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Both Love at First Sight (2025) and Summer Waves and You tell gentle, romance-driven stories that begin with chance encounters in calm, seaside settings and slowly unfold into emotional connections. In Love at First Sight, the story leans into a more mature romance, where two people meet during a transitional phase in their lives and enter a relationship that starts lightly but gradually deepens as they confront personal wounds, responsibilities, and emotional vulnerability. Summer Waves and You, on the other hand, centers more on youthful longing and idealized attraction, following a protagonist who becomes drawn to a neighbor and imagines the possibilities of love amid the warmth of summer. Despite the difference in emotional maturity, both stories emphasize how fleeting moments, proximity, and quiet companionship can spark meaningful relationships, using the seaside atmosphere as a metaphor for healing, hope, and emotional awakening rather than dramatic conflict.

Both of the stories depicts the same kind of vibe. FL went to an island/town to spend a vacation. Met a charming ML who owns an Inn (Love at First Sight)/Tattoo shop (The Crush). ML on both stories have past issues of people leaving them in the town/island, also they have striving careers in the city but chose to stay in the town. Both FL also have issues in their lives/careers pushing them to take a vacation.

Both of these dramas have great cinematography, bgm music and acting. Characters have great chemistry. But I would say, The crush is a lighter version of Love at First Sight

- Young love
- First love
- From Highschool to College to Career life is shown
- set in the 1990s
- bittersweet as well but i think 20th Cg is better.

-Highschool
-Nostalgic feels
- Youth
- Set in 1990s
- Coming of Age
- Time jump (past and present)
- Bittersweet endings ;-;

- First Love
- "unrequited love"
- Guy friend likes the girl lead likes
- Set in highschool
- few bits of romcom
- time jump
- very nostalgic feel of love/romance (oh highschool sweet love?)
- youthful

*bit of a spoiler*

1. Both are highschool dramas
2. Both talked about dreams and friendship
3. Puppy love, fresh and fluffy
4. what i feel was the same in both most especially is the SFL who has a crush on the ML. *spoiler* she doesn't have a good relationship w/ her family, and the ML knows her situation that he must not enclose w/ other ppl, so this results to ML & FL problem.

- both coming of age, light hearted, sweet school drama
-very good chemistry of the leads
-male lead is smart
-there're side couples
-i think they share the same message about youth that you have to chase your dres no matter how many setbacks you face.

-it gives off similar vibes nostalgic and you'll really cry for the characters and sympathize with what they were experiencing.
-the love the FL had for the ML and likewise the ML for the FL.
-bittersweet romance *sigh
- I find the part where HYX still thinks WQS will come back is very similar to WTLOG's FL who still believes the ML(ZY) will comeback
-WTLOG is realistic while SOOD is more of a fantasy.

ps I love them both and they made me cry in every episode?

-They do have CEO MLs who are super cute and handsome.
-The ML's are very supportive with FL
-Light romance and easy to watch
- Business themed, and they actually gave justice to the industries the story was set

-The first part reminded me of I hear you. They are pretending to be a couple and joined a reality show.
- Romance between a CEO and an actress (tho in I hear you FL is a voice Actress)
- They fall in love eventually with each other while pretending

at some way they do have the same feeling.