Relating to Korean dramas, many storylines mimic one another as they use typically seen tropes. The brand new Ok-drama by tvN, Happiness, is analogous to a different standard Netflix drama starring actor Tune Kang. Each Candy Residence and Happiness focus on a viral outbreak that turns on a regular basis residents into heinous monsters. Whereas there are some key variations in storylines, each Ok-dramas will enthrall followers in the identical means and are good for watching collectively if in search of a riveting thriller.
Netflix’s ‘Sweet Home’ is about people turning into monsters like in ‘Happiness’
Park Hyung-sik’s Ok-drama Happiness is about the primary characters coping with a brand new outbreak within the aftermath of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Episode 1 of the Ok-drama introduces a detective, and a particular forces officer entangled in a thriller as individuals flip into blood-thirsty monsters. The reason for the outbreak was a failed pharmaceutical drug. The drug was distributed via native drug sellers, however there’s a greater conspiracy.
Candy Residence follows an identical storyline. In a single day the residents of an condo constructing study the skin world has descended into chaos. Folks flip into grotesque monsters created from their inside needs. Not like Happiness, the reason for the outbreak just isn’t 100% clear. The Ok-drama alludes to the federal government may be behind it and is linked to one of many predominant characters.
‘Happiness’ and ‘Sweet Home’ each have constructing tenants trapped from the skin world
Netflix’s Candy Residence happens in a single central location. The Inexperienced Residence residents are comprised of distinct people with their very own tales to inform. Because the residents start their day, they discover the constructing blocked off and cannot depart. Outdoors, the world has spiraled into chaos, and the one solution to survive is to remain indoors till assist arrives. However, the residents should be cautious of one another as anybody can develop into a monster.
In Happiness, Yoon Sae-bom (Han Hyo-joo) and Jung Ji-hyun (Park) transfer into a brand new constructing divided between renters and house owners. Lieutenant colonel Han Tae-seok (Jo Woo-jin) discovers the outbreak began on the constructing. He quarantines all the residential sector. Like Candy Residence, every character performs a much bigger function, and the potential of an infection is excessive.
“Happiness uses each personality type to comment on human selfishness and the lawlessness that results when societal rules are no longer useful,” in keeping with Soompi. Candy Residence additionally entails the tenants making a superiority advanced to outlive.
The Netflix and tvN Ok-drama have a predominant character with distinctive skills
The webtoon-based Ok-drama Candy Residence facilities round Cha Hyun-soo (Tune). He’s a troubled teen who loses his household and strikes into Inexperienced Residence. As he and the opposite tenants face an apocalyptic occasion, he exhibits indicators of turning right into a monster. He displays the identical black eyes and nostril bleed. However Hyun-soo clings to his humanity and possesses the identical superhuman skills. Within the scope of the Ok-drama’s storyline, Hyun-soo may be the reply to the chaos.
Sae-bom will get scratched by an contaminated soldier in Happiness. She is taken for statement and exams detrimental. Within the Ok-drama, she by no means displays indicators of turning just like the others. Because the Ok-drama progresses, followers study she holds a particular anti-body that might remedy the brand new viral outbreak. Sae-bom additionally has heightened skills when a potent tranquilizer doesn’t have an effect on her.