Fake It Till You Make It (2023)

When watching Will love in Spring, it kept reminding me of another chinese drama which Fake it till you make it is an easy going drama with amazing chemsitry and romance has similar vibes.

Fake It Till You Make It has a very similar tone to Something in the Rain! Both are good slow burn, friends to lovers stories. Both depict a more real to life, mature relationship between adults and deal with some of the difficulties and obstacles in relationships, beyond just being in love. Definitely one of the most mature and better produced cdramas I’ve seen!
The chemistry between the leads in both is absolutely electric! Heart fluttering, butterflies. If you like one, give the other a try!

Both dramas explore a honest relationship between two adults that is complex, emotional and a bit steamy. They both focus on modern workplaces and characters who are struggling in their work and life to find happiness and both dramas are not afraid to tackle complex questions about love, intimacy and commitment. Both FLs are faced with difficult choices around the men in their lives too.

Both dramas feature smart, hardworking professionals with exceptional chemistry. Even while they are attracted to each other, they continue to pursue excellence in their respective careers.

Both dramas are business romance with about 50% business and 50% romance. "Stand or Fall" has a more rom-com vibe, and "Fake It Till You Make It" has a more realistic/slice-of-life vibe. The lead couples in both dramas are strong, independent, and mature. They communicate and are honest with each other. Both are on equal footing in the relationship and are all successful in their respective careers.

The couples in both series have reservations towards dating due to bad past romantic experience and they proceed to seek resort into each other. Both shows have the elements of friends-to-lovers and slice of life.

Both dramas about work life in the CBD (the struggles, the masks). Showcases how different personalities attempt to make it in city life. Relatively slow/realistically paced, quality cinematography, occasional narrative voice overs from leads.
Differences:
MSH: leads are lower economic standing; theme of strong bond of bromance; ML falls in love at first sight with FL
FITYMI leads have desk jobs (higher economic standing) and ML and FL become friends and then slowly fall in love with each other

Both covered the love story of professional working adults who act like adults, with both female leads and male leads inherently a very independent people yet managed to find comfort in each other's presence.

They are equally sexy. You will get butterflies in your stomach watching both. Both female leads to show interest towards the male lead before the actual relationship, instead of acting like they are being forced.

Both dramas have a balanced focus on work and romance!
Both dramas focus on the struggles of work and on the dreams and experiences of the characters. I'd say it's a women-centered drama, where they are portrayed as independent and brave women! Highly recommend!!

In some of the scenes where Xinzi is watching TV at Tang Ying's house, this is actually the show being played on the TV! Probably because both dramas are directed by the same person, Li Mo, but I believe it's also because of their similarities.

If you enjoy LTHY and are looking for a compelling coming-of-age romance story, fake it till makes it is the answer. Both dramas are full of romance, temptation, flirting and capable lawyer woman. It's just that in FITMI the character development is better... both dramas are very good

Both are slice of life drama, with similar level of maturity.
No 'obvious in your face' kinda cliches.
Great scripts! Exploring the deep topics in life.
No unnecessary love triangle.
ML & FL trusts and respects each other.
From friendship to lovers relationship.
Onscreen chemistry.

Both dramas feature independent, hard-working professionals who change each other for the better. The MLs in both have a similar vibe, and both are great examples of opposites attract.

yes, these two dramas are different, but there are some common themes
- leads in investment banking (MOMO both leads are in)
- FL has significant growth in their career
- FL is a great worker (committed to work, at one point, overcommitted) bending over backwards for work, but learning work-life balance
- Presence of a strong female mentor character for FL
- Slow burn romance
- FL has another pursuer for she had a one-sided love previously (but FL now likes ML)
- overarching theme of chasing your career goals

MAJOR DIFFERENCE:
-FITYMI has the moral theme of "city life making people fake, but at the end, people are most comfortable when they don't have a mask on anymore"; MOMO has the moral theme of "standing up for yourself, especially as females"
- MOMO showcases an alarming amount of verbal abuse from ML to FL (as her superior)
- FITYMI romance is more flirty but mature