True Beauty (2020)

it’s a super popular kdrama for a reason…

This is one of the most main stream K dramas of this generation. Even though it might be considered basic, I remember being so excited for a new episode every week. All of me and my friends would talk about it together so I just have fond memories of it.

I really enjoyed the storyline and how it speaks to beauty standards especially regarding women. Many people might call this K drama overrated however to me I feel like it deserves the hype. The way that this storyline had so many people torn over two guys is crazy. I don’t think I’ve ever seen such an intense love triangle.

The coloring used on every episode was interesting. The soundtrack was so fun to listen to and complemented the K drama so well.

I will be honest and say I wasn’t initially happy about who was casted as the female lead. However after watching a few episodes I was sold.

Ju Kyung and Suho definitely had more chemistry in the behind-the-scenes clips than they did in the show. I was definitely rooting for Seojun but I’m not mad about her ending with Suho either. I also loved the friendship between JuKyung and Soojin and to see it crumble over a boy broke my heart.

I remember crying over a scene where Jukyung Was getting yelled at for her mother when her mother found out she was wearing make up. Something about the way the mom was screaming at her and the way she was reacting hit a chord.

Overall this K drama made me feel really good and had me very excited.

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Aquele velho clichê

Aquele clichê onde beleza não é tudo, e devemos nos apaixonar pelo verdadeiro caráter da pessoa.

Gostei do enredo, principalmente pelo foco de se retratar do bullying no meio escolar, uma temática que devemos sempre enfatizar e combater.

Nossa protagonista busca refúgio por meio da maquiagem, já que a mesma é considerada um patinho feio. E por conta disto consegue crescer como pessoa, no sentido que ao longo do drama vai ganhando mais confiança. Isso foi bem explorado e acabou me encantando.

E o que não me consquistou? Pelo simples fato de Shipar errado! Desculpa gente, mas o personagem do Cha Eun Woo não me encantou! Não sei se foi por conta da atuação do respectivo ator, desculpa mas nesse dorama ele não mudava a fisionomia; ele é lindo, fabuloso, mas precisa melhorar muito quanto ao seu lado artístico da atuação.

Eu a todo momento do dorama percebia que o par romântico que eu amaria que acontecesse não iria rolar, e isso me deixava frustada. Pois me apaixonei pelo Han Seo Jun (como eu carinhosamente intitulei de bad boy), e queria um deste pra mim. No final eu simplesmente me derramei de lágrimas no momento que ele ajudou a eles se reconciliarem. Ele só se preocupava com a felicidade dela, mesmo isso partindo o seu coração. E isso me destroçou. Por conta disso não tem como eu dar 10 para esse Dorama, kkk.

Contudo, achei bem desenvolvimento, com relação até mesmo aos personagens secundários, o romance da irmã dela e do professor era simplesmente hilário. E o romance do irmão dela merecia até um dorama, kkk.

Aquele velho clichê que vale a pena assistir numa tarde.

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na época era boa

Eu acompanhei esse dorama desde a prévia, lançou em 2020, nessa época ninguém ligava para uma história surpreendente, um bom casting ou ost, atualmente há milhares de doramas muito melhores que essa bomba.
Creio que oque carregou este kdrama foram os atores, a história é chata, ultrapassada, clichê demais da conta, cansativa, os episódios podem até serem bons e avançarem de uma forma boa, mas o final parece que volta para o começo, não tem um enredo legal, não tem um significado, os episódios parecem que não tem caminho, e simplesmente avançam para o óbvio, o menino bonito fica com a menina que sofre bullying, ou que se acha feia, tudo acontece de um jeito tão tedioso.

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Lighthearted romantic comedy with a touch of social commentary

True Beauty is a South Korean romantic comedy-drama that tackles themes of self-acceptance, societal pressures, and first love. While the show boasts a popular cast and an intriguing premise, it has received mixed reviews.

Exaggerated Style and Uneven Humor: The drama's over-the-top, almost comical style might not resonate with everyone. Some find the humor falls flat, and the central conceit of makeup's transformative power is debatable. The protagonist, Lim Ju-kyung, isn't drastically unattractive without makeup, and the makeup itself doesn't create a dramatic transformation.

Awkward Messaging and Redeeming Qualities: The drama's handling of societal emphasis on appearance can feel clumsy at times. However, the show does pick up steam as the romance progresses, particularly with the introduction of a character's tragic backstory and the development of a love triangle.

