Tender Light (2024)

both dramas are adaptations from novels with investigation and suspense and have crime, mystery and thriller genre

Similar story where the female lead has an abusive husband, domestic violence, death of the husband and the female lead is the suspect.

NOT the same story but same dark vibe.
Psychologic crime thriller
Small town feel
Secrets, lies, betrayal, nothing is what it seems.

Mystery, Crime and gives off the same vibe. The murder was first shown then opens up piece by piece with flashbacks and detectives discoveries.
In both dramas, every character can be the murderer or be related to the murder and keep the audience guessing until the end.

The male prosecutor persevered to get to the bottom of the death of his friend's boyfriend. He got all those involved in the death of the deceased accountable in the end.

The plot's aren't very similar, but the tones are alike. They're both dark, show the horrors of small towns, have truly traumatic stuff happen to characters, and the cases of The Embers remind of some of the experiences the characters in Tender Light go through.

Both series are cleverly written, complex, detailed, deal with psychological aspects, and were made with passion by their creators.

- Both are highly tense mystery thrillers that’ll have you on the edge of your seat
- Amazing performances from both leads
- In both of these dramas, the leads have a ride or die relationship and would do anything for each other.
- Amazing chemistry between the leads of both dramas
- Both dramas do a really good job of “showing and not telling” the story (usually through the use of flashbacks)
- Overall both dramas are just really well written

Both drama about a group of high school students and their friendship in small town in late 90s, the crime in the town including mystery, murder and death.

Both dramas are focused on murder case and detectives trying to solve the mystery.
Both dramas were filmed in a unique way of jumping the timeline from past to present which can be rarely seen in Chinese dramas. But both have done a great job and added spice to the dramas.
Great casting for both drama. All actors' acting are on point.
Tender Light has more romance and love story between the leads compared to Thirteen Years of Dust.

FL kills her husband because she was physically abused by her. She plotted the murder and gets away with the near-perfect murder.

The detective investigating the case falls in love with her but am devastated when he discovers the truth.

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