It's Okay to Not Be Okay (2020)

Both have main characters with ambiguous morals/motivations/psyche. Both (so far) manage to keep their anti-heroes likeable while not toning down their darkness. Extracurricular has a much more intense and fast-paced thriller plot, while IONTBO (so far) has a more leisurely pace.

Leads suffer psychological disorders/trauma and help each other throughout the drama.

Overall great dramas and even better chemistry. Would rank these dramas as the best in 2020 for k-ent and c-ent.

I recommend this both drama because , Male lead and Female lead
try to solve problem
In one drama explosion and another student murder/suicide

Both are a bit of psychological warfare as the two work on dissecting the human mentality and some of life's meanings and priorities and how they can change and twist our perspectives.

The main characters of both dramas have to deal with their own emotional trauma due to a common and painful past. They grow individually and fall in love in the process. In both dramas, the cinematography is beautiful, the storyline is slow-paced but every scene is meaningful and the OST is magical. The main characters in both dramas learn to overcome their pain and build a strong relationship with themselves and others after a traumatic event. IONTBO talks about many types of mental disorders and mental illness in general whereas Just Between Lovers is more specifically about PTSD (Post-traumatic stress disorder) which is one type of mental disorder.

I don't know why but after watching "Iska" last night, this reminded me of "It's Okay to Not Be Okay" because of dealing with special person in your life.

You need to have extra patients in your body just to understand them. I can't relate with the characters because I have short tempered for these kind of people but hey, they are still people, but I'd rather stay away from them before losing my mind to be surrounded by them.

Kudos to Moon Gang Tae and Iska. I wish, I have their patients. I need them,

The story is about two brothers, one of whom is autistic.

A relative of one of the protagonists is the suspected mastermind of a killing of the other protagonist's relative. Both are beloved relatives of the protagonists and their killings and/or disappearances caused a lot of mental trauma.
A couple has to reveal a killer and deal with the concequesnces of that reveal.. as it might.. prevent it from being together.

Both heroes have an accident that appeared while they were growing up that shaped them for whom they are. Both lost a family member and have another one not in their right mind.
In both they are in love with the heroine, but have to face the decision of loving the child of the person, responsible for his parent's death.

The mood of these dramas is the same. In TSHLYE it's the male lead with the questionable character though.

similar theme of eeriness and eccentric writer and whose career is getting shackled due to personal problems

The both drama have romance????
Both have physiological ?
They both have somewhat thriller ??

- Both dramas have unique energies that make them addictive.
- Both FL's have rare personalities. I wouldn't say they behave similarly, but they are uncommon compared to other kdrama female leads.
- Appreciation for the arts in both dramas.
- Elegant aesthetics in both.
- All rich leads, excluding the ML fro IOTNBO.
- They also share actress Park Gyu Young

Notable differences:
- It's Okay to Not be Okay has a immature FL and mature ML. It is the opposite for Dali and the Cocky Prince.
- Dali and the Cocky Prince is the lighter drama. It's Okay to Not be Okay has darker, psychological aspects to it.

both dramas feature two men with a mentally impaired.
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these dramas both have similar themes to each other
trauma, family and friendship to name the main points
both balance the heaviness of the subject matter with breaks of light-heartedness (more so in IOTNBO) and humour.