Yeosin Gangnim

Tired of being looked down upon for her unattractive appearance, middle schooler Lim Jugyeong turns to the transformative powers of makeup. First, she experiments with BB cream, lip tint, and eyeliner; then she begins using mascara, double eyelid glue, and colored contacts. Before she knows it, Jugyeong goes from being a girl who is bullied for her ugliness to being praised as a high-class beauty. Constantly surrounded by those who adore her goddess-like appearance, Jugyeong can now live a more than comfortable life at school—she simply has to keep her bare face a secret.

However, everything changes when the new transfer student, Lee Suho, enters her life. Not only does the handsome Suho become immediately popular among their peers, but in a chance encounter, he also becomes the only classmate of Jugyeong's to see her face beneath the makeup. With her reputation on the line, Jugyeong must do whatever it takes to hide the truth about her appearance from the rest of her classmates. But the more time she spends with Suho, the more Jugyeong finds herself questioning whether one's true beauty lies solely in their looks.

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Han, Seojun Main

Lee, Suho Main

Lim, Jugyeong Main

Lee, Selena Supporting

Han, Gowoon Supporting

Teacher Supporting

Chaerin, Ahn Supporting

Lim, Juyoung Supporting

Sua, Kang Supporting

Rollo, Alfredo ADR Director

Kim, Na-young Original Creator

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Aug 28, 2024

BLAZEROTHSCHILD

Recommended

Preliminary (4/? eps)

Let me preface this by saying I have not watched the drama or read the webtoon. As a new person introduced to this universe though, I am completely into it. The two love interests are so strong. Maybe if you compare it to the other forms of media this story has, it may not be as good. Standing by itself though, the anime is really strong because you care about the characters, and the pacing is actually pretty quick.

This is my review at episode 4, so maybe things take a downhill turn from here, but it kind of hits every box for a shoujo anime.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Aug 14, 2024

Y00MIN

Mixed Feelings

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Preliminary (1/? eps)

True Beauty is a webtoon that received both an anime and a K-drama adaptation. I will go through all of them one by one.

If you read the webtoon, you know it was good at first, but it got worse over time. So much so because the main character, Jugyeong, is unbearable. Suho is okay, and the only one who is well-developed is Seojun.

If you haven't seen the K-drama, DO IT. Because it doesn’t delve into university life, and the actors were chosen so well. There's a reference to Extraordinary You, and besides all that, apart from the typical scenes where the protagonists “knew each other ... since childhood” (I hate those moments) and the cringe scenes, almost everything present there is well done, developed, and shown.
Is that true? Yes, okey dokey yo.

The anime… So, I love the fact that there's a fictional (I think) metal band from which I can’t wait to listen to the full song. It’s amazing.

Otherwise, I recommend K-drama. I'm serious.

What should have been presented at the beginning is the backstory of Jugyeong, a girl who was labeled as “ugly” just because, well, she doesn’t have a perfect appearance and, because of this, was a victim of bullying to the point where she didn't want to exist anymore. It turned into “Don’t feel sorry for her or empathize with her, we don’t have time for long explanations. You’ll figure it out.” Then it shows how she starts life at a new high school, now being beautiful thanks to the makeup she learned to apply. How? Well, after receiving a response on a forum with a link to Selena’s channel, the makeup goddess, she started watching the videos and learned to create a perfect beautiful face mask. This reality is sad and true, considering we all hide behind masks or insecurities, but forget to accept ourselves first. Anyway… Unfortunately, nothing is conveyed properly because everything in the episode and all the details are too rushed. Or almost all the scenes—let’s be serious, when Suho or Seojun appear, the atmosphere somehow calms down a bit and they remain cool no matter where they are presented. I forgot to mention that Jugyeong loves metal music and horror comics, and that’s only because these things are labeled as ugly just like her. Oh, wait… you won’t realize why because no one will explain anything to you. Here, no one has development, let’s just move the story forward. Yay!
The rest of the things I understood as the idea went along, because otherwise, there’s nothing to feel from what you see, and I don’t accept the excuse that “They have limited time, they couldn’t do it.” Then just take it easy and don’t do anything or show me only the important parts in detail.

Seriously, this anime is filler and the animation is mediocre, but you can watch it to see how it is.

K-drama: 9/10
Webtoon: 7/10
Anime: 5/10

I will give it a mix in hopes that at least the boys' part is done well, but I think it’s going to be a joke. I will most likely change to not recommend. I’m going to rewatch the K-drama and erase from my memory what a trash character Lim Jugyeong is while hoping that Seojun gets the happiness he deserves.(I’m not considering the side stories.)

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Aug 25, 2024

Baniita

Not Recommended

Preliminary (1/? eps)

Completely unwatchable. As a fan of the webtoon and the drama, this is horrifically bad.

Everything form the horrible art style to the horrible direction and pacing, it's just. An affront to the source material. The art style is very ugly. This is supposed to be a show about a makeup artist and they can't even make the makeup look good. Even the MC's voice is--unbearable. It's too high, squeaky and annoying. Worse, it's extremely cringe. Did they make this for 6 year olds? MC was fine and charming and likeable before. Here, she's just... oh god.. what did they do... Just read the webtoon or ... watch the drama. The drama is even better than the webtoon.

Deeply tragic they churned the original into some 10 cent korean anime. Artist must be in pain. Whoever made this must've either had no respect for the original work or made this for tiny children.

Reviewer’s Rating: 1

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