I honestly enjoyed this show as a whole and it never felt like a burden to click on a new episode but despite that I felt the last two episodes felt a bit contrived with unnecessary angst which I’m sure is not even part of the main conflict of this drama which was about her outer beauty and lack of self esteem, which resolved pretty quickly, leaving the show with no choice but to include the typical noble idiocy plot line and time jump. After the show pretty much broke seo jun’s heart time and time again and even made him the plot device to get the main two together I lost interest. The show was a brainless watch anyway and I enjoyed the actors performance and the last scene of seo jun singing se yeon’s track was heartwarming and beautiful. All in all it was an enjoyable watch 💕

"However, something about these final episodes felt unnecessary, and (for me anyway) it took away from the richness of the story that preceded it."

This was exactly how I felt watching these two episodes. I liked True Beauty up until these last two episodes, the way Suho came back like nothing happened really rubbed me the wrong way and it also hurt to see Seo-jun trying to win Ju-kyung's heart but failing. Also the whole wedding scene felt so filler, especially the scene where Hee-kyung's ring fell and then her head got stuck on that frame (she could've easily went the other way!)

And seeing Soo-jin these episodes made me feel bad that what started off as a great character and friend for Ju-kyung ended like this with hardly any screentime in the end.

I wasn’t sure why we were getting these episodes, but True Beauty has been all about the fluff for me, and I appreciated the extra two weeks of fluffy goodness. The angst was so insubstantial as not to bother me.

The childhood connection bothered me more as filler. I never quite bought the child actors as their younger versions, or got what they brought to the story. But I still liked the wonderfully cheesy end scene, as I had plenty of investment in the manwha store from their recent hangouts.

I rolled my eyes at the unnecessary breakup but I enjoyed the additional episodes as well.

Also, (your recap had such poise and class that I am feeling a little bit cheap brining this up lol buuuuuut) did you guys see that our handsome robot boy did his first real bed scene?! I also sooo taken aback but in a good way after I digested it haha

These episodes didn't bring anything to the story or the character's development except for Soo-Jin. I don't really like when 2 years are nothing in the life... The ML came back like the same way than the ML in DDSSLS, so arrogant...
For all the drama, it was a nice one. MGY was really great in this role. Her character was touching, warm and funny. The love triangle was not too annoying because the SeoJun was a nice character. CEW could have been better in acting but at the end it was OK.
For the comparison with Extraordinary You, I think EY was more original and well played with the clichés and the manhwa. The message was more interesting too. The theme of beauty in drama makes me feel kinda weird because I don't get the reactions of the characters like her family, her friends...

While I also found the reason for Suho and Jukyung's break-up rather convincing (you can video call, send letters etc), overall I enjoyed the finale and we got a nice resolution for all our characters.

I have really enjoyed True Beauty. It struck the perfect balance between humour and heartfelt moments. Moon Ga Young as the protagonist was the star of the show and I can't believe it took me this long to discover her. Likewise, Cha Eun Woo and Hwang In Yeob were also good.

A thoroughly enjoyable show, it exceeded my expectations and is one of my fave kdramas in recent memory.

Thank you, @missvictrix, for the weecap and commentary. I still enjoyed the last two episodes. I never applied much logic to the story since from the very beginning it already lacked one (the make up instead of skin treatment, the lying instead of showing the truth, etc.). I enjoyed how the story gave all our characters the closure they needed, Seo-jun may be flying solo but he was able to confess and now he can move on. Soo-jin is back and forgiven. And boy! do I love drunk Soo-ho sooo much.

