Twenty-Five Twenty-One

Both are coming-of-age dramas and somehow give the same vibe. They grow up together, fall in love, and break up. they have family issues, they have dreams to fight for.thesedramas got so much in common

Tsuchiya Tomomitsu is the captain of his high school basketball team. He is also a senior at his school. Even though he is not that good in basketball, he is selected as bench player for the prefecture qualifying round. The underclassmen on his team, who are all better than him, are not happy about his selection.
Tomomitsu then meets Hatori Sae. She is also a senior at the same high school. She keeps watching Tomomitsu shoot three pointers. They become closer and develop a romantic relationship. Suddenly, Sae transfers to another school without saying a word.

In both drama you see the characters' growth through a very realistic perspective. You may not agree or be satisfied with how things are handled especially towards the endings but you have to admire the realism.

Both are about 2 people who were in a relationship from a young age, both had that stage to stage feel and well I don't want to spoil but


OYWD is like the missing mid point of 2521

- Slice of life retro romance comedy drama
- Flashback and makes the audience wonder who's the husband of the female lead
- Absurd female lead
- Friendship, family

slice of life shows that uncover romance and family journey.

- youth
- cheerful female lead
- gloomy male lead

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 of them are coming-of-age dramas.
~The main leads of both the dramas met in their youth and together face various problems growing up and heal each other.
~Both,2521 and Upcoming summer explore the elements of first love, friendship, rejection, family, and character development.

Spoiler:-Both of them showed incredibly beautiful journeys of youth and also showed that not everything lasts forever...

Both series give very similar vibes of late 90's

Male and female lead meet nearby female lead's house

First they fight and then get to know eachother, the friendship begins

Both start sharing their personal problems with eachother.

Main lead is supportive and inspire the Female lead to do better in life and motivates her to persue her passion

Female lead makes Male lead realise the value of life and make him stronger.

Heroine have a doubt that the Hero likes the other girl because they were talking and having intimate conversation.

In both series female lead have a diary, keep cassettes, strict mother and have a similar haircut.

Career and life circumstances make them part their ways. They then realize how much they mean to eachother.

In both series ML and FL go to beach and have memorable trip of their life with their friends.

You will definitely love the journey of love, emotions and friendship!
Give it a try <3

- both are slice of life dramas focusing on youth
- the relationships in both dramas are beautiful and easy to grow attached to
- both have the two guys and 3 girls squad (sort of?)
- aadsig is more focused on trauma and healing, whereas 2521 is more sports-oriented. however if you like one of these shows, you will like the other as well

There's a similar feel of nostalgia and of being young; both romances start off as friends and cover a long period of time - both deal with suffering and loss and both take place partially in school and partially in adult life.

Both also have a FL who has to work very hard to achieve her goals (although the goals are quite different).

both drama showcase chasing your dreams vs reality and a love that no matter whether the outcome was good or not you can't help but wonder if it was worth it. a romance that stays with the people involved for years and years after. whether they end up together or not(no spoilers) all that love was true.

Both start in the past and then flash forward to the future and leave somewhat of a mystery of what happens to the leads. Both have kids in the future. Both talk about important events (political and social) during the time and the ML is older than the FL in both. OST is amazing and overall I think WMLB is a really underrated drama which deserves it's place among others.




Oh...
And a better ending ://

Both of the dramas have comedy and in both dramas the characters are facing IMF Crisis. Aslo the setting of both dramas is in 1990s.

If you liked the group friendship feeling of Twenty-one twentyt-five, the depth of the characters (both main and secondary characters), the really good soundtracks (!) then you will like hospital playlist <3