Alex

Focus on two female leads who develop a strong friendship.
Both star Ueto Aya and Saitoh Takumi.
Ueto Aya's characters are hesitant to act on their feelings for Saitoh Takumi's characters.

Focuses on a father daughter duo both finding love post the wife/mother's death.
Female lead hasn't had the best love life. She meets and falls for a single father.

Sci-fi comedic mysteries.
Both about female lead being coworkers with an alien.
Hotel business vs kitchen setting.

Romcoms.
Main character has memory loss, and is falsely told that they're married and a parent by other MC for selfish reasons. Leads then live with eachother under these pretenses.
When the truth comes out, all is forgiven.

Brothers/brother-like dynamic.
More stuck up/bratty brother (ML) falls for his mature/kind brother's (SML) girl. Girl eventually reciprocates his feelings.
Both SMLs are in accidents early into that show which brings ML & FL closer- reluctantly.

Shows the leads' relationship at different stages in their life- as teens/young adults in the past and then as adults in modern day.
Female lead is married and has a kid when she re-enters male lead's life in modern day.

Darker and mystery themed cdramas.
Focus on two teens/young adults who grow close while investigating something.

Darker and mystery themed cdramas.
Focus on two teens/young adults who grow close while investigating something.
Both 12 episodes.

The epitome of men are trash shows.
Highlights what women and mothers have to deal with and normalize due to misogynistic expectations laid on them.

Investigation/detective jdramas.
Goofy dynamic between the leads.
Interesting cases, often hard hitting.

Workplace romance.
Female lead has lost family in a car accident.
Male lead is a criminal, struggling to move on from his past.

Workplace romance.
Female lead takes care of three brothers after their parents die in a car accident.
Multiple lovelines (lead and side romances).