MBC's drama ‘Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-Joo’ begins to craft its complicated love triangle

A love triangle is always a good ingredent for a successful drama. Therefore, in the fourth week of “Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-Joo,” it featured its complicated love triangle between Bok-Joo with two handsome brothers Joon-Hyung and Jae-Yi. Shi-Ho will come in the picture to make things more complicated.

The story about collegiate athletes and their life offers a new kind ofdrama. “Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-Joo” is a romantic comedy drama that follow young athletes and their chronicles.

However, the drama has to compete with a heavy competitor from SBS “Legend of the Blue Sea,” which continuous to climb higher in viewership ratings. Therefore, the writer of “Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-Joo” has prepared a classic ingredient for successful dramas, the love triangle.

The complexity of the love story in “Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-Joo” consists of more than just one love triangle. The first triangle is between Bok-Joo, her nutrionist Jung Jae-Yi and her friends who went to the same university with her Joon-Hyung.

Bok-Joo had a crush on Jae-Yi, and she signed for a weight reduction program so that she could meet him frequently. Meanwhile, Jae-Yi,  the elder brother of Joon-Hyung began to develop feelings toward her.

The other triangle that's set to develop will be between Bok-Joo, Joon-Hyung, and his former girlfriend Shi-Ho. Bok-Joo and Shi-Ho are room mates.

Lee Sung-Kyung, who plays Bok-Joo, has garnered praise from the audience for her acting skills, as reported by Seoul Daily News. She is able to perfectly portray a completely different role than her previous ones in SBS drama “Doctors” and tvN drama “Cheese in the Trap.” She has since shown that her ability to play comedy drama is superb.

In “Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-Joo” Episode 7, the story will focus on Bok-Joo and Joon-Hyung's escalating romance, according to official release from the MBC. The station also released still images of them visiting the arcade together.

Watch the highlight of “Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-Joo” Episode 6 below:

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