in the r/ship. She's shallow AF and so is her bimbo daughter.
I can't believe this got as high a mark on MDL as it has. Cha Eun Woo reprised his role as a tsundere handsome boy in My ID is Gangnam Beauty but that show has 100x more depth than this absolute... WTF.
Immature. Shallow. Stupid. Formulaic. Don't waste your time on this.
Addendum:
Regarding viewing this show as just a brain fluff, easy watch, yes, I totally went into it knowing that it is just such a show. There wasn't an episode that went by that I didn't roll my eyes but I reminded myself that, "it's just brain fluff. Just for a brain turn-off watch". And I accepted the rules that were set that in this parody-esque romCOM dictating that the protag would be the "norm" for cute and desirable. The problem I had was that even the writers didn't stick to their own rules so why should I?
Part way through they intro'd a new char of Go Woon, the bad boy Han SJ's younger sister. GW is the cliche char that's meant to showcase the vulnerable side of the bad boy tritagonist and also provide multiple excuses for the protag to be in close proximity to SJ whilst having the setup be construed as totally innocent and coincidental i.e. she just happens to be at their home when SJ is prancing around, headphones in ears, in nothing but his underwear and a loose robe; convenient. And predictable. As a third function, GW is also the mirror image of JG, sharing the same "wounded" background as JG, albeit younger. JG is able to save her in a way that she was never saved herself and this helps to soothe her own past wounds. The problem with GW is that she is superior to JG in every way.
When we get intro'd to her r/ship with SJ she is maternal and independent. She cooked her own ramen and SJ loves her cooking and commented that it was delicious. When next we meet them in a family setting again she is with the mother, the matriarch of the family, and she is shown to have folded the clothes and instructed her brother to take his underwear and head off to the room in a very un-younger-sibling-like way. She is mature, has ambitions (wants to get into Music Academy) and, unlike JG, only uses makeup for the stage and her performance, not to maintain a duplicitous life. She is aware of the benefits of makeup for its effect on an audience and does not need it in real life, not even in school. When the part-time job comes up at the comic store, she's there in a flash, securing an income before JG does even tho the latter frequents the shop more often than she. In terms of guys, she knows what she wants and doesn't want and has strong boundaries and knows how to set them. Most of all, she has a normal speaking voice and does not have a predilection to trip over herself every episode so we can get the cliche time-stood-still-slomo catch/rescue from a guy. In fact, I doubt she really needs a guy to rescue her. When her bro wants to sort out her bullies, she insists she'll deal with her problems herself. Even had JG not have stepped in, I believe she would've found a way to do so. Maybe she'd have missed that one performance but her eyes will still be set on the Music Academy. What's the use of a small high school performance when she'd be unhindered in a larger platform later on? It's obvious that the teacher recognised her talent. She would've had no problems getting recognised at the Music Academy later on too.
At the same time, we get the parallel to JG. She decides that she doesn't like the baseball player and starts to kinda set her boundaries, in a much less confident voice than GW and only, if I recall correctly, after seeing Lee SH set his boundaries with someone who'd known him in the past (that no one knew or have seen and have seen after). I don't recall ever seeing her do something adult like cook in all the 9 episodes. She only stepped in for the family and did the cleaning once the dad was gone and when he was around, she was daddy's girl and princess and did not do any cooking of her own. Tho an older sister, her r/ship with her younger sibling seems to be more like she's his younger sibling. He always seems to have the power, using his upper hand to blackmail her into things and they are constantly bickering . She showed no initiative in getting a p/t job until later even tho she would've passed the job sign at the comic shop often and she only got her job through SJ's help. She also never had any ambitions until later, in fact, it's not till after she's met GW that cosmetology crystalises in her mind. In all these ways, she is inferior to GW and the show itself got changed in tone because of this juxtaposition. As a viewer, I now have the option of something "normal" and superior in GW. The problem is she's only a side char with the role of fulfilling a bridge function for the WTF protag. Her romance arc would've been either that she rejects JG's brother totally or that she gets charmed by his sincerity in the end or, worst yet, she might've been subjected to having a crush on a yet unknown pretty boy char so that the stereotypical love triangle can be expanded to a love decahedron to fulfill the quota for the kdrama romcom theme of it's-not-as-much-about-love-as-it-is-about-how-many-trophies-of-alpha-males'-hearts-you-can-get. Gawd knows they tagged on the Kang SJ love interest to make it a love pentagon (along with the baseball creep) when she'd been pretty ok with a friendship with Lee SH for TEN YEARS. They even changed her capacious char to be a conniving, manipulating wench just to fit this pentagon arc. WTF. I couldn't bear to watch GW's char be subjected to a cliche in the short moments that I'd get a glimpse of her.
