It’s Okay Not to be Okay
As the title says, let’s talk about a Korean Drama which released in 2020 with title “It’s Okay Not to be Okay”, It is a South Korean Romance drama which can be your next one of the favorite K drama.
This drama consists of 16 episode which is available on Netflix, it has been named ‘The Best International show’ of 2020 by New York time.
It is a story revolving around boy named Moon Gang Tae and his brother Moon sang Tae. Two brother who are the only support and family to each other. Moon Sang Tae has Autism, and they move frequently from one town to another town because he witnessed his mother’s murder and has been traumatized since then. He is really scared of butterfly, which is called “Nabi” in Korean language.
Gangtae work as a care taker in psychiatric hospital, through this drama you can see the hand work of a metal hospital worker, how he is taking care of a patient, with patience and care, while working there he got to know a famous child book writer Ko Moon Young, she is the Female lead if this series, who has personality disorder.
The story revolves around these three characters, and with each episode you will find a new patient each having a different kind of trauma. Someone traumatized because they lost someone close, someone traumatized by child abuse, someone traumatized for not being treated well. In this series each episode brings up a different kind of insecurity. This drama will defiantly teach you that it’s okay not to be okay sometime, we have to accept the people just the way they are, show them love so that they can recover from many unseen bruises.
In one episode they showed the trauma a soldier can go through, after a war, this drama has very beautified story line, with interesting characters. This series has really beautiful dialogues which will hang on in your mind even after watching this series for sure, the show has already achieved high rating across the board.
In this series the female lead fantasized me the most who has very bold character and one kind of personality, she will tell you the Disney story in her way, due to some bad memories from childhood, she suffers from nightmare and personality disorder. Whereas the male lead character has personality in contrast to the female lead, but you will see how the story of love grows between these polar opposite characters. This drama destroys the stereotype of the K drama and sets more higher expectation for the K drama fan for the upcoming dramas. This drama will show you the importance of mental health, will teach you to be confident with you own flaws, and give you the confidence to accept who you are, so decorate your flaws to showcase your confidence. If you have not watched this drama, you can go and watch it now, used English subtitle if you don’t understand Korean language.