Mysterious Lotus Casebook

If you enjoy wuxia-setting mystery bromances, look no further. Mysterious Lotus Casebook has more emphasis on the bromance while Ancient Detective has more focused mysteries, but both are visually stunning and thoughtful shows with fleshed out casts and enjoyable writing.

Both are funny shows, avoids gratuitous romance, and have solid plot and action.

I Am Nobody might be the funniest cdrama this year, and if it keeps up the quality, will be one of the top shows of the year. 9+ rating show. I liked MLC, but I'm loving IAN.

Both are a light Wuxia with comedic elements as well as more serious parts.
A big chunk of both dramas revolves around solving cases and conspiracies.
Both dramas center around adventures and martial arts, and have romance as a side plot.

A main character hiding a secret regarding his health/life with last wish/goal to find remains/body of beloved family member before it is too late. Excellent bromance. Mystery. Humor. Mains solve series of puzzles/cases that all connect and lead up to end mystery/confrontation. Cornucopia of interesting characters throughout.

Both revolve around a skilled swordsman/woman known to be the best and have their own fighting style.

Both leads want to let go of their past, keep their identity a secret and live a normal life but end up getting involved in the drama to protect the ones around them.

MLC is a bit more light-hearted, comedic and revolves around solving mysteries while RoA has more action, swordplay and martial arts - but both have similar premises

Brilliant male leads using their wits to maneuver hardships in wulin world. Strong support characters.