Because of these reasons, that the writers showed it was possible to get a normal, functional female char, the show pushed itself out of being just a brain fluff, easy watch offering into something that needed to be considered properly. In those terms it failed miserably.
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Shallow and repeatedly tedious
I don't know what I honestly expected from a series focused on such a shallow character and premise, but I suppose it was - character development. There were no changes to the people, no character development, no communication, and no reason to continue watching.I expected her to grow as a character, and get better, but instead, I felt myself wanting to smack her and both the male leads. Each arc, each new drama, was tedious and forced, and was then fixed within an episode, which led me to wonder why they needed so much drama in between it.
I honestly don't know why I expected anything less, honestly. Considering it's about 100 chapters into the webtoon and the MC is still just as shallow and conceited as she is in this show in the manga. (Fun fact: the mc has the audacity to complain that people around her are "fake" and catfishing her on blind dates. What the eff is she doing then? Can you spell hypocrite?)
The ONLY reason I got to episode 13 is that I wanted to see if their relationship when it was finally here was worth the tedious leading up to it. And it was not. Even with the brilliant, hard-hitting actors that I've thoroughly enjoyed in other things. Even they couldn't save this train wreck, and I'm genuinely not sure why people seem to enjoy this waste of a show.
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The webtoon times 10
The show and drama are both ongoing. So how is it possible to come to the conclusion that the drama is ten times better than the webtoon?Is it because I dislike the webtoon. No, infact i love it.
Is it because I'm Team Suho in the drama? No, infact I'm team Jugyeong and whoever makes her happy. [ In the webtoon I was completely in love with her wholesome beautiful relationship with Seojoon, and I was SO happy she got to be experience true love with him. But in the drama Suho is clearly the one for her, what with the the length he will go to protect Jugyeongs secret, to make her happy, to help her study, to defend her honour, to encourage her while she’s down. ]
Is it because of the change in plot? Partly. I like not knowing which direction this show is going to take. I like drama Sujin. I have a girlcrush on Heegyung who was wallpaper in the webtoon. I like seeing glimpses of my favourite moments and costumes in the webtoon brought to life. I like all the other show parodies and cameos by actors.
Is it because of the stellar cast? YES! EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER has been cast to perfection in this drama. It's like they were made for these roles.
Is it also because of the depth of characters and intersecting storylines?? YES. YES. YES. I cannot tell you how rich and well fleshed out the drama characters are. They pale in comparison to the ones in the webtoon.
It's also also because this show is light, fluffy, embarrassingly funny, totally over the top and exactly the kind of crack i needed to end 2020 on a high and begin 2021 with a bang!!
PS: To those who are disappointed because it's different from the webtoon. This is how I see it. They’re distant cousins. Like your mother’s-fathers-brothers-sons-daughter. They have the same roots and foundation but are intrinsically different. It doesn’t make one better than the other. They’re both special in their own way. Comparing them is pointless because they were never meant to have the same personality. You realise this from the get go. Right from the way Suho and Jugyeong meet, to the harsh bullying Jugyeong was treated to, or the early introduction of Seojoon. They are both unique. The more you compare the more disappointed you’re likely to get. Enjoy the two for who they are. Individually. I mean who likes to be compared to their cousins am I right??
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Not what you expect!
