True Beauty (2020)

LOVE IT!!

thoughts: i actually really like this drama so far. when i heard the webtoon was going to be made into a drama, i started reading the webtoon. and im on chapter #125 (english ver.). i do realize that there's contrasting opinions with the whole "the drama is similar to the webtoon" etc. bu if you realize that the kdrama, yes it's based on the webtoon, but mainly an adaption, and the writer of the kdrama was hired to do their job and that is to write the kdrama. i think lots of people are upset that the kdrama does not follow the webtoon scene by scene but honestly if it did then there would be no point in eevenen making the kdrama because it's just a duplicate of the webtoon.

plot: the plot is, yes stereotypical, but it at the same time is quite enjoyable. people will complain about the whole "school love triangle" thing is used too many times in kdramas, cdrama, jdramas, etc. but the reason that that same plot is used so many times in dramas is that it either does well or is entertainment worthy. yes there's plenty of other dramas with other storylines like Private Lives, Flower of Evil, and The King: Eternal Monarch. so instead of complaining about the plot and how it's not following the webtoon play by play, just do not watch True Beauty and keep your mouth shut.

characters/setting etc: i actually like Jugyeong in the kdrama more than the webtoon, because i felt as though in the webtoon her character has no "substance" like her character is kinda narrow-minded and her personality isn't really there. but in the drama i feel as though her character is "better"? i really like moon gayoung acting too. i think she and the other actors have great chemistry. i also think that the issues and underlying problems in the drama are handled well and like any other kdrama are spread out and go into detail as the drama develops. i personally like that the casting director did an amazing job finding actors who look similar to the characters in the webtoon. also, the soundtrack is very nice with Yuju from Gfriend singing part 2 in the OST. i think its very catchy.

conclusion: my final thoughts are that i really like drama and for me, i love triangles and especially school dramas. i will continue watching this and like Start-Up there's a war between Suho and Seojun and i think that just makes True Beauty all that better because of the involvement of fans.

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It's okay I guess, at least is not boring to watch.

Dramas like this are usually the most difficult to review for me because I don't like it but I do at the same time.

I usually can't stand super predictable dramas full of coincidences and stuff when at the first episode you already know where the plot is going. It's like watching every possible cliché in one setting.
How many random encounters.
Oh look, I met a cute guy at the book store. Oh we're in the same class, oh I met another boy totally randomly. Oh he's in my class too. Oh look he was the first guy I met best friend and now they hate each other! Oh, they both fall for the same girl. BUT it's still entertaining, its not so easy to make such a "boring" storyline interesting so I'll give them credit for that.
It's too much so I think it's made on purpose. I think I've never watched something that cringe but still pretty funny. But it comes from a webtoon I never read so I'm not sure about the original story.

Plus I'm still watching it so I'll edit it every time but I don't want to forget what I'm thinking at the moment.

A really light drama for now. I hope I'll increase the stars a bit while watching it.
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BIG APPRECIATION: ep 4 "Extraordinary you" and "Parasite references. Aaaa great! I laughed a lot, totally unexpected!
UNPOPULAR OPINION: I lowkey wanted Im Jukyung and Kang Soojin to be together, really. But I think Korean dramas are not really ready for this.

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crap, completely different from the webtoon, cringe & too cliche

spoiler warning if you haven’t read webtoon
ok so i finished true beauty and honestly i liked the first 8 or so eps and then it just became a really crappy and inaccurate time skip in which seojun gets completely rejected and suho disappears for only 5 seconds and then comes right back like a cockroach 🐕. they changed way too many things and it’s a completely different story to the webtoon where they don’t even give seojun a chance and they don’t build suho and jugyeong’s relationship to the point where it feels like two strangers off the street are snogging 😀. it was way too rushed and the display of suhos character was crap and it completely ignored the webtoon.
i was really disappointed with this and the only reason i continued watching was hwang in yeop. best actor there + best played character

