Is this drama worth watching? From the comments, it seems to be focusing more on the ml’s relationship with his nephew and not the fl. Is that all there is to it? Also, is there a dragged out love triangle?
this was something I never thought I would watch again but definitely had to because of the whole team suho or team seojun saga. Let’s start by saying this. I’m not a fan of cha eun woo….well…at least i wasnt before rewatching true beauty but now…im not so sure. I love hwang in yeop…always have…always will…initially, when I watched it YEARS ago, I was definitely team suho as hes the male lead as the ml neeeds to end up with the female lead and not the second guy. That has always been my principle. I cannot deviate from that. But my babe in yeop played seojun and the one I initially did not like. Eun woo, played suho. So it was a really conflicting situation. I wanted to see if I would deviate from my principles of the second guy not getting the girl cause of my love for hwang in yeop. But I can strongly say, nothing can sway that principle. I was always team suho and I will ALWAYS be team suho, this just reassured my claim. Let me start by saying…I LOVED Lee suho as a character. Bro was sooooo calm!!! The definition of a soft speaker fr! His acting faltered in some scenes but it wasn’t so bad. Ive seen worse. I loved him and lim ju kyungs backstory, love how they met, loved their romance, loved their chemistry, loved everything about them as a couple. Han seojun, I hated at the beginning sooo much. Bro constantly blamed ml for their friends death when he obviously had nothing to do with it cause BRO COMMITED SUICIDE!! Apart from that, he knew ml liked the fl and only started talking to her to make ml angry and jealous. No matter how much I love hwang in yeop, I just cannot support that as it’s wrong. And then you fall in love with her and expect her to be with you? Nah. Be ffr. When it’s clear as day that the ml and fl like each other, cant you back tf off? No! He kept insisting and didnt get over her on time! They took the love triangle thing too damn far! There’s nothing I hate more than complicated love triangles. No one in this film is a true friend as they couldn’t abide by girl/boy code. Cause wdym we are friends, I liked a girl first and you cant back off? Or we are friends and im dating the guy you like so you choose to ruin my life? Nah. Then they had to pull that “my daddy is sick so I have to leave you for years” trope? Why? Also…totally understand why he broke up with her cause he felt guilty for making her wait for him. We love a considerate king. And seojun just didnt give up!!! Like bruhhh!! READ THE ROOM! He made up for it at the end though as he pushed for them to get back together and FINALLY gave up. That was nice of him. Still dont know how fl didnt know he likes her as it was as clear as day! Honorable mention goes to fl’s little brother cause he was too damn funny! Loved lim ju young so much. Such a goofy character. Also loved the romance between her sister and her teacher more than I thought I would . The OSTs in this drama were honestly so amazing. They were so good! Definitely has entered one of my favorites. The main leads had so much chemistry that had me kicking my feet in excitement. I hated three things; the insane love triangle, the time gap, and the unnecessary breakup (even if I understand why)True beauty is a classic kdrama that makes me realize how bad recent dramas are. They don’t just make dramas like they use to fr. The reason I stopped dramas for a while in the past was because they weighed on me too much When I finished. Recent dramas dont make me feel that way. But this? I’m so sad it ended. The beginning was so cringe but in the best Kdrama way. Loved eveything. The friendships, the humor, the sad aspects. Made me cry soooooo much. Also cried at the ending. This is definitely the last time I’ll be watching but it was definitely worth it. Team suho all the way.
finally got around to watching the highly rated when life gives you tangerines and…Ive got a lot of things to say. Let me start by saying that “slice of life” Kdramas are NOT My thing at all…i dont bond with them cause I don’t really get the emotions like that. This was the first slice of life drama ive watched and I’ll say it’s the best..i think. Definitely the first and last I’ll ever watch cause it’s definitely not my trope at all. The plot was…was there even a plot? No! They just narrated decades and decades of a particular family’s life and how they lived….i liked that it was really really realistic…thats good. The casting for this drama was PACKED! I knew 95% of the characters fr. Park Bo gum and IU deserve their flowers fr. This is my first time watching dramas with both of them and im highly impressed. With IU most especially. She had chemistry with the three men she acted with in this drama. I get why she wins awards for this film. The character yang gwan sik has got to be the BEST father and BEST husband in Kdrama history! He wasn’t a green flag…he was a fucking GREEN FOREST!! Literally held his family together fr. I loved their relationship with each of their children…i just liked they were they portrayed family in this. Honorable mention goes to the other captain and his son’s father in law…he was my favorite character as it was only in his scenes I got to laugh. The way they portrayed old people was funny asf! You think by coloring their hair grey, they’re automatically old? Nah. Youre telling me in 2025, IU is 52 and looks like IU??! How??! The first 10 episodes were BORING ASF! And then the last six episodes were interesting. It’s normally the opposite but whatever. This drama didnt get me emotionally the way I thought it would. In scenes where I thought I would cry, I didn’t. I wasn’t even sad at all. As for the highly anticipated questions; is this the best drama of 2025? For me? No. But I get why people say it is cause it’s qualified to be. Just not my cup of tea. Is this better than lovely runner? Hell nah. Lovely runner has a special place in my heart. They shouldn’t even be compared as they aren’t in the same genre. Is this worth its ratings? To an extent, yes. I get why it is, but it’s not to me. Did it alter my mental health? Not at all. I’m perfectly fine after watching it…and that isn’t supposed to be the case as people said it’s so sad. It’s sad, just not the worst Ktrauma I’ve seen. Someone had to die at some point for it to be realistic. Id even say it was a happy ending. Overall, it was wholesome, funny a-times, sad only at the end, and I guess it was worth it to an extent. Rating:8.9/10
I also hated typhoon family and I feel like junho did better here
Rating:8.9/10