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Both dramas involve an FL who was the “ugly duckling” in school and was bullied. FL in Beauty Reborn becomes a cosmetics scientist and gets hired at a struggling cosmetics company. FL in Twin Gambit becomes a fashion designer and gets hired as the creative director at a struggling fashion brand. They use their talent to create new products to revive the companies. In both dramas, they realize they know the ML from childhood. The FLs are funny and have endearing personalities. The ML is their CEO in both dramas.
Both dramas are comedic mystery thrillers with an endearing cast of ordinary neighborhood folks who team up to fight crime and solve cases. You’ll laugh yourself to tears because of hilarious dialogue and situations, but then cry tears of emotion during touching moments or times of sorrow, and then be back laughing hysterically again! Both lead characters have childhood trauma due to being victims of a crime and witnessing a loved one being harmed by an assailant. You’ll watch them face that trauma and fight for others.
Both dramas are romances centered around the love of fashion and experiencing personal transformation. The MLs in both dramas are fashion design students with a keen eye for style. Each drama also has lead characters who possess duality. In Cinderella’s Closet, Hikaru is a gender fluid male who often wears women’s clothing and is gifted at hair and makeup. People who know him don’t recognize him when he dresses the opposite of what they normally see him as. In Punks Triangle, Ai is a handsome supermodel known for his punk style, but off-hours he’s a casual and clumsy fashion design student who no one recognizes due to his short wig and bucket hat. In these dramas, you’ll witness how much a wig supposedly changes an entire person’s face so much that no knows it’s them!
Both main characters dreamed of working in a specific publishing department but wound up being placed in departments they had no interest in. Watch as they navigate their assigned roles and see whether they find their passion or fizzle out!
Both movies feature unsettling, sadistic killers who enjoy the thrill of a hunt and a strong female lead who won’t give up. Midnight has adrenaline-pumping chase scenes and breathtaking suspense. If you liked Missing You or wanted more thrills and chills, Midnight is for you!
Both have CEO FLs with a tough past who fall in love with their subordinates. Both MLs are gentle, kind, and patient and move at FL's pace. They're competent employees and loyal and protective of the women they love. Encounter is more melodramatic and has an age gap romance, but gives that same mature love vibe.
The MLs in both dramas are diligent (and funny) students and skilled fighters with hopes of academic success but have fallen short in the past. Both dramas are full of comedy and action and center on the themes of school life, studying, and taking down bullies. High School Return of a Gangster, however; has a supernatural element. ML is a middle-aged gangster who's soul inhabits the body of a deceased student.
FL and ML don't work together, but they attend the same adult violin class at a local community center. Obviously, they get off on the wrong foot. ML is younger and tsundere and FL is a jilted, former office lady looking for a reset. They butt heads, and it's fun watching their relationship develop as they face their own personal challenges and try to understand each other.
It's a cute and fun rom-com. The ML and FL work together, but this time as an idol and his group's manager. FL is older than ML and they get off to an icy start as idol and manager. ML is tundere, similar to the ML in Aoshima-Kun wa Ijiwaru. The romantic tension also feels similar.
Both have strong female leads who fight for justice against juvenile delinquents. Juvenile Justice has a more serious tone and focuses on the justice system, whereas Brave Citizen has a few light moments and centers on doing street justice as an alternative to the corrupted school system.