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Un drama décevant

Aie. Double Aie! Mon chouchou, mon bébé Cha Eun Woo! Comment a-t-il pu jouer dans un drama aussi mauvais???
J’aurais dû écouter ma fille qui me disait (narquoisement) que le manhwa n’était pas génial (quoique « Extraordinary you » a fait battre mon petit coeur à 90 à l’heure (Haru!!!) bien que le manhwa ne soit pas super génial)…Mais l’idée de revoir le magnifique sourire de Cha Eun Woo était trop tentant. Bien mal m'en a pris…Le rôle de Cha Eun Woo est d’un ennui rhôooo et malgré son sex appeal flagrant, je n’ai pas réussi du tout à sentir les battements habituels de mon coeur. Moon Ga Young n’est pas forcément mauvaise, mais allez, je me lance, elle n’est pas aussi jolie que le voudrait le scénario (pourquoi ne pas avoir choisi Suzy??), du moins pas dans l’idée de ce que je me fais d’une fille parfaitement belle (oui oui toujours Suzy ou bien Shi Min Ha…). Et son rôle est d’un niais! Aucun des rôles secondaires n’en valent la peine (je cherche encore, en fait…). Je n’ai rien contre les scénarios sur le complexe du physique quand c’est bien fait (comme « Oh my Vénus! », avec la MAGNIFIQUE Shi Min Ha ou bien le drama « Birth of Beauty » avec la sublime Han Ye Seul qui parlent tous deux de ce complexe physique et de la transformation du personnage). Mais ici, son jeu de cache-cache est frustrant. Je n’ai pas réussi à adhérer à ses souffrance, à comprendre son geste. Alors oui, nous avons affaire à une adolescente qui a déjà subit des traumatismes mais j’aurais aimé une héroine forte, une héroine qui s’assume. Et puis, c’est assez fatiguant d’avoir les deux personnages qui ne cessent de se battre, pour bien sur finir ensemble, mais c’est redondant et pas assez bien dosé pour qu’on se prenne au jeu.
Un drama que je n’ai pu finir et qui ne restera pas dans ma mémoire, en bien ou en mal…

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Great drama

Now at first I had pretty low expectations for this considering I’m not into high school rom com genre and I wasn’t gonna watch this at first but after seeing it everywhere I decided to watch it to see what everyone was so excited about. Honestly after the second episode I found myself really into this series and wanting to watch more. I literally spent a whole night catching up to the series. Ngl tho I prefer the drama over the webtoon, I just like the character interactions, lovable characters and the overall story better. Reading the webtoon and watching the drama we’re two different experiences for sure. But yeah this definitely exceeded my expectations as a fun lighthearted rom com.

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Hilarious, Interesting, Light & Less Frustrating, Cliché story

I will start off with saying that not everyone will like this drama. If you're looking for a unique story with major plot twists, then this drama isn't it. It also isn't for you if you can't watch a high school story / drama and want something mature.
This drama is based off a webtoon and the drama's story is a lot similar to teen / young adult romance stories or manga.
I did search online about the webtoon and will have to say I'm glad they altered the drama and didn't follow the webtoon completely.
There may be love triangles, but it's very obvious and not like the webtoon where there's uncertainty and could lean to either side. But what I do dislike about the drama is how they left you with an aching heart for one of the characters in an unrequited love.
I also loved a lot of the characters in this drama and the variety of characters they showed.
Ju Kyung's family are fun to watch. Her sister, Hee Kyung's reversed role relationship. I loved seeing her act in a way that most men are expected to behave in relationships and overall.
The story may be cliché , but I still had a great time watching it and was laughing through a good portion of the entire drama. All of the bromance scenes they showed were pretty fun to watch as well.
As for the story's message and how it was handled, there's not much to expect. But I do know that most dramas really don't emphasize much about the message and often stray away from it to not seem like it's a lecture. But I do wish they at least show consequences of bullying instead of a slap on the wrist like most dramas show.

Acting- I've seen a lot of bias hate towards idol actors like Cha Eun Woo and have to say that CEW did a decent job with his character. I've seen him in MIGB and his character from there is somewhat similar to Suho's. But in this drama, I could see that he's improved more than before. For me, Hwang In Yeop stole the show. He was just enjoyable to watch.

I would re-watch it only for my favorite scenes. I don't think I would watch the entire drama all over again.
As for the OSTs, I have to say they were wonderful, especially Chani's "Starlight".

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I personally only watched this show, because I've read the webtoon. There was a couple of differences and samaritans. For one, Kang Soojin was honestly a lot better person in the drama. Sadly, she became evil due to love, but in the webtoon, it shows more of Joo Gyung'slove life, but in the drama, we get to see her family a bit more. I've had always shipped Ju Gyung and Suho, even though the webtoon and the drama, but for some reason, on the last episode of the drama, I felt like she should have ended up with Seojun. I pity him. But at least in the webtoon, they dated. Honestly m favorite character would be her brother and Soo Ah

