The Sword and the Brocade

Similar premise based on common folk (non-royals) and business setting with a strong FL helping the family business to thrive.

The similarities between this 2 drama are:

- Both set on Ming dynasty.
-Both Glorify Women empowerment in that dynasty.
-Both ML are skilled General.Who r quite reputed in his field
-Kinda Harem setting.
-Lots of inner palace /Indoor battle.
-FL is the same for both drama tan song Yun.
-FL has to break many social stigma to achieve her desire position.
- Revenge for Family

Age gap between ML and FL, arranged marriage with a general that gradually turns into a true romance. FL is a concubine’s daughter in a family that uses her and mistreats her.

Both dramas show the love blooms between the main leads after marriage. But Marry Me! is less angst and easier than The Sword and The Brocade. The male lead in The Sword and The Brocade has more than a wife while in Marry Me! the male lead has the female lead as his only wife.

The dramas are not very similar but the chemistry between the leads and how the leads support one another in the drama reminds me of The Sword and the Brocade.

The auras of both dramas are very similar.
The female lead in both dramas is visionary and intelligent.
Strong women who stand on their own feet.

The female lead is smart and strong. Each character is pretty develop. The love story is a slow burn but a really good story overall for the main and side leads. Loved the overall execution.

We get to see the main lead couple lead in their domestic life. Female lead is smart and astute while the male lead is a capable lord.

FL married to the ML and concubine who is loved and trusted by the authority figure over all of them constantly first marries in as a concubine wanted the ML to make the ML love. The ML lets her know he will never love er. Cold, distance ML falls in love with FL first and chases the FL who falls in a slow burn romance. way.

These drama take place during the Tang dynasty and feature a female lead who is a master in embroidery.
In both cases, the female lead is investigating her mother's mysterious death.

The difference here is that while WaToL takes place inside the palace, TSaTB takes place outside of it, in the household of a noble family.

Both dramas are similar beacause in both dramas:
1. The male leads are courtiers with military power and also involved in the power struggle.
2. Female leads are partially orphans who were forced to marry in to the ML's family by the schemes of of their relatives to win the favor of the MLs' family.
3. Both FLs are quick-witted and geniuly smart.
4. Both main couples has a bickering relationsjip at the beginning with strong MLs present and independent FLs pictured.
5. Both dramas depicted fictional historical setting with slow burning romance.
6. Both series have very similar genres.

Both are costume dramas with nice cinematography.. Excellent chemistry between d ML and FL.. starts as a married couple in arranged marriage with a lot of misunderstanding.. eventually they fall in love and are destined to be together..

The love between the leads reminds me of the gentle and kind love that show between the main leads in Maiden Holmes.

Entertaining big families that come close to heart.
The way both dramas deal with family-only dynamics is peaceful.
Full of comedy.
Heart-filling romances.
Double in-law couples.

Both dramas contain strong, intelligent women that are also very kind and giving. Each also have intelligent, well off men that are cold and aloof but become tamed and soft after falling in love. Both are slice of life that depict jealous and malicious in laws, family dynamics, and societal pressure on reputation.

Perfect match follows a mother as she marries off her 5 daughters and each of their struggles in newlywed life. Sword and Brocade follows only one main female lead and her new life as the new legal wife in an affluent family as she navigates through constant female manipulation around her.