True Beauty Season 2 announced for production

True Beauty Season 2 has been officially confirmed for production. This news was announced by the anime's official Japanese X (formerly Twitter) account, along with a New Year's celebratory illustration on Saturday, January 4, 2025. However, no information on the sequel's release date and other pertinent details were revealed.

True Beauty Season 2 will be a sequel to the previous season, which released 13 episodes from August 2024 to October 2024. It's a Korean-animated Original Net Animation (ONA), based on Yaongyi's webtoon series of the same name. The original webtoon also has a K-Drama adaptation, featuring Moon Ga-young, Cha Eun-woo, Hwang In-youp, and others.

True Beauty Season 2 gets green-lit for production

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On Saturday, January 4, 2025, the Japanese X account for the series reported via a tweet the production decision for True Beauty Season 2. The announcement was accompanied by an illustration, celebrating the New Year. Notably, the visual features the main cast, Han Seo-jun, Lee Su-ho, and Lim Joo-kyung (Jugyeong), dressed in Hanbok (traditional Korean clothing).

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Regarding True Beauty Season 2, the official staff hasn't mentioned when the sequel will be released. However, Crunchyroll announced that it will stream the series. Notably, the platform streamed the first season in the USA, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, CIS, Oceania, and India in September 2024. More information about the sequel's release, cast, and staff, will be revealed in the future.

Studio N and Cocktail Media produced the animation for the previous installment. The Japanese voice actors for the series included Hayato Dojima as Han Seo-jun, Taito Ban as Lee Su-ho, Hina Suguta as Lim Joo-kyung, Hinata Sato as Kang Su-jin, and others. It remains to be seen whether the previous cast members appear in True Beauty Season 2.

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Jugyeoung, as seen in the anime (Image via Studio N and Cocktail Media)

Based on Yaongyi's webtoon, the narrative follows Lim Joo-kyung (Jugyeoung), who is always bullied for her appearance. One day, she transforms herself with makeup and transfers to Saebom High School to leave behind her traumatic days. Interestingly, Saebom High is famous for producing influencers, actors, idols, and other celebrity figures, because of its tradition of anonymous voting for the institution's True Beauty Goddess.

As such, the students get scouted by various agencies from the entertainment sector. Jugyeoung quickly becomes sensational at her school, gaining the title of the next True Beauty candidate. She also mingles with Su-jin, the former two-time champion. However, Su-jin's friendly nature hides her malicious intent; she wants to bring down Jugyeoung using cunning tactics.

Refusing to fall victim again, Jugyeoung confronts Sujin and vows to become the next Goddess. However, her life takes an unexpected turn when the school's heartthrob figure, Lee Su-ho, accidentally sees her bare face. Additionally, Jugyeoung crosses paths with the dashing Seo-jun, who wants to unveil her actual identity.