tVN Wed-Thurs Drama True Beauty Wraps Up its Run with Average Ratings of 3.794% and Positive Audience Feedback

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• Yes, please, the people who saw the drama can give their opinions, just like Mrs. Koala I did not see it for my personal interest, but I have heard so much of the drama that I am tempted to see it in a marathon.

  • I love the show. I think Cha Eun Woo is fine too. He has charisma and looks. I guess he is reserved as depicted in the webtoon.
    I am now a fan of Moon Ga Young. The rest of the cast are great too. Okay let’s be frank. This is not a melodrama or some Oscar winning show but it’s really charming, sweet and comedic. Some parts are touching especially on bullying. I think it’s worth watching. So have fun everyone

• It’s a cliche drama from beginning to end but for the most part entertaining. It’s worth a watch if you have nothing else better to do. SLS is strong with this, so if you are allergic to SLS, steer away. I don’t understand the point of them giving audiences false hope to those who support the other ship. Episode 15 was horrid. Episode 16 was passable. I feel like they could had developed the characters better. JK the titular lead had the biggest growth but still limited in my perspective haha

  The break-up doesn’t make sense and them getting back together after 2 years split was not earned in my opinion. It’s like the dodosolsol drama where they got back together after 5 years. So unearned. They literally made 2ml a sad, depressing prop. It’s not even a real love triangle because she never even liked him unlike the webtoon where she liked both guys at different moments of her life haha Also 2FL redemption arc was pitiful.

  Good bye true beauty, not going to miss you. The only thing I thought was generally consistent was the cast, they gave it all and put in a lot of effort for a weak script. So good job cast! I hope you find better projects ?

  • After watching the last two sh!tty episodes, I get why you're pissed and I am, too. Good gosh, it was so cringy to see Seojun be so clingy. They could have instead shown us a flashback where Seojun confessed at some point during the two years Suho was gone, Ju-kyung turned him down and then he moved on. But they still stayed friends. Why why why did they have to make him look pathetic like this? In previous episodes, I savored every scene not wanting the drama to end but these last two - especially the finale - I fast-forwarded most of it because I just needed it to be over.

    And that Suho, you dump a girl via phone call, ignore her for years, then waltz back in as if nothing happened and expect her to just swoon and fall into your arms? But because this is a K-drama so she does just that. Too many dramas have pulled this shyte. Ahn Dan Tae in Beautiful Gong Shim, Jun in DoDo and countless others I don't care to recall.

    I'm not even gonna vent about Soo-jin.

    Hee-kyung and the teacher were the real ship to root for.

    As for HIY, he's too talented, handsome and charismatic to keep playing second fiddle. Give the guy a lead role already! And one where he plays the adult he is, not another high school student.

    • @aurora

      Reading all the comments below me, it seems like we are in the minority. Maybe I watched too many dramas in the past (I watched dramas since I was a little kid with my grandmother) that I become a little bit more critical especially in the romance department because I personally wouldn’t want certain things to happen to me if I was in a relationship and there was some deal breakers for me haha

      IKR instead of having 2ml following JK around like a sunflower following the direction of the sun, they should have explored him becoming an idol more. You are right, they should have shown him getting rejected earlier and them just being solid friends within the two years. It’s ridiculous for him to pine over her in such a defeating way when she never once gave him any hope.

      Ikr for ML to walk back into her life as if time barely passed and for her to be okay with that, it makes me smh and look down on her. You’re worth more than that. She jumped from one insecurity to the next one. Imagine if his dad gets sick again, is he going to break up with her and go abroad again? ?

      Beautiful Gong Shim that drama was so good in the beginning but then it got so annoying, I dropped it like I was holding a hot egg haha

      It’s a testament of his acting ability and I suppose good genes as well that he was able to convincingly play a teenager, I also hope he gets leading roles in the future, he’s so charismatic ?

    • Right? I wish JK had given Suho a harder time about that. And I'd have loved to see more of idol Seojun.

      Haha... in the Gong Shim finale, Ahn Dan Tae also went abroad, went cold turkey and never got in touch with FL, then came back years later with no excuse and that silly smile of his. When he saw FL with a guy and thought she'd moved on, the jerk actually had the audacity to get upset. But in dramaland, they just ended up happily ever after.

      I actually thought he was in his early twenties. Imagine my surprise at learning he's actually 30! Talk about fountain of youth. Lol.

    • @aurora

      Thank you for the recap, my jaws dropped. What the world, I’m glad I dropped that drama ? UGH he became toxic. People don’t appreciate what they have until they almost lose it ?

