You don’t want to start reading this until you’ve watched episode 4 (or even episodes 1, 2, and 3) because these next two episodes, this S-J-S love triangle starts to heat up! I merged the reviews into one because I actually found these two to be my favorite so far. Usually, when I watch a series either the storyline gets stretched out or I start losing interest towards the middle, but I feel like True Beauty is different.

Of course, we pick up with Soo Ho holding Joo Kyung’s arm – as he prevents her from going (and getting close) towards Seo Joon. He does this not once, but twice. The second time is in their chemistry class when Joo Kyung is walking while wondering why Seo Joon would toss his motorcycle keys to her in front of the whole school. The next moment is something I personally would swoon over – Soo Ho takes the lemon drink that Seo Joon gave her and gives it to another student, while slyly placing a strawberry drink in front of her (she mentioned before she prefers strawberry instead of lemon). How thoughtful! He doesn’t seem to be paying attention but he is!

Googly eyes for two?

And it seems like I’m not the only one with the googly eyes. Joo Kyung starts to have an interest too. She makes sure to draw a firm line with Seo Joon and says “back away” but of course he doesn’t listen. (I think she’s doing this because she thinks that Seo Joon is still getting revenge and poking fun at her for not returning his motorcycle helmet from when they first met.) But as they start to cutely bicker about toilet paper that was stuck to her clothes, Joo Kyung trips – and lo and behold, Seo Joon is there to catch her and protect her. Why is she always falling?! Soo Ho sees this but – girl power – because Joo Kyung handles it like a champ and head butts Seo Joon.

No room for bullying

Joo Kyung sees another student getting bullied by “pretty girls” and it reminds her of her past. I just want to put in a note, that if you are getting bullied or were previously a victim, to speak up and please seek help. These scenes are weaved into the episodes but I hope that the viewers can understand that this is to not normalize the bullies’ behavior but to address it reasonably. I wholeheartedly agree to Joo Kyung’s statement when she stands up to the bullies later on: “Don’t run away because you’re scared.” I think it is very brave of someone to overcome this and be a role model for other people – Joo Kyung even helps her with her makeup! (spoiler: the girl she helped is Seo Joon’s younger sister.)

I think this next scene, Moon Ka Young or Joo Kyung looks incredible. Her makeup and just her cute presence and outfit in this scene made me smile and have a girl crush! Eun Woo, you too – but I think you do that for me the whole episode. Soo Ho takes a basketball to show off his skills but it’s Joo Kyung that shows him how it’s done, sort of. She trips and falls again (like what?!) into Soo Ho’s arms and guess what, Soo Ho pulls her in closer!!!!!!! There are not enough exclamation marks on how I squealed when that happened. What a good Samaritan, even after he’s all flustered he walks Joo Kyung home. He also confesses later how she’s pretty without makeup. Man, this guy is making all the moves! But good for Joo Kyung because she actually asks him to the movies and he says yes!

Movie date (or not)

Side note, it’s not just Joo Kyung that gets a date but her older sister too! Before we get into the dates, see how Joo Kyung prepared by using this face massager (here is another version). Joo Kyung is extremely excited about the date but for some reason, Soo Ho is acting cold – and actually tells her that it was a pity act?!?! What?! This doesn’t make any sense until we see how Seo Joon made a comment the night before “What would Joo Kyung think when she knows you killed a friend?” So I get it, you want to push someone away. But no need to be rude – Joo Kyung literally didn’t do anything. But we can see how much it affects him still as he has a flashback which brings him to tears. Joo Kyung in turn has a flashback (now understanding why Soo Ho reacted that way) and runs after him – this is incredibly brave of her but she comforts him.

Turn of events

Cue episode 6, and there is an elephant in the room when Joo Kyung and Soo Ho are close to each other. Push comes to shove and Soo Ho visits Joo Kyung at her house and ends up eating dinner for helping out with stuff around the house. She later has a sister-sister date at a sauna but the bullies at her old school are back to taunt her about her face. I think this is totally relatable. It’s easier to help someone out than to face our own problems sometimes. But Soo Ho sees her in her natural state and now he is comforting her. My heart melted when he went “Joo Kyung ah” which is different than how he’s called her before which is by her full name.

It’s funny because we see how Seo Joon starts to get a crush on her too – no, not a fake one to get Soo Ho jealous – but an actual one. But aside from that episode 6 ends as Joo Kyung is taken by some other bullies and both Soo Ho and Seo Joon find her and beat the ** out of all of them, all to the jams of “Amore Party.” Violence is not the answer kids!

I can’t wait to see how the feelings of these three will reveal themselves. But also still can’t stop cracking up at this clip of Seo Joon acting all fine and feeling himself but getting caught:

Disclaimer: screenshots are from tvN.