Arclei

- Green tea MLs pretending to be weak noblemen
- MLs are actually the leaders of an elite assassin organization
- General FLs (in JZRM she's also a princess)
- FL forces ML to marry into her family (matrilocal marriage)
- Gentlewoman and protective FLs
- Dom FL x Sub ML
- LOTS of role reversal!!!!!!
- Similarly quirky subordinates for both leads

JZRM is honestly a more serious and angsty MLG. Highly recommend both for their thorough role reversal portrayals!

- Royal ML (princes in both but in DQ he becomes the emperor)
- Both MLs are bratty and clingy (and kinda unhinged)
- Fearless and badass FLs that can kick ass (general in DQ, assassin in DLX)
- Kingmaker FL
- MLs that are eagerly submissive for the FLs
- FL is ML's mentor
- Strong ML x Stronger FL
- Cold FL x Warm ML
- "Us against the world" dynamic for the leads
- Revenge and fight for the throne

- FL is a cruel tyrant princess royal
- FL snatches ML and tortures him
- FL is being controlled by a possessive villain who is infatuated with her
- Enemies to Lovers
- Gender Role Reversal themes

- FL is an infamous cruel tyrant royal (empress in WUtF, princess royal in LBtM)
- ML hides his identity to kill her
- Royal FL x Consort ML
- Gender Role Reversal themes

Yue Bang Jiu Xiao is what The Princess Decree *should've* been. So it's similar but better executed

- Royal FL seizing political power
- Red flag FL that's obsessive, possessive, and cruel
- FL chases ML first
- ML is a righteous hypocrite who tries to dodge her advances
- FL ranks higher than ML
- Dom FL X Sub ML
- Gender Role Reversal
- Palace politics

- Revenge
- Angst
- Both MLs are royals in an unfavorable position (unfavored prince in DLX, puppet emperor in ItNoL)
- Both FLs are palace maids
- Ruthless and badass FLs that are also smart and cunning
- Weaker but devoted MLs (ML in ItNoL can't fight at all)
- "Us against the world" romance
- Gender Role Reversal in both (more in DLX)

- Gender Role Reversal
- Dominant woman x submissive man
- Both deal with self-discovery and self-acceptance

Both plots sound VERY similar, with FL being a common girl unskilled in literary or arts that suddenly finds herself as the most talented woman and ends up getting help from and falling in love with the most talented man.

- Buddy-cop investigation dramas (M/M in SToTD, M/F in U:J, though both have romantic subtext)
- One MC is reckless and quirky, while the other is rigid and upright.
- One of the leads is a palace guard tasked with investigating murders.
- Interesting detective cases with unique set-ups and plot twists
- Episodic style cases (all interconnecting in U:J, mostly stand-alones in SToTD)
- Tang dynasty detective dramas
- Similar production-quality and style

- Both ML and FL transmigrate together
- FL becomes a royal (princess of a matriarchy in AHL and empress regent in BXNDCFCDL)
- ML becomes her consort
- FL has various suitors/consorts
- Leads have bad blood, so they're constantly bickering
- FL takes the opportunity to vent her frustrations on ML
- Cute and quirky FL x Tired and catty ML

- Transmigration (VR world in AHL, alternate universe in TELs3)
- Matriarchy setting
- Princess FL
- Quirky, assertive, and flirty FL.
- Cold and somewhat mean ML that dislikes her
- FL marries multiple men as her husbands (two in both)
- FL has a badass female bodyguard
- Gender role reversal themes

- Fictional world travel (VR in AHL, Book in TRoTaR)
- Matriarchy setting
- FL is a princess
- Both FLs are similar in the sense that they're quirky, witty, and cute (AHL's FL is more assertive and stronger than the FL in TRoTaR) (Both actresses also look similar, lol)
- FL abducts a man who was betrothed to someone else to marry him instead (ML in TRoTaR, SML in AHL)
- Both FLs are notorious playgirls (previous character in TRoTaR, actual character in AHL)
- ML hates FL and tries to kill her (mutual dislike in AHL, one-sided dislike in TRoTaR)
- Male courtesan supporting character
- Gender role reversal themes (more in AHL)