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It's not everyday that you'll find a drama where a princess in distress juggles between two very toxic, obnoxious men- and ends up with NEITHER!

I CANNOT believe that nobody noticed these two shows have the EXACT same tropes-

- Airhead FL chases after honor student childhood friend who seems very cold to her. But he's actually just bad at expressing his feelings due to abandonment issues.
- Second FL has advantage in spending alone time with ML just because she's also an honor student.
- Second ML makes ML very jealous, which eventually helped him realize his feelings.

In both, the main character time travels back and forth between past and present to find the murderer and prevent the death of one girl.

The plot in the beginning is almost the same. The male lead had passed away two years ago and his girlfriend is still stuck in pain and deep yearning. Desperate to find out more about him, she locates an address from his past but ends up discovering her doppelganger.

Both dramas depict a pampered princess who falls in love with her servant while going through arranged marriage. This forbidden love, however, does not last long and they are torn apart by family.

Similarities
- Gives us severe first-lead syndrome
- Love square, involving the royal family
- Female lead's love rival is the second male lead's wife
- Mongols take up a fair portion of the plot

Watch this if you're interested in Khitan culture.

Both dramas depict the relationship between the Han and the Khitans, and cross-culture romance, but in different eras. One takes place during Tang Dynasty, while the other takes place during Liao Dynasty / Northern Song Dynasty.

Similarities
- A group of ancient men time-travel forward to the modern-day.
- They're all servants of the Crown Prince.
- They find the Crown Princess's reincarnation and solve the mystery of her identity.
- Main character falls in love with a girl from modern-day.

Both are about a straight male that eventually falls in love with a female scholar cross-dresser whom he thought was male the whole time.

Both revolve around a top-tier player of a multiplayer online video game, known for his skills and new achievements throughout the series. In both series, he turns down the offer to work at a famous gaming company.

Both dramas take place in the same era and depict the ongoing war between the Song Kingdom and Liao Kingdom.

In which the main character unintentionally forgets about the past.