BEAUTY/LIFE STANDARDS
Best drama..👍👌👌🤗loved it too much..the triangle little had me tear up a little..The love triangle had me tear up..but overall this drama was the best...it had everything in it;comedy😂😂😂, romance😚😍😍😘,skl life and etc .loved it so much..somehow didn't like tht suho was away from Kim ju gyeong for so long...and Han seo Joon still didn't make to confess after years..howevee still like this drama..as well as it being so popular drama and comic book.
edit 20/8/24 ...this drama has great visuals...as far as I remember after finishing this drama, I started reading the webtoon which this drama was adapted from and it really goes deeper than the drama can capture. the webtoon is more exciting and has more drama and detailed life story of the couple which I like more. the webtoon also has a dating life of Lim Ju Gyeong x than SEO joon. the webtoon focuses on a lot of aspects such as cyberbullying, beauty standards,comedy, romance,melodrama, her sister's love life,family, friend life and her social life.. it still is a happy ending although I still need to finish reading it(on the side stories) every1 gets a happy ending of their own (no more spoilers)
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Excellent show about bullying and learning to love yourself
The actors in this series, including support actors, really portrayed their characters well. Although the storyline contains scenes that are hard to watch due to the bullying, it also has scenes that are funnier than any series I've ever seen (her dad seeing her kiss Cha Cha, the animal print boxers dancing scene, and many more). I've watched this series several times and believe I will continue to rewatch it. All the lead actors are seriously good at their craft and I wanted each of them to have a happy ending which they did.I did wonder about the dad of Cha Eun Woo's character. Did he pass away in America? Is that why the son seems so sad when he returns to Korea? I'm guessing we are suppose to think that as the son has been away for so long.
I also loved the music for this series and enjoy listening to the soundtrack.
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EhHhHhH. okay.
This drama is so... cliche. There's nothing really new about it and it just seems recycled from "My ID is Gangnam Beauty."I first watched this drama because of Cha Eunwoo, as an Aroha I wanted to support him. The first 2-4 episodes were fine, I was watching another drama at the time because it was airing. Somehow, I always forgot what happened in the previous episode. Was it that forgettable? Kinda....
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It's really predictable what happens. Like when Suho got hit by a car he would go to the hospital and Ju Kyung would come running. When Soojin turned evil, she would soon regret it and apologize to her friend. It's very.... easy to predict. This is what made it boring. There was a "cliffhanger" with the eps, but its just so easy to predict what happens and thats what made it boring.
I have two good things I liked about this drama, however. One, the OST. They aren't exactly my favorite, but they are pretty good and I liked them. The second thing was the meanings that this drama taught viewers. That society doesn't define you. You define yourself. There's more to it.
1. Society doesn't define you. You define yourself.
2. If you love someone but they don't love you back, move on from it. Staying in a place won't help.
There's probably more but I watched this a while ago so I don't remember too much. (exactly. it's forgettable).
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LOVE TRUE BEAUTY SM! The drama is insane and I love the vibe :) All the side couples are so fun to watch :) Would be a perfect 10 star IF the time skip did not exist! I feel the last 2 episodes [esp. episode 15] was useless and just fanservice. It dragged the love triangle out too long. Why couldn't they just end the show when the main couple got together finally in episode 14 [AND ofc wrapped up the other side couple storylines]? That is my only qualm, otherwise I absolutely ADORED this show :)<3The acting was incredible, I found myself sobbing alongside the characters. I love the OST as well :)
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guilty pleasure show ig hehe?
SPOILERS // I watched this drama with a friend and I will agree it is very enjoyable, there were a lot of funny scenes and the ost is actual gold. Terms of it being an amazing drama? No. The ending didn't satisfy me considering im very pro seojun eversince he showed up in the webtoon. Although, I wasn't expecting her to end up with seojun considering in the drama suho and jugyeong seemed like soulmates lmao. So like I get it...but I just wasn't satisfied. What I can say this is so much better than the webtoon although I love seojun. All the actors played the roles very well, and the main factor is the fact she actually gained confidence from not wearing makeup later in the drama. That never happened in the webtoon so I'm really glad. I think its cool that seojun is in more of a k-band then a kpop group beacause i genuienly dont see his character being a kpop idol! Other than that I think this drama had funny moments, good acting, likeable actors/characters, and one of the best ost for a kdrama. My favorite scene from the whole show was probably when jugyeong was held captive in the karoke room and the gang came and attacked the men..that was hilarious and I've never enjoyed a scene that much. Anywaysss stan minah and hwang in yeop<3Was this review helpful to you?
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am i the only one who liked suho and seojun?
ok so I liked both seojun and suho but I know some people hated the drama because of suho being kinda "overprotecting" I guess?I did have the second lead syndrome and I still cry over jukyung not ending up with seojun but I liked both of them. honestly, I felt like I was the only one who liked both of them and not just seojun because some people were hating on suho. it was okay, not the best nor the worst. I loved everyone's acting, especially Im Semi's, Cha Eun Woo's, In yeop, and Yoo Na's. I am not saying the rest of the actor's performances were bad. It's just that I loved theirs more. This was my first k-drama and some people would be making fun of me for having this as my first k-drama but I don't really mind. It was one of the good school romance k-dramas I have watched.
