casualhero

In both dramas the ML and FL start off as prince/princess/king from different factions at that hate each other. ML and FL working together to bring peace between the factions.

Smart female lead,
Strong male lead,
Han Dynasty Setting,
similar plot points,
Liu Yuning is in both dramas as Male lead / second male lead.

both are
second chance drama
dark and mature theme
about the traumatized King (Li Xun, Wen Yifan) and the knight (Zhu Yun, Sang Yan)

In addition, in both dramas the chemistry between the leads has this yearning, tension, fear, and angst. The knight character with what I can only describe as selfless heroic loyalty protects and melts the trauma from the king.

Remembrance of Things Past is also about close friendship between the 3 female leads and their struggles with love, work, and daily life. If you enjoy good acting, good story telling, good pacing then you will also love Remembrance of Things Past.

Let's party is the. variety show for the girl group formed from Youth with You 3. Some trainees from youth with you 3 who are not the final 9 also make appearances.

They are competing shows. both are survival shows to form a girl group from 100+ trainees at the beginning. The shows follow the same formula. There's the 1st stage, 1st elimination, 2nd stage, 2nd elimination, 3rd stage, collab stage, 3rd elimination, and final performance and final elimination. each of the eliminations will eliminate around half of the trainees and are decided by public votes. What makes the shows even more similar is the shows overlap in their broadcast dates.

In both dramas, the main characters are seat mates in high school. Both dramas are about a clumsy female lead and a smart male lead and their coming of age story. The male lead would tutor the female lead and they become best friends first. Although it is clear they both have feelings for each other, they are too shy to confess their feelings.