A River Runs Through It

Both dramas have male leads that almost feel like second male leads because both don't get their girls until many years later. Both spend wonderful college time with the girls they love but the girls love another men instead.

This one is a underrated slice-of-life drama.
Similarities :
-growing up
- friendships
- family
- love stories that last for a life time.
- slow burn romance.

Similar Male lead - female lead dynamic.
Love triangle where the FL has a crush on The SML while he has a crush on someone else. meanwhile the ML falls for her.

School setting, sweet, supportive relationship between mains and their group of friends. Both are lovely, easy watches about growing up and love.

Both are set in school and the FL has a crush on someone who likes a different girl. The ML is the FL's classmate and friend and secretly has a crush on her which she doesn't notice. Both MLs tease and sort of pick on the FL, with both couples having a bickering but affectionate sort of relationship.

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- youth
- school
- family importance
- friendship bonds that are strong
- sweet as well as emotional.

Both school dramas
Both friendship dramas
Both youth dramas
Both are chinese dramas
Both are funny dramas

Similar Genre
Both center around groups of friends who face the challenges and joys of growing up together

Both dramas have a main couple who are childhood friends, now in high school. In both dramas, the ML falls first and harbors a crush for a long time on the FL without her realizing.

Both are set in the '90s before moving to present day at the end and have a nostalgic feel and a school setting. Both have sweet and somewhat poignant romances in which the leads somehow miss being together (permanently in 20CG, temporarily in ARRTI). One has a sad ending, the other happy.

- Love triangle
- Group of friends
- Family bonding
- dumb Female lead and smart male lead
- male lead helps female lead on study
- second lead and third lead synonym
- jealous male lead.....
- secret Love
- school life and entrance exam
-90's vive

Both dramas have students struggling to succeed in high schools
Both dramas are quite emotional and has the youth struggles aspect
Both drams have good friendships between neighbors and students

Similarities -
1. Healing and comfort drama
2. Strong friendship and familial bond
3. Cute couples and relationship struggles.
4. Best actors and beautifully cinematic.
Difference-
1. Meet yourself centres around adulthood, meanwhile the other starts from their school times to their current lives.
2. One set in current times, the other starts from 90s and has some nostalgic moments.

- Both dramas have the main leads bickering with each other
- The leads in both dramas are childhood friends, albeit in A River Runs Through It, their friendship starts in middle school whereas in True Colours their friendship starts off as kids.
- Both dramas show the main leads starting their college life together in the same uni
- In both dramas, the main leads' friendship transforms into love
- Both dramas have the main leads separate for a while

-Both A Love So Beautiful and A River Runs Through It are Chinese youth dramas that center around high school and college experiences, focusing on themes of first love, long-lasting -friendships, and personal growth.
-Both shows are set in the late 90s and early 2000s, with a time jump at the end of the show.
-Both dramas feature love triangles and character dynamics that evolve over time.
-Both dramas have a smart male lead and an unacademic female lead.

I recommend the Chinese version of A Love So Beautiful if you liked A River Runs Through It!