My Beautiful Man

A very similar storyline where there is a domineering classmate that is the school ruler and the underdog that falls for the rule. Both are also dark themes.

Kinda has the same relationship dynamics. Same master-servant relationship that kinda turns into obsession for the one in power in the relationship

Similar vibes and equally nice cinematography.
Also both are BL and set partly in university
(in the first part of Utsukushii kare the characters are still in school.)

Seventeen-year-old Hira, who is at the bottom of the class, tries to remain invisible at school, never wanting to open his mouth and expose his stuttering speech to his classmates. He views the world through his camera lens, detached until one day, Kiyoi Sou walks through the classroom door. The impact is instantaneous.

Hira finds himself pulled into Kiyoi's gravity, following him everywhere and attending to his every need. Popularity comes easily to beautiful Kiyoi, who is always surrounded by his classmates. He uses his status to get what he wants, ordering around the boy who stares at him with his big eyes and seems to worship him like a god.

Hira contents himself to merely exist within Kiyoi's orbit, asking for nothing in return…

Watching this, I was reminded of how Hira was in love with Kiyoi especially considering how Konno and him are both into photography

Night Flight depicts bullying in high school and the simmering anger that can explode at any moment when the person being bullied has had enough. It shows the loneliness that exists when all you know is sadness and how someone from your past can be the one person that gives you love and hope for happiness in the present.

Similaraties:
- Both Bl dramas
- Dominant/Submissive dynamic
- Imbalance in realtionship
- Neither series treats the characters as perfect
- The romance develops through small moments rather than huge dramatic declarations
- Both focus on emotional intensity, you will find more obsessive, complicated, quiet tension in both dramas

Differences:
- Thundercloud Rainstorm is a South Korean Bl
- My Beautiful Man is a Japanese Bl
- Thundercloud Rainstorm has a softer visual mood and slightly more cinematic
- My Beautiful Man leans more psychologically intense and awkward
- In Thundercloud Rainstorm, the characters feel more grounded and approachable
- My Beautiful Man has a very obsessive/admiring type of affection

Both are romance stories about a guy entering the acting scene and becoming popular while theres another person who has a (seemingly unrequited?) crush on him.
Yagi Yusei plays the main character in both

This is another series in which an practically invisible boy with no self confidence falls in love with a beautiful classmate. He is obsessively attracted to the beautiful boy and worships him from afar not daring to hope for more. Another toxic relationship between two damaged people.

While quite different story and vibe wise, episode 4 of One Night Morning tackles a relationship with a FL with a stutter and the perceived lack of control and misunderstandings that the stutter and social fear may have inspired with the ML (who tends to give off a very intimidating/cold delinquent-like vibe to others). These elements remind of the two male leads in My Beautiful Man.

Boys love stories with an unpopular, insecure, assertive × popular guy pairing
Relationship is a kept a secret

Aoki has a crush on Hashimoto, the girl in the seat next to him in class. But he despairs when he borrows her eraser and sees she's written the name of another boy—Ida—on it. To make matters more confusing, Ida sees Aoki holding that very eraser and thinks Aoki has a crush on him!

Aoki has a crush on Hashimoto, the girl in the seat next to him in class. But he despairs when he borrows her eraser and sees she's written the name of another boy—Ida—on it. To make matters more confusing, Ida sees Aoki holding that very eraser and thinks Aoki has a crush on him!

Aoki has a crush on Hashimoto, the girl in the seat next to him in class. But he despairs when he borrows her eraser and sees she's written the name of another boy—Ida—on it. To make matters more confusing, Ida sees Aoki holding that very eraser and thinks Aoki has a crush on him!

Both of these feature unconventional queer relationships that involve photographers. The vibes are very different though. Between Complete and Incomplete is more indie/quirky while Utsukushii Kare is more desperate...? Not sure how to explain