      I hope I can borrow some of his fountain of youth when I get older haha

• I followed it from start to finish and totally found myself liking it more and more during the run. It was a sweet and endearing drama that felt genuine and didn’t try to be something it wasn’t. There’s a lot of side characters but it was a good mix and some were really memorable, I loved the reverse gender roles of teacher and the older sister! I can find that sometimes the number of side characters in these dramas can be distracting but it wasn’t the case here, they enchanted the drama as a whole. The female lead was precious and second male lead totally won me over so I’m still sad he didn’t get the girl! The only one I had issue with was male lead, acting was so wooden so I couldn’t really connect with his character and he just didn’t feel organic like the rest, but serviceable enough that I could continue watching. The only really negative thing I can say is that the forced separation was quite unbelievable, so I was worried about the lending but it turned out that the drama just rolled with it and still kept its spirit intact. In fact I got so many scenes with second male lead and female lead that it appeased my second male lead ship, so it was almost a treat! I liked that the drama put closure on the fake friend storyline and drama wrapped up well. I might want to rewatch this again in the future :)

• i didn't watch this drama.. but it amazes me how very popular this drama is despite the rating.. i know cha eun woo is aready a hallyu actor, but i think this drama also made hwang in hyeop and moon ga young to be listed in hallyu star. my claims was due to my observation from their ig.. the amounts of the followers increment was insane!! and the number of likes and comments in their post also crazyyy.. especially for the newcomer hwang inhyeop... go it check it guys.. I'm totally speechless with the number of his followers, likes, and comments.. his followers already 6.8 millions, with millions of likes.. moon ga young too already reach 5 millions of followers, with also millions of likes in her recent posts.. it made me realised this drama is too popular.

  • Drama with trending idol get more buzz even if they have low rating because idol.

    Idk how this translate to their next project or popularity because the drama isn't an actual hit based on the rating or the general reception but it definitely has buzz.

    • Exactly. CEW is a popular idol so of course there's gonna be buzz around this drama. Don't see what's so amazing and speechless about that.

    • i dont think eunwoo popularity can hard carry this drama each actor give their best to their performance that why people tune they have good chemistry people will not tune in just for visual its not best drama but your discreting their effort just because their popular

    • @poppy

      i knew this drama isn't a hit domestically, but it is indeed a hit drama internationally. it got more buzz outside korea. maybe i should emphasised in my comment that this drama is too popular internationally.. my bad

    • @Peym

      No one's saying he hard-carried the drama. With that wooden acting? Heavens, no. But one can't deny he's a popular idol so that was one of the contributing factors to the buzz. Not the only factor. Then there's MGY and HIY with their wonderful performances as well as the other cast members. The overall cast chemistry. Heart-warming moments, hijinks and silly fun.

  • Hallyu actor? Hallyu stars? Because of 2-3% ratings and some buzz? Like someone commented somewhere, the bar is really low.

    • @zen

      if u comment reply was for me, I'm speechless with hwang in yeop and moon ga young ig's growth.. not about cha eun woo.. so I've a reason to be speechless

      @organza

      so what you called cha eun woo then? non hallyu star? I'm not his fan.. but i knew he started his ig 2 years ago.. now his no of followers in ig was 16.3 millions already...one of the top 10 of korean star with most followers in ig. ok maybe i was wrong for using the word actor. should use the word star instead coz he is indeed a hallyu star.
      like someone commented somewhere, rating wasn't proportional to hallyu popularity. it's up to you if u thought that the bar is set too low. but it is a fact that cha eun woo is a hallyu star.

      or is my interpretation of hallyu is wrong? i thought hallyu is an international popularity

    • @organza Hallyu literally means “Korean Wave”, it's all about international popularity, not domestic. If it's about domestic popularity and domestic hits, stars like Kim Nam Gil, Go Hyun Jung and Joo Won would be called Hallyu stars by now because they always have domestic hits, but no, as we all know they aren't Hallyu stars. Furthermore, dramas like Love Rain, Moon Lovers, TKEM, Uncontrollably Fond, and in this case, True Beauty, are considered Hallyu hits because they're a hit internationally and contributes greatly to the Korean Wave, which again, is the literal definition of Hallyu. So yes, CEW is definitely a Hallyu star.

      BTW, I'm a male, not a CEW fangirl, I'm just stating facts.

    • @hjw

      So you called him a Hallyu actor which would put him in the same category as actual actors (who can actually act) like HB, KSH, PSJ, etc. who've earned their Hallyu stripes by delivering monster hits (BOTH domestically and internationally). And I feel like he's not there yet but maybe that's just me being a purist or biased against the guy. I respect your perspective, nonetheless.

    • @LMAO

      If mansplaining to me what a Hallyu star is makes you feel good about yourself, then I'm glad I helped someone today. All the best.

    • @organza Wait what? How is that “mansplaining”? Mansplaining is when a man explains something to a woman about a topic that a woman actually has more knowledge about (like women's reproductive health) or explaining something in a condescending manner. I just reminded you what Hallyu means because you seem to forget that it's about international popularity. I inserted my gender not to “mansplain”, but because I don't want to be accused of being a fangirl who is defending Cha Eun Woo.

