Same lead actor, both workplace based romances. Lead is cold hearted (but totally not cold hearted) CEO in both. Romance very sweet in both.
Both Refresh Man and What's Wrong With Secretary Kim have few similarities, such as leads knowing each other when they were younger, the CEO/ employee relationship, the impossible to please boss, rich man, poor woman trope. The reason I do recommend Refresh Man if you liked What's Wrong with Secretary Kim is they both are written well despite their overuse of certain tropes and cliches.
Similar dynamic between the main leads. The main male character is the boss, the main female lead is a subordinate. They have real trust between them, and when they finally get together, they don't break up.
Lucky's First Love is maybe a bit more light-hearted, but Refresh Man is also quite light.
Lucky's First Love is maybe a bit more light-hearted, but Refresh Man is also quite light.
Refresh man and love is sweet are pretty similar judging with the description of the drama for love is sweet both dramas have childhood friends that meet again but end up having a strange rivaly feeling. Also how they both end up meeting each other in a company both dramas also talk about how the two friends were very close Leslie both grandma had more of a childhood friend relationship but then when they both meet again they have more of a hate love relationship
“I’m cute. After all, every man becomes captivated by ‘cute me.’” That belief is both the norm and her greatest weapon. Kotone has lived a life of effortless popularity since her student days. But one day, an “elite scheming-cute girl,” Sahara Nazuna, appears before her. No matter what happens, all the attention and affection are taken by Nazuna, leaving Kotone flustered as she experiences the feeling of “losing” for the first time. To make matters worse, even her handsome boss, Shimizu Masaki, whom she has her eye on, seems to be drawn to Nazuna as well…?! However, Nazuna also sees Kotone as someone not to be underestimated. With neither willing to back down, a fierce battle of pride begins—“scheming cute” versus “scheming cute.”
Time is a woman's enemy. On her 30th birthday, Cheng You Qing received an e-mail from Li Da Ren, her male best friend of 14 years, about the symptoms of premature aging. Unable to bear the fact that, as a man, Li Da Ren is likened to a fine wine that gets better with age and that as a woman, she is likened to a grape that will dry up like a raisin over time, she makes a bet with him to see who will marry first before they turn 35.
As she scouts for a potential husband, she finds that despite whoever she meets, there is always one person whom she can be totally at ease with and who is willing to put up with her independent, ill-tempered and stubborn personality - her best friend, Li Da Ren.
The only problem is that the both of them had already sworn to each other that they would never fall in love with each other.
As she scouts for a potential husband, she finds that despite whoever she meets, there is always one person whom she can be totally at ease with and who is willing to put up with her independent, ill-tempered and stubborn personality - her best friend, Li Da Ren.
The only problem is that the both of them had already sworn to each other that they would never fall in love with each other.
- Male and female leads were childhood friends.
- She was considered a goddess and he wasn't (in one case he was chubby and in the other one he was a thug).
- They meet again after years and whilst the female lead is doing ok, he has becomen a freaking god in work, visuals and reputation.
- The male lead becomes the female lead's new boss.
- They are both set in a work environment.
- The female lead's company is doing bad and the male lead was hired to help.
- They are about the same length (16 and 17 episodes).
DIFFERENCES:
- While in "She Was Pretty" the male lead doesn't recognize the female lead and she tries to hide the fact that they were childhood friends at all cost, in "Refresh Men" he knows exactly who she is and he decides to actively influence her life.
- She was considered a goddess and he wasn't (in one case he was chubby and in the other one he was a thug).
- They meet again after years and whilst the female lead is doing ok, he has becomen a freaking god in work, visuals and reputation.
- The male lead becomes the female lead's new boss.
- They are both set in a work environment.
- The female lead's company is doing bad and the male lead was hired to help.
- They are about the same length (16 and 17 episodes).
DIFFERENCES:
- While in "She Was Pretty" the male lead doesn't recognize the female lead and she tries to hide the fact that they were childhood friends at all cost, in "Refresh Men" he knows exactly who she is and he decides to actively influence her life.
