The story, without the spoilers.
Kim Bok-joo is a talented weightlifter at a sports university, strong, funny and completely herself — until she falls in love for the first time and starts worrying about how she looks, how she eats and whether a girl like her is allowed to be soft. Her childhood friend Jung Joon-hyung is a gifted swimmer with his own fears and a habit of teasing her, and their friendship slowly turns into something neither of them expected. Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo is a sweet, light and genuinely kind youth drama. It celebrates a heroine who is strong in every sense, treats body image and ambition with warmth, and never makes Bok-joo apologise for who she is. Lee Sung-kyung is joyful and relatable, Nam Joo-hyuk is charming as the swimmer who learns to be honest about his feelings, and the campus setting is full of friendship and laughter. The plot is simple and the ending is gentle, but that softness is the point.
A little curiosity. A new favourite.
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