Is it Possible to Get Out of Autism? Boys Over flowers (2009) and Yoon Ji Hoo's Autistic Parsimony; ¿ES POSIBLE SALIR DEL AUTISMO? LOS CHICOS SON MEJORES QUE LAS FLORES (2009) Y LA PARSIMONIA AUTISTA DE YOON JI HOO

Abstract

In South Korea, two milestones have been created with the publication of Hana Yori Dango during the 90s and the broadcast of Boys over flowers (2009) at the beginning of the first decade of the 21st century. In Boys Over Flowers, Yoo Ji Hoo is introduced as a member of South Korea's elite group F4, who suffered an accident at a young childhood, died of his parents, and developed autism after trauma. In his orphanhood, he manages to «get out» of autism with the help of Min Seo Hyun, a close friend and with whom he falls in love, allowing his social reincorporation as a neurotypical subject. In view of the progressive increase in cases of autistic children worldwide, and the advantages that modern medicine promises over its treatment and occasional «cure», here, we seek to answer the following questions, i) Is it possible to develop autism after a traumatic event? and ii) Is it possible to «get out» of autism? We carried out this analysis based on Yoo Ji Hoo's life issues in Boys over flowers. © 2023 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.