Now the headline might make it seem like this is a negative review but this is far from it, although i am not finished watching this drama I can tell that it's going places. THE RIGHT PLACES. With the way that it's progressing I really enjoy how they stuck to the main point of the drama as a whole which is basically in the title, true beauty lies within. I also enjoy that they DIDN'T STICK ENTIRELY TO THE SCRIPT. I will admit, at first I was a little disappointed but let's all be honest. It would be really boring if they did do that. It'd be like reading the webtoon except they'd be acting it out. Some of you may be yelling EXACTLY! THEY'RE ACTING IT OUT! But if that were the case I'd just reread the webtoon. ( I dunno maybe its just me) in any case! I just really love how they added their own twist to her backstory making it more interesting and full of depth. So far it's a really cool watch and it's funny. Her relationship with seojun is funny and heartwarming. Her relationship with seojun is complicated. AND THE CAST DOES SUCH A GREAT JOB. Before watching this drama I was suho all the way. I still am, I just want seojun to myself LMFAOOO. In this drama they make the characters more round than the webtoon does. The drama is circled around romance, but its much more than JUST ROMANCE. In any case I totally recommend.Was this review helpful to you?
Cute but flat
The biggest deal-breaker for me is that the characters are flat and caricaturish, and IMO the writing is cheap and shoddily done, full of cliches that will probably be new and thrilling to most young or new kdrama watchers but are stale and boring to old-time kdrama fans (old as in pre-webtoon era) like me. I did not read the webtoon so I am not sure if the characters are as one-dimensional and cliched there as in the drama. Pretty sure there are those who are in love with this type of "cuteness" but if you want dramas with characters you really feel for, who are fleshed out and feels real and are not just cute cartoon characters, then this would not be for you. You could do romcom and ridiculous and silly while still having well-rounded, fully fleshed out and relatable characters, like in Full House, for instance. I found the storytelling here scattered and all over the place, as you would expect from something adapted from a serialized webtoon that has a lot of senseless fillers. I also find the main guy (Suho) bland and uninteresting even though he is playing out one of my favorite tropes -- the cold genius. It takes a certain character/personality for an actor to be able to pull that off well, and this one didn't do it for me even though he looks gorgeous. Overall, cute but flat and boring. Lacks good writing and characterization.Was this review helpful to you?
Creative Entertainment
Entertainment is what the director have in mind when he make this drama, there are a lot of creative funny scene inserted in many situation, and that what's actually make me appreciate this more.A lot of cliche scene are also inserted purely for entertainment, and they've gone deep with it, so you have to keep that in mind when you watch this.
For someone that want to watch K-drama seriously this might be not for you.
Although they've started with heavy subject (bullying & suicide) in episode 1, they took their time and focus more on the love triangle and FL transformation after she changed with make up until they continue touch it again on episode 10. I do hope they still maintain their comedic tone between those heavy subject scene, and can wrap it up high.
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2nd male lead carries the show and the rest is just about ok
I was not going to write a review because there are already many that share more or less my opinions of this show but I think this is one of the times I've felt the most frustrated and suffered the biggest 2nd male lead syndrome. I need to get it out of my system.Seo Joon as a character was to me the best of the show, not only he has layers to peel but also he has the edge and nuance. I guess I should clarify that in reality I'm glad he didn't end up with the main character for I got kind of annoyed with her as the drama progressed, but I feel he deserved so much better and I'm left with a big bitter feeling in that respect.
I haven't read the webtoon so no idea how much better it is or anything, but I feel I would feel as frustrated if the plot lacks the same depth this did and if it's very blatantly obvious FL will end up with Su Ho.
Most of my rating goes for him as a character and his banter and scenes because although the drama was entertaining and funny at times until about episode 7 in general, from then on it goes massively downhill and at points quite melodramatic for no reason.
For starters I feel like the premise of the drama is quite unrealistic and cliché, the beauty superman I guess, some glasses and pimples already make the main character unrecognizable.
