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Birth of a Beauty korean drama review
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Birth of a Beauty
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by Brogana Sunfrog
Jun 22, 2025
21 of 21 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 6.0
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 6.0
Music 4.0
Rewatch Value 6.0
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Satisfying romance though leads lack chemistry. female lead simpers unattractively throughout

I've watched this 2 times, & really found the female lead unattractive, which is ironic as she is supposed to be a "beauty". Truthfully, Ha Jae-sook was more appealing. Female lead, Han Ye-seul 's facial expressions were limited because the skin on her face was "mummified" tight. Her character simpers through out & it's not cute the way they meant it to be. Male lead : Joo Sang-wook was attractive & his acting was incredible. Sadly, he & female lead lacked chemistry. The first 16 episodes impressively resolved introduced issues that start separating the male & female leads with each episode..... Until Episode 16 anyway. The next 4 episodes are tediously formulaic when it came to keeping the male & female lead apart. The separation plot device they used undermined the strengths of the lead's relationship which was a vital part of the story. Things are resolved in the end and EVERYONE who did the female wrong gets payback ,but the fact that every single person is dealt with was a bit much. We're given a satisfactory romantic ending.
*when I watch again, I will either skip ahead over ep 16-19 or fast forward through them.
but after viewing this a second time, I rated it lower & found it so unappealing that there is no rewatch value
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