There are similarities between the two. The dynamic is identical:
- Female Lead: Beautiful on the outside, but hides a chaotic/uncontrollable "alter-ego."
- Male Lead: The calm guy forced to become her "handler" and clean up her messes.
- Him learning to translate her specific brand of chaos into love.
- Female Lead: Beautiful on the outside, but hides a chaotic/uncontrollable "alter-ego."
- Male Lead: The calm guy forced to become her "handler" and clean up her messes.
- Him learning to translate her specific brand of chaos into love.
SIMTAF is an enemies-to-lovers show, and CTLBT is not. But there are lots of similarities.
- In SIMTAF the ML is an idol,; in CTBLT, FL is an actress. They are both in the entertainment industry.
- FL in SIMTAF is an aspiring journalist and in CTLBT ML is a polyglot. They are more like common people.
-FL in CTLBT and ML in SIMTAF are looking for their fathers.
-The biggest similarity is, they fall in love while shooting for a “dating” show.
- Both the MLs have unrequited first love who are the SFLs in both the shows.
- in both the shows, those love interests are in unhappy relationships. Though in CTLBT, it’s not toxic like in SIMTAF. Plus the SFL in CTLBT is not a doormat like the other SFL.
- In SIMTAF the ML is an idol,; in CTBLT, FL is an actress. They are both in the entertainment industry.
- FL in SIMTAF is an aspiring journalist and in CTLBT ML is a polyglot. They are more like common people.
-FL in CTLBT and ML in SIMTAF are looking for their fathers.
-The biggest similarity is, they fall in love while shooting for a “dating” show.
- Both the MLs have unrequited first love who are the SFLs in both the shows.
- in both the shows, those love interests are in unhappy relationships. Though in CTLBT, it’s not toxic like in SIMTAF. Plus the SFL in CTLBT is not a doormat like the other SFL.
I feel like Bo Ra Deborah is very similar to Can This Love Be Translated in the sense that both leads work in fields that you wouldn't think would work together initially but then you end up seeing their work fields mesh as they fall in love as well. Theyre both very cute shows and the humor is definitely on par with one another!
Ritsu was abandoned by his mother Reiko when he was little, so now he belongs in the lower social strata. One day, Ritsu gets involved in a case and his head is severely injured, so he can die at anytime. Convinced she abandoned him due to poverty, Ritsu attempts to find his mother and be good to her before his death. But when he learns that she is leading a happy life instead, with her pianist son Satoru, he decides to take revenge on his mother. Ritsu then meets Rinka, a girl whom he happened to help in the past, and discovers she is Satoru’s childhood friend
Cha Eun Tae was happily married to Mai until an accident took her away from him. After the passing of his wife, Eun Tae is so shocked that he loses his memory. Numb and lost, he decides to embark on a final trip before following his wife. He finds a photo at home and tries to identify where and how it was taken. During his journey, he meets a mysterious high school girl who might lead him to a side of Mai he had never known existed.
Hanamura Aiko is a skilled lawyer who specializes in divorce cases. She is a warm-hearted person who sympathizes with clients who are suffering from marital problems, but she grew up seeing her parents' discord, and has lost faith in romance and love. She dotes on her recently adopted dog, Sakura, and is enjoying her single life.
Shirosaki Kai is the director of a 24-hour animal hospital who deals with life every day. He is loved by staff and patients for his good looks and skills, but he doesn't talk much about himself and keeps people away from him. A year ago, he rescued a stray dog ??that was brought to the hospital and named it "Shogun". One day, while walking Shogun, Kai meets Aiko with Sakura. At that time, the two dogs fell in love at first sight, and the destinies of the two began to change.
Woo So Ha is a friendly young man from Korea who is popular wherever he goes. Woo So Ha has come to Japan with a mission and tries to get closer to Kai, and by chance, he also meets Aiko.
Shirosaki Kai is the director of a 24-hour animal hospital who deals with life every day. He is loved by staff and patients for his good looks and skills, but he doesn't talk much about himself and keeps people away from him. A year ago, he rescued a stray dog ??that was brought to the hospital and named it "Shogun". One day, while walking Shogun, Kai meets Aiko with Sakura. At that time, the two dogs fell in love at first sight, and the destinies of the two began to change.
Woo So Ha is a friendly young man from Korea who is popular wherever he goes. Woo So Ha has come to Japan with a mission and tries to get closer to Kai, and by chance, he also meets Aiko.
both are romances with a dark twist. CTLBT is quirky with gothic elements while The Trunk is a full on romance thriller. both couples must deal with past traumas in order to be together. both couples have previous partners/loves that they must deal with because it interferes with their current lives. the house is a character in both, more so in CTLBT.
both are Hong sisters dramas
both have a rich, fashionable and eccentric female lead
both female leads have dark pasts and male lead helps them deal with it
both male leads have to look past the walls the FLs put up to run from love
both have fantastical elements in visual story telling but CTLBT is not a fantasy
both have a rich, fashionable and eccentric female lead
both female leads have dark pasts and male lead helps them deal with it
both male leads have to look past the walls the FLs put up to run from love
both have fantastical elements in visual story telling but CTLBT is not a fantasy
After a devastating failure as a spatial designer in South Korea, Lee Yu Bin retreats to a remote Japanese island to start over. There, he meets Shirahama Karin, a strawberry farmer living with a mysterious illness. Though they come from different countries and lead completely opposite lives, their chance encounter blossoms into a heartfelt cross-border love story that changes them both.
Hase Taiga who has been working part-time at the small restaurant "Tanomi" for three years, was once a promising young man as the ace of the university's relay team, but his past was ruined by poor performance. Although he doesn't have any particular dreams at the moment, he is beginning to feel a sense of fulfilment in his work, such as being entrusted by the owner with coming up with new menu items. Meanwhile, Park Rin, from South Korea, a graduate student studying animation is busy working on her assignments. Just when she feels relieved after somehow managing to submit her assignment just before the deadline, she receives a notice to move out of her student dormitory... However, for a foreigner, finding housing in Japan is not an easy task, and she is exhausted both physically and mentally... Then the two have a chance encounter at Tanomi. Rin is moved by the onigiri Taiga serves her, and her hunger and tiredness are gradually satisfied. Taiga is captivated by Rin's smile as she eats them deliciously. And the moment their eyes meet, an irresistible thrill flows between them.
Japan and Korea's biggest names star in this big-scale drama. Nishijima Sho is a Japanese detective whose father was murdered in Korea when he was still a boy. In hopes of discovering the truth behind his father's death, Sho is working undercover in a huge secret organization. Choi Yuna is a Korean woman who visits Japan in search of her missing father. She opens a Korean restaurant with her younger sister, but soon faces the mercy of fate. The couple meets in a corner of Tokyo and falls in love. But what waits ahead of them. A "rondo" of fate, love, and history is about to begin.
