Light beyond the Reed

Both dramas are dealing with a sexual assault, victim-blaming, societal pressure, mental support and a legal fight. Also highlights the way the victim suffers (silence, fear of blame, emotional damage).

Both are psychological thrilllers with the leads being a married couple. It has a different set of tone with one being mental support to the wife.

Both involve a case of self-defense, legal grey areas, and moral/ethical dilemmas. The theme of someone who has been harmed or pushed into a situation seeking justice or legal clarity is there in both.

Focuses on the inheritance and promotion of handmade Xuan paper making, a representative of Huizhou culture. By depicting the intertwined fates of younger and older generations of artisans, it explores how young people today find self-worth between ideals and reality, and between tradition and innovation.

Lin Yi Ran, who worked in Beijing, returned to her hometown due to her mother's illness. She then took the civil service exam and landed a position in Taohua Town's Economic Development Office. Seeing the traditional Xuan paper industry, exemplified by the millennium Xuan family, struggling to survive, Lin Yi Ran worked tirelessly to help the industry overcome its difficulties. By developing a Xuan paper notebook business, securing orders for Xuan paper wallpaper in Beijing, and organizing the "Four Treasures of the Study" Cultural Festival, she helped the Taohua Town Xuan paper industry overcome its difficulties.

Romance genre with hard hitting/insightful life circumstances.
Female lead is raped.
Male lead doesn't know it happened for the first few episodes, later finds out. Helps her overcome it.

Although Baek Hui Seong is hiding a dark secret surrounding his true identity, he has established a happy family life and a successful career. He is a loving husband and a doting father to his young daughter. But his perfect façade begins to crumble when his wife, Cha Ji Won, a homicide detective, begins investigating a string of serial murders from 15 years ago. Ji Won notices changes in Hui Seong’s behavior and begins to wonder if he could possibly be hiding something from her.

Both are stories centered around SA, how family members influence the decision of whether or not to report, stigma, corruption by those in position of power, and the emotional toll of it all. The MLs seek vigilante style justice in their own hands from the offenders and serve time for their acts. The FLs demonstrate both despair and resiliency, ultimately relocating to rebuild their life.