Comparisons and Cast: While "True Beauty" doesn't take itself too seriously, viewers might find other dramas like "18 Again" and "Gangnam Beauty" deliver similar themes with a more balanced tone. Despite its shortcomings, the show benefits from a well-chosen cast. Moon Ga-young delivers an energetic performance as Ju-kyung, while Cha Eun-woo and Hwang In-yeop bring their charismatic visuals to life, resembling characters straight out of a webtoon. The supporting cast includes seasoned actors like Jang Hye-jin and Jung Joon-ho, adding further depth to the story.

Overall: "True Beauty" is an enjoyable teen drama with a likeable cast, but its execution might not be for everyone. If you're looking for a lighthearted romantic comedy with a touch of social commentary, this show might be worth checking out, especially if the later episodes with stronger character development and plot twists pique your interest.

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Clichê realmente agrada muitas pessoas

Acho que o tema desse dorama foi um romance clichê comum como qualquer outro, a única diferença é que eles deram abertura para uma abordagem de temas sensíveis como bullying, suicídio e luto.

Para quem está procurando um dorama leve e com muito romance, True Beauty é ótimo, nota 9. Mas, como eu sou alguém que prefere kdramas com um ar de suspense e cheio de temas tristes, eu daria uma nota 6.

Entendo que é romance, porém, acredito que seria melhor se o kdrama fosse mais focado na história do Se-yeon, personagem do Chani, que quase nem teve tempo de tela, apesar de ser muito falado pelos personagens. Também seria interessante dar mais espaço na relação da Jukyung com a família e no Suho com os pais, além do processo de luto e superação dos dois amigos em relação a morte do Se-yeon, que teve muitas complicações na amizade que não tinham sido resolvidas. Coisas assim perderam foco para o romance e a insistência naquela disputa entediante.

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I decided to watch this after seeing a lot of the reels from different moments of the show. I grew attached to the characters after seeing them in those little snippets so many times and wanted to watch the show. Unfortunately it felt like the reels that I saw were the best moments of the show. This just did not live up to the hype for me. It was enjoyable enough but missed the mark in other ways.

Story: the basis of the story and the title is about how the main female lead Joo Gyung was always called ugly for having an acne filled red face, big glasses, and large eyebrows. She was maliciously bullied in school for her appearance until one day when she was able to transfer schools. At the new school she had learned how to apply makeup and wear contacts which changed her appearance so much that she was then considered a real beauty. Life was dramatically different for her because of the makeup and she was always worried that her true face would be revealed. Of course she meets someone that finds out about her secret and he ends up falling for her and not caring what she looks like with or without makeup. This concept last until about the halfway mark. Then the second half of the drama focuses more on the love triangle of the 3 leads where the 2 male leads are best friends and an unexpected event separates the main couple for years but the secondary lead stays by her side.

In terms of story it has a very simple concept that has been seen many times. My gripe with the concept however is that while makeup can completely transform your face, it can't change the texture so often when they show her without makeup and she has acne but somehow has perfect skin with makeup I tend to roll my eyes. Also when her secret finally gets revealed its like all of a sudden her 'ugly' no makeup appearance is not that different from with makeup. She adds a pair of glasses and her skin is slightly pink but that is it so calling her ugly for that seems offensive. While her new skin care routine would have helped improve her it was still annoying to watch everyone around her act like she was so dramatically different without makeup.

The love triangle. This is one of the shows where I fell hard into second male lead syndrome. While the main male was fine and everything, I still felt myself leaning far more heavily into the second. His character was so endearing and relatable that it is impossible not to like him. And while you understand the ending I actually found that I did not like it very much because it felt like the female lead did not care about his feelings at all. It felt callous since he has stayed beside her for 2 years and they had gotten so close that even all their friends expected him to care for her when she was drunk. But her care of his affection was not handled well at all. While she did not need to return his affection she could have handled it so much better. It left me mostly just feeling sorry for the second male lead all the way up until the end.

Acting: as far as acting goes it was acted fairly well. I was especially drawn to and impressed by Seo Jun. He was by far my favorite character throughout the entire series. The actor portrayed him so well and he was so entertaining to watch in all of his scenes. Su Ho was also acted well and the actor did a good job of transitioning the character from arrogant jerk with a chip on his shoulder to shy and nervous teenager in love for the first time to the more grown up version. The side characters also all held their own and did great. Joo Gyung was the one that got on my nerves the most. The actress often used this baby sounding voice that I really did not like but other than the voice she did act the part well. I also had a very hard time liking the character very much pretty frequently.

