An Honest Review - 'True Beauty' (K-Drama)

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True Beauty is a Korean drama series that primarily addresses the social issue that if a person is attractive, society would accept them; otherwise, they must cope with issues like bullying, inferiority, and other issues.

Series name- true beauty
Writer’s name- Lee Si-eun
Director’s name- Kim Sang-hyeop
Genre- Romance, Comedy, Slice of life, Coming-of-age
Based on- Yaongyi's "True Beauty" line cartoon
Number of seasons- 1
Number of episodes- 16

Spoiler Alert!

The protagonist of this series is Lim Ju-kyung, a high school girl who has struggled with body image issues her whole life. She started covering her bare face with a tonne of cosmetics.

She faces a lot of dominance, bullying in her school that made her cut down her contacts and name from the school and be admitted to a different school.

In her new school she befriends Lee su-ho, a wealthy but cold boy and Han Seo-jun.

Further she finds her dream and goal to be a cosmetologist.

About The Director - Kim Sang-hyeop

He is a Korean director, who has directed various dramas like True beauty, Extraordinary you,Royal family, Cinderella man and many more like that.

Source- mydramalist

Cast Of True Beauty

Moon ga-young as Lim ju-kyung
Cha eun-woo as Lee su-ho
Hwang in-youp as Han seo-jun
Park yoo-na as Hang so-jin

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About The Series

Ju-kyung Lim 18-year-old high school student who attempted suicide at the final minute after being bullied by her peers and taunted by family members. At the same time, a very gorgeous lad pulled her away from the danger and reminded her of her loved ones.

She was accepted to a new school after severing ties with her former one. There, she confronted an attractive classmate, left who fled, and then had to hide her actual identity from her new classmates.

Later on, rumors of a love triangle between her and the two boys named su-ho and seo-jun was spread like fire.

Ju-kyung met go-woon, the younger sister of seo-jun, and discovered that she was experiencing the same issues as she was. She then made the decision to assist and become resolute so that she would not have the same issues.

Later on ju-kyung realized that the boy who saved her earlier was none other than su-ho. Saebom High School students travel to a rural school outing. In contrast to Seo-jun, Ju-kyung makes an effort to distance herself from Su-ho. Su-ho intends to confess to Ju-kyung, but he appears to be losing hope.

When Soo-jin confides in Ju-kyung about her emotions for Su-ho, Ju-kyung begins to worry about their covert connection. Soo-jin is given access by Ju-kyung to details of her connection with Su-ho.

Immediately following Su-ho's horrifying discovery of the horrific reality behind the manufactured controversies that caused Se-yeon to commit suicide, Su-ho and Seo-jun are involved in a car accident.After telling the public the truth regarding Se-yeon's passing and the stolen music, Joo-heon resigns from his post.

Ju-kyung, who is upset, is the focus of bullying once the truth about her bare face is made public on social media.Seo-jun determines who is responsible for the nasty internet exposé while Su-ho makes a valiant effort to find her.

Ju-kyung decides to attend school without any makeup and to let everyone know about her connection with Su-ho. Su-ho decides to end her relationship with Ju-kyung due to the difficulties of a long-distance relationship.

Ju kyung works as a make up assistant, seo-jun is near to his debut as a singer.

Seo-jun accepts his unrequited love as Ju-kyung and Su-ho reconcile.

Personal Verdict

The storyline of True Beauty is also quite understandable and clearly laid out, so there is little chance of being lost in what is happening. The actors in the programme surely give it a competitive edge in comedy and humour, providing just the proper number of humorous moments.

The drama is worth watching, it tells you now only about how to accept yourself in the society but one should not take the sayings of society to heart also and prove to everyone that true beauty is not what you see but it lies inside a person.

My rating for the series is 5/5.

You can watch it on Netflix.

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