My Mister (2018)

It might seem like a stretch but one of the best things about Hot Stove League is the scripts use of metaphors and symbolism that can be applied to our daily life. Now do bare in mind that Hot Stove League is not a melo-series. But I did see some parallels. Also add to both of these dramas focus on leadership, office politics, corruption, trust, grief and personal responsibilities.

In both dramas, the main characters go through an emotional and difficult healing journey together and offer each other much-needed support.

My Mister is definitely darker & more serious in comparison to Live, but they carry similar tones in terms of an honest, raw, and un-glamourised representation of human life. They both present people seeing humanity in others even among ugly times. Although Live is focused on life as a police officer while My Mister isn't aimed at portraying a particular career lifestyle, they both discuss the trials and tribulations of these particular characters (both with such well written and not-shallow/flat personalities, might I add) with such honesty, and aren't afraid to be ugly and disappointing. The struggles of the characters in both dramas might otherwise be written about in some inspirational self-help book, but here they are just one human's struggle. It sucks. It's not pretty. It's not there for you to conclude that life is beautiful and everything happens for a reason and happiness is there if you believe there is. They both say, no, life sucks sometimes, it gets dark and ugly, but you can make it out of your struggles alive someday.

Recommending this only for the warmth this drama leaves you with. My mister generates warmth after completing it, so does reply 1988. This drama will show how relationships were, how the korean culture was in 1988 and how families in a neighbourhood take care of each other!!

Genres: Mystery, Romance, Drama, Melodrama
Tags: Wrongfully Accused, Opposites Attract, Revenge, Tragic Past, Filmed Abroad, Investigation

**Revenge**

1 . In both of them main leads are broken and pitiful and when they met each other , they start to heal themselves and understand that they are not the only one who is tried of living in this world
2 . there is no romance between main leads in both of them
3 . female leads is an outcast in both of them

I felt like the male lead from my mister and the female lead lead from liar game were pretty similar in the sense that:
-both were kind
-both were seen as weak due to their kind natures
-both proved in the end that being kind is a strength despite most people telling them that they are being stupid

The female lead from my mister and the male lead from liar game were similar:
-both have gone through a lot of pain which has made them cold and uncaring to others
-both get frustrated with the kind nature of the other lead
-both protect the leads at all costs
-both are incredibly intelligent

In both dramas, towards the end the leads find out that they had been deceived/lied to by the other lead but don't jump to misunderstandings conflict. They choose to keep trusting the other person because they know the other person.
There's also a huge debt to be paid by the female leads in both dramas.
There's no blatant romance in both dramas. Its left to the viewer's interpretation (and I choose to believe that the leads ended up together in both dramas)

- slice of life,
- gut wrenchingly sad at moments,
- strong friendships and complicated family affairs,
- some characters life's a mess,

The first 9 episodes of The Light In Your Eyes are very similar in tone to My Mister. There's a certain destitution and downtrodenness, but at the same time, the show has moments of levity and emphasizes genuine human connections and relationships. The characters in both shows feel real, but they also both feel quite suffocated.

1. Both of them are heart-warming dramas which make viewers cry

2. The growth of friendship , what starts off as a sour start to their relationship turns into a sweet friendship is similar in both

3. There is a character development in both of them

Although it's not a school drama, the leads in these dramas are super similiar. They both have to do illegal things to earn money, they have no parents in their life/ have a parent who treats them horribly, they have to keep secrets from the people around them, and they are both really smart. Both of these dramas have dark undertones and smart female characters

Both are about an older man and a younger woman who, through their shared connection, learn to work out their personal hurdles and become a better person.

- They both have a really emotional tone.
- They both have main leads searching for hope and they help each other.
- The death topic is really present in both dramas.

-Both leads of the shows find kinship in one another

-Both are soul-mate find type of dramas

-Main characters are bound by tragedy and are surrounded by a group of people who uplift and look out for their well being

-Human bound stories about the impact of caring out for someone and being a noble person

-Both have these heart tugging moments that just make you touched emotionally but also a tearjerker.

Both portrays forbidden love and in general have similar vibes. It reminded me a lot of my my mister especially how social status is represented.