A Heartfelt Take on "It's Okay to Not Be Okay" K-Drama

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How do I feel about this K-drama? SUPERB! In all my years of watching K-dramas (the more realistic ones, not the overly dramatic ones), this is the first time I truly felt love and awe. As an analytical and deep thinker, I find absorbing the story and music straightforward. The message, even the emotions, are conveyed to me quite effectively. Here's a brief review of the hugely popular K-drama from 2020, following  The World of the Married hype. It's concise and to the point, starting with the three main characters.

Moon Gang-Tae: Patient, intelligent, charismatic. He appears calm and always smiling, but underneath, he hides a deep sadness that has been with him since childhood. He longed for the same treatment from his mother that his older brother received, but that hope was shattered.

Moon Sang-Tae: Gang-Tae's older brother, with special needs, has a photographic memory and can paint and draw. He can also sense the emotions and feelings of others. He harbours a deep trauma with butterflies, as they remind him of the person who killed their mother when they were both children.

Ko Mun-Yeong: The only daughter of a wealthy family, her father is an architecture professor, and her mother is a famous mystery novelist. She has an antisocial personality disorder, having been treated like a princess and moulded by her mother to be just like her. As an adult, she follows in her mother's footsteps and becomes a successful children's book author, but she becomes increasingly reclusive and expressionless and maintains a luxurious appearance to hide her fragile and complicated inner self. She is also a kleptomaniac, stealing things that captivate her and then keeping them.

Related to their characters and life stories, it aligns perfectly with the director's opinion at the psychiatric hospital where Gang-Tae works: "It's because we are weak that we unite." And they did it very well! There are so many moral lessons from episodes 1-16 Mun Yeong's fairy tale illustrations are excellent. They're a bit eerie, but that's very much in line with her character, and they reflect the essence of the fairy tale, which tells the story of her life from childhood to adulthood.

One moral message that stood out in this drama is: "What's on the outside doesn't always reflect what's on the inside. What appears outside is there to protect what's on the inside." To understand others, we must genuinely examine them. When dealing with someone who has deep trauma, we need to be patient. Everything requires wisdom and understanding. Everything needs to start with self-reflection, and always remember the statement, "No one is perfect."

I really appreciate this Korean Drama. It's very educational about human life and psychology. I love it! Give it a try; you won't regret it!

Sola Fide