I found quite bad taste the way they blatantly did the eyebrows in the child and teen FL when she's "ugly", it made no sense, it was someone made them with a sharpie, they couldn't just fill them in naturally so they looked thicker? I feel if they wanted to play with this concept of the two faces of a person they should either have made really transformative makeup or maybe even have different actresses of similar body figure playing the main character, as is it feels mostly cheap and difficult to agree with the "fantasy" element of this (that no one recognises her instantly) when she looks the same with or without makeup and especially given the fact that every other actor/actress in the show is wearing the same amount and at times even more makeup than her, "your bare face is so ugly" - says character with a cake of makeup on.
This is full of rather bad clichés, there are clichés I can enjoy and in here some of them I didn't mind as much, but some others just make you facepalm very hard, like the accident and the amount of time they had to get out of the way, the breakup, her sudden stomach problems at the end of the show that add nothing, them knowing each other since young and other "fated"/"first love" cliché or bullies being bullying for the whole drama just because.
What did the FL learn here really? It's what I wonder first and foremost. We didn't have at any point a thought from the FL about beauty as it is, mostly what she does at the end happens because she's cornered and then a light bulb flickers for two seconds and decides to do something different. Also, I get it's trying to be comedic but I found quite bad taste her mother taking her to see a plastic surgeon. Sure, her mother's words make a point to say she's beautiful but honestly when she said she was taking her somewhere I thought she was taking her to a dermatologist, that it's where she should have gone like her friend Soo Ah told her, as well as to therapy for her confidence, her trauma and self-esteem issues.
I'm tired of seeing female lead characters that lack certain level of temper, I feel writers need to understand you can still have self-esteem issues, be shy and also at the same time take no BS from anyone. FL here is total damsel in distress, but at times she shows certain level of temper and can be quite selfish as well when comfortable with the people around her, what just ends up being kind of frustrating to watch for me and made me not like her too much, like at points I found her kind of rude to Su Ho once she was comfortable with him for example.
Don't get me started on the unrealistic portrayal of class dynamics where everyone, every-single-one-of-them, agrees she's ugly and no one sides with her or defends her (both in her previous school or current one).
And don't get me started either on Soo Jin, what a waste of potential character, I liked her way more than the main one until she went psycho.
Su Ho... pffff, what a stick... I think he was the constipated one for most of the drama and I felt mostly nothing for their relationship. Sure, they were cute at some points but it didn't move me much. But the two most problematic things for me are him using her at the beginning in that manner, and the other one is his behaviour after breaking up. Obviously the breakup was pointless as usual and meaningless, but the way he just came back and immediately tried to pick up like if nothing happened was actually kind of disgusting, as was his stalker behaviour and overall pushiness, even certain level of cockiness?
Meanwhile Seo Joon had been there all the time and being there for FL and whatnot while she's presented as just an NPC placeholder during those 2 years that is still stuck on the same guy that broke up with her. I'm changing canon and I'll always believe she knew deep down Seo Joon liked her but she used him to not feel so lonely, the alternative is honestly worse. How are these people passing their studies with that level of brain cells? I don't find any logic, and I say this as someone that needs it very obviously shown to know someone is interested in me because I also suffer from self-esteem issues but Seo Joon was so obvious it could be seen from space, the aliens were facepalming too.
There are many ways the plot could have unfolded that would have made this refreshing and way more out of the basic formula but I guess that's all they wanted to do with this so they achieved it.
Either way, the love triangle was pointless as always and I would have liked and preferred more side stories of other characters, except perhaps less of the one of the sister with the teacher if only because it could have been cute and interesting but it was used only as comedic relief, what at the same time feels like mocking a relationship where the power roles are different than those that fall into the gender stereotypes. They overacted the comedy too much, pushing it to let the audience know very blatantly "this is comedy, laugh".
Overall I feel there are other shows out there with similar concepts that didn't drag as much as this one and that had more depth. If you want very superficial story with love triangle and school setting you might enjoy this. If you want fanservice you might enjoy this too but take it for what it is, a collection of pretty pictures at times with veeeeery basic cliché plot.
Rewatch value none for me.
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It Was Okay .. I Guess?
