'True Beauty' Episode 4: Both Seo-jun, Su-ho confess their feelings to Ju-kyung, but who will she choose?
Spoilers ahead for viewers not familiar with the webcomic
'True Beauty' Episode 4 will see why Seo-jun's suddenly interested in Ju-kyung. For now, we believe that the reason why he even comes to blows with Su-ho is not for Ju-kyung but because he believes that Su-ho has forgotten the best friend that they had lost and has seemingly moved on. However, would Seo-jun go to the extent of confessing his feelings to her just to goad Su-ho or has he begun to feel attracted to Ju-kyung as well?
According to the comics, the romance between Ju-kyung and Seo-jun begins much later in their relationship and in the absence of Su-ho but the show seems to have kickstarted the love triangle much earlier. In the comics, the relationship between Su-ho and Ju-kyeong also takes its sweet time to develop but in the show, we will see how Su-ho will express his feeling for Ju-kyung. It is also clear that both Su-ho and Seo-jun will also deal with the trauma that the two of them have buried so will we learn about how their best friend lost his life? We also see Ju-kyung look at a depressed Su-ho and tell him that she will help him out whatever it is that he is dealing with.
In the comics, it became clear that Su-ho was dealing with his own kind of mental pressure from blaming himself for his friend's death. The one to finally break through the wall then was Ju-kyung and this track of plot seems to be in place in the show as well. In the promo of Episode 4 of 'True Beauty', we see Ju-kyung manage to break through the internal reverie. Every time Seo-jun blames Su-ho for their friend's death, Su-ho is unfazed and he doesn't lose his temper as well. This is because he partly agrees with Seo-jun. It is only when Seo-jun begins to speak to Ju-kyung that Su-ho gets worried. In addition to this, one of the most interesting subplots within the show that was missing in the comics was that of Su-jin.
She is Ju-kyung's friend in the new school and stands up to people who bully students, perverts and everything that is wrong. This character trait in itself is much different from the comics where Su-jin was a self-obsessed girl struggling with her family's financial situation. In this, there are hints that Su-jin suffers from domestic abuse in some form because the moment she gets a message from her father, her entire behavior pattern changes. Can Ju-kyung also help Su-jin?
'True Beauty' episodes will air on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 10.30 pm on tvN in Seoul, and can be streamed on Viki in the US.