She was pretty

From Siblings to Couples??

Hello~ It's CW here, I'll be introducing to you guys Korean dramas  and in particular the ones that are worth watching even if you are not into k-pop.  "She was pretty" in particular was much anticipated as the couple had previously collaborated in another drama "Kill me, heal me" together as siblings, due to the strong chemistry between the two, the audience (including me) wanted the duo to have a 'love line' in another drama... and here it is!!

What's it about?

To make it simple, I will not confused you guys with their Korean character names. 

Ji Sung-Joon = MALE LEAD

Kim Hye-Jin = FEMALE LEAD

When MaleLead was young, he was a chubby guy who got bullied at school.  As he grew up, he began to become attractive.  When FemaleLead was young, she was pretty and smart, as well as protecting MaleLead from being bullied.  The two then separated when MaleLead went to study abroad.  As FemaleLead grew up, she became ugly. This is a story about MaleLead finding his first love when he returned to Korea.

Here's a run through of what happened in episode 1 of She was pretty.

The drama opens with a scene of MaleLead stalking FemaleLead... 

FemaleLead's best friend is a pretty, charismatic and wealthy girl.

FemaleLead appears to be out of place at the best friend's birthday party.

A scene of FemaleLead in a job interview, as you can see her fashion sense is quite unusual. To this point in life, FemaleLead never had a full-time job. 

In contrast, MaleLead is now a successful fashion magazine editor. 

FemaleLead received an email from MaleLead to meet up, FemaleLead was too embarrassed of her own state, instead she asked her best friend to pretend to be her.

So it turned out, the job which the FemaleLead applied for was for the same fashion magazine the MaleLead works for! Somehow, in 99.99% of korean dramas, the couple always somehow either live together or work together. 

I'm now up to episode 4 in this drama, I'm liking all the tensions between the main leads, however I feel the FemaleLead is always over reacting when she sees the MaleLead because she's afraid that he will recognise her and hence ruin their puppy love memory.

As for the music, I love how they picked Carpenters "Close to you" as the theme song for this drama. It's such a sweet song.

Overall, I will give it a 4/5, although I usually would not recommend anything until I've finishing watching the entire drama but because I've seen many previous works of the FemaleLead, I trust that she always picks the right dramas.

Enjoy~

Source: DramaWiki

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