I dropped this show midway through episode 5. Now, this review comes from someone who NEVER watched the webtoon and doesn't have any sort of prior biases or personal feelings regarding the original source material. This review comes from someone who's mostly objective, or rather someone who started watching this show with no prior knowledge of anything concerning this show.This show had an interesting idea, but the execution was crappy. Yes, I know it's based off a webtoon of sorts. I've seen enough mentions of that in the review section to be well-aware of that by now. This show is the quintessential K-Drama, which isn't a good thing. So much of this show doesn't work from an objective standpoint. Let's talk about my primary issue with this series - why on Earth is the male lead unable to recognize the female lead in a face full of make-up? He even said it himself, make-up doesn't completely change the way most girls look, right? So, how in the WORLD was he unable to put 2 and 2 together when it came to her? She looks EXACTLY the same. The only thing that MIGHT throw people off is the fact she hid behind those large glasses. Other than that, absolutely not. Not only that, but he met her and spent quite a bit of time with her with her glasses off. Her glasses broke when he stopped her from doing that very permanent thing. She can barely see without her glasses, but he could see just fine.
It just made no sense! It doesn't MAKE SENSE! The make-up didn't make her look like a completely different person. At least not enough for her to be considered completely recognizable by everyone who claimed to know her before her big transformation. Also, the male lead is a douche. He was just downright unlikable and insufferable before he started catching feelings for the female lead. Before that, he was awful and I found myself rolling my eyes every time he showed up on-screen because who wants to deal with the guy with the bad attitude? Yes, you're attractive but that doesn't excuse your horrible attitude. Grow up, sir! As for the female lead, the actress was fine. She did well enough as the awkward, naive, girl next door type. However, that shtick got old really fast. She was so clueless about everything and it bothered me. Her relationship with the male lead was fine, I guess. I did see the chemistry but the show wasn't compelling enough to make me want to continue.
Anyway, I read some spoilers that put the final nail in the coffin for me. You may know where I'm going with this and I'll give you ONE hint - I was IN LOVE and enamored with Soo Jin. Imagine my surprise when I read spoilers that she actually does like the male lead. When I watched the little interactions they had with each other, I would often talk about how I actually liked their relationship dynamic. Mostly because I got brother-sister/cousin vibes from them. I didn't know it was because Soo Jin actually liked him. I find that to be weird as hell because their chemistry didn't give that. I don't know if it was an acting or directing choice, but their chemistry did NOT give me "gorgeous and tough woman pining after clueless but stoic man" vibes. It gave me annoying kid sister loves to bother her older brother but he tolerates it because he loves her.
But anyway, not only does she like him but she does the unthinkable. Her character is COMPLETELY ruined due to her feelings for the male lead when she discovered that the female lead is dating him now. They had her being this badass character willing to stand up for her friends and putting the absolute fear of GOD into random men. All of that went down the toilet for a guy who's not even really nice to her? I don't understand. She stabbed her friend in the back for a man! I cannot. I don't even want to think about it. As for the other guy in the love triangle, I didn't watch the webtoon so don't stab me, friends. I didn't care enough about him to talk about him. He left little to no impression on me at all. Which may be due to the fact that apparently some of the female lead's scenes with the male lead actually belonged to that guy in the webtoon? Welp! That's too bad because it made him a non-factor in this show for me.
All in all, this isn't a show that I wish to continue with. I've seen everything I needed to see, and that was enough. If you like most K-Dramas, then you may like this one. If you read the webtoon and loved it, you may not like this show. Most of the webtoon fans complained about how much they changed from the webtoon to the series and they weren't good changes, apparently.
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It started out good but then....
For someone who has never read the webtoon, I think it started out pretty well, but after a few episodes it just became a typical love triangle with a pretty expected ending. At the beginning, I was really hooked to the story and was expecting a korean drama to finally adress that physical beauty is not what matters the most, but unfortunately I think they ended up giving the wrong message since we can see that only after she got her makeover is when she started to have tons of friends and some guys attracted to her. For some reason, I disliked the fact that they made her be bad at studying, because I felt like they related it with being "ugly" and "clumsy" (since the best students at their school are so good looking). Just stereotypes and more stereotypes. I wanted to see the end of this drama, but as I continued the episodes, it just became more boring and cliché.Was this review helpful to you?
