ShortCircuit

Same director. Same sense of humour. Some of the same cast (not the leads though). At least part of the decor and styling is the same (the historical setting).

Both dramas involve soul/body swapping and adjusting to new circumstances for one of the lead characters.

Both dramas involve a dragon who couldn't ascend so they became Imoogi. Other supernatural creatures of the Korean folklore also appear and have a part to play in the story.

Both dramas also involve a love story that dates way back (ML is an immortal/very much older than the FL in both cases).

It's basically the same story. The movie condenses as much of it as it can, the drama is starting the journey (two more parts/seasons planned IIRC).

Both are based on the classic drama / novel, so for who watched the older versions there won't be many surprises.

For me, TBH, though the story is very short-summarised, the movie comes ahead with amazing cinematography and good special effects (you can tell they're CGI, but that's the usual trend for cinema.)

Supernatural plot / plot driver. Good actors. Promising start for Leap Day. Guaranteed a good series - especially the second half - from Peaceful Property.

Note that Leap Day doesn't seem to include BL, Peaceful Property, while stopping just shy of actual BL, did include a lot of pretty explicit innuendos.

Similar opening episode - a mystery and a curse/supernatural plot device/driver. Good cast. Interesting hook.

A main difference though: Leap Day isn't a BL (or it doesn't look to be, from episode 1). So don't expect any (maybe bromance).

Family is one of the most important things in both dramas. In Be Reborn it's about a father and son, in The Embers, it's about brotherhood. Both are mystery/thrillers, great acting too. Both involve (slight) police bromance. Good OSTs, too!

Both are highly recommended.

To be honest, I am not really sure why both dramas seem to give similar vibes. One deals with a genius artist joining the police (and has strong bromance), the other deals with someone who doesn't even like most of the police (and there definitely is no actual bromance). UtS spends a lot of time on separate cases, while TE seems to concentrate on a long-running over-arching plot.

And yet, there's just something really similar in the atmosphere they both project - like a dream state where things are what they seem to be but at the same time, very much different. If you've watched UtS (and watching TE), you might "get" what I mean.

Also, both have good soundtracks. At least that's an obvious common thing.

ETA Ah, there it is, the thing that made me feel there's a similarity (eventual reveal in ep 9). Both of these dramas aren't afraid to touch on VERY sensitive topics for mainland audiences. UtS did it more openly, but the police were capable there and no corruption in sight. TE decided to make it darker and not hide the rot under the pretty surface.

Both dramas deal with bullying in school, both MLs are great fighters (in their own way). Awesome fighting scenes :)

(Going on only the first ep. of SG, will update if needed :) )

Both dramas involve lots of xuanhuan, both include tons of comedy, there are some more serious issues, the fighting is great, there's some wuxia in each. Both involve a larger main cast and are not just about the main character (though there is a main character).

Good watches for a not-so-serious mood (with promises of more, anyway).

Writers of scripts/novels end up in their own works by accident and have to get inventive in order to find a way out. Their main problem is how they wrote the ML (who is pretty set in because they were written that way) and that the main scenes of the plot have to happen in order for the story to advance.

Both are hilarious and actually very entertaining.

Full-on adrenaline rush. Non-stop action, good (or maybe not so good) guys against bad (definitely bad) guys. Both really entertaining.

They're both dramas involving drawing (and generally, art), though the stories go much beyond that. UtS is very much set into strong bromance (though one can always imagine more), BCYD seems more honest about it.

But if you're interested in a ML who CAN draw (impossible drawings, in UtS), these dramas both have something to offer (and some BL to the side, even if censored or pretend non-existent in one of them).