Speed and Love

Esther Yu played the role of a beauty blogger and a proffesor with a PHD in Ornithology and met again her high school crush after years who was a Botany Proffesor

Speed and Love is similar to Shine On Me because both dramas focus on young people chasing their dreams while slowly discovering love along the way. In both stories, romance doesn’t overpower the plot at first; instead, it grows naturally as the characters spend time together, face challenges, and learn to understand each other. The emotional connection is built through shared struggles, encouragement, and quiet support rather than instant attraction. Just like Shine On Me, Speed and Love blends romance with personal growth, showing how ambition, pressure, and life choices affect relationships. There is also a strong sense of passion and determination in both dramas, where love becomes a source of strength rather than a distraction. Overall, both series give off an inspiring yet emotional vibe, making the romance feel motivating, heartfelt, and deeply connected to the characters’ journeys.

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It is an experiential food variety show run by youth partners, which will bring together eight major cuisines in the chef world this season to create a complex business model of one restaurant and three branches. It will invite locals, returnees and other diverse guest lineups and job positions to stimulate character relationships. Collide with fresh power and continue to tell the story of Chinese food.

This season, the program team is going to France. They chose the beautiful small town of Giverny, where Monet's Garden is located! It's a place with all kinds of beautiful and colorful flowers.

They are not actually real siblings. Eventually there will be a change of relationship. Similar in terms of how main characters’ relationship.

Both leads grow up as semi-adopted siblings after FL's father/parents feel they owe a debt to raise/provide for the ML. Both FLs are younger and somewhat childish, MLs are older than her and serious. Both MLs have or end up having a major leg injury due to a car accident which causes them to feel they can't be with the FL despite loving her.

Both leads grow up as semi adopted siblings. The FLs are younger and high spirited, MLs are older and troubled. Both dramas have several year separations between the leads in which FL becomes more mature and ML endures emotional and/or physical trauma before the two reunite.

When their parents divorced at the age of 9, Jiang Mu and Jin Zhao's lives entered a completely different double track from then on. She was in the south and he was in the north. Jiang Mu worked hard for schoolwork,…

So called siblings to lovers trope. They lived together as siblings (not related by blood) when they were young, then got separated and reunited again as adults.

When five college students share a house, they also share their experiences with life and love. Han Yi Tong, Ni Jin, Chen Chen Chen, Lin Xiao Chun, and Zhang Sheng Nan are roommates who share a house while attending the same university. Can they support each other through the many challenges they face?

According to legend, Dongfang Qing Cang of the Moon Tribe became an emotionless monster to gain immense power, killing his father, seizing the title of Moon Supreme, and leading 100,000 Moon Tribe soldiers on a path…

According to legend, Dongfang Qing Cang of the Moon Tribe became an emotionless monster to gain immense power, killing his father, seizing the title of Moon Supreme, and leading 100,000 Moon Tribe soldiers on a path…

It gives out a similar vibe to me; while I was watching Speed and Love, it constantly reminded me of Our Generation.
Similarity:
- ML was smart: he was in the math olympiad and was the school champion but then dropped out from school because of challenges in life.
- The ML & FL both knew each other from childhood.
- The sunshine & midnight rain vibe

Difference:
- The genres: Our Gen is more about youth, but Speed and Love is far from being a youth drama.
- SAL got more spicy tension than OG.
- OG focused a lot on friendship when SAL is purely romance.

The romance and car racing elements are still there, but otherwise they remain different dramas.

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I found similarities between the lead characters of MY LUCKY STAR and SPEED AND LOVE in their protective, mysterious, and rebellious yet incredibly kind demeanor.

It's not exactly a 100% identical universe, but since Speed ??and Love is filmed in Thailand and the lead of My Lucky Star drives beautiful race cars because he's a driver, we can find similar landscapes and a similar vibe.