a girl is thrown into a life with a bunch of pretty boys each representing a personality that many fans gravitate towards. Both series know how silly their plot can be and even though it can be serious it is very silly.
Both dramas are about ordinary girls who accidentally get thrown into four rich guys' lives. The boys are quite similar in both. There's the hothead, quiet one, playboy, etc. Meteor Garden takes place in a college while Magicians takes place in a famous hair salon.
the main female protagonists are very similar both are a bit quirky and very silly while frightening to people around them sometimes. Also i think it's funny how seriously the situations which could be fairly simple are taken.
The actors are almost the same. We have a relatively poor girl get dropped into the story and the music if mainly from 183 club who acted did much of the music within both dramas.