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5 really good reasons you should​ be watching It's Okay, That's Love

If you haven't quite caught on to the K-drama crazy that is It's OK, That's Love, it's never too late to start. The drama is 10 episodes in and you still have time to catch up on all the fun. From story lines that have never really been touched upon, to a romance you can't help but get into and an amazing cast with immense chemistry, here are five reasons you should be watching It's OK, That's Love right now!

 

1. Gong Hyo Jin's amazing chemistry with her co-stars

If you have ever seen one of her dramas, then you know that the chemistry between Gong Hyo Jinand the main male lead will always be on point. And It's OK, That's Love is no exception to that rule. It's just amazing to see the scenes between Jo In Sung and Gong Hyo Jin! Everything is so believable that it makes the drama even more enjoyable to watch.

 

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2. The drama covers topics that are usually avoided

I was really surprised at how this drama has been covering sensitive topics such as mental illnesses and sexuality. It's quite refreshing seeing these topics being talked about in a K-drama, and so far they haven't done it in a distasteful way. I hope they continue to present these issues well for the rest of the drama.

 

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3. The cast alone should draw you in

Including Jo In SungGong Hyo JinLee Kwang SooSung Dong Il, and making his K-drama debut,Do Kyung Soo from idol group EXO, the cast alone should make you want to watch this drama. A great cast, a good storyline, and throw in some romance and a dash of melodrama and you've got a pretty good drama on your hands. Let's just hope some crazy plot twist doesn't get thrown our way.

 

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4. The OST is beyond perfect and fits in so well with the drama

If there's anything else that makes a K-drama perfect, it's an incredible original soundtrack, and this OST is definitely on the road to becoming my personal favorite OST of this year. The song for each scene projects the feel of the drama really well so far. Enjoy some of the OST released so far below.

 

 

5. Kwang Soo's character's name is Soo Kwang

This one is purely for humor and fun, but seriously, writers, was this the most creative name you all could come up with for Kwang Soo's character? LOL! We love him either way, though.

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"It's Okay, That's Love" Jin Kyeong says, "Jo In-seong is at his worst"

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Jin Kyeong claimed that Jo In-Seong's mental disorder was at its worst.

 

On the twelfth episode of the SBS drama "It's Okay, That's Love", Jo Dong-min (Seong Dong-il) worried about Jang Jae-yeol's (Jo In-Seong) mental disorder and decided to tell his wife Lee Yeong-jin (Jin Kyeong) about it.

 

Yeong-jin saw Jang Jae-yeol's strange behavior on CCTV and heard about his condition. She said, "It seems like his guilt towards his brother was great. It was for their mother but it would've been hard to testify against his brother as the murderer and live a normal like for a 16 year-old".

 

Jo Dong-min said, "He abandoned his brother for the sake of his mother who was being beaten up all the time, this is how he should be justifying himself but Jang Jae-yeol can't forgive himself. He's protecting himself with imaginary characters like Kang-woo (Dio)".

 

Jo Dong-min told Yeong-jin Jae-yeol's case had been going on for 3 years and she said, "It's not going to be easy telling him it's just a hallucination. You should tell Hae-soo (Kong Hyo-jin) right away. That's good enough reason for forced hospitalization".

 

The following preview of the drama showed Yeong-jin telling Hae-soo about Jae-yeol's illness and telling her that he could even kill himself.

http://www.hancinema.net/spoiler-it-s-okay-that-s-love-jin-kyeong-says-jo-in-seong-is-at-his-worst-72811.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

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Episode 14 Ratings
AGB :
Nationwide/Seoul
Joseon Gunman : 12,8 % / 13 %
Fated To Love You : 10,5 % / 11,5 %
It's Okay, It's Love : 9,4 % (-0,1) / 9,7 % (-1)
cr:onlife/soompi

 

 

Episode 15 preview

 

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Came across Writernim Noh's Journal #3 and her interests in collecting and reading stories of this genre - Painful Memories (book cover below). 
 
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        CR: Baidu Baike LINK
 
---Translation of writernim's journal #3 (if interested, please read on...) ---
(Caution! Grab your tissues cos you will likely need them after reading...:(( Tears of sadness and joy! )
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-----End of translation-----
 
What an eye-opener! I have oft suspected writernim of having a very 'colorful and eventful' growing up years. But this is beyond my imagination! Indeed, through her journal, that is obvious. There was no mention of her father. I wonder why? Was she growing up in a single-mother family?
 
How does one live through two abandonment, when once is already once too many? Do  you see shades of JJY in her childhood? I mean the poverty and the single-parent family? Perhaps even some form of child abuse like malnutrition due to extreme poverty? Hmmm....
 
I applaud her success cos she is so so so deserving of it, and more! So glad to finally be able to somewhat get a glimpse into writernim's past, which not surprisingly enabled her to be a better, an excellent writer. I am totally floored after reading her journal #3. My quest is to find her other 2 earlier journals. Hope you guys will like it as much as I do.
 
