Blinded Kiss

Love appears unexpectedly in an unusual situation.
Unusual arrangement that leads to love, appears in both series.

Due to family circumstances, high school student Miko Sonoda is forced to live at her uncle's boarding house. However, before she can arrive there, Miko is already met with a bad omen: while trying to find the place, she suspects that someone is following her! When her uncle comes to her rescue, the assumed stalker happens to be one of his tenants, leaving Miko embarrassed on her first day.

Miko learns that she will be living with five unique adults, including the accused man. Additionally, it turns out that he is Jun Matsunaga, a 29-year-old designer who seems to lose his temper easily. Having made such a humiliating first impression, Miko believes that only a miserable life awaits her. But in the presence of Jun, she comes to realize that living with adults is not so difficult after all—and there may even be enough room for romance.

Mikami Nana, told she has only six months to live, is plunged into the depths of despair after her lover’s betrayal leaves her saddled with a staggering 100-million-yen debt. Into her life steps Kamishiro Shun—a former classmate who has since become the most ruthless underboss of the Kowloon Syndicate, a group notorious in the criminal underworld. "I’ll pay off 100 million yen in six months. If I’m ready to die for it, I can do anything." — Nana plunges into the brutal world of nightlife to reclaim her life. Amidst a whirlwind of vengeance and passion, Nana finds herself increasingly drawn to the ruthless Kamishiro after glimpsing the "deep love" he harbors. However, the two are cornered by the relentless schemes of his deranged ex-lover and Kokonoe Sara—a yakuza boss's daughter determined to marry Kamishiro. With a deadly deadline looming, a life-or-death romance blossoms in the shadows. Standing on the brink of despair, a woman joins forces with the most ruthless of men to carve out her own destiny—a perilous yet intoxicating tale of love, revenge, and suspense!

Having replied to a wicked post on her school website, Ye Won keeps getting a threatening call from a boy named Ji Eun Seong. Having heard about him from her friend, she keeps running away from him. But they kissed accidentally when Ye Won was trying to escape from him. Having his lips stolen by Ye Won, Eun Seong threatens her to marry him, adding that no other girl has ever kissed him before. The only thing Ye Won can do is obey whatever Eun Seong says. At first, Ye Won just hates him the most for his self-righteousness and unreasonableness. But she gradually finds herself starting to fall for him.

A love story begins when Hirasawa Momoko, the cafe clerk at a hotel, meets a stranger on the hotel's observation deck. Even though they have just met, they repeatedly kiss. The next day, Momoko is unable to forget about it and learns that the man was Hase Kei, the elite hotelier who works at the same hotel and is too "perfect" for her.

Is it pleasant to be the object of obsession of a perfect man? This is the start of a cohabitation story between a woman who thinks "It's more fun to be fulfilled with my interests rather than love," Waka, and a man who has an unrequited love while doing everything he can to persuade her, Shinobu! Waka, who's a librarian, was looking for a place to move into with her huge collection of books. In the midst of that, she suddenly reunited with Shinobu, a researcher, who suddenly kissed her back in high school while reading Tanizaki Junichirou's "A Fool's Love"...?! They suddenly started living together, and when he confessed that he "liked" her, Waka turned him down immediately?!!

Shirai Yui has decided to take a new job as a secretary at the law firm of her childhood friends, the Kami brothers. Yui has feelings for her older brother, Soichi, but when they meet again for the first time in 18 years, she is confused to find that Soichi has become a cool, unsmiling man. Meanwhile, her younger brother, Yushiro, has always loved Yui, but has not been able to express his feelings. And Soichi has been unable to express his love for Yui due to a childhood trauma. The love stories of Yui, who loves Soichi, Yushiro, who loves Yui, and Soichi, who is jealous of Yui's close friend, all intertwine.

"I was planning for us to stay just friends... but I'm not holding back anymore." I'm living with my childhood friend turned savage! My heart won't stop throbbing as each day passes and he just won't give up...!! After entering high school, Hiyori is finally able to fulfill her dream of living alone. Or so she thought... Her childhood friend Soushi is there waiting for her at her new apartment. He suddenly kisses her and Hiyori is unable to hide her confusion. Is he teasing her? Or is this for real...? For the first time, she begins to see Soushi, who she'd never paid too much attention to before, as a man. At the age of 15, Hiyori begins her radical, new life living with Soushi!

Is it pleasant to be the object of obsession of a perfect man? This is the start of a cohabitation story between a woman who thinks "It's more fun to be fulfilled with my interests rather than love," Waka, and a man who has an unrequited love while doing everything he can to persuade her, Shinobu! Waka, who's a librarian, was looking for a place to move into with her huge collection of books. In the midst of that, she suddenly reunited with Shinobu, a researcher, who suddenly kissed her back in high school while reading Tanizaki Junichirou's "A Fool's Love"...?! They suddenly started living together, and when he confessed that he "liked" her, Waka turned him down immediately?!!

Both male leads are the aggressors in the pursuit. The female leads in both dramas are not eager to be in a relationship.

Shima is a second year high school student. She has already become the youngest ever winner of a "new writer award" for poetry. Yet, she keeps it a secret that she is a writer at school. Shima has developed feelings for fellow second year high school student Kento. One day, Kento confesses his feelings for her and they begin to have a relationship. Shima has difficulties understanding other's emotions and can't understand Kento's feelings. Soon afterwards, Kento decides to break up with Shima...

Both male leads are aggressive in pursuit of female lead
Both dramas have love triangles
Both dramas are based on manga

Both dramas male leads are dominate and super aggressive, when dealing with female leads.
Both dramas have love triangles

Hanazawa Ayame is a young woman who can read people's thoughts through their scent. Because of this unusual ability, she has always been somewhat timid when it comes to romance.

Her coworker, Miyajima Sui, is a cool, expressionless colleague with a severe germophobia. Uniquely, Ayame is unable to read his thoughts until a chance encounter finally allows her to glimpse what is on his mind. To her surprise, beneath his calm and detached exterior lies someone who secretly adores her and constantly daydreams about her.

Now aware of his feelings, Ayame finds herself caught between curiosity and uncertainty. As a romance-shy woman and an emotionally reserved man, both struggle with their own awkwardness when it comes to love.

This story follows the two as they gradually take steps toward each other, while navigating the relationships and people surrounding them.

Both have dominate male leads who purse the female leads aggressively.
Both dramas have love rivals that offer little challenge.