While Fragments is very different from L&R (a low budget short drama with an EXTREMELY simple plot) I'd recommend this one SPECIFICALLY if you felt like Xiao Yin Hua's ending was too sad or pitiful.
The same actress is the female lead in Fragments; she plays a similar role in terms of having a double identity, not being human, and being extremely straight-forward about her feelings. But in this one her love is fully requited and she gets her happy ending. Personally I like to think of it as being Xiao Yin Hua's next reincarnation after she dies in Love and Redemption.
The same actress is the female lead in Fragments; she plays a similar role in terms of having a double identity, not being human, and being extremely straight-forward about her feelings. But in this one her love is fully requited and she gets her happy ending. Personally I like to think of it as being Xiao Yin Hua's next reincarnation after she dies in Love and Redemption.
These dramas feel like someone gave two different script writers the same prompt. Different takes on the same concept.
Both dramas are historical and follow a female lead's face and identity being stolen by another woman early on.
Both dramas have a female lead who's original identity is working a less-than-respectable trade and a male lead with a much higher social standing.
Both dramas have the female lead struggling with peoples negative perceptions of her new identity.
Both dramas have a male lead who is able recognize the female lead's real self despite her new face.
Both dramas have background political scheming going on, with our leads essentially being in danger of becoming collateral damage.
For differences, Familiar Stranger is a fast-paced short drama vs In Blossom's slow building long form drama.
In Familiar Stranger, the face stealing leads to the female lead substituting into the second female leads unwanted marriage, vs In Blossom where the second female lead wanted to steal the marriage.
In Familiar Stranger the two leads haven't met recently but are both in love from the start, vs In Blossom where they have reunited recently but only the male lead is in love.
In Familiar Stranger the face swap seems to be some sort of low-magic surgical face replacement but it's just the face and both ladies retain their own bodies, vs In Blossom which seems to be more like some kind of high-magic soul transplant that fully body swaps them.
In Familiar Stranger the female lead is concealing her identity due to a mix of blackmail and a lack of proof, vs In Blossom where the female lead (with reason) is afraid of the male lead.
In Familiar Stranger once the male lead recognizes the female lead he's all-in on staying a couple with her, vs In Blossom where once the male lead recognizes the female lead he spends a fair bit of time trying to do the noble idiot 'I'll stay away from you for your own safety'
Both dramas are historical and follow a female lead's face and identity being stolen by another woman early on.
Both dramas have a female lead who's original identity is working a less-than-respectable trade and a male lead with a much higher social standing.
Both dramas have the female lead struggling with peoples negative perceptions of her new identity.
Both dramas have a male lead who is able recognize the female lead's real self despite her new face.
Both dramas have background political scheming going on, with our leads essentially being in danger of becoming collateral damage.
For differences, Familiar Stranger is a fast-paced short drama vs In Blossom's slow building long form drama.
In Familiar Stranger, the face stealing leads to the female lead substituting into the second female leads unwanted marriage, vs In Blossom where the second female lead wanted to steal the marriage.
In Familiar Stranger the two leads haven't met recently but are both in love from the start, vs In Blossom where they have reunited recently but only the male lead is in love.
In Familiar Stranger the face swap seems to be some sort of low-magic surgical face replacement but it's just the face and both ladies retain their own bodies, vs In Blossom which seems to be more like some kind of high-magic soul transplant that fully body swaps them.
In Familiar Stranger the female lead is concealing her identity due to a mix of blackmail and a lack of proof, vs In Blossom where the female lead (with reason) is afraid of the male lead.
In Familiar Stranger once the male lead recognizes the female lead he's all-in on staying a couple with her, vs In Blossom where once the male lead recognizes the female lead he spends a fair bit of time trying to do the noble idiot 'I'll stay away from you for your own safety'