This series had several fun and memorable moments but the writing really let the show down. Joo Gyung was a very hard character to truly like for me so this show holds little rewatchability for me.

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LO MEJOR DE LO MEJOR ¡¡Totalmente Recomendadìsimo!!

Este drama me lo recomendaron y ahora soy yo quien lo recomiendo, además recuerdo que le hacían publicidad en todas partes y con toda la razón porque todo el mundo debe verlo.

Este es mi primer drama coreano, antes solo estaba dispuesta a ver dramas chinos, pero belleza verdadera es un drama tan espectacular que no puedes parar de verlo, por muchos motivos:

1. ¡Es sumamente graciosa! Y por lo menos a mi me encanta la comedia, ¡simplemente no puedes parar de reír!, por lo que puedo asegurarte que por lo menos te reirás de 1 a 2 veces por capítulo,¡mínimo!.

2. los personajes son muy divertidos, interpretados por muy buenos actores,True Beauty tiene un reparto super bueno. Todos y cada uno de los actores (principales y secundarios) pertenecientes al elenco de este drama hicieron un trabajo actoral increíble con sus personajes.

La historia principal me atrapó tanto que al principio la historia secundaria del profesor con la hermana de la prota se me hizo fastidiosa, realmente no quería ver sus escenas, pero ahora pienso que ellos fueron tan geniales, no se porque al principio no me gustaban.

3. El protagonista es motivo suficiente para ver este drama, aquí fue donde conocí a Cha Eun Woo y terminé enamorada de él, así que si por alguna extraña razón no te gusta la trama del drama (lo cual considero imposible) creo que aún así vale la pena verlo por el guapísimo actor principal y con eso bastan y sobran razones para ver este kdrama, además que él es el que canta Love so Fine, una de las canciones del OST de este increíble drama (bueno, el OST también está increíble).

Es la primera vez que me gusta un protagonista típico de dramas, o sea, Lee Su Ho cumple con todos los requisitos del personaje principal típico: el mas guapo en la novela, alto, frío, seco, serio, distante, asocial, el mejor en todo, millonario, problemas con la familia, perfecto, las chicas se vuelven locas por el. Este tipo de personalidad común y normal en los protagonista por lo general no me gusta, pero con Su Ho es diferente, talvez es por su extrema belleza, además era el #1 de su clase. Siempre soy team secundario, sin embargo, True Beauty me hizo ser team protagonista. Estoy un poco molesta porque veo que la mayoría prefiere a Seo Jun, yo he visto muchos dramas en los que apoyo al secundario porque realmente se lo merecen, y siempre soy la única, porque todos apoyan al prota, y cuando por fin me gusta el prota todos prefieren al secundario, no tengo nada en contra de Seo Jun, es un personaje muy genial, pero he visto secundarios mejores.

Cuando vi el primer capítulo quedé encantada y creí que la serie sería más comedia que romance, sin embargo después me di cuenta que también hay mucho romance, hay un excelente equilibrio entre ambos géneros, logrando así una perfecta comedia romántica escolar con un excelente manejo del triángulo amoroso, en definitiva uno de los mejores triángulos amorosos.

4. Hubieron muchas escenas dolorosas para mi gusto (escenas de besos las cuales fueron dolorosas para mi).
¡¡Definitivamente la actriz protagonista tiene muchísima suerte!! ,la chica con mas suerte en el mundo.

5. NUNCA ES ABURRIDO, simplemente el aburrimiento no existe, en este drama no hay espacio para eso. Cada capítulo tiene una duración aproximada de 1 hora y 7min pero aún así los sentí cortos porque cada capítulo es muy entretenido y te hace querer ver de inmediato el siguiente, pero al mismo tiempo no quieres que termine porque es demasiado bueno (cuando terminó sufrí mucho).

6. Este es mi drama favorito, ya lo he visto 2 veces y sin dudarlo lo volvería a ver, por lo que le doy la puntuación completa, porque se lo merece y simplemente no puedo entender como alguien le podría dar una menor puntuación ya que es excelente desde el primer minuto del capítulo uno hasta la última escena del episodio final (para mi el drama con el mejor capítulo1 y el mejor capítulo final), no creo que exista una razón para no verlo, hasta es difícil escoger un capítulo favorito, pero creo que me quedo con el 8 y el 10, aunque es genial en su totalidad y hay escenas memorables, épicas, inolvidables, divertidas y especiales en cada capítulo, por ejemplo ,el okey dokey de Seo Jun (Lo repetí como 10 veces) y el ottoke de Su Ho son realmente memorables, bueno, si me pongo a mencionar todas las partes geniales de True Beauty seguramente terminaré contando todo el drama.

