My Secret Romance

Cha Jin Wook is a son from a wealthy family who runs a large company. He usually only pursues short-term love, but when he meets Lee Yoo Mi, who has never had a boyfriend before, he changes. In a dating world full of busy people who tend to flirt and chase “some” relationships rather than having meaningful connections that allow them to show their true feelings, this couple has a one-night stand. They meet again three years later, whereupon they kick off a shaky push-pull romance that’ll keep them on their toes as they fall in love.

The beginning is very similar. But my secret romance is wayyyyy more romantic which is good. The first ep will give you chills, and the OST is EVERYTHING

Office Romance
Rich Male Lead
Boss/CEO-Employee relationship
Cold Male Lead
Sweet Female Lead
RomCom Vibe

Hanai Shiori, who works in the sales department of a fashion distribution website, is suddenly dumped by her boyfriend Keiichi on their third anniversary. While she is in tears at a bar, a kind man approaches and gently speaks to her. Leaning on his kindness, Shiori ends up spending the night with him.

As time passes, Shiori discovers that she is pregnant. To make matters more complicated, the new company president who appears at her workplace turns out to be the very man from that night.

The ML and FL only meet for a day where there romance develops really quickly. After that they are separated until they meet again by chance which causes their romance to re-bloom.

Both deals with a man and a woman having a one night stand, but the man is serious about the woman and then gets separated. Then they somehow meet each other again and end up together. Like, one night stands are kinda scary for females but if the men are serious to have a relationship, it would make all the difference on the risks.

This drama is fantastic and romantic, but is not cliche.
The man is cute and girl afraid of relationships.

They're both workplace love stories and they're both funny. In both of the shows the male leads are the bosses. They had a similar feel in terms of light heartedness.

Same plot essentially but different conflicts! The leads sleep together and then part ways but somehow run into each other and then are constantly put together to do things where they have to not only deal with one another but their own emotions as well.

- CEO falls in love with female lead
- At first male lead disliked the female lead and gave her a lot of work
- Male lead chases the female lead
- office love
- RomComs

Both couples have an early connection (one night stand in car, sleeping in same bed) and in both struggle with their own problems before finally reuniting as a couple.

Complicated family past, trauma, 2ML and 2FL both have one sided crushes on the leads.

I know it's a bit far fetched, but I think these two dramas actually have more things in common than it seems...

- The protagonists spend a night together, even though they just met
- The FL pretends that she doesn't remember that "event"
- The ML pursues the FL, in order to make her fall in love with him...

For me, this drama is a combination of "The Romance of Tiger and Rose", "Extraorinary You" and "My Secret Romance". I love all three of them and, of course, "The First Night with the Duke", and I highly recommend all of them.

It's just that after they had one night stand, the next thing you know that he is your boss. and all awkward moments started when you realized it felt like a mistake but hopeful that it'll be something right.

The tension are the same in both, they both happened to run into each other. This kiss scenes are everything in both of these!

Both dramas explore the impact of the past on an individual. While MSR focuses a lot more on the romance between the two leads, the other is much more touching and heartfelt in its message.