As a fan of the web comic, I actually enjoyed this more then I thought I would after the first few episodes. I just came at it like it was written as a fan fic so I would stop comparing to the comic. I had thoughts over all tho
Things I did not like: my biggest peeve with the show was suho coming back after two years of no contact expecting JK to just take him back like nothing happened. It really annoyed me. Also the fan service in ep 15. Why must you tease us seo jun fans like that!
For the good: I will say it was nice seeing the growth of our our FL. I was extreamly pleased that she learned to accept who she was and love her self with out makeup. Yes it came as a huge heart break, but it was the catalyst needed to begin her self acceptance. I also enjoyed our bromance. It was nice to see them grow in this respect to put misunderstandings aside to move on from the past and become friends again.
I want to give mention to seo June’s character for a minute here. The actor was phenomenal in this role. You really felt his emotions. ( he was a much more open character the suho). I cried when he did after he let jk go for the last time, reliving all their moments together. They were best friends for all intents and purposes. He was written so well. People harp about the two year time jump but I think it was needed in this case. He was mature enough to bow out like a gentleman, but stay close friends cause he genuinely loves her and knew she wouldn’t love him back in the same way.

I thoroughly enjoyed True Beauty, but like so many, I also felt that the last two episodes were mostly unnecessary fillers. I was never a Seo Jun shipper, but I felt terrible for him. Joo Kyung never had romantic feelings for him so I don't feel bad that they didn't end up together, but it was still painful to watch his suffering. Part of me understands Su Ho's reasons for breaking, he was 18, unsure of when he would be able to get back, thought that waiting would be hard on Joo Kyung...blah, blah, blah...but I was still annoyed. I felt she deserved more than a "I missed you" when they met at Namsan tower. But overall, I am happy with their ending as I think they are adorable together and they truly love each other.

The final episodes didn't disappoint me. The 2 years gap gave us a chance to see them out of school, and starting their future. Some may say the 2 years (actually it was less than 2 years as they went long distance for a few months) is unnecessary, but I'm glad it gave JK the chance to reconsider SJ, and reconfirm her love for SH, and we need SH to disappear for an appropriate amount of time in order for that to happen.

SH decision is not too arrogant, considering they are still students, and he doesn't want to hold back JK from enjoying young adult life, waiting for him without a timeline. He was in a depressing situation at that time, not something a student normally deals with, and didn't want to bring down JK too.

SJ is too loyal to SH to make his move, hence he waited for more than a year. Again, this is a plausible scenario. They are young adults busy with adulting, and JK also needs the time to forget SH.

But the power of OTP is too strong, all is lost for SJ when SH returns. With the 2 years separation, the OTP can reconfirm their love for each other when they are adults, sealing their happily ever after.

Everything ties up happily and I love the Happy Ending scene at the comic bookstore, complete with a fairy tale-ish soundtrack and a magical glow, to remind us that this is a webtoon life after all.

I'm so disappointed in these last two episodes. As soon as I saw the time jump at the end of Episode 14, I knew the last week would be frustrating. There wasn't a real plot in the future timeline; all of that could've been handled in the last 20 minutes of the final episode. The drama instead could've focused on their senior year with real long-distance relationship angst, a true confession and rejection, and a substantial friendship mending. The show also forgot to emphasize the significance of Ju-Kyung and Su-Ho's childhood meeting, proving to Su-Jin that she was never the one. (If you're going to use tropes, go all the way!) But I'll just pretend the drama ended at Episode 14 and keep that in my heart. Farewell, True Beauty!

Ju Kyung is definitely not my favorite character from the show!

I loved Soo Jin back then and glad they redeemed her (although it was a bit meh) but I still love her!

Skipped most of the romantic scenes between the two.

I love the family scenes and scenes with other people.

They did my boy Seo Jun dirty by making him soppy for no reason. He is the best character from the show and glad I got to watch him be beautiful and amazing for 16 episodes straight. *Those eyes omg*

I liked the ending, it was okay.

Waiting for a Hwang In Yeop lead role with mutual romance in the script!!!!!!

There really was a lot of fluff in the finale. EP 15 didn't do much for me. I didn't want to see Seo Joon's heartfelt attempts in the last hour when I knew it was unlikely that he would be with Joo Kyung. His lie getting her to rush to see Soo Ho broke me. He was an awesome second lead. I wish his attempts had been sooner so that his rejection happened earlier. The start of his music career was nice to see though. Singing Se Yeon's song was a lovely way to honor him and bring back good memories.

