There’s a soul swap and tidbits of time travel in Mr. Queen; a modern male’s soul wakes up in a female body where he has to get used to her life as a soon to be queen while uncovering secrets from her past. Whereas in My Girlfriend Is the Man the girl turns into a guy while still having to live her normal life, with a boyfriend and all. Regardless, I’d say that both both dramas dabble in similar theme ; would you still like your lover if they one day turned into someone/something else and does gender really matter over their personality/soul? I wouldn’t say either of these tackle the questions they pose in any grandiose way, so don’t expect anything thought provoking, but it’s still a fun exploration of the theme with quite a few comical moments.
Troubled teens. A passionate teacher who wants to help them. Mafia/organized crime subplot. Gokusen is more gimmicky. Both are based on a webtoon/manga.
Here’s an older kdrama that I kept thinking about while watching Forecasting L&W. There’s even a similar scene, with all the guys being squeezed in on one couch in FL’s apartment - which of course, her mother walks in on.
Both are about career oriented FLs that start secretly dating a younger guy, who of course doesn’t fall into the norm and is little bit of a genius at what he does, he’s stubborn/prideful and as much as he loves the FL he doesn’t want to get married. So, will they or won’t they stay together in the end??
Both dramas manage to smoothly weave in stories about the other characters working at the office in a meaningful (but sort of preachy) way.
Both are about career oriented FLs that start secretly dating a younger guy, who of course doesn’t fall into the norm and is little bit of a genius at what he does, he’s stubborn/prideful and as much as he loves the FL he doesn’t want to get married. So, will they or won’t they stay together in the end??
Both dramas manage to smoothly weave in stories about the other characters working at the office in a meaningful (but sort of preachy) way.
Both dramas are about an augmented-reality game; while the ML in Love for Love’s Sake gets transported straight into the game and has to live by its rules, the game on the other hand bleeds into the reality of the ML in Memories of the Alhambra and things that occur in the game start to get real consequences. Both has romance.
Cute guys making delicious cakes, with some mystery and trauma hidden beneath.
The Korean movie is based on a BL manga, there’s also a Japanese version.
The Korean movie is based on a BL manga, there’s also a Japanese version.
Two angsty coming of age stories about teens/young adults, where they allow the silence speak for itself in certain scenes. The Eight Sense is a BL. Blue Spring is a bit darker with more violence, no romance.
Both shows are fantasy romances about a grim reaper coming into the life of a normal human and the struggles that the both of them face together. Please note that “dear doctor, I’m coming for soul” is a BL and has a lighter plot than “black”.
Both dramas wheedle out corrupt people in a live sent tv-show. The backdrop of each drama is different but the driving force is pretty much the same; a person taking the law into their hands to punish the “rotten” people in a public trial.
One of the male leads in Blueming has a similar vibe about him as the male lead in Cheese in the trap, both are portrayed as being perfect and untouchable but also manipulative. Both shows are based on webtoons.
Another male gumiho but with a little more darker backdrop and more fantasy elements in the tale of the nine-tailed.
A fantasy being gets bound to the human lead by a contract that needs to be completed within a certain timespan for the angel/gumiho to keep their own existence. But falling in love makes them to choose between their human love or their own being.
About deities and other creature amongst us, a Korean Odessey is heavy on the fantasy side while Angel’s last mission is heavy on the romance.
