Connection (2024)

Similarities:
- revolving (mostly) around one person’s death
- multiple suspects who are connected to one another
- the past, mainly high school days, playing a significant role in some parts
- plots of revenge, betrayal and jealousy

Dissimilarities:
- one (mostly) revolves around drug addictions, while the other does not
- the overall atmosphere and vibe didn’t necessarily feel the same to me

- Awkward loner and hot-tempered MLs
- Both MLs work in the police force (detective in Connection, bailiff (cop) in RT)
- Interesting and compelling thrillers with a very solid story
- Investigating the death of a friend
- Big on themes of friendships and how they can turn sour
- Dark and gritty
- Plot twists galore
- Investigation and suspense
- Themes of corruption and greed
- Arson
- More local setting (not in the capital)
- Similar motives for the villains
- Past and present narrative

Differences: Obviously the setting. Ripe Town is a historical drama while Connection is contemporary

- Similar situations where the ML is forced to become involved in a case by awful means
- Supportive and strong FLs that always stand by the ML (romantic in BM, platonic in Connection)
- Antagonist friend group that are super supportive of each other but also one breath away from killing each other (the dynamics and even characters are *very* similar)
- Both are very thrilling and engaging, keeping you hooked
- Corruption and greed
- Lots and lots of whump
- Both have very good and memorable OSTs

Main differences is that BG has a zero to her journey for the ML and mostly takes place in a prison while Connection does not and is more focused on drugs.

Both has Anti-hero ML in searching for anwes while trying to survive, gun&gangster violence, fast paced plot&action, covering crimes, thin line between god&bad cop

Both seem to be gritty, almost noiresque stories of police lives. Leads are established and amazing actors, there is a thread of tension throughout each episode (Connection is just beginning but I think it'll be keeping up the pressure).

Both dramas are focused on solving a series of mysteries that connect to each other
Both have one evil mastermind behind all the mysterious events that the protagonists are trying to catch
ML and FL in Memorist are both in the police division while FL in Connection is a journalist

Both ML's have an important/special plot kinda thing (a thing that makes them special/different)

Memorist focuses solely on catching the bad guy while Connection has a few side plots

Both are amazing dramas and have almost the same vibe
Connection isn't over yet, but it gave the same vibe as Memorist, the way they solve the crime

Both the dramas have same kind of suspense reveal.
In both dramas, incident happens around a group of high school friends in the past which gets solved in the present.

You suspect everyone till the end. All of them are suspicious and hiding something. You can only trust the two main leads ie. In connection there is ML and FL while in black out it is two MLs. ML in connection is Jisung afterall so i dont think I have to explain the level of acting.

Both have an element of suspense and mystery
Both have a bad guy who's not revealed till the end
Connection is more of police investigation while in 365:Repeat the Year, the protagonists themselves try to find the bad guy
Connection hasn't ended yet but it keeps you on your feet on every ep. , the same for 365, its plot twits were unexpected

Both are well written dramas for crime and suspense fans

Both dramas have protagonists who may not look very upright
Both are police investigation type dramas
While Beyond evil focuses on many criminal cases, Connection focuses on cases which are connected to each other
Both have plot twists which keep you at the edge of your seat!

- ML is drugged by unknown forces early on and this affects him throughout the entire story
- Strong FL that actually holds importance in the story
- Quiet, cold, and reserved ML
- Themes of friendship, comradery, and betrayal
- Well-crafted and interesting plots with high thrill (TV has a bit more action)

Main difference is that Connection is an investigation thriller about old friends while The Veil is more of a country-wide conspiracy.

In stranger we have an upright prosecutor ML who is emotionless due to a condition and a police officer FL who is strong and independent. While in connection there is an upright police officer ML who is struggling with drug issues and a reporter FL who is bold. There is no cringey romance in both but the level of understanding between the leads is amazing. The vibe of both dramas are similar and you keep asking who might be the culprit throughout the story.

A suspenseful love story in which the fate of several young people with different backgrounds and charms are entangled in two unpredictable twists and turns. Yan Jin, a businessman and former anti-narcotics policeman, decides to investigate a drug-trafficking case that caused the death of his close friend. He infiltrates into the organization as an undercover cop and gets to know Ji Xiao Ou. This causes Zhan Yu, who has a one-sided crush on her, to be jealous. However, Zhan Yu was murdered and Yan Jin becomes the primary suspect. With Ji Xiao Ou's help, Yan Jin sets out to clear his name and to investigate the murder of his close friend.

Connection (2024) and Awaken (2020):

- Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Crime
- Both feature fearless detective MLs
- Both started with a murder cases

Awaken follows a detective solving mysterious murders linked to a secret experiment from years ago, blending crime with a supernatural twist. Connection is a gritty psychological thriller where a detective, while investigating a drug-related murder, unwillingly becomes addicted and uncovers a conspiracy tied to his past.

- crime/ killing
- past highschool story which reveals connections every episode
- revenge
But
- no drugs

Both dramas features a who dunnit plot with a school element mixed into it.

While Law School is more ensemble cast than Connection which focuses more on the ML, they are similar in which main casts are well written well with depths and portrayed by great acting.