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Medically, morally grey characters.

More or less obsessed with experimenting or doing surgeries on humans to save lives.

Morally grey characters.

One kills for a cure to save many, another kills to stop others being harmed. One is a righteous lawyer who has to defend a murderer to save his child, another is a righteous detective who had to work with a murderer to investigate cases.

Putting aside how Wang Xing Yue stars both drama, Unveil: Jadewind and The Wanted Detective both centers around crime solving themes, a central plot that drives their pursuit of justice, female main characters that have great martial arts skills, and ensemble characters that have their own roles in the investigations. Both dramas also have some fantasy elements too in some of the cases.

Apart from crime solving, slow burn romance, and a story that runs case by case, the cinematography is stunningly similar. There are some differences with the color grading with Unveil: Jadewind being on the warmer tone while Judge Dee’s Mystery on the cooler tone, but the overall quality and look is pretty much the same.

Female leading investigations, men aiding them, memorable ensemble characters, and crime solving are the similarities between Unveil: Jadewind and the Imperial Coroner.

Both dramas feature women leading investigations, while the men aids them. The women in both dramas are smart, skilled, independent, courageous, straightforward, and charismatic. Despite such strong qualities, the men in both dramas have mutual respect, trust, and admiration for them. Both dramas also feature interesting ensemble characters. The plot also flows with cases by cases that eventually leads to the central conflict.

Destined and Youthful Glory’s similarities lies in the arranged marriage trope, love after marriage, and their female and male leads.

In terms of character, both female leads started with reluctance before quickly accepting their fate with the arranged marriage. After marriage, it did not take them long to adapt and navigate their respective households with intelligence and wit. Both ladies took charge of their respective businesses and is more than willing to give back to the people due to their strong sense of justice. At some point in the stories, both female lead also experiences loss of their family member, although brief. These women are also great support for their husbands in different ways.

Aside being skilled in martial arts, the male leads are also similar in a way that they both work in politics and are more than ready to go to war if needed. Despite so, at home they super soft with their respective wives. They do not mind their wives doing business and they just protect and support them in the back whenever needed. Both couples have mutual respect for one another.

Despite romantic sparks, the marriage between the male and female leads in both dramas were not done willingly. One was tricked, the other left with no choice. Not to mention, both female leads also have someone they love before the male leads. After marriage, the couples start to find love and navigate political conspiracies together. Both dramas also explores business plots.

Most striking similarity is the bad boy and good girl trope. Both dramas feature male leads with a hard life driven by poverty and family issues. Despite so, both men are actually smart. Both are smart in math. One specially talented in coding, the other in engineering.

Another similar trait is their domineering tendency. The two dramas feature alpha, masculine men who like control over their work, life, and also their partners. Not to mention, both male leads also sustained injuries at some point in their respective dramas.

Aside from the male leads, the female leads also possess striking similarities. The two female leads are cute, smart, pretty, and definitely take the lead when it comes to expressing feelings. They are two women who never backs down and always push through until they get their men, not in a bad toxic annoying way though!

Plot wise, both dramas have the same flow from bickering partners/siblings relationship, to love, breakup, then reconciliation. And obviously during the breakup phase, everyone was still hung up and stayed single.

Using their intelligence and wit, both female leads took the rein and led their families to bounce back from adversity, finding love along the way. The male leads are also men who works in politics and has a powerful standing in court.

The core similarity lies in the intelligent and smart female leads, as well as the strong business acumen in both dramas. The ride is not smooth. Both female leads experiences ups and downs in their business and all those successes and failures are shown in both dramas. They dive into the businesses themselves and took matters into their own hands. Of course, strong and reliable men were there, but mostly to support them by being someone to talk to and someone to protect them against physical harm.

Apart from similarities in the title, both Blossom and Blossoms in Adversity features smart and independent women who took the lead and became the pillar of their family. Although often discriminated as young women, both female leads are clever businesswomen who refuse to rely on marriage for a living. Beside the two women are men who works in politics and great at martial arts, providing assistance and encouragement.