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a fair skinned boy and a tanned guy who writes novels fall in love
not knowing they're both hitmen from rivaling families

both dramas are set in high school and revolve around a poor girl and rich classmates. hana nochi hare is a sequel to hana yori dango and meteor garden 2018 is the remake of the 2001 drama

Hana Yori Dango is the prequel of Hana Nochi Hare. Both stories are set at Eitoku Academy, an elite private school for rich students. Hana Yori Dango has the F4 and Hana Nochi Hare the C5, whose leader idolizes the leader of the F4 Domyoji.

This is the korean version of the manga made in 2009, and is one of the most famous, well-recognized and loved kdrama of all times, with its casting and direction. If one hasn't watched this, he hasn't even seen the essence of kdramas.

It is also an adaptation of the same Boys Over Flowers Saga and I must say that it is my favourite.
The acting is superb and the casting as well as the direction. The modern touch and new innovation has definitely made it worth the watch.

A tragic accident kills 48 people, leaving the survivors and those connected to the event forever changed. Lee Gang Du, once a hopeful soccer player, now struggles with physical and emotional pain while caring for his sister and paying off a debt. Ha Mun Su, a survivor of the accident, is haunted by nightmares. She lives above her mother’s bathhouse and creates architectural models for safety in major building projects. Years later, a construction project at the accident site stirs painful memories for all involved. As they cross paths, they help each other heal and find new hope for the future.

After transmigrating into the body of a burial concubine destined to die, modern graduate Lu Zhen Er refuses to accept her fate. When she discovers that the puppet emperor Xiao Wen Jing is from her hometown, the two become entwined in a dangerous struggle against destiny—one in which he may be the only person who can change, or seal, her future.

Bullied at school because of her plain and dull appearance, Reina stops attending classes. However, a fateful encounter with makeup dramatically changes her life—after starting from zero, learning techniques, and putting in hard work, she undergoes a complete transformation into a goddess who turns heads wherever she goes! She planns to start a perfect new life at her new school! …Or so she thought. By sheer coincidence, her "top secret" is discovered by Kanda Shun—a cool, mysterious classmate with the top grades in their year. In exchange for keeping her secret, he forces her into an unexpected master-servant relationship!? As Reina grows closer to Shun, another classmate, Haruka Igarashi—who shares a certain "past" with Shun—also starts to take an interest in her.

Bullied at school because of her plain and dull appearance, Reina stops attending classes. However, a fateful encounter with makeup dramatically changes her life—after starting from zero, learning techniques, and putting in hard work, she undergoes a complete transformation into a goddess who turns heads wherever she goes! She planns to start a perfect new life at her new school! …Or so she thought. By sheer coincidence, her "top secret" is discovered by Kanda Shun—a cool, mysterious classmate with the top grades in their year. In exchange for keeping her secret, he forces her into an unexpected master-servant relationship!? As Reina grows closer to Shun, another classmate, Haruka Igarashi—who shares a certain "past" with Shun—also starts to take an interest in her.

Kinda similar
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Cases of deaths
Both FLs are coroner
Strong FLs who go against societal norms

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MLs are of royal blood

Ninako, who has an honest and gentle personality, lives her days without yet knowing the feeling of love. One day, she bumps into her classmate Ren on the train on her way home, and gradually becomes drawn to his hidden kindness. Ninako feels a pain, as if something has stabbed her in the chest. Eventually, she realizes that her feelings are "love," and she makes up her mind to tell Ren how she feels.

ML is in both dramas the underdog
Both dramas have racing elements.
Good romance.
The female lead in Mars has under the surface a bunch of dark stuff to work through.
Great story with depth.
S&L fl is more fluff, but with character and brain under her seemingly spoiled behavior

A story that follows the quirky female investigator Tian San Qi as she searches for her long lost 'brother' and cracks many cases along the way.

Growing up, Tian San Qi had a strange liking for performing autopsies. She had an older 'brother' who would always be by her side, and they spent many good years together. One day, he mysteriously disappears. San Qi, as a child, promises to find her true love and vows never to marry unless it's him.

- Adopted sibling
- Forbidden love
- Brother & Sister bond
- Complicated family
- Sweet first love is way more softer compared to Love & Speed

Premise are similar with Fl lead and Ml lead, how the male lead is adopted into the female lead's family. Not real siblings.