Unleashing Power and Romance in “Strong Girl Bong-soon”

Overview

“Strong Girl Bong-soon” follows the story of Bong-soon, a woman born with supernatural strength, who navigates the complexities of her powers while facing evil forces. Tangled in a love triangle between her CEO boss and a charming cop crush, Bong-soon embarks on a thrilling ride filled with laughter, heartwarming moments, and action-packed adventures.

Characters and Performances

Park Bo-young shines in her portrayal of Bong-soon, infusing the character with a perfect balance of vulnerability, strength, and charm. Park Hyung-sik and Ji Soo deliver captivating performances as the male leads, adding depth and charisma to the romantic dynamics of the series. The chemistry between the actors elevates the storytelling, making the relationships authentic and engaging.

Plot and Themes

At its core, “Strong Girl Bong-soon” explores themes of empowerment, justice, and the complexities of love. The narrative unfolds with a perfect blend of humor and heart, as Bong-soon navigates her dual identity as a powerful protector and a tender-hearted woman. The series delves into the importance of inner strength, loyalty, and standing up for what is right, resonating with viewers on a profound level.

Production and Aesthetics

Visually captivating and aesthetically pleasing, “Strong Girl Bong-soon” features vibrant cinematography and creative visuals that immerse viewers in the world of the characters. The action sequences are masterfully choreographed, showcasing Bong-soon’s impressive strength in a dynamic and entertaining manner. The set designs and costumes complement the characters’ personalities, adding depth to the storytelling.

Episode Analysis

With a total of 16 episodes, each segment of “Strong Girl Bong-soon” offers a perfect blend of comedy, romance, and action. The pacing of the series keeps viewers engaged, with each episode advancing the plot while allowing for character growth and emotional arcs. From hilarious mishaps to heartwarming revelations, the episodes deliver a rollercoaster of emotions that leave a lasting impact.

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Pint sized cutie, #DoBongSoon is freakishly strong. Is her superhuman strength a blessing or a curse? YOU DECIDE.

Starring Park Bo Young, Park Hyung Shik, Ji Soo

Conclusion

“Strong Girl Bong-soon” stands out as a delightful and empowering K-Drama that captures the essence of strength, love, and justice. With stellar performances, engaging plotlines, and visually stunning aesthetics, the series transcends genres to offer a unique and unforgettable viewing experience. Whether you’re a fan of romance, comedy, or action, “Strong Girl Bong-soon” is a must-watch that will leave you entertained and inspired.

Join Bong-soon on her journey of self-discovery, love, and heroism as she navigates a world filled with challenges and triumphs. Embrace the power within you and embark on a thrilling adventure with “Strong Girl Bong-soon.”

Review by People

I never expected to like this drama as much as I did. I expected it to be a repeat of “Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo”, and although they both have general romcom similarities, and strong female leads, they are totally different. This is really a superhero story as much as a romcom. Bong Soon is one of those characters that’s easy to like and will be hard to forget.

The show feels more like a comic than a drama and takes multiple genres to the extreme… it’s an action-romance-thriller-comedy… and viewers should be warned that everything about this show is waaaaay over the top. I suggest not taking anything too seriously and just enjoying all the craziness this show has to offer.

Do Bong Soon is played by Park Bo Young, who was in one of my favorite dramas,”Oh My Ghostess”, yet I didn’t recognize her at all. With her super cute bob haircut, her amped up adorable personality, and her petite stature, it was exciting to see her character with this unexpected superhuman strength.

I loved her character’s origin story, and I’m always a fan of the anti-damsel in distress, so I was already interested in this drama from episode one. She really plays the sweet girl you don’t want to mess with role extremely well.

She is matched with Park Hyung Shik as Ahn Min Hyeok, and I don’t think I can accurately describe with words how charming, and just beautiful to look at he is in this role – it’s swoon overload. He is not even my type, at all, but it’s like they put a special perfection filter on him, and he played every scene in a way that made it impossible for me not to fall for him. Together their adorable couple rating is off the charts!

Their chemistry is perfect, so perfect that the cheesiest scenes and moments still worked for me, and soooo many scenes were extra cheesy. He is also so supportive of her, which makes the traditional role reversal refreshing to watch. To me they came right up to the border of being obnoxious in their cuteness, but never crossed it, because they were such a good match.

The rest of the cast was mostly awesome too, considering all the genres that they had to cover. Ji Soo as In Gook Doo completes the love triangle, and plays his part really well, although I honestly couldn’t stand how the actual character behaved. Gook Doo may inspire 2nd lead syndrome in some, but he was too controlling and self-righteous for me to really root for. I loved Bong Soon’s family, BFF, and especially grandma.

I also really liked the villain, who I think was played by the actor better than the character was actually written. He was creepy and sinister, yet kinda seductive and attractive, which I think is a recipe for an excellent villain/nemesis. Then there is the supporting cast MVP Kim Won Hae. I didn’t love him in his first role, It was just too corny and gross for me, but his second role was hilarious in its absurdity. I applaud his ability to take both roles to such extremes. The cast is definitely full of memorable characters.

Part of the reason I deducted some acting points was because a lot of the comedy just wasn’t my to my taste. Korean humor can get too silly for me sometimes, which was part of my issue with some of the performances. There is a whole gangster subplot that annoyed me.

There is a Monk that is completely ridiculous. Then on a more serious note, Seol In Ah’s role was pretty useless, and forgettable. There is also a family drama plot that I forgot all about until the end when it’s obvious that they were missing. These criticisms are because of the writers, more than the acting, which is why i deducted even more points from the story. Don’t get me wrong, I liked the story a lot, and loved watching Bong Soon become more confident and evolve into a Shero, but the story as a whole is all over the place.