The 2 year jump was still an abrupt change. Not crazy about this plot move. These two episodes were probably the weakest ones for me.

Soo Jin had disappeared during this time. I wasn't sure if or how I wanted her character redeemed, but Soo Jin's and Joo Kyung's reunion scene actually got to me. She looked truly remorseful. They both looked like they have matured and grown from their experiences.

I can see that Soo Ho and Joo Kyung were young back then when they broke up. The noble idiocy bit could have been done in a better way. If they had talked it out and both agreed on taking a break...

I agree with missvictrix that the drama stayed true to its tone.
A mostly light, cute, and funny watch.

For me, This drama ended at Episode 14. I wish they had wrapped up the dad issue first and then got the leads together and ended it there.
Also, I don’t think it was noble idiocy, he does tell her the reason why they should break up.

Also, Hwang In-yub needs to be a Male lead ASAP. This man is brilliant and needs to be in more dramas.

I am very unsastified with the last 2 episodes, I mean how in love is JK for her to still remembers SH after he ghosted her. And the fact that SH came back to Korea and try to get back at JK like it was nothing is something for me as a girl myself is so not it.

I think the producers knew that they did not give SJ character justice by letting SH and JK end up together. That is why he got the last 5 min of the drama to himself.

As much as I think these last two eps are a bit unnecessary, I still think it is a good wrap up. The drama needed something to end everything on a good note (soojin being kind again), so the two years gap makes sense. Noble idiocy isn’t fun to watch but it’s unavoidable in kdramas :p I still enjoyed the last eps for the characters honestly!! wouldve been fun to see seojun falling in love w someone tho 🤩

I actually felt that the scene where SJ performs "Leo's" song is more than just filler; it is bringing closure to the conflict that started the drama, that the boys were unable to come to terms with the suicide of their friend and it had stopped their career aspiration dead in their tracks. It is not just Seo-Jun who was drifting, but Su-ho as well, and in the final episodes he became confident enough to complete the song, give it to Seo-Jun, and hear it performed. He can now move forward, so to me it was a satisfying finish.

Great recap @missvictrix! Felt like you just walked through my mind an commented on everything you saw. I loved the fluffiness of True Beauty right through to ep14, but 15 and 16 just had me bored. Soooo disappointed with the way they took Seo-Jun's arc - it felt authentic from his character's disposition, but we really didn't need it.

Agree with so many others here - HIY needs a leading role soon. That charisma shouldn't be sitting doing nothing!

I really like the last 2 episodes. Ppl say its unnecessary but no. In kdrama usually the time jump is at the last episode n then we got to see the OTP reunited only a few minutes before the show ended, leaving us with questions unaswered (cough cough MLFTS, scarlet heart, CLOY to name a few). But then i watched True Beauty with perfect endingn, everuthing is solved, neatly tied in a bow with cherry on top, i was sooooooo happy...this is a romcom not heavy n stressful like world of marriage. So im happy the producer gave the viewers many romantic scenes between the OTP. Also, i noticed many SJ teams were rhe ones who read the webtoon first? Mad because many of SJ’s role in webtoon were given to SH in drama? I knw tht ppl r upset tht he wasnt the endgame n feel tht he should be the end game because he has been there for Jk all along. But it was SH. Epi 1 when she was abt to jump, SH was the one rescued her, gave her advice on why she shouldnt do it, asked her to follow him to make sure she doesnt jump once he left, piggy back her, called her a taxi all these when he barely knew her. SH loves her for who she is , not her appearance. In fact at first he was hostile to pretty jk but nice to barefaced Jk. When JK’s bare faced was leaked, it was SH who comforted her. So its pretty obvious OTP love each other very much. SJ has his happy ending by becoming an idol, something he wants. Just my rant. Also CEW potrayed SH well. SH character supposed to be unfriendly, queit, n cew did just tht. In fact, i think he has character growth. After 2 years, he smiles n talks more, getting very friendly with everyone. Also, i noticed drama beans didnt really give detailed synopsis like before, may i ask why? I read thr synopsis for MLFTS, w 2 worlds, r u human too n more. But not recently.. n wht d u mean by open thread? I would love to read detailed synopsis since i knw i might not understand something from the drama, but dramabeans usuallyncan explain it well esp the korean culture part.

