Lee Shin is a university student majoring in modern music. He is the vocalist of the band "The Stupid" and also plays the guitar. He is known for his good looks and his strong passion for music but is in reality a cold person who is uninterested in non-music related things and has no dreams nor plans for the future. Shin initially likes a dance professor at his university, but this all changes when he meets Lee Kyu Won. Lee Kyu Won is a bright and outgoing student who was born into a prestigious family and is majoring in traditional Korean instruments, especially the gayageum. Kyu Won's grandfather, Lee Dong Gun, is one of the top 3 traditional musicians of his age, and his biggest wish is to have his granddaughter trained to become a traditional music prodigy in 10 years' time. Trying to live up to her grandfather's expectations, Kyu Won immerses herself in training and becomes a university student who knows nothing besides traditional music. As Kyu Won's friends are fans of "The Stupid", she was forced to go to the band's concert with them. There, she saw Lee Shin performing live and is immediately captivated by him.
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Both dramas are focused on an older woman and younger man falling in love. Both relationships also begin with a mentor-mentee dynamic with the woman introducing the man into a new field of work. The guys are also artists.
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A behind-the-scenes look at the entertainment industry's PR teams, managers, and reporters as they scramble to clean up the messes created by their stars.

Oh Han Byul leads an entertainment agency's PR team. One of her top clients is the star Gong Tae Sung, who can do no wrong. They were in high school and college together, where he became her sworn enemy. They bicker constantly but soon develop feelings for one another.
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Sun Fan is a stunt double who dreams of becoming a big star. When he suspects Fang Zi Hao, a famous singer, trying to steal his girlfriend, he beats the living daylight out of Fang. His attack against Fang incurs the wrath of Yu You Tong, who is a die-hard Fang fan. She mobilizes the fan base to attack him online. But to her dismay, instead of ruining him, the internet makes him an overnight star as people praise his skillful fighting moves. Because of one fight, four strangers suddenly become entangled in more ways than one.
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Both are about the movie industry, with a noona romance between a young boy and an older woman who shows him what kind of person he wants to become. My dear boy is more about movie directors, and NKNK is about actors and managers.
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Both are about FL guiding a young man through show business and in the process fall in love as they discover more about themselves.
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Both have an older FL as the mentor
The FL of both shows have start out in love with her boss who is engaged to another woman
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Age gap relationship in real life and character. Sports theme senior FL coach and student falling in love. Nice leads and great chemistry. You would love this series and the actors.
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Age gap relationship. Another gem of Jin Chen. Younger rich ML and FL director of company falling in love.
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This is a classic Jdorama that is a gem. The difference here is the ML is way older than the FL. The ML is an out of luck old and not so good looking male who lives with his younger and handsome brother. The FL is a pretty 30 yr old woman whoives with her younger sister. Both the FL and ML was pushed to do a blind date not knowing that it will be the start of the chasing of the ML to FL. The ML thinks he is out of league with the FL yet he moved her out of pure love and sincerity. Must watch this if you want to smile and cry. The real life actors in this series are already old and can't help but imagine how it was in the 90s.
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It takes a tremendous amount of courage to make changes to your personal and professional lives. Luo Xiao Fei works as a director of television commercials. Her boss is Xiao Ye Shi, the owner of the advertising agency as well as her boyfriend of five years. Despite the complacency and neglect of her long-term relationship with Ye Shi, Xiao Fei finds it hard to make major changes in her life that could impact her job. When Xiao Fei meets the much younger An Qing Hui, who just graduated from college with a design degree, will he give Xiao Fei the courage to follow her heart?
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-this also a older woman younger man story.
-the ml also try to succeed to return to his love.
-also the woman is his first love.
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Similar stories of older female movie director with a mentor with whom she had broken up meeting a younger male lead and transforming both their lives.
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When Suzuki Yori was a child, he swore that he would become a celebrity with his childhood friends Shizuku and Subaru. Later, Yori moved away and became separated from his two childhood friends. He grew up as a plain-looking guy with glasses in the countryside. However, when he found out that Shizuku had become a popular model, and Subaru a popular actor, he transferred to his friends' high school on impulse to also follow his dream. There he met Shizuku again and decided to become her manager to support her behind the scenes. However, when Shizuku was participating in a lingerie photoshoot, he helped her out and entered the entertainment world when he captivated the public as the Mysterious Boy. Adapted from the manga "Anoko no Toriko" by Shiraishi Yuki
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Jang Joon Hyun is a talented and popular musician. He looks down upon the traditional trot music genre. Meanwhile, Choi Chun Hee works multiple jobs as the breadwinner to support her father and younger sister. Her mother was a trot singer and she inherited the voice, along with hopes of being a trot singer herself someday. A romantic relationship begins between these two individuals.
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