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Strong Girl Bong-soon

★ 8.1 25K votes 2017–2017 1 season · 17 episodes Ended JTBC
K-dramaKorean drama storytelling: emotional arcs, romance beats and format traditions.This show: 10/10Strong female leadA complex woman drives the story.This show: 9/10Love storyA love story as the engine of the show, not a side plot.This show: 8/10Feel-goodReliably uplifting television that leaves you lighter than it found you.This show: 7/10Warm humorAffectionate comedy that genuinely loves its characters.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Park Bo-youngPark Hyung-sikJi SooJun Suk-hoYoo Jae-myungKim Won-hae
Starring
Park Bo-youngPark Hyung-sikJi SooJun Suk-hoYoo Jae-myungKim Won-hae
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
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About

"Superhero strength wrapped in rom-com sweetness"

A tiny, sweet-natured woman discovers she has inherited freakish superhuman strength, a family trait passed down the women's line. She's hired as a bodyguard by a gaming-company CEO while also getting tangled in catching a local criminal terrorizing her neighborhood. The show mixes breezy romantic-comedy energy with slapstick action and a surprisingly dark crime thread, anchored by a lead performance that sells both the comedy and the danger. It's fizzy, fast, and charming, though tonal swings between cute rom-com beats and genuinely tense thriller scenes take some adjusting to.

Watch it for

a tiny heroine with cartoonish super-strength who is also disarmingly funny and warm.

Maybe skip if

you want tonal consistency, since cute romance and dark crime sit side by side.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12017
8.04K1717h 40m
Born from a long line of women gifted with monumental strength, Do Bong-soon is far from ordinary. Only able to use her power for good, Bong-soon agrees to work as a bodyguard for Ahn Min-hyuk, the recently endangered chaebol heir and CEO of gaming company Ainsoft. With dreams of developing a video game of her own, Bong-soon hopes that by working with Min-hyuk, she’ll find a way to turn her dreams into reality. Meanwhile, her childhood friend, Detective In Guk-doo, is on the hunt for a kidnapper whose path soon crosses with Bong-soon. Using her gifts for the greatest good, will Bong-soon find her life full of everything she’s dreamed of and more?
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Ridiculous Punks7.6
28268 min
▶2Culprit's Thought7.7
23766 min
▶3That Person's Secret7.8
23365 min
▶4Her True Identity7.9
21865 min
▶5Seems As If They're Friends, and Yet Not7.9
21065 min
▶6Happy Together7.9
21565 min
▶7Changes8.0
20869 min
▶8One Step Closer8.1
20968 min
▶9Love of Life8.3
21266 min
▶10Find A Hidden Heart7.8
20466 min
▶11Timing8.1
19867 min
▶12Help Me8.0
20164 min
▶13Nevertheless8.0
19163 min
▶14A Prelude to the Battle8.4
22766 min
▶15Level Up8.2
19466 min
▶16Final8.2
20771 min
▶17Special8.9
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Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Park Bo-young Do Bong-soon
Park Hyung-sik Ahn Min-hyeok
Ji Soo In Gook-doo
Jun Suk-ho Gong Bi-seo
Yoo Jae-myung Do Chil-goo
Kim Won-hae Kim Kwang-bok, Oh Dong-byung
Im Won-hee Baek Tak
Shim Hye-jin Hwang Jin-yi
Ahn Chang-hwan Jeong Joon-tae
Choi Won-myeong Jang Gyeong-tae

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