
You’re Beautiful stars Jang Geun Suk and Park Shin Hye, it’s currently shown here in the Philippines through ABS-CBN under the title He’s Beautiful. Unfortunately, my work schedule won’t allow me to watch it. Thanks to the downloads of the episodes with English subs ’cause I was able to watch it in my own time.
I just finished watching “You’re Beautiful” last August 27. Obviously, I can’t get over this K-drama, my verdict:
“Your Beautiful is beautiful”
What makes “You’re Beautiful” beautiful?
Warning: SPOILIER ALERT!
It’ a roller coaster ride that is truly refreshing to watch, you’ll surely laugh, swoon and be touched each episode. It’s not entirely a crazy comedy neither a super mushy love story nor a melodrama, it’s a perfect mix of everything which makes it really entertaining. You’ll find yourself staring at your screen smiling even if the characters are in drama mode already. I’m not saying that you’re not going to emphatize with the characters, it’s just that it feels like I know the lead characters so well (at least for me) that I have faith in them that things will not end badly.
To further expound on this, let me go by the characters one by one to tell you how they made each episode beautiful.
Yoo He Yi
What’s a story without a villain? We hate villains, ’cause it’s like they’re born to make other people’s lives miserable but let’s face it, the plot is boring without them.
She’s a total mean girl, she shows the bad side of a celebrity, national fairy when the spotlight is on but is truly a national liar off cam. But digging deep into her character, she’s a walking testimonial that life is not all about good looks, fame and superficial things. She’s got everything every girl could wish for except the heart of the guy she likes the most. Her memorable line: “How come I wear the princess clothes but she gets the treatment?” Go Mi Nam/Go Mi Nyu may not look like a princess but all the three boys are treating her special, totally ignoring Yoo He Yi’s pretty face. Oh well, nothing beats a pure heart.
I love the scene when Hwang Tae Kyung sent a message to her dad that she’s pregnant, it’s like “the bitter taste of your own pill”, I was really laughing crazily in that scene.
Jeremy
He’s the funny guy, the child like character in the A.N.Jell group, he’s the cutesy kitch part. He’s really funny especially during the times when he’s denying that he’s falling for Go Mi Nam ’cause he doesn’t know that she really is a girl. He’s having an internal dilemma when in fact he really has nothing to be afraid of.
Things changed for a while when he ran off ’cause he found out that Go Mi Nam/Go Mi Nyu is in love with Hwang Tae Kyung and not him. The miracle bus scene was moving, guess it’s really “extra” hard to see someone who’s always so jolly, cry in front of you. But as I said, what I loved about this drama is that, it gives you the feeling that you really know these people, you know that they’re not going to do anything bad just because their love can’t be reciprocated. And you know, that somehow they’ll recover from the heartbreak. But despite feeling this close with the characters I was really moved when Jeremey got off his miracle bus and smiled like nothing happened. How I wish there really is such a thing as miracle bus.
Shin Woo
Even if you know what to say, what to do and when is the right time, it doesn’t guarantee that the person you love the most will love you back. He’s a guy with a kind heart, he cared for her from the very start, he proctected her, he loves her dearly, he held onto the very end but he didn’t get anything in return aside from friendship. Shin Woo is like the dream guy in this drama, he’s the opposite of Yoo He Yi since he really is a good guy but just like Yoo He Yi he still can’t win the heart of the girl he loves the most. Love truly is complicated.

Hwang Tae Kyung
He plays the idol part of the group, the cold hearted music genius that leads A.N.Jell. Tae Kyung never pretended in front of the fans, he doesn’t smile that often, he looks irritated when he really is, yet all the fans adore him so much even thinking that their idol is perfect but of course he’s not. Aside from his allergies, night blindness and being germphobic, he’s cold because of the bitter past with his mom that he’s trying to forget but thanks to the warmth of Go Mi Nam/Go Mi Nyu that melted the coldness of Tae Kyung’s heart. Truly Love can change almost everything, the always frowning Tae Kyung learned how to smile because of Go Mi Nam/ Go Mi Nyu and learned how to care. He even went to great lengths protecting her by pretending to be Yoo He Yi’s boyfriend. He’s not the typical romantic guy you could think of but he’ll make you swoon.
I love it when he sang “Fly Me to the Moon” and when he surprised Go Mi Nam/Go Mi Nyu with a kiss after they watched the movie. All his scenes that includes the pig-rabbit were really funny, it never fails to make me laugh. But my favorite is when he asked Go Mi Nam/Go Mi Nyu in the fan site how much she likes him, I was really rolling with laughter and also I think it he was at his cutest during this scene. Since then, I always laugh whenever he mentions about his score.
I don’t know why almost all the leads in Korean dramas drags the girl, shouts at them even when they are saying I love you, if you’re really going to think of it, it’s not at all romantic but the weird thing is it all appeals to us, You’re Beautiful’s Hwang Tae Kyung is no exception to this.
Amongst all three, it’s the prickly Hwang Tae Kyung that I like the most despite of his personality.
Go Mi Nam/Go Mi Nyu
She’s so pure and chaste which was taken advantage of Manager Ma and Yoo He Yi. She’s also so innocent to believe the acupuncture point piggy nose and to believe Yoo He Yi’s lies. But she’s also clumsy and accident prone leading to very sweet moments with Hwang Tae Kyung. I’ve seen other Korean dramas having a clumsy girl character, some reached the point of irritating me but not Go Mi Nam/Go Mi Nyu. Like Hwang Tae Kyung, she also has a very sad life in the past but unlike him she remained positive in life.
I like the way she smiles and she never fails to make me laugh whenever she does the piggy nose.

Park Shin Hye and Jang Geun Suk
I really love their team-up, they look so well together. I can’t imagine how Park Shin Hye transformed as a guy by the name of Go Mi Nam. At first, I don’t like Jang Geun Suk that much because his outfits and his make-up are quite exaggerated because of his character and also he looks like a girl to me but throughout the drama I began to appreciate him.
Aside, from the pretty faces that these two has, I can say that they acted out their parts really well considering that this is their first major dramas. I am actually hoping that they’ll reunite in another drama.
Aside from the characters, I love this drama because of the “paraphernalias” like the use of stars, I really love stars from the necklace in Endless Love-Autumn in my heart to Jan Di’s necklace in Boys Over Flowers and now to another necklace. I also love the piggy rabbit, I am not a fan of stuffed toys but I love this one, ’cause it’s so unique. And of course, I also love the 100,000 KRW hairpin.
Lastly, the songs used in this drama are really nice, I know I can’t understand anything aside from the very few english words that they used but thanks to the translations, I was able to grasp the song’s meaning. I’ve actually downloaded the OST and surprisingly, it makes me happy by just listening to it.
I really enjoyed this drama, it’s truly refreshing to watch, so to those who haven’t watched it yet, this one is highly recommended and sorry for some of the spoilers.