Oh, and I loved the extraordinary you cameo scene. I actually rewatched that part because I totally had no idea that was a part of true beauty and it was hard to find which episode it was. I got bored in the middle but still, the ending was great.
I'd definitely recommend this drama to everyone but you might probably cry because of the second lead syndrome
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Start up of my year 2021
This is the best drama to watch I've watched this when it was ongoing in the month of January ahh Daebak it is really a good show I literally have still the ghost of this drama I mean I'm so addicted to this drama like literally it's been a month since I've already watch and completed this drama but I am writing a review after a very long period seriously I was watching this at the month of January and re-watch twice at that time and my school reopen after coming back from school I watch this again as the start up so I can decide what to watch next but won't you believe me I was not bored at all the excitement was still the same oh it was really a good experience you should all watch it and now it's September month this year is going to over soon as you see this year was literally true beauty year Cha eunwoo literally have taken my heart please don't mind my English rip to my English khamsamnida for reading my reviewWas this review helpful to you?
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Overall this drama was good, there was nothing really special about it
The problem I had with this drama is that it had every romance cliche in the book:
- ML and FL knew met as children
- FL best friend betrays her because she in love with ML
- Everyone likes the FL or hates her no in between
- love triangle where FL is oblivious to SML's feelings
- love rival and ML used to be best friends but has fallen out
- ML and love rival end up becoming friends
- love rival helps ML with relationship
- and more
While these were executed well it felt repetitive to all the other romance dramas seen before, but this did not make it a bad show. It had its own specialties and fun moments that made this show enjoyable. The thing that truly bothered me in this story was the fact that they never really express that it's okay not to look perfect and to fit the standards of beauty. They just make it seem that everyone at her new school was just slightly nicer than her last which is why they didn't bully her for her "ugly" face.
The cast was great and the acting as a whole was good, there were some moments of questionable acting but otherwise, it was a very enjoyable k-drama.
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changes made to the story for drama version
●FIRST IMPRESSIONAn ideal adaptation of the webtoon. The cast is legit supremacy. A feel-good drama. This show has an ocean of rom-com dose for us from the start to finish. I went with the progress of the story without bothering about who should get the girl. The romance, bromance, friendships everything was so enjoyable. but near the end I got that writer managed to give an ongoing webtoon a cliche closure, not perfect but it was fine.
●PLOT VIEW
I still think the series could've been shot better. this series also missed some elements to make it perfect TBH it was so cliche in every aspect. Like turning a perfectly good character Kang Soo Jin into a troubled child.
The mean mother sudden change. In fact, I had the feeling that more than school bullying, Im Ju Kyung faced bully from family especially her mother.
Also if one doesn't wear the glass they don’t become blind, they can still see things although blurry but they will see. When I'm Ju Kyung glasses are broken, that scene was made beautifully but I had to say this its's a stupid scenario.
●ACTING/CAST
Everyone acted awesomely well as per the story. And I like all the characters.
CEW was handsome as ever but he needs to have more skills for expression. Just a cold face with glimmering eyes is one expression, and he needs to work on that. He looked cute in the scenes with his friends, which was comfortable and enjoyable.
HIY gave an amazing performance, I saw him in 18again and he shined in this drama too. He makes a high school student more enjoyable to watch with his sharp eyes.
MGY was beautiful and was a total fashion goal in terms of school uniforms. I didn’t see any school drama with such varied uniforms. When we were in school we had just one uniform the whole year. Maybe the budget of the show was giving such an idea to makeover the face as well as the uniforms.
●MUSIC
OST and BGM were amazing These songs were making the scenes enjoyable giving in a more energetic vibe. I enjoyed every single track and have updated my playlist with these 3 tracks “Call me maybe”, “Love so fine”, “It starts today”.
●REWATCH
It was a fun watch & I might watch it again in the long future
●AFTERTHOUGHT
The lesson learned from this drama is to make friends before you find love. Also how to not be a bad parent.
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I loved this!
True Beauty is now one of my fave K-dramas. I loved the main character Ju-kyung both before and after her make-up transformation. I liked that she was into horror comics and metal and her bedroom decor was too cool and not typically cutesy, imo. I enjoyed the fact that she kept the same interests even after becoming pretty.This was a series where I was really torn between the two males in the love triangle. I wanted both to be happy! I wanted them to be friends again! In classic K-drama fashion, this friendship rift was caused by a lack of honest communication and wrong assumptions.
I loved all the supporting cast of characters in this show. Her older sister and her school teacher were so fun to watch. It was refreshing to see her older sister as this strong female character who didn't conform to societal norms for a woman. And also Ju-kyung's mother was the same as the head of her household and sole bread winner.
I would recommend this to anyone who wants a slightly different take on the classic love triangle drama.
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