      Also, you seem to think that the definition of “Hallyu star” is all about talent and having a domestic hit, hence the reason why you want you keep denying that CEW is one is because you don't want to put him up there with HB, PSH, KSH, etc., as he's not as good as them. But if it's just about acting skills, Suzy, Yoona, etc. wouldn't be called Hallyu stars, but we all know that they're certified Hallyu stars. It really is that simple, international popularity equals Hallyu popularity. Call it low bar or whatever, but it is what it is. I prefer Hallyu stars to be great actors too, but again, it is what it is.
      Apologies if I sounded condescending

    • @organza Uhm, didn't Cha Eunwoo won the Hallyu Star award in Korea Drama Awards for My ID is Gangnam Beauty? Not a fan of him, but @hjw and @lmao are totally right, he's a Hallyu star. I don't have to like it, but he definitely is lol

• The drama had a nicer pace than the webtoon, but the conflict in the last 2 episodes were just unnecessary. If they were going to include the separation, they should have gone all in and put it halfway through the drama and include Jukyeong's relationship with Seojun. But I guess this was still a kdrama, and a mostly high school kdrama at that lol.

  Overall, I feel that this was a better adaptation compared to this director's other drama Extraordinary You. I know the latter has its ardent fans, but I still dislike how they lessened the poignancy of the webtoon by making it more of a parody and ruining the story of the comic within the comic. And I still haven't gotten over how awfully they wrote Baek Kyung, who was saved for me by Lee Jaewook's performance. In True Beauty, they did this to a lesser extent with Suho's character especially in episode 15. I was so annoyed even as someone who prefers Seojun in both versions because Suho is such a sweetheart in the webtoon.

  But I'm still pretty happy because of the cast especially Moon Gayoung and Hwang Inyeop. Moon Gayoung was no surprise; I already knew she was good since that awful drama Tempted, but she was the heart of this show. As for Hwang Inyeop, I wasn't sure about his casting at first, but he even surpassed the webtoon version for me with his comedic timing and charisma. I remember that he was a standout among the younger cast in 18 Again after Lee Dohyun despite his limited screentime. I'm excited to see his growth. Cha Eunwoo was okay; I hope he moves on from the cold and perfect shoujo male lead roles.

  • What I really like from this drama is Ju-kyung's family dynamic. It hits me close to home. They banter, quarrel, reconcile, and stay strong through thick and thin. Not to mention their quirky characters. I wish they would make a spin off for this drama as a weekend kdrama.

    For the romance, i know at some point that Seo-jun love to Ju-kyung will remain unrequited. But with Hwang Inyeop acting plus the screen chemistry between him and moon gayoung, girl can only hope the writer would make drastic change to the script and pair him with Ju-kyung.

    Eun-woo is okay. He show progress in each episodes. I really impress with his efforts to potray the break up scene. For a split second I feel emphathy for his pain.

    Overall, its a nice school drama and worth to watch if you feel bored spend your time staying at home and do nothing.

• It's the kind of drama that after a looooong day of reading journal articles, writing my thesis, meeting with supervisors, responding to emails, and dealing with idiots at work, I really look forward to. It's enjoyable, cute, and simple but not to the point of brainless. Great OST, entertaining storyline, and beautiful faces. I appreciate having dramas like this because I can unwind from my busy work in the day, and giggle like in high school in spite of the sense of isolation and loneliness nowadays

  • I totally agree with you. I enjoyed this drama too, it was a nice fluffy drama without being brainless. It was a nice escape from my daily routine.

• I really enjoyed it. Of course you have to go in knowing the type of drama it will be, so if you’re ever in a light romcom mood where you can turn your brain off and just sit down and relax, I recommend it!

  I found that I liked both male leads equally, so lol I knew I would have cried for the other, no matter who she would end up with (no pulling my hair out like Start-Up at least). And yes, Hwang In Yeob was better, but I though Cha Eun Woo was not actually bad. The more coolish acting worked for the character.

• I would watch it Ms Koala.

  Don't get too bogged down towards having Daesang worthy performances. Or riveting plot lines

  As a high school drama- it wasn't bad. Way less sillier than others. Good solid entertainment value for escapism

  The song composed by Leo struck a chord with the lyrics. And the wedding scene alone is worth watching the whole drama for. I liked the older sister. Different Kdrama character from the usual.

  And this drama gave me many amusing momemnts and smiles. What else does one want after a hard day at work and relaxing once the kids go off to bed?

  Well wine and some anju then. Then watch.

  • Sold! Thank you for knowing what exactly checks my boxes for crack adorableness. :-)

    • You're welcome. The drama has a solid ensemble cast that's why.

• If you’re in the mood for light hearted and sweet the. Definitely recommend. The drama did a good job of
  Building up the side characters, too, and loved the extraordinary you cameos

• I did not watch any episode in full. This is my "filler" k-drama, i.e. if I wanted to take a break from working from home, I'd choose some feel-good scenes in the episodes for that week and watch them lol. Makes me wonder though, if I were still 19 or 22 years old, maybe I'd have the patience to watch and appreciate every episode? :D What I noticed based on articles and comment sections is that this is indeed a breakthrough project for 2ML (who I just realized is 30 years old, wow!), so I'm happy for him and hope his career takes off this year and he lands good projects.