'It's Okay to Not be Okay' fans applaud Kang-tae and Mun-yeong's kiss, say 'their chemistry is pure fire'
'It's Okay to Not be Okay' Episode 11 began with Kang-tae rushing to Mun-yeong's home after he gets suspicious about patient Ko Mi-ran. She had escaped from the hospital and had arrived at Mun-yeong's house. Kang-tae is worried that she will hurt Mun-yeong and drives like a maniac to reach her home. When he sees blood on the floor and on the canvas, he freaks out even more, and finally, when he sees her standing at the first-floor landing of the stairs -- he runs to her and hugs her tight. Then we see the two of them kiss passionately after an argument.
This is one of the scenes that fans are celebrating because they had been waiting for this to happen all this while. Sure, he gave her a peck in the previous episode but that did not portray the intense and complex feelings that the two had for each other. Their emotions went up and down like that of a rollercoaster in the 11 episodes that we have seen them in so far -- so a kiss between them has to reflect this. Now that it has, fans cannot help but appreciate it.
One of the fans wrote on Reddit, "That wasn't a kiss. That was a full-on make-out session. There was fire and passion and I was burning along with them. It was what we deserved after the pain we felt last Sunday. That make-out session was my gift for being patient. Thank you writer 'nim'." Another fan wrote, "Someone report KSH (Kim Soo-hyun) and SYJ (Seo ye-ji) for murder cos they straight up killed us all with that kiss scene! I'm dead!"
One fan expressed how happy they were with the lead actors' chemistry and said, "That kiss omg their chemistry is pure fire!!!!!" Another agreed, "Yes, yes you’re right. Can’t say I didn’t feel the tingles myself when I watched it over... and over... and over... again." One other fan who dissected the entire episode wrote about the kiss, "Can we appreciate that this kiss didn’t have one person having their eyes open from shock? I think this is one of the best kisses I have seen. It’s so true to their feelings of pent up desire and longing for each other that they did not hesitate one moment. I could barely breathe from all the pining in that kiss!! Their chemistry is so palpable it could be felt through the screen."
'It's Okay to Not Be Okay' originally airs on tvN on Saturdays and Sundays at 9 pm KST in South Korea and can be streamed on Netflix.