FL has a ex who doesn't appreciate her. She is emotionally damaged after the breakup. ML waits for her and helps her with her trauma. Many of the FL family and colleagues don't know why she wouldn't go back to her cheating ex. ML has been liking the FL since before she broke upow with her ex. The FL in LAN does stay with her ex for a few epsiodes after finding our he cheated on her bc they had a long reltionship and history.
FL is in love with someone else who doesnt appriciate her. Her family is a little disappointed that she breaks up with him. However, she finds the ML who treats her much better and she doesnt go back to her ex. Her fmaily is more supportives in TBT
FL falls in love with ML when she's in high school, she gets her heartbroken at the end of high school, time skip happens and then when they reunite the ML falls for her. Age gap and smaller time skip in HL, no age gap and longer time skip in YAMG.
Female centered plot, focusing on women and the FLs story. They both have a romance but it is much more prominent in LLTG. UV:JW has more of a case by case structure while LLTG has a more classic rags to riches storyline.
Same actress playing the main character, the FL is cunning and lets herself be used as a pawn in the power plays that the ML creates
Same female lead actress with emotional plot dealing with trauma, loneliness, and family + great cinematography
Both have great cinematography and melancholic feeling/tone portrayed through visuals. FL is a lonely person but finds love with the ML. Similar themes of bad family issues in the plot.
Romeo and Juliet type story due to the FL's family having disagreements and are enemies with the ML's family. They have a secret relationship when they were younger but then break up and meet again as adults.
ML are giving similar vibes bc they both are cold and domineering CEOs while being devoted to the FL.
FL is a forensic scientist/corner/medical examiner in ancient china and teams up with the ML to solve cases
Romance dramas set in the Chinese Republican Era with similar dynamics and marriages of convenience.
