Kanojo wa Kirei datta

Hasebe Sosuke is the deputy editor-in-chief of the Japanese edition of the fashion magazine, 'The Most' a worldwide publication. He is an unfriendly and cold rationalist transferred from New York to complete a mission. When young, he was overweight and often bullied. Now a handsome elite, he aims to reunite with his first love.

Meanwhile, that first love Sato Ai is unemployed and living with her best friend since her company went bankrupt. Hired as an intern at 'The Most ', Ai is an energetic, cheerful, and honest co-worker.

Once a beautiful honor student, she can be timid and overly self-conscious. While she does meet Sosuke again, she hides her true identity.

> Kanojo wa Kirei datta is the remade of the Korean drama Kanojo wa Kirei datta
> Story about a guy who was fat and became handsome after several years and a girl who is used to be cute but then happens that the company went bankrupt and lives with her friend.

they have the same vibe of naïve FL (hyped too) and have low confidence due to scar
but the guy helps her with that
i find this drama cute though there are some evil incidents but the vide of romance between the leads is good and the casting is great too

I think that their really similar coz in this two dramas the female lead is ugly and without confidence in herself. They are childhood friend but only FL who remember about ML.

Shirai Yui has decided to take a new job as a secretary at the law firm of her childhood friends, the Kami brothers. Yui has feelings for her older brother, Soichi, but when they meet again for the first time in 18 years, she is confused to find that Soichi has become a cool, unsmiling man. Meanwhile, her younger brother, Yushiro, has always loved Yui, but has not been able to express his feelings. And Soichi has been unable to express his love for Yui due to a childhood trauma. The love stories of Yui, who loves Soichi, Yushiro, who loves Yui, and Soichi, who is jealous of Yui's close friend, all intertwine.

Xia Le Di was an arrogant, self-absorbed socialite before her father's bankruptcy left her penniless. She believed that it happened because his competitor stole "Mona Lisa," a revolutionary makeup technology that his company developed. She vowed to get it back. She went undercover at JEALOUS, the rival company, working as an assistant to Chang Yu Jie, the heartless operation manager/lead makeup artist. While she focused her investigation on him, her romantic interest wandered to his charming half-brother Chang Shao Feng. But unbeknownst to her, the half-brother was the real culprit behind the theft.

Momoko yearns to be part of the Rococo aristocracy. A shame then, as she was born two centuries too late. Ardent loner, Momoko was born into the Yakuza heartland. She feels, however, more at home in Versaille than in her distant town of Shimotsuma, Ibaraki. Her appetite for the lavish doll-like fashion known to its disciples as "Lolita" is insatiable.

The uber-rebel, Ichiko, is a Bosozoku motor-cycle-gang member. On a fifty C.C. scooter. Laugh at your own risk before she knocks your teeth out. Her Pony-tails gang is one of Ibaraki's "wild speed tribes" whose teeth-rattling customized bikes are decked out with fibreglass shields and bannered backrests. She, too, is decked out in her elaborately decorated Tokkofuku boiler suits.

In a world as colourful as Momoko's sweet-filled lunch box, the paths of these two incongruous girls cross one languid summer. Asses are kicked (and garments are embroidered). KAMIKAZE GIRLS: where Rameau meets the Japanese underbelly on the summery streets of Tokyo. Meet some different Girls on a Motorcycle that would make The Bride blush...

Pontifex Rembrary, a character known for his divine powers, gets transported to a new world while fighting a devil. He possesses the body of Woo Yeon Woo, a member of an unpopular idol group, and helps turn the group's fortunes around after a disastrous live performance. With his charisma and divine powers, he becomes popular among fans but faces challenges from his past, contending with strange religious groups and the devil.

Unattractive & ugly FL a high school girl transform into a charming & pretty girl when she met ML a popular & handsome boy in her school. She ask him for a help to make her pretty but in one condition she can't fall in love with him. Based on a manga/comic book.

Chinese version
Li Hui Zhen used to be gorgeous, but years of declining family fortune added much pain to her life, and her looks slowly drifted away. Her friend Bai Hao Yu, on the other hand, was once an ordinary looking guy and grew up to be suave, successful, and immensely likable. So when she comes across him years later and witnesses their reversal of fortune, Li Hui Zhen is too embarrassed to even meet him and instead asks her stylish friend and roommate Xia Qiao to assume her identity.
However, that amazing plan also has a problem in that Bai Hao Yu is actually Li Hui Zhen’s boss, and she now has to pretend to be someone else while working for him. Slowly, even without knowing her true identity, Bai Hao Yu becomes attracted to Li Hui Zhen. Li Hui Zhen's supervisor Lin Yi Mu also starts to take an interest in his new intern. Can Li Hui Zhen break away from the insecurity that came from once being pretty and open up to the man she truly cares about, or will she forever live in fear because she thinks she once was pretty?

The flashbacks of KWKD are quite similar to MCB in that the ML is overweight and the FL his best friend who he has a secret crush on. Both MLs later lose weight and the FL is surprised that they are handsome.

ML is an actor but not too popular anymore & broke so he rent a room in FL house.
FL is a nerdy geeky/otaku girl who like to imagine & day dreaming about romance with her favorite manga/comic book character. Remind me of Rainie Yang & Jiro Wang drama....& still 1 of my favorite drama....If you like this genre this is a must watch romance comedy drama....

Haruka is a “plain jane” who left the countryside to start her college life at Tokyo. She’s secretly in love with Kurotaki, a coworker at her part-time job, but she lacks the self-confidence to confess her feelings to him. Then she meets Hikaru, a glamorous but sharp-tongued fashionista who begrudingly agrees to play “fairy godmother” for Haruka. However, there’s more to Hikaru than meets the eye!

~~ Adapted from the manga series "Cinderella Closet" by Yanai Wakana.
~~ Release dates: June 24, 2025 (Online) || July 2, 2025 (TV)

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Hasebe Sosuke is the deputy editor-in-chief of the Japanese edition of the fashion magazine, 'The Most' a worldwide publication. He is an unfriendly and cold rationalist transferred from New York to complete a mission. When young, he was overweight and often bullied. Now a handsome elite, he aims to reunite with his first love.

Meanwhile, that first love Sato Ai is unemployed and living with her best friend since her company went bankrupt. Hired as an intern at 'The Most ', Ai is an energetic, cheerful, and honest co-worker.

Once a beautiful honor student, she can be timid and overly self-conscious. While she does meet Sosuke again, she hides her true identity.