Shadow Beauty

Decent premise but it didn't go anywhere beyond that. - Because of her looks, Koo Ae Jin is bullied at school and even insulted by strangers. But after school, she leads a secret life: with heavy makeup and hours of photo editing, she lives as Genie, a social media star with 770K followers. While Koo Ae Jin is toeing the line between her true self and Genie, what will happen when a boy from school discovers her secret? Because of her looks, Koo Ae Jin is bullied at school and even insulted by strangers. But after school, she leads a secret life: with heavy makeup and hours of photo editing, she lives as Genie, a social media star with 770K followers. While Koo Ae Jin is toeing the line between her true self and Genie, what will happen when a boy from school discovers her secret?

The show started out slow in the first episode...However, the deeper you go the more it wows you. I truly enjoyed this drama. Everyone acted great and it really pulled at my heartstrings. I even did the ugly cry a few times. It was just THAT good... I wish the show was longer as it was just too short for my liking, but we can't have everything we want. The show is definitely a must watch.

Reality of the dual individuality of a person. Lately beauty is seen as obsession & power rather than admiring & gift of nature. This k-drama beautifully depicted the social issues & the world of social media where faceless people give their views , likes & comments. Shadow beauty is ironically satire for today's definition of beauty. I will recommend it to watch. P. S. Love yourself cause your are rare.

This series is very good.

Every freaking episode will shock you and you never expect what will happen.

With every episode you will discover some new information about the characters story that will allow you to understand more and more about them and why they act and feel certain way.

The performances are brilliant and they make all their characters emotions feel so raw.

The message is very relevant in today's society, obsessed with high unrealistic beauty standards and how this affects emotionally and psychologically so many people.

The FL will doubt everyone around her and will try to drive away all the people dearest to her just because she has very low self esteem.

It is very heartwarming to watch her discover how wrong she was, how strong love and friendship can be and how the only way to happiness is being yourself.

Short, thrilling and sweet, watch this, you won't regret it.

Korean Mini Series "Shadow Beauty" is a dark version of True Beauty with more focus on the main lead and her progress in learning to be herself rather than the romantic prospect.

The drama does a great job creating the right atmosphere right from the start, with the main character being all creepy and sad at the same time. Her family situation seems ominous, her school life is a nightmare and all this has resulted in her seeing enemies everywhere and trusting none, even her best friend. The story, with the right pace for such a short drama, covers all the aspects of her life, with a smooth showdown in the end and a nice conclusion that wraps up everything.

However, the drama didn't handle the transition from a bully to a friend of the second lead. All the side characters actually were briefly presented, as the focus was mainly on the main lead.

The performances, though, were all great and the ending of the drama with the focus on the main character's revelation was pretty interesting and refreshing.

So, overall, 8 out of 10.