Liberation Notes is one of the best comfort dramas made so far as it addresses complex themes of guilt, embarrassment, and fulfillment as coherently as possible.
The 16 episode series features Lee Min-ki as Yeom Chang Hee, Kim Ji-won as Yeom Mi Jung, Sukku Son as Mr. Goo, Lee El as Yeom Ki Jung, and Ki-woo Lee as Cho Tae-Hun.
“I will not pretend to be happy. I will not pretend to be unhappy. I will be honest.” – The Liberation Club
“We can’t exactly say we accomplish nothing, don’t you think? Well, some days, I feel like I am. And some days, I feel like I’m back to square one. But I still feel I’ve been liberated even just a little.”
“Even if you live alone, it’s fine. You can be perfectly happy. You can eat whatever you want, whenever you want, and sleep whenever you want.”
“Even when you don’t know how you’ll go on if you pull yourself together, you can still find things that are bearable.”
f“Do I have to have a goal? Can’t I just live my life without one? I can’t force myself to live for something I don’t really desire.”
“I think I’ve come far enough. This isn’t the right path for me. I don’t have to force myself to keep walking on it.”
“When I wander around aimlessly, I can catch the briefest glimpse. ‘So that’s what is in my head.’ The feeling of being abandoned.”
“How do you know what suits you better? You have to try different workplaces.”
“You’ve worked really hard. Take a break. Can’t you just say that?”
“People who say they live healthily and happily may be the people who decided to put all these questions behind them. People who have decided to lie and say, ‘This is just how life is.’ I’ll never do that.”
“I don’t care about where I’ll go after I die. I want to see heaven while I’m alive.”
“It feels like people are all scarecrows. They don’t really know what they are. They’re just acting as if they do.”
“Just a few seconds ago, they thought dying was the only way out and jumped. But in just a few seconds, that feeling started to feel like nothing.”