You are my Spring expounds on how people have wounds that need mending and that having healthy relationships can help to ease these scars.
The drama conveys deep yet impactful learnings in life that people can get out of their situation when they choose to be better for themselves and not for other people.
- Main Cast: Seo Hyun Jin | Kim Dong Wook | Yoon Park | Nam Gyu Ri
- Supporting Cast: Kim Ye Won | Han Min | Kang Hoon | Ji Seung Hyun | Lee Hae Young | Yoon Ji On | Oh Hyun Kyung | Park Ye Ni | Kim Seo Kyung | Park Sang Nam
- Steaming Site: Netflix
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Episode Recaps: 01 & 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
You Are My Spring Quick Plot Recap
The drama starts with a flashback when a certain kid needs to cover her ears because her parents are quarreling. The kid’s mother decided to stay away from her husband. She also took the kids with her.
Years later, the girl grows up into a beautiful woman. Kang Da-Jung now works as a hotelier and has her apartment. However, Da-Jung has bad taste with men and goes through a series of failed past relationships.
One day, a man named Jung-Min courts her. When Da-Jung starts to like him, she was informed that he took his own life and jumped from a building.
This leaves Da-Jung devastated and sad because she couldn’t be of any help. Things turn around when a report came in that Jung-Min killed three people and is now considered a murderer. Later on, Ian Chase came to the scene as Jung-Min’s twin brother that holds a secret.
As the story continues, Da-Jung meets a new neighbor in her apartment. He is Joo Young-Do, a psychiatrist who opened his clinic in the same apartment.
Da-Jung and Young-do’s fate becomes closer whenever they would go out during nights to talk about deep conversations. Later on, they start to date and gradually heal the traumas from their childhood. Their friends also became happier and content with the relationships they have.
You Are My Spring Peak Points
Relevant Message That Everyone Should Know
In the drama, there are so many things that the plot and the characters want the readers to know. Young-do was known for helping those who struggle mentally and emotionally.
He even married Ga-Young so that he can save her from suicidal thoughts. Even though Young-do always does his best to save others, he still has scars from his childhood.
Young-do’s wise words throughout the drama center on one message. It’s important to know what you’re feeling and love yourself despite all your flaws.
He also advocates that talking to a psychiatrist or psychologist doesn’t mean that you are sick. Sometimes you just need to let out your emotions rather than repressing them.
Just like a glass of water, when the water keeps adding, it would overflow. It’s the same with our emotions, releasing rather than repressing your emotions is one way to love yourself.
Having Healthy Relationships
The plot doesn’t only revolves around Young-do and Da-jung. It also tells the stories of each character that have their own struggles.
While dealing with their daily dilemmas, the presence of each other lifts ones’ mood up. Da-jung became close to Ga-young and she got to know that Ga-young went through a lot during her dark times.
Da-jung sympathized with her which results in a sweet friendship. Their neighborhood is full of people who are willing to help and are concerned with each other’s feelings.
In the end, they overcome these struggles and continue life stronger.
Enticing Meaning of The Drama’s Title
With Young-do and Da-jung having their own problems, they came to each other’s life like a spring.
Spring is one of the four seasons where new flowers and plants bloom. It is also known as the renewal nature.
At the end of the drama, Young-do takes Da-jung as his “spring” because when she entered his life everything seems new. He can laugh genuinely again, enjoy different things with her, and most importantly he can be who he really is in front of her.
This also applies to Da-jung because she was able to tell her childhood story to Young-do that’s hunting her down for a long time. He is also her “spring” that lets her bloom beautifully again.
You Are My Spring Series Musings
If you want to watch a drama that tells about healing and letting go of past traumas, then You are my Spring meets your expectations.
Honestly, there’s nothing special with the drama’s plot. However, while watching the drama, it makes me want to understand people more and enjoy the life I’m having now.
The actors did well in portraying their characters and the emotions turned out raw and realistic. I just love the scenes when Da-jung cried her heart out, because I think crying is not a weakness but rather an act of bravery that she recognized her emotions.
Having healthy relationships and boundaries is also a lesson that we should bear in mind. Staying in a relationship that would make you grow is a green flag that you are in the right relationship.
Moreover, I love the bond between the characters and how they take care of each other. It makes me want to also have good friends that I can rely upon every time when I’m struggling and vice versa.
What keeps me intrigued is the story of Ian Chase and Jung-Min, they had a hard time during their childhood and it came a time where they need to make a decision. I feel that Ian regrets the choice that he made.
It’s quite vague as to what happened to Ian, but I’m happy that in the end, he seeks the help of a professional and accepted that he is not okay.
His story proves that people went on different paths and this is affected by the choices we’ve had made before.
Witness the blooming story of You Are My Spring! International fans can watch this on Netflix.
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