similarities:
- gmmtv bl production
- rivals to lovers aka the classic romeo and juliet story
- forced to feud since birth due to parents’ rivalry
- knowing they never truly hated each other and their feelings were forbidden
- parents are competitors who own the same type of business next door/across the street from one another
- secret communication (match point they talk on the opposite roofs while in bad buddy, they talk both at home and living in dorms across from each other)
- school setting
- one lead transfers during high school due to circumstances
- feud is well known among friends and peers
- secret feelings that develops while being in close proximity to one another through a situation
- relationship kept secret from others
- lead’s sibling falls in love with another character that is mutually involved in both the leads’ life
- basically the same plot
differences:
- match point is set in high school while bad buddy is mostly set in college
- friends don’t play a role in their rivalry
- match point is more focused on the sports romance aspect while bad buddy is more focused on the forbidden love aspect
- match point involve direct competition between the main leads while bad buddy they choose to work together
- gmmtv bl production
- rivals to lovers aka the classic romeo and juliet story
- forced to feud since birth due to parents’ rivalry
- knowing they never truly hated each other and their feelings were forbidden
- parents are competitors who own the same type of business next door/across the street from one another
- secret communication (match point they talk on the opposite roofs while in bad buddy, they talk both at home and living in dorms across from each other)
- school setting
- one lead transfers during high school due to circumstances
- feud is well known among friends and peers
- secret feelings that develops while being in close proximity to one another through a situation
- relationship kept secret from others
- lead’s sibling falls in love with another character that is mutually involved in both the leads’ life
- basically the same plot
differences:
- match point is set in high school while bad buddy is mostly set in college
- friends don’t play a role in their rivalry
- match point is more focused on the sports romance aspect while bad buddy is more focused on the forbidden love aspect
- match point involve direct competition between the main leads while bad buddy they choose to work together
both very beautifully shot coming-of-age bl series. set in high school and revolves around first love. both are relatively slow burn and are a friends to lovers story.
