Do Bong-soon was born with superhuman strength. Her strength is hereditary and passed along only to the women in her family. Her dream is to create a video game with herself as the main character. She desperately wants to become a delicate and elegant woman, which is the ideal type of her crush, In Guk-doo, a police officer. Thanks to her strength, she gets a job as bodyguard to rich heir Ahn Min-hyuk, the CEO of a gaming company, Ainsoft. In contrast to Guk-doo, Min-hyuk is an eccentric man who is playful, a little spoiled, has no regard for rules, and dislikes policemen. He has recently received anonymous threats and has even been stalked, leading him to hire Bong-soon as his bodyguard after witnessing her beat up a bunch of construction workers when they threatened an old elementary school bus driver. A series of kidnapping cases happen in Dobong-dong, the district Bong-soon lives in, and she is determined to catch the culprit, who targeted her best friend. With help and training from Min-hyuk, she manages to control her strength to use it for good causes. Min-hyuk and Bong-soon find their relationship growing into something more. Their relationship at work and in pursuit of kidnapper creates comical and dangerous situations, which bring them closer.
The drama is written by Baek Mi-kyung who previously wrote Beloved Eun-dong and directed by Lee Hyung-min of Ms. Temper and Nam Jung-gi. Filming started in October 2016 and finished on April 11, 2017. The drama serves as a reunion between Park Hyung-sik and Yoo Jae-myung who previously worked together in the KBS2 drama .
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: Broadcast on Channel 7 every Saturday and Sunday at 09:45 starting August 26, 2017.
: Premiered on October 4, 2017, as part of GMA Network's The Heart of Asia under the title Strong Girl Bong-soon.
: Broadcast on 8TV every Wednesday and Thursday at 22:30 to 23:30 starting from July 2 to September 17, 2018. Broadcast on NTV7 from Monday to Friday at 18:00 to 19:00 starting September 27, 2019.
: Broadcast on cable TV channel Hub VV Drama every Saturday at 22:00 starting March 24, 2018. It was also broadcast every Saturday and Sunday at 21:00 on Channel U, starting October 13, 2018.
: Available to stream on Iflix with Sinhalese and English subtitles.
On November 9, 2018, it was announced that an adaptation of the series was in development at The CW from CBS Television Studios and writer Melissa Scrivner-Love, with Ronda Rousey and Ben Silverman also set to executive produce. The project, titled Strong Girl, would have followed "a former war photographer named Rayna who discovers she is indestructible and potentially the strongest woman in the world. Ghosted by when she reveals her newfound power to him, Rayna is hired as a bodyguard by a billionaire named Oliver, who sees her true potential." On February 8, 2019, it was revealed that the script was not picked up to pilot.
