The Long Ballad (2021)

Both drama described the story of strong female lead. And showed how she fight for her dream, the people she want to protect & how she tried to pay the bad guys what they deserve.

And both drama are based on the historical theme with many fighting scenes.

- strong female lead
- wants to take revenge for something
-very similar personality
- similar supporting cast member that wants to help the female lead.

The storyline about revenge is almost the same. The young princess (FL) also want to get revenge for her family and the ML loves and helps her.

As I was watching TLB and the focus went to the grasslands (Ashile tribe), I immediately got reminded of Empress Ki. I watched Empress Ki years ago but despite watching it a long time ago, it has still left a lasting impact on me. In Empress Ki, we have the Mongolians. While both FL in the drama grew up in different backgrounds, both are brave warriors who are good at fighting and cross dressed as males. But I would have to warn that Empress Ki is a bit more hardcore and intense in terms of all the plotting and schemings, and the characters in Empress Ki aren't as likeable as in TLB. While I can't seem to name what's so similar about the two dramas, I personally enjoyed both .

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Both are historical romantic dramas:
- both feature a more rebel hardworn character and a more spoiled noble character
- both feature a war between two fronts one more 'barbarian' and one overly spoiled, and indulgent
- both have an epic sweep to them with events occurring many miles apart over a long period of time
- both have a tragic undercurrent/fate separating aspect to them
- both have some thrilling action scenes

The Long Ballad does not have the same sophistication in themes and execution as My Dearest, it's much more action and cliffhanger centric.

It is a costume detective suspense romance drama, set in the Wanli years of the Ming Dynasty, telling the story of the beautiful man County Ling Panyue and the terrorist servant Yang Caiwei in the process of solving a strange case, from mutual disgust to mutual love and love.

- Strong & Smart ML+FL who support each other
- Engaging story with satisfying ending and good chemistry btw the leads
- Involve some politics and have good battle/war scene
- Have a character seeking revenge (FL is TLB vs Villain in Destined)

The main difference is the FL in TLB has good fighting skills, but the FL in Destined is more business savvy.

My impression of The Long Ballad as i was watching the initial episodes (up to the signing of peace treaty between Tang and Ashile) was the resemblance to the Prince of Lan Ling (2013):
(1) Masked ML warriors,
(2) First MLs are god of war (??),
(3) First FLs are extraordinary woman (???),
(4) War tactics/strategies and peace treaties between warring states.
(5) Putting the interests of the country before self and protecting the loved ones (family and friends) before self, and
(6) Close friends/mates who sacrificed for the FLs.

Both dramas are similar and of high quality in many aspects from the beautiful set visuals, actors, costumes, music to the story. Of course NIF1 is also there (maybe higher) with the quality but it is too different on the story side. Enjoy!

The ost sounds super similar. The editing and camera work are fantastic in both. Solid acting and no horrible s leads which I greatly appreciate.

In both dramas both main leads are very strong and independent. both dramas mainly focus on the nation to be in peace . both drama are the war related dramas .

Alen Fang, who plays Wei Shu Yu in The Long Ballad, plays the main character, Li Qian, in The Love by Hypnotic.

The both have revenge themes as well as a love triangle, and have political aspects between two different countries.

I enjoyed both of them. ^_^

Both dramas have female lead who are warriors and skilled fighters, there are hidden identities, and have historical, romance, action and wuxia as common genres. Both stories capture you as soon as you see the first few episodes making you want to see something similar.

Both have strong male and female character leads. The stories have very modern relationships with proper communication, development, and even humor. Both have a male lead that is attracted to the female lead from almost the first episode. Neither have the cliche tropes these dramas are famous for.