It's Okay to Not Be Okay (2020)

Both set in predominantly psychiatric hospitals or clinics, and one of the leads being a nurse.
Episodic format with each episode often exploring a different mental health/psychiatric condition.
Both address societal stigma of mental health conditions

-Both female leads have strong personalities (they don't care if you like them or not), are somehow lonely and carry wounds because of their mother
-Both male leads have a sad past because of their family
-Both second female leads are jealous of the female lead

Both dramas are dark and are psychological, it's okay it's love is a bit more lighter though with more comedy

Three individuals with flaws and traumas and how they overcome these. Healing drama with healthy as in supportive relationships.

Extraordinary Attorney woo and It's okay to not be okay both have an Autistic character and the actors did a good job in portraying Autism.

The cinematography in both is just such high quality so beautiful!!!!
If you like It's Okay to not be Okay, they YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY CHECK OUT THE DEVIL JUDGE!!!!

if you liked

- mysterious or creepy past events ( more psychological background in IOTNBO as of now, though we have a percentage of that also in LinkELK )

- mysterious or creepy characters ( more psychological cases and people in IOTNBO as of now, LinkELK markets with the viewer's hunch and suspicion on any featured character )

- janet suhh OST that sets the whole atmosphere for the story ( the artist is present in both LinkELK and IOTNBO )

- art style that feels similar in terms of the atmosphere ( creepy fairytale in IOTNBO and creepy culinary in LinkELK )

- a " murder " that is not featured as passively in LinkELK as it was in IOTNBO ( it plays a major part in the LinkELK and a major sub-plot in IOTNBO )

- the main characters are not different in terms of complexity


most obvious differences

- LinkELK is set in a realm of fantasy whereas IOTNBO is set in a realm of psychology

- LinkELK feels more story-driven and IOTNBO felt more character-driven

- the main characters are different in terms of personality and family background


written on 08 / 06 / 2022 - as of then LinkELK had 02 episodes out

not really similar in terms of concepts and settings, but both deal with addressing mental health and various social issues and healing from past traumas. mystic pop up does not have romance as a main genre and is more comedic and family friendly than its okay, but both are similar in terms of over arching themes and the feeling of healing they left me with.

+ ‘Ruthless’ strong female lead character (whose cold exterior hides a lot of vulnerability due to her past).
+ Warm and patient male lead (but who isn’t afraid to call out the FL).

Although with completely different plots, they have similar lead characters and main couple dynamics.

it's about healing and death and mystery. more mystery in its okay to not be okay. one of the main characters in both are disabled mentally and need help with things they don't understand.

- both have characters with a personality disorder
- both have a lead who is a psychiatrist, and is selfless when it comes to work
- both include romance and medical tags

- estranged daughter (?)
- ... parental issues .
- autism (autism spectrum ,, not specific)
- same feeling yk

Both Female Leads are writers and kind of have a bold character, while both ML are hardworking and have a similar personality towards the FL.

These two dramas aren't similar if you do not consider the romance and some character aspects.

Both works involve the autistic patient...
both jo seung wo and oh jung se played that character in a phenomenal and beautiful way

Both are set in a hospital type setting. Both have main characters that have truama in there childhood. They work to over come that truama through the help of someone who cares about them.