Rise from the Ashes (2024)

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!

Both are -
1. Chinese mini historical revenge thriller & romance with enjoyable chemistry
2. ML pretends to be a family member of the villain

- Revenge
- Angst
- Leads have an "Us against the world" dynamic
- Strong FL x Strong ML (FL from DLX is a martial artist while in RftA she is not)
- FLs are no damsels in distress and take control of their life, story and revenge.
- Both leads are smart, cunning and manipulative (similars attract)
- Girlboss x Malewife vibes
- Mature romance with both as eager participants
- Sibling rivalry
- Strangers to allies to lovers (two broken people coming together for a common goal and falling in love)
- Absolutely smitten, devoted, supportive and slightly (adorably) jealous MLs
- One lead is unfavored and bullied within their family while the other lost their family

Both FLs fall in love with a man who betrays them and causes their death in a fire. The FLs then find themselves back in time and resolve to change their fate, which leads to them growing close to the kind ML.

- FL is betrayed by her lover, dies, reincarnates, and ends up setting her story right.
- Strong FLs
- FLs become jaded after reincarnating
- Strong MLs
- Strong ML x Strong FL
- Gender Role Reversal themes (more present in FJ)
- Petty and evil SML.

The stories are quite different but I just couldn't help but think of RftA while watching FJ. Main differences are: FJ tis about royalty and takes place in the palace. RftA is mostly revenge focused.

revenge story in both cases but RftA has a FL that managed to be a likable one whereas in The Lady Commander I understood the anger of the FL, but could not find her methods kosher

The plot is quite same in both series FL is back to life from hellish fire. But in revel princess she wakes up in other person's body.
As far as the intensity of emotions is considered Rise from the ashes was better,the FL lead actually turned grey ? and she was more ruthless considering she is back from the death. I missed it in the revel princess plot.

Both FLs are betrayed by the man they love and die tragically, only to find themselves in the past. They become close to the ML, someone they knew only briefly in their original life.