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Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo

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A competitive swimmer crosses paths with his childhood friend, a rising weight lifting star, and realizes that she has a secret crush on his cousin.

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Episodes

1 season · 16 episodes
Season 116 ep. · 2016–2017

  1. Episode 1: What Do We Do About the People We Hate?

    Nov 16, 2016 · 1h 1m

    One day Bok-joo, the star of the weightlifting club at her sports university, runs into Joon-hyung, a swimmer who is weak under pressure.

  2. Episode 2: When I Fall in Love With You

    Nov 17, 2016 · 1h

    After Joon-hyung saves Bok-joo when she falls into the pool, they realize they were friends in childhood. Joon-hyung comments on Bok-joo's weight.

  3. Episode 3: Let It Go

    Nov 23, 2016 · 59 min

    Bok-joo visits Jae-yi's weight loss clinic but worries about the price. She then hears about a mountain climbing contest with a big prize.

  4. Episode 4: Her Double Life

    Nov 24, 2016 · 59 min

    Bok-joo pays the clinic fees and gets an examination, but is warned not to overdo it. Bok-joo wants to thank Jae-yi for lending her his umbrella.

  5. Episode 5: I'm Happy Because I'm a Woman

    Nov 30, 2016 · 59 min

    Joon-hyung runs into Bok-joo when he visits Jae-yi at the clinic. Bok-joo hides the truth from Jae-yi and explains that they are just old classmates.

  6. Episode 6: Long Tails Either Get Caught or Get Stepped on

    Dec 1, 2016 · 1h 3m

    Bok-joo is delighted to get a ride from Jae-yi after the concert. While Joon-hyung is in counseling he recalls an incident from his childhood.

  7. Episode 7: Happy Birthday To

    Dec 7, 2016 · 1h

    Bok-joo's coach and manager find out she is going to a weight loss clinic and tell her father, who is furious. Bok-joo tries to apologize.

  8. Episode 8: The Wind is Blowing

    Dec 8, 2016 · 1h 1m

    Shi-ho snatches Bok-joo's phone away while she is speaking with Joon-hyung. Bok-joo sleeps in a different room after finding out about the diary.

  9. Episode 9: The Merits of a Secret Crush

    Dec 14, 2016 · 1h

    Jae-yi sees Bok-joo while he is at the university. Joon-hyung tries to cover for her, but Bok-joo confesses to Jae-yi that she is a weightlifter.

  10. Episode 10: A Comma or a Period

    Dec 15, 2016 · 1h

    Joon-hyung criticizes Jae-yi after he shows up at a weightlifting competition to cheer Bok-joo on, not knowing she doesn't want to be seen like that.

  11. Episode 11: It's the End, It's Not the End

    Dec 21, 2016 · 59 min

    After Bok-joo's disappearance in the aftermath of Coach Choi's firing, she shows up and tells her father she wants to quit weightlifting.

  12. Episode 12: Her Bucket List

    Dec 22, 2016 · 59 min

    Bok-joo is taken aback at the sight of Shi-ho stuffing her face but keeps it from Joon-hyung. Joon-hyung invites Bok-joo to an amusement park.

  13. Episode 13: Round off Love, and It Becomes Jealousy

    Dec 28, 2016 · 59 min

    Joon-hyung and Bok-joo are now a couple after letting each other know how they feel. Joon-hyung doesn't notice a call from Shi-ho.

  14. Episode 14: This Girl Is Mine

    Jan 4, 2017 · 1h 2m

    Love is in the air as another secret relationship comes out into the open. Bok-joo is nervous after Nan-hee's stern warning to her friends.

  15. Episode 15: That's How You Become an Adult

    Jan 5, 2017 · 1h 2m

    Joon-hyung is reunited with his mother. The next day he goes back home to retrieve some childhood photos and overhears something that shocks him.

  16. Episode 16: Spring, Youth and Us Again

    Jan 11, 2017 · 59 min

    Joon-hyung goes to the hospital to see Chang-gul, who asks him to hide the operation from Bok-joo so she can focus on her training.