A similar tale of how one individual change a household of otakus for the better, albeit with strong resistance to change in the beginning. While Kuragehime is about a man who gets involved with a group of female otakus, Himitsu is about a woman who gets involved with a group of male otakus.

Similar tale of an Otaku who struggles in life and love, having low self-esteem due to their geeky appearance, social anxiety and awkwardness in having normal conversations.

While Kuragehime is about female Otaku who falls for a guy that is out of her league, Densha Otoko is about male Otaku who falls for a girl that is out of his league.

A similar historical drama set during the same period. While Taira no Kiyomori is told from the perspective of the Taira, Yoshitsune is told from the perspective of the Minamoto.

Both are military themed dramas which are rare for jdramas, and they both feature training and combat scenes. While Library Wars the male lead is a ruthless instructor and the female is a inexperienced recruit, Teppachi the male lead is the recruit and the female lead is the instructor.

A similar drama about a naive and idiotic legal assistant male lead with his experienced and ruthless female lead that often clash over their different styles of handling cases. Similar humor and vibes, while Tokujo is about solicitors, Binta is about lawyers.

Similar premise of a police officer with a strong sense of justice that caused the irritation of other departments and upper management, as they battle corruption and injustice.

Same female lead, Kanna Hashimoto, plays a police officer as well. In Keishicho Ikimono Gakari, she's the police pet detective taking care of animals found at the crime scenes and uses her close relationship with the animals to find clues to solve the cases. Similar vibes and humor.

Both features a passionate female lead that handles each case given to her diligently conducting her own field investigation which is not required in her job, in search of truth to deliver justice.

But the time spent on each case is too long each time that the other cases pending continue piling up which cause the frustrations of her colleagues in not meeting deadlines.

It makes you wonder the relevance of the management system in rewarding its employees based on the number of cases solved. Answer is about a detective, Ms Justice is about a prosecutor.

Both are about a career driven female lead who got transferred to the back office to do menial tasks but ends up revitalizing the team's functions and morale as they now view their job as critical and significant in supporting the "frontliners", since her arrival which eventually earns the respect of her colleagues. Both deals with bureaucratic and management issues. While Answer is about police organization, Proofreader is about the fashion industry.

Similar premise of an inexperienced guy falling in love with a beautiful woman who is completely out of his league, as he get his first taste of love and heartbreaks.

Although Densha Otoko is more comedic, Takane no Hana is more serious, due to the overall plot of her family's story of succession and inheritance.

A similar legal drama about an older male paralegal and a younger female prosecutor, working in a team of other paralegals and prosecutors who are rivals in the beginning but got closer together along the way as they set aside their differences to solve cases.

Both are legal dramas about a strongheaded female lawyer and a street smart male paralegal that solve numerous cases but struggles to keep the small law firm afloat while competing against a rival with a personal vendetta.