The Double (2024)

If you like to just chill but also want see the normal smart female lead and revenge trope these are for you! Although the romance between the main leads is quite slow-paced, it will for sure makes you feel giddy inside. The chemistry and the acting of the actors ad actresses are superb ??

THIS DRAMA IS ALSO WITH FEMALE LEAD GETTING REVENGE
BOTH DRAMA IS TAGGED WITH STRONG FEMALE LEAD
BOTH ARE FEMALE CENTERED PLOT

Minglan is also a story about how hard was the life of women. Minglan, tho, have a more realistic approach and show more of each woman.
Minglan, similar to the fl of The Double, was set to marry a coward man but later found a brave, passionate and powerful man to be her partner in life.

The following statements are true for both dramas:
The drama highlights the plight of women in their respective societies.
The FL is strong and independent and was betrayed by her partner, seeking justice.
There is a high ranking military office who quietly supports the FL.
The romance is very strong but the interactions with the FL and ML are limited, more focused on the struggle of women.
FL using the influence of the ML during her struggles.
The FL's ex is not a nice person who seemingly would do anything to get ahead.

If you want a really great revenge story for a second chance life, check out Rise from the Ashes!!! It has a clever plot much better than The Double, and while a miniseries of 10-minute episodes it is done in a superb way with brilliant script, really good characters as written and acted and the heroine there is a thorough kick ass!

Blossom:
Rebirth - Revenge drama where FL was cheated on and murdered by previous husband, smart FL dealing with a messy family drama.
General ML with a powerful, deadly aura, grudge with royal family, grudge with his father. A desire to avenge his uncle's defamation and death (like Xiao Heng's desire to avenge his father's death).
Gothic aesthetics.

Revenge themed, same director, same screenwriter, same costume designer, same studio produced, hence lots of same actors. Excellent drama, great music and acting.

Equally powerful main leads..less revengeful than the double but very much worth it in the way the leads are so in harmony and compatible to each other

Both dramas have strong and mistreated female lead and cold and intelligent male lead. In Love like the galaxy, the female lead was also abandoned by her family and never received love her entire life. In Double, the female lead has borrowed the identity of Jiang Li who has been also abandoned for a decade. All of the character have strong sense of justice and will do everything to seek justice for those who got wronged.

Gothic vibes, fl back with different identity to punish who wronged her, strong ml...rich backstory and guest appearance, slow burn...

- both FL have double identity
- both FL take on identity of their saviour
- both FL seek revenge
- both FL were wealthy and had high status, then lost everything

Revenge to similar villian characters, the grand princess. Even tho The Double didnt have "reincarnation"/"rebirth" plot, but it has second life time chance

The ML is similar, FL is smart and the mystery is intriguing and keep everyone hooked like The double

BOTH SOKP AND THE DOUBLE FALLS IN THE REDO LIFE GENRE

BOTH FLS ARE MORALLY GREY
BOTH FLS ARE GOOD IN SCHEMING
BOTH FLS ARE ELOQUENT AND CLEVER
BOTH MLS HAVE A DARK PAST
BOTH MLS PARENTS WERE LOST IN SOME HIDDEN POLITICAL SCHEMING
BOTH MLS KEEPS TABS ON THEIR FLS EACH MOVES FROM BEHIND THE SCENES
BOTH MLS HAVE ROUGH, AMUSING, RUTHLESS PERSONALITY.
BOTH SERIES HAVE YOUNG EMPERORS.
BOTH SERIES have good amount of political scheming going around.
If you all loved SOKP you will definitely enjoy The double

If you like sweet sweet revenge, but the manner in how it's done is calculated, crafty, smart, etc. etc., then Nirvana in Fire is a great option! The romance factor is not as prominent in Nirvana in Fire, as it's main focus is really on the politics and revenge.