Sheng Shi Zhuang Niang

If you're a romance watcher who's interested in make up and cosmetics, then this donghwa is for you!

Story (7/10): This show mainly revolves around make up. Main protagonist uses her make up skills to solves problems and build relationships. The story is pretty interesting, and I like how there are bonus scenes that will give skincare/makeup tips at the end of each episode. However, the show strays further away from the 'makeup' topic at the last few episodes. I did not enjoy the ending as it was quite confusing and I find it unnecessarily complicated. The final 2 episodes are also very rushy, and ... I think it would've been better if it has 1 or 2 more episodes which can give proper explanation about the random+sudden plot twists and talk about the main protagonist's romantic relationships. There are also some unresolved issues which are not wrapped up properly. This show could have been a 8/10 if it wasn't for its poor ending.


Characters (8/10): Main protagonist's personality is alright. She's smart and know what she is doing, except the romance section where I think she handles it quite poorly. All the characters are "watchable" and there are some who are pretty likeable. Certain actions by the characters are questionable as no thought process were given. Side characters also come and go a little too fast (as in drift from the main plot, not die), but no big deal as there's not enough time for me to build any emotional attachment anyways.


Art (6.5/10): Kinda like 2D art lol. but its okay. Colour, outfit, makeup are all great. Animation is far from best but watchable. Music/songs are good. VA and sound effects are okay.

Story (5/10): If you are looking for a detailed and in-depth plot, you aren't going to find it here. While the premise is interesting a few episodes in, the quality of the plot decreases near the end of the season. Within the last few episodes, they managed to add multiple plot twists and and plot holes that do not make much sense. The ending is strung together so poorly that I was extremely dissatisfied by both the romance plot and main story plot. Aside from the descending plot line, the main focus is on makeup (teaching about different types, brands, and ways to use makeup ... to the viewers), so if you have no interest in makeup, you might not be interested in this story.

Art (5/10): While this is not the ugliest or greatest animation style I've seen, it is decent and does not detract from watching the show. Most character designs are actually pretty good in my opinion.

Sound (5/10): The opening and ending songs are quite nice to listen to. However, the sound effects are one of the most annoying aspects of the show. I was distracted by the sound effects many times while watching certain scenes.

Character (5/10): The characters are not good. Many are one dimensional or seemingly change personalities or feelings quickly, without reason. Some even act in ways that do not make any sense, but you would have to watch the show to understand this. Some characters are introduced, only to never be mentioned again, while some characters are randomly interjected into the story and play significant parts. (Also, the male leads fall in love with the character based on her makeup applying skills, which ultimately leads to not very interesting character development). The only character with some type of interesting development is Jack, so I partly continued watching to see his outcome.

Enjoyment (7/10): I enjoyed most of the episodes. I liked certain characters and mini plots in some episodes over other episodes. I thought the makeup aspect was also interesting. However, problems with plot, character development/personalities, and the unresolved ending decreased my enjoyment by a lot in the end.

Overall (6/10): If you have free time and don't want to watch a really intense show, I recommend watching SSZN. Because the first half of the season is definitely better than the latter half, I suggest trying a few episodes out before deciding to watch it all. If you don't like the first few episodes, I suggest stopping and watching something else.

The animation is FAR from the best, the story is not amazing either. It does not get better after one episode, and it very likely won't. It is a little sad because there aren't that many makeup related anime out there, I was really hoping to find something here, better luck next time. One dimensional characters, the show is very childish overall, I can totally imagine a young kid who's had little exposure to this medium looking at this and enjoying it. The art style is pretty low effort. Would not recommend, sadly. Really tried to enjoy it.

I do have to give it one ... thing, and that is that even though the story kind of takes a similar tropes as an Isekai, It does have a unique concept.