Recommendations

* female centered
* rebirth themed
* war involved
* strong narrative focus on identity, resilience, and transformation through conflict

Rebirth - Revenge drama where FL was cheated on and murdered by previous husband, smart FL dealing with a messy family drama. Both FL navigate through their evil family who scheme against her and try to get rid of her. Both FL clever and resourceful, able to outsmart stepmother’s schemes.
General ML with a powerful aura, grudge with royal family, grudge with his father. A desire to avenge his uncle's defamation and death (like Xiao Heng's desire to avenge his father's death).
Gothic aesthetics.

Both have elements of thriller, mystery and investigative genre.
The stories are similar in the sense that they are creepy and people believe ghost/demons are behind it. But the ML investigates and explains how they are murdered or orchestrated.

Dashing youth is the prequel which tells the story of the master characters in blood of youth when they were younger. Set in the same universe and setting.
Both have Wuxia and great fighting scenes.

Beautiful CGI and setting with demons and demon hunters.
Lots of little stories within the plots that show different emotions and demons aren’t always evil, where some humans are.
Both dramas are thought provoking. Shows that both demons and humans are alike and both have good and evil.
A lot of prejudice towards all demons.

Different plots but the FL undergoes a face swap and goes through trials to survive.
The ML in both recognises the FL in both dramas through certain mannerisms and gestures.

The only similarity is that the FL joins the army disguised as a male to make their own achievements as a woman.
Both war genre, both cross-dressing, strong FL.

- strong female lead
- general male lead
- war and strategy
- royal schemes
- funny side character
- slow burn romance

Synopsis:
Jiang Zhu, a jade-waisted slave, must find a Jade Lang on the night of the full moon after coming of age and engage in dual cultivation to absorb his yang energy in order to survive the Cold Bone Syndrome. The powerful statesman Shen Miu, once determined to capture jade-waisted slaves, unexpectedly becomes afflicted by a love curse planted by Jiang Zhu. Bound by the curse’s effects, he is compelled to protect her. Passionate and free-spirited Jiang Zhu brings a vivid, unprecedented experience to the self-disciplined and restrained Shen Miu. As they spend time together, they gradually awaken to the true meaning of love and ultimately join forces to clear the wrongful accusations against the jade-waisted slaves.

Synopsis:
Jiang Zhu, a jade-waisted slave, must find a Jade Lang on the night of the full moon after coming of age and engage in dual cultivation to absorb his yang energy in order to survive the Cold Bone Syndrome. The powerful statesman Shen Miu, once determined to capture jade-waisted slaves, unexpectedly becomes afflicted by a love curse planted by Jiang Zhu. Bound by the curse’s effects, he is compelled to protect her. Passionate and free-spirited Jiang Zhu brings a vivid, unprecedented experience to the self-disciplined and restrained Shen Miu. As they spend time together, they gradually awaken to the true meaning of love and ultimately join forces to clear the wrongful accusations against the jade-waisted slaves.

Synopsis:
Jiang Zhu, a jade-waisted slave, must find a Jade Lang on the night of the full moon after coming of age and engage in dual cultivation to absorb his yang energy in order to survive the Cold Bone Syndrome. The powerful statesman Shen Miu, once determined to capture jade-waisted slaves, unexpectedly becomes afflicted by a love curse planted by Jiang Zhu. Bound by the curse’s effects, he is compelled to protect her. Passionate and free-spirited Jiang Zhu brings a vivid, unprecedented experience to the self-disciplined and restrained Shen Miu. As they spend time together, they gradually awaken to the true meaning of love and ultimately join forces to clear the wrongful accusations against the jade-waisted slaves.

Synopsis:
Jiang Zhu, a jade-waisted slave, must find a Jade Lang on the night of the full moon after coming of age and engage in dual cultivation to absorb his yang energy in order to survive the Cold Bone Syndrome. The powerful statesman Shen Miu, once determined to capture jade-waisted slaves, unexpectedly becomes afflicted by a love curse planted by Jiang Zhu. Bound by the curse’s effects, he is compelled to protect her. Passionate and free-spirited Jiang Zhu brings a vivid, unprecedented experience to the self-disciplined and restrained Shen Miu. As they spend time together, they gradually awaken to the true meaning of love and ultimately join forces to clear the wrongful accusations against the jade-waisted slaves.

The paradise of thorns and happy ending has same lead actor Jeff Satur and dark concepts . If you love dark concepts checkout both

Tastefully Yours and Itaewon Class share core themes of underdog ambition, food-centered entrepreneurship, and personal growth. Both explore clashes between heartfelt integrity and corporate power, with emotionally rich character arcs and strong “found family” dynamics—so if you enjoyed the determination and emotional depth of Itaewon Class, Tastefully Yours offers a softer, more romantic twist on a similar journey, similarly tge other way around.

- Historical / past setting
- Woman disguised as a man in military training
- Romance
- War / Action involved