Team Su Ho forever
I love Cha Eun Woo

Seo Jun no me gustaba al principio pero no puedo negar que al ver el drama por segunda vez logró agradarme.

Yo, como fiel seguidora de los cdramas, jamás imaginé que mi primer drama coreano llegaría a ser mi favorito. True Beauty es de lo mejor que he visto. Imposible no recomendarlo.

Nose porque pero simplemente no puedo odiar a Soo Jin, realmente me gusta su personaje y se me hace difícil sentir rabia u odio hacia ella. En serio no la veo como alguien mala...y ¿que onda con Park Se Mi? A esa chica le gusta Seo Jun o que?, me estresa tanto que se la pase detrás de él.

Si yo fuera Lim Joo Gyung no me importaría no tener amigas si tengo un novio como Lee Su Ho.

En serio lo mejor que pudo hacer fue cambiarse de colegio, allí conoció al amor de su vida, pasó de ser maltratada a tener de pretendiente a los 2 chicos más guapos del colegio, y por supuesto, ella tomó la mejor decisión.

Nose explicar lo mucho que disfruté y me emocionó éste drama...lo extraño.

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I connected with True beauty

I feel like writing this review might be a little bias because i connected with true beauty personally. Growing up having acne was really touch especially when beauty standards are always set unrealistically. Luckily my skin has cleared up now but i could connect to every emotion Lim Joo Gyung was feeling. Every episode keeps you excited as to what's going to happen next and makes you feel for the what every characters is going through. I like that they made her character goofy and not perfect all the time, especially at home when she would wear those clothes and even her relationship with her brother. Honestly on point I dress like that at home. But all of that aside, this was a very well rounded drama with developed characters tackling serious issues, like body appearance, mental health, suicide and bullying etc but in an light hearted way.

The great humour in the show is credited to how the characters were written and the actors playing the roles, Lim Joo Gyung's clumsiness, cuteness and growth made her the star of the show for me, the actor displayed all the right emotions with ease that i believed her to be Lim Joo Gyung. It was nice to see for a change writers writing characters like her that are goofy and not always behaved well, like how a girl is expected to be. She believed in herself, her dreams and did not value herself less because she wasn't doing well academically which is a great message to sent to young girls and boys watching. Eun Woo and In Yeop also did a great job portraying their characters, the cast was very well chosen for this show. They all added to the story and emotions so well as each character had their own growing to do. Although the time skip was a little off putting it did not hinder the story as much, if anything this drama could of been 20 episodes. All around a amazing romcom. Although the drama was very basic in terms of love and the second lead syndrome, including all the cringey moments it somehow worked.

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What "my ID is Gangnam Beauty" tried to accomplish, True Beauty succeeded

The first half of this drama felt like one of those guilty pleasure dramas that don't necessarily have the best story, are usually cliché, but they still make you giggle incessantly. Somewhere around the middle mark is when it hits you that the story really is just about a girl wearing makeup, and her having to constantly get out of a situation that could show her real face. Drama which could all be avoided if she just put on makeup before she left the house.

I am not saying this is a bad drama. What I mean to say is that it's very one-dimensional, but that that's what actually makes it good! That is until the episodes go by, and you're nearing the end, and you realize they NEED to add some drama because there hasn't been that "big" problem yet which needs to be solved. And as predicted they added the most unnecessary drama, and also decided to push the love triangle that should have been solved long ago.

Besides that, the acting was good. Ga Young was brilliant. The way she carried herself differently with makeup and bare-face was really amazing. It almost felt like 2 different characters, and I think that was an intentional choice. She is stiff and nervous in makeup because that is not her. Then, when she removes the makeup she is relaxed and outgoing.
Cha EunWoo.... uhh. How do I put this nicely? If you took his character from my ID is Gangnam Beauty and related it with this, there would be absolutely no change to the story. They are the same person. I dont know if this was intentional, but it made for unavoidable comparisons throughout the whole series. The character was painfully boring. I began referring to him as "white bread" after just a few episodes. He has a pretty face. That's it, that's the character.
In Yeop. Oh boy. It is really rare that I get "second-lead syndrome", and I had it BAD. I won't go into detail, but if SuHo is white bread, Seojun is tiramisu.

In conclusion, do I recommend? Yes, if you enjoy cliché drama that would almost never happen in real life (and I do). Would I watch it again? Maybe, but I would skip the last couple episodes.

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