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a pointless review that no one asked for

story:
as literally everyone knows, this drama does not follow the webtoon. which on one hand i am happy with, considering the drama needs a development before it can end (jukyung realising beauty is skin deep) and well the webtoon is on going so we aint gotten it yet. so for that, i loved it. i was so happy when the thing she feared and would later empower her happened cause not only did it show character development, which many wanted, but also strength. it taught a good message too.
lets also be real, all the side couples. they were all adorable, especially jukyungs sister and teacher. i loved them.
parts of the story which i wish didnt happen, seojun being unable to move on. look imma be real. for her, suho was the one. i knew. you knew (or if you didnt you do now), everyone knew. it was so obvious, so since it was so obvious i wish scenes where anyone could tell that seojun loved her didnt happen or scenes that had maybe hinted at a something in the future, like that whistle flower scene that had a deeper meaning. it was unnecessarily painful lol. or basically the whole last 2 episodes. im happy shes happy but i cant be happy when seojun is crying alone and shes out their having seggsy time. lmao i know she didnt love him and im not telling her to, im just mad that they made him still love her till the very end cos lets be honest he didnt cry out all his feelings if hes still looking at her like how he did when she put lipstick on for him. ok this is really turning into a rant. lmao. seojun stans amirite.
also in terms of the characters, i wish they werent changed so much. seojun was never that mean. yh he was mad a suho and blamed him, but never called him a murderer which was excessive, and suho wasnt that bland. he had more character.
but the story in general, the change is something needed and so i liked it, i jut wished peoples scenes had stayed theirs (cough suho stealing webtoon seojuns scenes cough)

acting/cast:
moon ga young. absolutely amazing. as she had said in an interview about having to understand jukyung, she did a good job. she really did well considering how mad i was at jukyung at times lmao.
cha eun woo: im mad at people saying he cant act. he can! yh him as suho wasnt as expressive as seojun, but if you think about it, its really cos of the character. suho is pretty plain stoic and cold. hes a lot different than in the webtoon which is a little upsetting but cha eun woo, considering what he is like irl, did a good job acting completely different.
hwang in yeop: i love this man. for someone not having acted for long, the emotions, his eyes. he did an amazing job. the reason i fell for seojun was because in yeop acted so amazingly. heart and soul. i really cannot wait for his future dramas.
park yoo na: from being most loved to most hated to kinda understood, park yoo na is incredible. i cant describe her any better. i really am waiting for the day she plays a charcter that isnt hated at some point, preferably as first female lead.
the rest: the supporting cast, everyone really did do a good job. they all had something about them that just makes you love them. the chemistry between Im Se Mi and Oh Eui Shik. they were literally what i had to finish the drama for. also Kim Min Ki i love him (subscribe to his youtube channel lol)

music:
the OSTs *chefs kiss*
hwang in yeops voice *triple thousand chef kisses*
thats it.

rewatch value:
lmao my rewatch value is 5 because the pain of being a seojun stan is unbearable. i dont ever wanna watch this again because if i was hurt enough so cry on the phone to my friend, and then in front of my parents and brother and sister in law as someone who HATES crying infront of people, then nope! i will however be watching the sad edits of seojun when i need a few couple thousand tears to shed.

overall:
honestly, think basic kdrama with cheesy plot lines and a heart breaking love triangle which isnt even a triangle but is, then youll get this.
although i regret having watched this, i dont regret it at the same time. the message was beautiful, and although everyone but seojun was happy, it was an alright ending. it just really sucked when they threw away seojuns character like that. but watch this as a suho stan and you shall be happy.

*cheering in the background*
thank you, thank you

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Nothing new and yet I watched it from start to finish.

As of today, True Beauty is the only drama from this season that I've finished despite many others finishing earlier on in the season. Other than Mr. Queen, it's the only one I consistently kept up with. This is despite the fact that it had the weakest, most basic story of every other drama that I was watching. And that isn't to say the others were bad - there were plenty of unique, fun dramas that grabbed my attention more. And yet here I am. Let me explain.

I went into True Beauty without the intention of liking it. I only wanted to try it out because I tend to give most dramas a one episode trial before deciding if I should watch them, and to my shock and horror, I kinda sorta enjoyed the first two episodes. It was that turn-your-brain-off kind of show that I need every now and then when work gets hard or life gets stressful. While the pandemic and 3-month-and-continuing lockdown messing with my mental health, this drama was so far from reality that it allowed me to forget for 2 1/2 hours of the week everything that was going on outside my door. And so I kept watching it. When other dramas started to lose their humour in favour of telling a story, when plots grew bland and lost what I was enjoying in the earlier episodes, and whenever I needed a pick-me-up, True Beauty came around midweek and gave me that happy moment that I couldn't find anywhere else.

