A Journey to Love

How have these two not been recommended together yet?! Especially after completing them both in tears.

Same sort of set up. Female assassin and male general become reluctant allies in the very beginning out of need. Female is on a path for revenge. Both dramas have the two leads from neighboring/warring countries, power struggles in both, and great chemistry from the main pair. Slow burn romance both ending in tragedy.

There are differences in the execution and I definitely have a favorite between the two dramas but both are watchable and evoke emotion. Kill Me Love Me is more romance first and revenge story second with an added second male lead (that if I am honest I would have been fine with had she ended up with him instead). Journey to Love is more mission/revenge driven above romance with a better written/ executed plot.

But even with the difference I think the two are comparable and if you watched one then watch the other.

sword snow stride has the same type of political struggles as well as type of story as a journey to love. The romance may not be strong in sword snow stride, but the story is similarly good and the plot is very much similarly paced. The actions are better in a journey to love but the acting as well as the pace is better in sword snow stride. Sword snow stride is a good storyline based drama with great acting.

If you like storyline, friendship, Journey, with a little comedy and romance on the side i would recommend The blood of youth. The similarity with A Journey to love:
-The friendship and brotherhood are hot, funny, melts your heart and definitely worth the attention as in A journey to love
-The Story involves a journey of entourage full of young men and funny build of friendship as well as fighting scenes
-Has great plotline, sets, and pacing
-The costumes are gorgeous
-Has comedy and romance on the side but not much
-Great sets and cinematography
-storywise very entertaining, struggles in politics and similarly build

Female assassin Ren Ru Yi, the former left envoy of the Scarlet Guards, becomes a member of the Wu's State's escort delegation to save the King of Wu who has been taken hostage by the State of An. Together with Ning Yuan Zhou, the leader of the Wu State's Six Realms Hall, the free-spirited Yu Shi San, Princess Yang Ying, clever teen Yuan Lu and the imperial guard Qian Zhao, they experience love, life, death, and grow together.

- A Journey to Love shared the same universe with A Journey to Glow.
- Both dramas also have the same scriptwriter and production company.
- A Journey to Glow is part of Linmon Pictures' A Journey series alongside A Journey to Love.

both have:
- ml and fl are good fighters and smart
- fighting is not everything, good strategies and schemes matter
- lots of interesting and likable characters besides the main leads
- costumes and settings look great
- entertaining fighting scenes
- plot contains a mission to escort a royal person
- depictions of friendship and brotherhood
- actors Zhang Tian Yang and Han Cheng Yu

differences
LST has:
- setting more focused on Jianghu/different sects, but also including connections to the royal curt
AJtL has:
-more comedic moments
-setting closer to royal curt (instead of different sects its military/organizations serving their respective kings)

A tale of love and adventure between an immortal fox and an artisan goddess. An eternal love that will face enemies in heaven and on earth.
Yuan Zhong is a fox high priest. He is an immortal who possesses the divine hand. With it, he defeated the ghost clan and brought an era of prosperity. Jin Tan Yin is an artisan goddess who makes magical artifacts. She descended to earth to kill Yuan Zhong and get back the divine hand of the god Tang Hua. Yuan Zhong is harassed by his own fox clan and Jin Tan Yin decides to help and protect him. The two of them will have to face personal enemies, and a secret will be discovered. Yuan Zhong rescues Jin Tan Yin from a trap. Reunited again, the pair of lovers join forces to defeat their enemies and restore order in the world.

Source: (Baidu /TvMao)

Cecilia Liu plays a heroic Ming female doctor in this and it's based on a real historical character. The acting is good and it's a reverse harem drama

The female lead constantly wants to flirt with the male lead, tough, combative male characters, period drama.

The series has many different aspects. However, it also has many similar scenes.

Another Liu Shi Shi drama that showcases her versatility and talent. For those who may have not seen her other works.

The original hit drama that catapulted Liu Shishi to fame and was a hit throughout Asia. Reverse harem and solid acting by everyone

- In both shows, the dominant female leads elects the male lead to be her child's father.
They just firmly say "give me a child" and that's it, while the male leads disagree at first because they believe love should be involved to constitute a family.
- Female leads are in an urge to marry/have a child due to someone else advice whom already passed away.

Strong ML and and the FL also fakes her death, repeatedly, to return.
Complicated political struggle, and wuxia, many good battles.
Use of poisons to "control" a character.
Romance.

Cecilia Liu plays a flirty and brave free spirited character in this too. She's a wolf girl or an orphan raised by wolves.

~ML are strong, smart and cunning
~FL are strong, smart, cunning and calculative
~Both ML are YOUNG LORD and FL is their enemy