Cha Eun-woo (left) and Moon Ga-young in a still from True Beauty. After 16 emotional and energetic episodes, the K-drama series played it safe in its season finale. Cha Eun-woo (left) and Moon Ga-young in a still from True Beauty. After 16 emotional and energetic episodes, the K-drama series played it safe in its season finale.
Cha Eun-woo (left) and Moon Ga-young in a still from True Beauty. After 16 emotional and energetic episodes, the K-drama series played it safe in its season finale.
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K-drama review: True Beauty – teen romance takes the easy way out at the end of a strong season

  • After 16 emotional and energetic episodes, charged with romance and themes of self-worth and social acceptance, the series played it safe in its finale
  • Once main character Im Ju-kyoung’s true face was revealed to her classmates at the end of episode 12 there was only ever going to be one ending

Topic |   Korean drama reviews
Pierce Conran
Pierce Conran

Updated: 2:27pm, 9 Feb, 2021

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Cha Eun-woo (left) and Moon Ga-young in a still from True Beauty. After 16 emotional and energetic episodes, the K-drama series played it safe in its season finale. Cha Eun-woo (left) and Moon Ga-young in a still from True Beauty. After 16 emotional and energetic episodes, the K-drama series played it safe in its season finale.
Cha Eun-woo (left) and Moon Ga-young in a still from True Beauty. After 16 emotional and energetic episodes, the K-drama series played it safe in its season finale.
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