Both dramas are about a mermaid/merman and human falling in love.
Recommended by aria
Both dramas haven the same elements:
- It's primarily a romance, with very little secondary plots or 'story of the week' plots
- A modern mystery with evil families plus supernatural elements including a reincarnation plot (and of course a serial killer!)
- The hero is a prankster and struggles to do the right thing, but his protective side ultimately wins out
- They both have big budgets and are well produced

I would 100% recommend The Legend of the Blue Sea. The characters had a fun, teasing chemistry, and there was a more 'epic feel' to the romance with the reincarnation plot integrated strongly from the start. The actors are excellent, and the drama sticks with you.

Recommended by Peridot83
1. Cute main leads with amazing chemistry.
2. Step mother who tricks up the father and son to split for inheritance and kills them with slow poison.
3. Step mom has lover and their endings are same in both drama.
Recommended by Sidhika Trisha
In both the dramas the FLs are people with a secret and related to the ocean, Bothe the MLs from the dramas are rich and fall in love with a woman, both stories have a forbidden love and are beautiful dramas
Recommended by Yun
Both are Fantasy dramas
One is a supernatural creature, and the other one a normal human being
Cold and rich MLs
Magic driven dramas

Recommended by tintin92
I recommend this both drama because , Male lead and Female lead
try to solve problem
In one drama explosion and another student murder/suicide
Recommended by 10years
- Both deal with girls who are unfamiliar with the modern world trying to live in it: in LotBS FL is a mermaid, in MFaMR the female lead is a queen of a tribe in a forest
- Both are enjoyable series and have comedic aspects
- Both have male leads that do some undercover bad boy stuff
- Both have oblivious female leads who learn to adapt to the world in a comedic way
- Both have likeable second lead females
- Both have cute chemistry between leads
Recommended by headoverheels4kpop
Both dramas feature "fish out of water" naïve non-human FLs who don't understand the human world. They meet the ML (in bare feet) who is kind hearted (JAF more obviously than TLOTBS) and helps them. In both, the FL can only love/be attached to one man in her lifetime. Both have seaside settings, umbrellas, and a similar tone and feel.
Recommended by emeraldarrows
Although not the same language but similar stories exept the male us richer one in legend of the blue sea and the female is the mermaid
Recommended by Zua_AA
Reincarnation fantasy romance where ML comes back in present day very different (personality vs. gender). Both are Korean shows with a similar tone.
Recommended by emeraldarrows
Fantasy romance with one character a mermaid. Historical settings for part or all of the plot. Interesting supporting characters.
Recommended by emeraldarrows
Quiet and gentle, Min Jae Yi is everything a good daughter of a prominent family should be. Engaged to the son of the Second State Councillor, Jae Yi knows that the only way to bring herself and her family honor is to accept her fate, which she does with grace and charm. Devoting herself to learning everything she needs to know to become a good wife and mother, Jae Yi dutifully prepares for the future. Sadly, destiny has other plans for her future. Four days before her wedding, Jae Yi’s family is murdered. With no one else to blame for the unexpected tragedy, Jae Yi soon finds herself the object of baseless and horrifying accusations. Blamed for the death of her family, Jae Yi might not have had much of a future at all, if fate hadn’t decided to intervene. Bringing the lonely crown prince, Lee Hwan into her life at just the right moment, Jae Yi is saved from a dismal fate, but her salvation comes at a price. Plagued by a mysterious curse, Lee Hwan agrees to help Jae Yi, but only if she agrees to help him break his curse in return. Unable to refuse such an offer, Jae Yi agrees to the prince’s terms, setting them both on an unexpected path toward love. But what chance does their love have of surviving when one of them is a former murder suspect and the other is a cursed prince?
Recommended by 73n5h1k015h173
During the Joseon Dynasty, a young woman named Hong Chun Ki is a painter – a true rarity in Joseon Korea, where Confucian values dictate that such pursuits are unsuitable for a woman. She was born blind but somehow managed to acquire a sense of vision. And now she has been accepted to the most prestigious art college in the land. One day, she meets Ha Ram, an astrologer whose fate is the polar opposite of her own: Although he was born sighted, he lost his vision in a childhood accident. Regardless, he is also in possession of an astounding talent that allows him to read the future by tracing the movement of the sky at night despite the fact that he is blind. The duo is sucked into the machinations of the royal court, particularly those involving two princes, the free-spirited Prince Yang Myung and the cruel, scheming Prince Joo Hyang – a man who longs to become the next Joseon king.
Recommended by 73n5h1k015h173
- Both female leads don't know how the modern world works.
- Both dramas includes friendship and eventually getting to know each other
- The Male Leads let the Female Leads stay at their house until they find the Female Leads' relatives.
- Destined love? They both met before but they don't know.
- Both Female Leads are bright and energetic.
- The Male Leads act mean but actually worry about the Female Leads.
Recommended by taevu1
One of our leads is a dumb mermaid/merman arrives in the shore by mistake and the other one is the first person he/she encounters in there.

Both sea-creatures forms a strong bong with that person. They are about humans, mermans/mermaids and overall relationships and friendship.
Sometimes they touch the topic of how we pollute the ocean.

In both they are gready people who want to catch the merman/the mermaid for their own benefits.
In both they are glimpses of the merman/mermaid's past.

In both the merman/mermaid has a supernatural powers and strange urges. It shocks with unusual behaviour as it can't understand the human world well.
Recommended by Loving_Roots
The Legend of the Blue Sea (2016) poster

Details

Statistics

  • Score: 8.3 (scored by 64,397 users)
  • Ranked: #923
  • Popularity: #21
  • Watchers: 133,735

Top Contributors

77 edits
77 edits
62 edits
25 edits

Popular Lists

Related lists from users
All Time Favorite Dramas
674 titles 1662 loves 35
Happily Ever After Fantasy Romance
105 titles 187 loves 6

Recently Watched By