Suha asked to break up with Joo kyung because he didn't know when will his father wake up or maybe never wake up. Because of this uncertainty that's the reason like he said to JK it's not fair to put on hold on her, I believe if Suho knows when he can come back he'll continue to have long distance relationship. So for me it's quite valid Suho asked the break up based on his personality traits. His father miraculously wakes up after two years of coma, and Suho didn't take a long only a month after he back to Korea and determined to get JK back. I think it's a confirmation for Suho that JK still in love with him when he met her at Namsan tower on first snow and they meet there not as a fateful meeting but because they still in love and remember their conversation about first snow.

Wow, I think the first thing I have to say is that I have to give it to Hwang In Yeop for his portrayal of Seo Jun. As a reader of the webtoon, I absolutely hated Seo Jun's character. However, Hwang In Yeop was able to take a character that I despised and turn him into a character that I laughed and cried with, and one that became one of my favorites in dramaland.
That being said, I think that a lot of fan's reaction to Seo Jun not ending up with Ju Kyung is a little excessive. True Beauty has been formulaic in every way possible, and I would have been very surprised if he had ended up with Ju Kyung. In addition, Ju Kyung never had any feelings for Seo Jun and imo her and Su Ho work more and have more similar interests.
I'm sad that I'm not seeing more appreciation for Moon Ga Young!! Her portrayal of Ju Kyung was spot on and she was able to bring her to life and make her more likable overall. When I was watching True Beauty, I was watching Ju Kyung, not Moon Ga Young. She's a fabulous actress.
Eunwoo's acting wasn't bad, and I mostly blame any awkwardness with the character on the script. I was disappointed in the direction they took Su Ho in the last 3 episodes: I wish he wouldn't have followed around Ju Kyung after she told him no, and I think the time skip was completely unnecessary.
In my opinion, this episode should have ended at episode 14. Episode 14 felt like a conclusion: the drama with Soo Jin was resolved, Ju Kyung and Su Ho were a happy couple, and Seo Jun was becoming a trainee. It doesn't make sense that they didn't cut out Su Ho moving to the US and the time skip to me. I feel like if they had drawn out other plot points, like Ju Kyung in makeup school or Su Ho and his dad's relationship while they were still in high school, and then have them end with their high school graduation, it would have worked much better than the awkward time skip.
Despite the last few episode's flaws, I still enjoyed this drama and I'd be lying if I said it wasn't the highlight of my week for these past few months. As a high school student, it was a way for me to imagine what my senior year would have been like if corona hadn't happened. I loved Ju Kyung and all of her silliness, and I appreciate how the drama could make me laugh one second and cry the next. Is it cliche? Yes. But honestly, that doesn't matter. It was super cute, and it wasn't trying to be anything it wasn't.

Anyone know the title of the song Mr. grapefruit sang when he was proposing? I've heard it before but I can't think of the title.

Loving this piece of fluff and Hwang In-Yeob stole my heart! This show is loaded with tropes, filled with comedy, packed with teen romance and angst and lots of character growth. So glad to add this one to my "watched list." Thanks for the awesome recaps and comments.....

Another fun teen drama added to "watched". I really had no intention of watching this but I was sick in bed and wanted something light and fluffy. Moon Ga Young nailed this. I cried along with Hwang in Yeob. His eyes say so much!

I don't get why Cha Eun Woo is so popular...his acting is so wooden! He's like a pretty statue that is being carried along. Even the supporting actors act better! When I saw him in My ID is Gangnam Beauty I was so frustrated. I can see he has improved slightly since. But he seems to get all the luck being paired with good actresses. He's in that new dog drama now with another good actress.