But again, Bok-joo and Hoon-hyeong are idiot teenagers who don't have any idea what they're doing. They just say whatever's on their mind, never worrying what the other will think.Īdmittedly, they also don't really care what each other think. These two are consistently their best most charming selves when around each other, and this is special precisely because it's so explicitly natural. The chemistry between Lee Seong-kyeong and Nam Joo-hyeok is consistently excellent. It's kind of infuriating how Bok-joo and Joon-hyeong are not dating, mostly because they are too stupid to know what flirting is. The drama provides a surprisingly broad perspective of the kind of people who become collegiate athletes. Yet the insight to family dynamics is fairly useful. For the most part " Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo" focuses on these positive elements, and is a fairly enjoyable light funny drama. While Bok-joo and Joon-hyeong both dream of athletic careers, neither of them base their notion of self-esteem around how good they happen to be at sports. Yet Joon-hyeong, too, can deal with problems by talking about them. Joon-hyeong has a well-off, stable, loving family, but he also has mental issues relating to his birth parents.
Yet a good cry with her girlfriends is enough to solve most of her emotional anguish. Bok-joo only has a single parent, and financial troubles on top of that. We get a look at her background here- and this is useful mainly as a contrast to Bok-joo and Joon-hyeong's own families. If the sad young woman had any friends she might be a tad less psychotic. Once again I find myself pitying Si-ho more than I do hating her. Even more blatantly, Bok-joo could easily wallop Si-ho in a fight, yet Si-ho continues to lash out. Yet Si-ho ends up being the one who provokes the situation further, in spite of the fact that she is obviously wrong. Bok-joo has made her peace with her stupid idea to get close to Jae-i by pretending to be a cello player.