5 Feel-Good K-dramas To Restore Your Hope In Life
We all need to hear that everything is going to be okay from time to time, and these five shows provide the reassurance that things will work out.
Everyone feels down from time to time, when it seems like the odds are stacked against you and there is nothing you can do to turn things around.
So if you are in desperate need of reassurance that things will work out in the end, take a look at these five K-dramas that might just restore your hope in life.
Because This Is My First Life (2017)
This romantic comedy revolves around Nam Se-hee, an awkward IT worker who rarely talks about the things he likes but is very vocal about anything negative, and Yoon Ji-ho, a screenwriting assistant who is on the verge of homelessness.
The duo decides to enter into a marriage of convenience, but the seemingly simple plan begins to go awry as they face the inevitable complications that come with living with another person.
My Liberation Notes (2022)
The story follows three siblings who are all fed up with their meaningless lives in their small town, which is so boring that no one from outside ever visits.
Yeom Mi-jeong, the youngest sibling, is hoping to break out of her stale life, Yeom Chang-hee, her older brother, has no ambitions or desires anymore, while Yeom Ki-jeong, the oldest sibling, feels that she has wasted her life pursuing a career.
But everything changes when a mysterious stranger arrives in town for no apparent reason.
It's Okay to Not Be Okay (2020)
This romantic comedy centers on two deeply troubled individuals who, against all odds, find each other and a blossoming relationship that helps them understand themselves better.
Moon Gang-tae is an orderly at a psychiatric hospital who is perfect in almost every way but has severe self-esteem issues, while Ko Moon-young is a popular children's book author who suffers from antisocial personality disorder.
My Mister (2018)
If you don't mind relationships with significant age gaps and stories that deal heavily with themes of misery and loneliness, we suggest you check out this brilliant drama that takes a look at the lives of ordinary people without the rose-colored glasses.
Lee Ji-an, a 21-year-old woman, forms an unexpected bond with 45-year-old Park Dong-hoon, eventually healing each other's tortured souls.
18 Again (2020)
Based on the 2009 American comedy 17 Again starring Zac Efron, this show manages to put a fresh spin on a familiar story.
Hong Dae-young is a 37-year-old father of twins who is frustrated with his life, but is given a second chance when he miraculously regains his youth.