Writernim Noh....Thank you for sharing! Thank you for your words of wisdom! And Thank You for being strong and striving well! Fighting! 
Saranghae-yo :x
 
 

 

 

Are the jadecloud from soompi? thank you so much for all you translations and updates throughout the duration of the drama  :smile:

 

I think we all suspected that writer Noh had had some experiences connected to IOTL, whether directly or indirectly. Reading her history is heart breaking and makes the morals/lessons learned from IOTL all the more poignant. Not only do I see hints of JY, but I recognise more of her in JB. JB was seen/treated as the problem child and was in a lot of ways abandoned by his family. And also their need to seek "revenge" against their families. Whilst there may have been a lot of resentment towards their mother; there is always that undeniable need to feel accepted and loved.

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Great point about the mothers. Seems like with her experiences, age and time, writer Noh was able to somewhat come to terms with her childhood and realise that her families circumstances and social context contributed in their behaviour towards her and to each other.

 

I do wonder if her and her mother/family were able to rebuild their relationship or at-least reach a place of forgiveness and understanding before she died.

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Great to see IOTL doing so well on all formats (especially online platforms); kind of surprising considering the non traditional kdrama plot and provocative subject matter. Hopefully this urges more drama's to explore other themes rather than the just standard romance genre.

 

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So she released her all her journals as books? Hope you manage to track them down because they are very interesting imo. In regards to writer Noh's relationship with her mother, I'm wondering if she's speaking from a place of regret and hindsight (as in she only reached this level of understanding after the death of her mother) or whether she and her mother were able to talk things through as adults. Or a combination of both (most likely). Maybe the ending of IOTL will give us an insight into how things were left.

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sometimes i wish kdramas did seasons like in other countries; so that we can see how the characters develop and also learn more about secondary characters. but then again a lot of the dramas tend to be bad, especially towards the end so its good when they are put out of their misery :lol: plus the restricted episodes do allow for a tighter and effective drama if its good. 

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agree with everything you said,

it's just ioil is one of the best dramas i have watched so far.

that's why i don't want it to end so soon  :lol:

it's so refreshing the way it adresses mental issues 

also many sentences said in the drama will stay in my mind

for example "he is not crazy, he is sick", "we're mostly normal, only a small part of us is ill" or "even my angelic mother hurts me sometimes" and so on...

 

yes! somany great quotes from the drama. that quote is one of the most memorable and meaningful for me. it just highlighted that good people can do bad things too. and it taught hs a lesson as well. i really liked how the doctors learned some important life lessons from their friends and patients e.g. like in that quote when jy was the one who helped hs treat the teenage artist.

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Wow - it's really doing amazing online. I wonder what the finale will do tomorrow - it has a great chance of crossing 50%. 

 

Episode 15
AGB :
Nationwide/Seoul
It's Okay, It's Love : 11,4 % (+2)  / 12,1 % (+2,4)
My Spring Day : 8,1 % / 9,8 %

cr:onlife/soompi

 

Ratings wise, I don't think there will be any "hit" dramas this year. most of them just seem to have hovered round 10% +/- mark.

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It's over  :rlytearpls:

 

not going to lie, i was expecting more for the finale but what we got didn't ruin the drama either. loved this drama so and i am so happy that kyungsoo was able to be part of such a thought provoking and hopefully innovative drama. thanks to writer-noh and cast and crew for delivering one of the best dramas.

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RATING EP 16 (Final Ep)
(It ranks 1st place ) 

AGB :

Nationwide/Seoul
 
It's Okay, It's Love : 12,9 % (+1,5)   / 13,8 % (+1,7)
 
TnMS 
Nationwide/Seoul
 
It's Okay, It's Love : 13,4% (+2,3) / 15,2 (+2,1)
 
cr:on life

 

 

 

 

 

This drama better win something later this year!!! Now I kinda lost my way. What to do now that the drama has ended?  :cry:  :cry:   No more weekly spazzing and I forgot how we even survive before the drama started. . 

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  • 4 weeks later...

 

Just finished the drama and all the feels.  :rlytearpls:

Loved the Soo Kwang + Jo Dong Min combination and all the laughters they provided. The main cast were well-written and equally well rounded and provided their own flair to the show. I also loved their respective story arcs, it didn't feel disjointed at all.

 

And my new favourite OST from the show 

 

 

That and Hero are my favourite - I think the lyrics really fit the theme of the drama too

 

 

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IOTL Director's Cut Commentary Preview EP 16 [ENG SUB]

 

 

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The IOTL cast seems to have had some sort of meeting recently  :ahmagah:

 

According to haesuji from instagram. NEWS!
according to @ar_ar.c 's posting, yesterday iotl team had a meeting.
[ translation] 
it was good to see jaeyeol, haesoo, sookwang, kangwoo, dongmin, taeyong,choiho after so long. the next meeting is in ghj's play.. no drama team like the iotl team. there are no pics i can post , so i post a pic from thailand trip.
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