JBL is more melo and sad, while HCCC is way more of a romcom. But the way the MLs in both shows help and care for people in their communities and FLs in both shows get curious about the MLs and want to know more about them seem very similar. It's also cool that both shows give a glimpse of the FLs' jobs and show us how passionate and skilled they are.
Both dramas cover memorials and loss in a soft, slice of life way. Into the Ring is much more comedic and politics oriented, while Just Between Lovers is more melancholic and focused on the architecture/construction industry. Both dramas explore complicated relationships with parents and the frustration of trying to create change in a world determined to be stagnant. I really love the initiative both FLs take and how confident they are in pursuing their relationships. The main couples' personalities aren't very similar except that they both start out as friends and maintain emotional support for each other even after they start dating; truly two of my favorite drama couples.
It's melodrama, Directed by the same Director, Kim Jin Won. You will see abit similarities in terms of tone. Both male lead has the same curly hair, sad eyes, and live in a poor family background. Both drama start from circumstance which make our leads trapped in the past because of one traumatic event that make their life changed.
When it comes to story and genre, they are nothing alike. But if you consider the nature of pain the characters go through; the pain they had to endure for years, the nature of relationships they have; the distance and the closure, they are similar. Both pained and hurt. Both dramas have a sad vibe and tone to them. Also, both leads had a noona figure beside them and coincidently they both did similar work, so they reminded me of each other. Female leads are also similar, the smiling, innocent, but hurt type.
Plus, both dramas are amazing!!
Plus, both dramas are amazing!!
Both are modern day bad boy/good girl romances, where the male and female leads have very little in common from the outside looking in.
Just Between Lovers, however, is a much more haunting and complex story about trauma. How trauma marks and changes you and how you can then be drawn to other people who have also suffered trauma, even if on the surface you are totally different. Also, Just Between Lovers allows the characters to change and grow in a way Lighter & Princess does not.
Just Between Lovers, however, is a much more haunting and complex story about trauma. How trauma marks and changes you and how you can then be drawn to other people who have also suffered trauma, even if on the surface you are totally different. Also, Just Between Lovers allows the characters to change and grow in a way Lighter & Princess does not.
