Both about what if Korea had a modern day monarchy. In both the second prince of the monarchy couples up with a commoner.
Both have a similar angels/fallen angels lore, which I think was better done in Angel's Last Mission than in Genie.
I think Welcome to Samdal-ri is a much better “returned to my hometown with something to prove and that I didn’t fail and was right to leave, but come back and learn a lesson about the people who there just wanting to support me the whole time” story. Better character development, more fun.
Both are office romances that take place in niche fields which can impact people's everyday lives. Potato Lab is more comedic whereas Forecasting Love & Weather has a slower, more melancholy pace.
These dramas have similar vibes. Both utilize flashbacks from high school in very clever ways that move the story forward and show surprises from both the leads’ perspective. Both are fun, youthful, romcoms with a lot of heart and great, bantering chemistry from the leads.
Both are spooky comedies with a similar episodic format of helping ghosts move on to the afterlife. Sell Your Haunted House is a bit of a darker comedy tone than Midnight Studio.
Both were sweet romantic dramas, with a little bit of pining and family obstacles, but the leads only have eyes for each other the whole time. There was a similar calm, almost slow burn to both stories which gave them a similar vibe.
Both stories have a similar plot line of past lives being entwined with modern day reincarnations and deal with fate as almost a secondary character. Very similar in vibe as well.
Parts of SotB reminded me of CLOY. Particularly the train travel through a relatively undeveloped, and frequently dangerous, land. The vibe of the story in those parts felt very similar to CLOY. Both are interring examples of navigating living under a military state and the difficulties that presents for the leads, as well as the corruption and different forms of lawlessness that kind of system breeds.
Both are set in a similar time period during the Japanese occupation and have elements of the fight for Korean independence. I also think the shows had a similar vibe. Both have some more serious, emotional arcs, but it’s really well balanced with the comedic elements and exciting actions sequences so it never feels too dark. Both stories manage to stay fun without being callous of the historical context. Both are also just really fun watches with great world building!
Fake It Till You Make It has a very similar tone to Something in the Rain! Both are good slow burn, friends to lovers stories. Both depict a more real to life, mature relationship between adults and deal with some of the difficulties and obstacles in relationships, beyond just being in love. Definitely one of the most mature and better produced cdramas I’ve seen!
The chemistry between the leads in both is absolutely electric! Heart fluttering, butterflies. If you like one, give the other a try!
The chemistry between the leads in both is absolutely electric! Heart fluttering, butterflies. If you like one, give the other a try!
Both have a fantasy, other world element. ML is a fish out of water from another world and FL has to help him navigate and try to fit in. If you like the fantasy elements of one, give the other a try.
