She Was Pretty is a drama that is adressed to rom-com fans, and especially those people who like comedy along with a light-hearted story. STORY The main meaning of the drama wants you to believe in yourself, as it talks about 'main characters' and 'supporting characters' in real life. It doesn't matter how you look, or what your dreams are, believe in yourself, believe you can be happy, believe you deserve it, believe you can get your dream job, believe you can get your dream guy/girl, just believe and fight, and you will be rewarded. Don't let yourself in the backround, being a 'supporting character' in other people's lives because, maybe, on the outside you don't shine as much as others, you are as important as they are! The drama has a very cute feel and it is a great feel-good drama, but when it comes to the actual story it lacks severely. The base concept is interesting, it takes a totally different approach to identity change (two best friends change names because the main lead is ashamed to show herself to a friend she hasn't seen in years) and it was fresh but it gets dragged and repetitive fast tbh. The drama is completely a rom-com, and basically has 2 things to offer. 1. Comedy. The comedy was on point, delivered solely from Hwang Jung Eum and Choi Siwon. 2. Ships. The writters played a lot around with the ships, made us root for everybody and ship everyone with everyone (even though the end game was apparent from the beginning). However, the drama doesn't have anything else to give story-wise. There is no real backstory here, no big revealings, nothing to drive the characters or give them depth, just the ships. The backround of the show is developed in a workplace of a huge fictional fashion magazine, so you fashion lovers have one more thing to look forward to watching! The drama started very promising, but it quickly gets dragged with cute, funny but stupid (a lot of the times) situations to bring the characters together (or tear them apart), a lot of uninteresting for me office drama, and a lot of the times i felt many many things were used conviniently just to fill 16 episodes (especially during the last 4 episodes). I do believe the story could have worked better as a movie or as a 10/12 episode drama. ACTING The acting was, overall, great, but due to the light-hearted nature of the show the actors didn't get the chance to shine or express what they can really do. Hwang Jung Eum. The woman can act, she has established that. She wasn't bad here, she didn't overact too much, but she did overdo it at times. It is obvious that she likes comedy more than other genres but i would definately encourage her to go back to melodramas since they suit her more. Go Joon Hee was my favourite, if only her character would have been given more proper attention... She did great nonetheless. Choi Siwon was amazing and arguably the best character of the show. The actor did a great job and he has charm. He executed all his comedy scenes flawlessly, and he made us all fall for him! RECOMMEND/REWATCH Since the majority of kdrama fans are rom-com fans i can totally understand the hype of this drama, even if i wouldn't really agree. So, i would most definately recommend this to anyone who likes rom/coms with emphasis on the comedy part. However, if you like your dramas a bit more... deep, or dramatic, or real, you won't really enjoy this as much as everyone else, i talk from experience. I can also totally understand why someone would rewatch this, it was funny, but i wouldn't.