True Beauty is nothing new. The plot is small and shallow and, having read about half of what's out of the webcomic previously, they changed a lot of aspects of the original story. And I mean a lot. I understand how upsetting that can be to fans of the source material because there were points that I, myself, went "wait, but that shouldn't happen, he was like THIS in the comic--" It's easy to get frustrated by that, but it's also easy to see why that was done. The story that needed to be told had to fit entirely within a 16 episode window. Webcomics aren't really known for their well-contained stories, and to keep it clean and simple changes are always made. After the first few weeks, I didn't really mind the changes. It's important to separate the webcomic and the drama going into either one of them. You can enjoy them on their own, but comparing them might leave you frustrated.

The plot is simple and basic but it stays fun and engaging throughout. Coming from the director that worked on Extraordinary You, it maintains that fun, silly atmosphere that makes both shows a treat to watch, even when nothing is happening and we're just watching characters go throughout their days. It doesn't take itself seriously, and that makes it easy to like. When watching it, I honestly felt like the characters were living in the world of a webtoon just as they were in Extraordinary You, and suddenly all the silly comments and over-the-top gestures made a lot of sense. The characters, while different from the source material, were charming. Whether it's the romance between her older sister and teacher who play role-reversal with typical kdrama stereotypes right up until the bitter end, Seo Jun and Su Ho whose friendship is one of the most easygoing and likeable I've ever seen between rivals in a love triangle, or any one of the students who are shown throughout, it was hard to dislike anyone. Even if they were cringy and hard to watch at times. I think the characters are one of the drama's strengths. They may not be too deep and their stories are ones we've seen before, but even as paper-thin as they are we see character development and changes throughout their stories. And can I just say props to Seo Jun for being one of the least petty SML I've seen in a long time.

Let's be honest, it's not for everybody. It's not a melodramatic love thriller. It's not a serious high school romance. There's no fantasy, even if it feels like the characters are living in a webtoon. The issues brought up are only lightly touched on and aren't delved into too deeply. If you're looking for something that will move you emotionally, you're not going to find it here. But if what you want is something stupid, silly and fun to take you away from the sorry state of the world in a time where we're spending our days staring at the same four walls, I think this is the perfect fit.

It's a story that does cliches well, that has a lot of heart and just a little plot, and I loved every minute of it.

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Not good, but not bad

This is my 1st review so please excuse my messy writing skills haha
The ratings are way too high and biased with this one, in my opinion...

The last 2 eps were rushed, I felt like I was watching it solely for Seojun and the family to be completely honest. High school dramas aren't my cup of tea as they tend to be very cliche. Nonetheless, I liked the whole message behind the drama even though it was cliche. I didn't get to read the whole webtoon so I don't know how that went on.

I loved the side characters especially Heekyung and Junwoo, they were hilarious and stole the show for me. What can I say about Hwang In yeop? I adore him, so ready for whatever he has coming. I love Eunwoo but I just can't get into his acting yet, he sure did improve from his previous dramas though. However, he has a lot of room for improvement so I'm looking forward to his future roles.

The OST wasn't memorable.
Rewatch value: I can't see myself watching it again.

All in all, it was an enjoyable and chill watch. If you're looking for a drama that has plenty of fluffy and funny moments, this is the one.

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No overreaction..... Just reality check

Those who have not seen this drama, please read the writings at your own risk. Spoiler Alert !!
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The story is not that good. There are many more dramas on such stories. But that's not the bad story. This is a little more drama than average. However, people are overtaking the drama by doing so-and-so. I would say you are better than "My id is gangnam beauty" see. A drama of almost the same plot.
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The first seven or eight episodes of this drama were quite good. Then the rest has made a mess.
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The hero likes the heroine and the heroine also likes the hero. There is love between them. But again it becomes a breakup. Meanwhile, the hero's friend also likes the heroine. The heroine thinks of him as a friend again. Like eight or ten dramas, at the end the hero-heroine match again.
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Everyone on the online platform is frustrated with the story of the second lead. But why they are doing is not coming to my mind. I think everyone has overreacted a little too much. The drama is over for this over react. Better dramas are lost in the crowd of these over react drama.
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The hero, heroine and second lead have performed well in the drama. But am I a bit confused first lead or second lead? Who is more troubled? It seems to me that the life of the first lead was dark. Then the heroine becomes the light in her life and enlightens. Unrest of the hero's family, friends misunderstand him. All in all, he got only love from the heroine. As a result, he helped the heroine from afar and always gave priority to her choice. On the other hand, the heroine had to endure criticism in school and society for her bad looks. And if we talk about the second lead, then he has also performed well. Helped the heroine in need. In the end his dream has come true. And the heroine has helped him to fulfill this dream.

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