The thriller part is intriguing enough to drive her motivation, but it went from being seriously creepy to resolving with a more comic book feel. There are a lot of parts of the story that I felt were left without a real explanation, or resolved too quickly, but all of this was forgivable because of how much I still enjoyed watching every episode.

I also forgive the last episode, which had mostly filler, but I loved the very end (obvious but perfect), which made me very curious about what a second season would be like.

The OST was good, and matched the show well, especially the “Super Power Girl”Theme! However, I did not fall in love with any of the songs, not even Park Hyung Shik’s ballad.

Now comes the highest score for me – rewatch value. I gave it a 9.5 because I could definitely see myself watching this more than once. With all it’s flaws, and silliness, I just had so much fun watching, and couldn’t wait to watch the next episode! I almost gave rewatch a 10 but I would definitely skip through some of the comedy scenes.

Overall, I would recommend this as a cute twist on a superhero story that encourages female empowerment, not in a subtle way… in a walnut hammer over the head way! I also love the message of not underestimating someone based on appearance, and helping others selflessly. I think it’s best to just embrace that the plot is chaos, the comedy is ludicrous, and enjoy the fact that it may not always be coherent but it all supports this character’s journey to her destiny (well, maybe not the stupid monk). I also highly recommend it to anyone who is on the lookout for a talented and crush-worthy actor, because I think Park Hyung Shik definitely fits the bill.

If you’re looking for maturity, a substantive plot, characters with great depth, and no clichés or exploited stereotypes… back away from this drama slowly and don’t come back to it until you’re in a lighter mood.

This is the drama equivalent of a bag full of candy! Not every flavor in the bag will be good, but most of it is delicious, and the sugar high makes it all worth it!

Oh, and if there was a Bong Soon video game, I would totally be excited to play it!

The production and cast were promising. The storyline was quite messy.

The entire artistic production would receive 9/10 from me for a romcom drama like this. The direction was great; the set and props were outstanding; the cast was full of both eye candy and skills. The cinematography was amazing. It was good to look at. I just wish they gave much more effort into blending their multiple genres together.

THE CAST:

I’m never a fan of any of them, but I believe they did a really great job. The set of 3 leads owned their roles. I even believe that the writers wrote this story with Park Boyoung in their mind. Tiny and cutesy role is definitely for her, and she’s a good actress as well. This is only my second drama with her, however, and I believe that the next one with her is gonna start boring me a bit. Her tone and acting is just so her like she was in Oh My Ghost. This happened to me with Hwang Jungeum in every single drama she was in as well.

THE STORY:

The story, however, was a strange mix of romance, comedy, supernatural(?), police investigation, and even bloody thriller. How would they mix into a good storyline? There’s no way. I believe they needed to take out at least one, or tone down each of them to make everything flow.

The dynamic of this storyline is super strange. It was like an incredibly bumpy road instead of a smooth rollercoaster. The comedy element was almost too forced that it wasn’t funny. Some parts were even disgusting that just made me fast-forward throughout the show.

The thriller part started out really strong in the beginning which tipped off the consistent cute and comical tone of the entire Do Bongsoon character. That villain character was just too over-the-top that the entire sub plot around this guy doesn’t fit in with the tone of this story at all.

Plus, the entire reason Bongsoon and Hyungshik got together was because his case, not the one in her neighborhood. He was being threatened, and that case was solved so easily and quickly. It was definitely just there to bring the two together.

The love story between the two/three leads was nothing special. Nothing really developed or had an impact on any characteristic change. It was just there out of nowhere. I have to admit that they were cute and fluffy together though. They were almost too cheesy together and I usually don’t prefer that kind of super cringy stuff, but I believe it helped even out the darker tones regarding the villain. It still isn’t the ideal way for such purpose.

But all in all, I wouldn’t keep watching until the end if it wasn’t entertaining. Like I said, I liked the cinematography and the cast a lot (surprisingly, given that I’m never a fan of any of them). It was something to watch in my free time and I did take my time to finish it.

The bad parts weren’t soooo bad that it let me down. At least the first episode started off nicely. If you wanna see for yourself, I don’t recommend you against it. I have a reputation for dropping series halfway through if the first few episodes are slow and have too much flashback. This one was fine.

This drama was a total chore to finish. There are several flaws, main one being the writing. The different aspects of the story/plot do not mesh well at all too many different genres are thrown into the mix (thriller/detective/gangsters/comedy/romance/drama).

The thriller aspect with kidnapper storyline just becomes tiresome halfway through, with the usual moronic police investigation/constant mistakes in capturing the uninspired villain.

I found the comedy scenes totally unfunny and embarrassing.

The romance was ruined for me by the coy and overly cutesy acting by Park Bo Young. I am not a fan of ayego.

My biggest problem with this drama was the main female lead Do Bong Soon. I disliked her thoroughly and cannot understand how others found her likable and described her as an admirable strong woman. For me she is nothing but a two-faced, passive aggressive bully.

She casually assaults people and then acts all sweet and innocent as if butter wouldn’t melt. I found her hypocrisy a total turn off. She is smug and rude to her superiors at work. She bullied and assaulted people everywhere she went, if it had been a man doing these things everyone would have been up in arms . By the end of the drama I started to dislike the actress as well – as it is her portrayal not just the writing that i found so unpleasant.

Other things I did not like:-

• the contrived love triangle which went nowhere and made me question why it was introduced it in the first place.
• the way DBS mother treated her husband was totally unacceptable. If I were him I would have divorced that useless harridan in an instant.
• the main male lead’s besotted act went rapidly from cute to cringe.
• the cliched depiction of the gay character.

All in all an utter disappointment I had looked forward to this drama as the 3 main leads were all on my like list but after this debacle I will have to rethink my stance.