Kim Bok Joo is a female weightlifter in a sports university who aspires to go pro doing the thing she loves to do, weightlifting, which she and her father shared when she was still young. A series of events brings her to several other people who will make make her stay in her sports university more romantically eventful.
Let me start with some of the issues I personally had with this series. First, it makes use of tropes you've probably seen a couple of times before, where emotions flare up to stir some drama and compel one character or another to be driven by jealousy or passion for his/her love interest to take notice. Second, chance encounters or '"leaving it up to fate" is a crutch that is used for the plot to progress. Normally this wouldn't be an issue, but overuse ruins the uniqueness of the show. Last, the plot can get a bit confusing due to several things happening at once aside from the main story.
For the positives, there a lot more good things the show has than the issues I mentioned. I very much enjoyed how they made use of Bok Joo as an enjoyable female protagonist as someone who's pretty much independent and capable enough as a character to do whatever she wants, plus the trio she has along with her father and uncle provides warm and lovable characters who serve as Bok Joo's financial and emotional support. Side characters are utilized pretty well and not just tossed aside after they have fulfilled their roles, where the cast does a good job of portraying their roles well enough to support one another and display an entertaining performance. This makes it nice to see actual characters develop along with their own resolution aside from the main plot progression.
Overall, despite the tropes presented, this show has a lot going for it. Acting performance, character development, and great use of side characters / sidekicks, and a pretty vibrant or cutesy soundtrack to match the scenes, make this a decent and romantically exciting kdrama series.
Let me start with some of the issues I personally had with this series. First, it makes use of tropes you've probably seen a couple of times before, where emotions flare up to stir some drama and compel one character or another to be driven by jealousy or passion for his/her love interest to take notice. Second, chance encounters or '"leaving it up to fate" is a crutch that is used for the plot to progress. Normally this wouldn't be an issue, but overuse ruins the uniqueness of the show. Last, the plot can get a bit confusing due to several things happening at once aside from the main story.
For the positives, there a lot more good things the show has than the issues I mentioned. I very much enjoyed how they made use of Bok Joo as an enjoyable female protagonist as someone who's pretty much independent and capable enough as a character to do whatever she wants, plus the trio she has along with her father and uncle provides warm and lovable characters who serve as Bok Joo's financial and emotional support. Side characters are utilized pretty well and not just tossed aside after they have fulfilled their roles, where the cast does a good job of portraying their roles well enough to support one another and display an entertaining performance. This makes it nice to see actual characters develop along with their own resolution aside from the main plot progression.
Overall, despite the tropes presented, this show has a lot going for it. Acting performance, character development, and great use of side characters / sidekicks, and a pretty vibrant or cutesy soundtrack to match the scenes, make this a decent and romantically exciting kdrama series.