Love Next Door

One word CHILDHOOD LOVE!!

Similarities:
-One of the main leads goes to The United States for a while.
- Both ML are in their 30s and have successful careers.
- Both FL are in a "slump" and are struggling to succeed.
- After not seeing each other for a long time, they return fully, always budding heads.
- Both ML had a tough childhood with bullies but the FL came to the rescue.
- Both FL overreact to almost everything.

Differences:
-In Oh Youngsim the ML had already confessed his feelings towards the FL while they were young.
- In Oh Youngsim they are both heavily involved in one another work.
-The main lead reason for coming to Korea is different.
- Both have family relationships, but Love Next Door takes it up a notch.

A better version of childhood friends to lovers trope. - their parents were friends.
-grew up living together.

Follwing are the main similarities b/w these 2:

1. Same main actress – Both dramas have Jung So-min as the lead actress.

2. Romantic comedy style – Both are light, funny love stories with emotional and heartwarming moments.

3. Past heartbreak – In both, the main girl has faced a breakup or tough relationship before.

4. New beginnings – The main characters start over and try to rebuild their lives and love.

5. Family and friends matter – Both stories show how family ties, neighbors, and close friends affect their relationships.

the time capsule, he having a secret crush since high school, him having an injure and not being able to swim again, meting each other after a long time, both losers, neighbours, both male leads missing swimming

In both dramas, the FL is dealing with relationship issues (TBT still in a toxic relationship, while LND deals with the aftermath of breaking an engagement and other issues). Both MLs are such green forests. Both dramas are ultimately healing, comforting and sweet.

In both dramas main leads were friends in their childhood and meet again as adults when female lead is struggling in life.

Both are modern romance korean dramas. Both dramas also have same premise as two childhood friends/lovers reunited when they become adults.

Main leads know each other since their childhood and male lead helps female lead when she is struggling after growing up.

"Love Next Door" and "Fight for My Way" share a strong resemblance as both are cute romcoms featuring long-term friends who bicker, support each other through life's struggles, and gradually develop romantic feelings. The main characters in both dramas live close to each other and have a tight-knit bond with each other's families, adding depth to their evolving relationship. The natural progression from friendship to love, filled with sweet and relatable moments, makes both dramas heartwarming and engaging for viewers.

- both were childhood/high school friends to adults
- both known each other for many years
- both went from friends to lovers
- got that similar kinda vibe, friendship, youth, romance type shi

It's the same director-writer duo and handles with the female lead taking a turn in her career. Both of them are perfectionist too, while the male leads are more laid back, though they have their struggles. Both of the dramas center around a neighborhood.

similar slice-of-life theme. emotional rollercoaster, although less than WLGYT but more romance filled!

it seems like a classic romance withalso the bond of mother and and child. And it is similar to neighbour relation.

Both dramas are similar because of the female leads first love and by the some situations their first love is not workout anymore and their relationship where over.

What is both drama main focus? Yess, friends to lovers

What they both have in common is that they tell the story of a female lead who is a hardworking woman that faces difficulties in her love life (but in LND the female lead quit her job at the beginning of the story), and a male lead who secretly likes her and is always there to accompany her.
Also, both female leads have more cheerful and passionate personalities while the male leads are more calm and stable.

The differences are, LND is more comedic ones and IDLYY is more melodramatic, although there is comedy tags in genre categories.