I’ve said it before, life is WAY too serious to waste my time watching the serious shows (although I’m trying). Strong Woman Do Bong Soon is a show my nieces recommended I watch. Truthfully, they love Park Hyung Shik and they hoped I’d add him to my “oppa” list. While I didn’t add him to my list, I did enjoy the show and yes, it made me smile more than once…..well it made me groan more than once as well. So if you want a lighthearted show that is cute, comical, and happy, then this is a good choice.

STORY: The story is of Do Bong Soon who doesn’t have much to recommend herself except for exceptional strength that is passed through the female line of her family. Now if you are looking for Bong Soon to be a superwoman who fights for the downtrodden, she does get there….just not very quickly. Admittedly she whines her way through many episodes but comes into her own around episode twelve.

She is helped along the way by Ahn Min Hyuk (played by Park Hyung Shik) and In Gook Doo (another cutie..Ji Soo). There is a serial kidnapper and some very interesting Korean mafia type people that provide much of the groans and comedic situations. Her parents are more of a hindrance than help but they also provide more groans and laughs.

CHARACTERS: I did love the characters, mainly because each and everyone of them made me cringe at least once during the sixteen episodes. I prefer to notice someone is on the screen rather than have them disappear into the background like a piece of furniture. Park Bo Young did a great job of making Bong Soon likeable, even when she whined. She had the character really changing in the last three episodes and we really saw what a TRULY strong woman Bong Soon was (I adore the scene with the walnuts and the kidnapper).

I can see why my nieces love Park Hyung Shik. He was completely lovable as Min Hyuk and I’ve said it before, those smiles are deadly. I would have watched it until the bitter end with just him smiling in every episode. He is a difficult man to despise.

The rest of the characters were well done and mostly obnoxious which adds to the fun of the show. I did like the story arc of the mafia people. At the end with that rag tag group, it was very funny and touching all at once.

MUSIC: The music was so so but not totally annoying. I didn’t rush out to download any songs and didn’t endlessly search for YouTube videos of the music so I could relive the experience.

Overall, this wasn’t a bad show. It wasn’t my favorite, but it definitely is a good watch to detox from binging on intense c-dramas. Don’t be discouraged if Do Bong Soon isn’t the super hero you are looking for in the beginning. By the end, she definitely comes into her own and shows us what a strong woman can really achieve.