Female leads believe they are siblings with the male leads. Male leads secretly know they're not really related and fall for them romantically. Female leads eventually reciprocate their feelings.
Male lead of SNU & female lead of Genya both have secret pasts that they run/hide from. They've changed their identities and now have detectives hunting them for recent murders.
Female lead of SNU & male lead of Genya naively fall for them and help them cover up their crimes.
Female lead of SNU & male lead of Genya naively fall for them and help them cover up their crimes.
Male leads are both music composers struggling to get over a past love.
Age gaps between the leads- male leads are older in both.
Age gaps between the leads- male leads are older in both.
Leads communicate through emails.
Lies are told about their lives for various reasons/insecurities.
They tackle other love interests in real life concurrently with their online relationship.
Haru's leads don't meet until the end, and while WL's leads have in person interactions throughout the series, they don't actually "meet" as their online counterparts until near end.
Lies are told about their lives for various reasons/insecurities.
They tackle other love interests in real life concurrently with their online relationship.
Haru's leads don't meet until the end, and while WL's leads have in person interactions throughout the series, they don't actually "meet" as their online counterparts until near end.
Both star Zhou Yi Ran and Wang Yan Hui.
Both feature non linear story telling.
Thriller/mystery genre with subtle love stories.
Both feature non linear story telling.
Thriller/mystery genre with subtle love stories.
Both star Ou Hao and feature jumps in time.
Focuses on the high school days of 4 main characters and then on how their relationships change through adulthood.
Focuses on the high school days of 4 main characters and then on how their relationships change through adulthood.
Both star Wang Yu Wen and feature jumps in time.
More mature both in the stories and the productions (feel higher budget/looked after).
More mature both in the stories and the productions (feel higher budget/looked after).
High school students mysteriously isolated/separated from society.
Romance subplots amongst the overarching sci-fi themes.
Romance subplots amongst the overarching sci-fi themes.
Empresses have to rush into plans/take action to save their country after their Emperors suddenly die.
Very smart and admirable leading women.
Very smart and admirable leading women.
Scandalous books that are secretly written by royalty cause chaos in Joseon era. The author is a prince in RH, and a princess in SOCH.
Romance subplot to political overarching stories.
Romance subplot to political overarching stories.
Romcoms.
One night stand between strangers leads to pregnancy and engagement/marriage.
Both star actors who had previously worked together before- DK leads were in Beach Boys (1997) together, and FTLY leads were in Successful Story of a Bright Girl (2002) (and have actually done a total of 4 projects together since).
One night stand between strangers leads to pregnancy and engagement/marriage.
Both star actors who had previously worked together before- DK leads were in Beach Boys (1997) together, and FTLY leads were in Successful Story of a Bright Girl (2002) (and have actually done a total of 4 projects together since).
AIL leads are divorced, IAMB female lead wants a divorce.
IAMB leads try to conceive, but discover ML is infertile. AIL leads had a still born baby.
MLs in both get close to a secondary character who is a single mother.
There are potential new love interests for the leads with other characters but they ultimately end up with each other.
IAMB leads try to conceive, but discover ML is infertile. AIL leads had a still born baby.
MLs in both get close to a secondary character who is a single mother.
There are potential new love interests for the leads with other characters but they ultimately end up with each other.
