Beneficial Deviants

Korean society’s connective tissue is jeong—the living field of reciprocal acts inspired by emotional identification. Here are characters who, because of clinical conditions, are unable to feel emotional connection. Whether because of brain surgery, trauma, a personality disorder, or innate sociopathy, they are deviant. As a result, they’re seemingly unable to contribute to jeong. The dramas on this list bring out this contradiction.

There are unequivocally destructive KDrama sociopaths, such as the main character of Mouse. In contrast, beneficial deviants are ultimately protective towards others. They are able to contribute to the integrity of society specifically because of their deviance.