Serinuma Kae is a chubby high school girl who loves BL manga. One day her beloved character dies, and the girl falls into depression. For a long time, she cannot even eat, which leads to significant weight loss. But to her own surprise, the updated Serinuma becomes very popular at school, and she immediately has four handsome admirers at once.
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The male lead is a cold rich guy who finds himself drawn to a poor girl who doesn't want anything from him. He tries to give her things that other girls would swoon over and when she declines the gifts he is left confused and even more interested in her than before.

Oh and his family disapproves and he ignores them. Also the girl, despite being skittish and a bit strange seems to be well liked by those who get to know her or watch her closely.

There are more similarities but they are in Hanadan season 2.
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The similarities between these dramas are strong male characters and fun female characters. Both shows are romantic and have loads of heart fluttering moments,
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A poor girl and rich boy fall in love, she is independent and he a bit arrogant plus his parents do not approve of their relationship.
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Makino Tsukushi is the only poor student at Eitoku Gakuen, a school for the ridiculously rich and privileged. Eitoku Gakuen is ruled by the Flower 4, or otherwise known as the F4, a group of four boys who come from extremely powerful families: Domyoji Tsukasa, the leader and heir of the Domyoji World Finance Group; Hanazawa Rui, the introverted son of a large company; Nishikado Sojiro, a player who is the heir of a tea ceremony school; and Mimasaka Akira, a madam killer with ties to the underground. If a student gets on the F4's bad side, he/she gets a red notice and is bullied and driven out of school.
Makino hopes to pass her days quietly - without drawing any attention to herself - but one day, she stands up to Domyoji in defense of her friend. The next day, Makino receives the dreaded red notice. Even though she is harassed, Makino decides to keep going to school and declares war right back on the F4, because she is a "tough weed." Her resolve gets the attention of her crush, Hanazawa Rui, and oddly enough, rouses romantic feelings in her worst enemy, Domyoji Tsukasa.
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Gakkou no Kaidan has been compared to Hana Yori Dango particularly by Japanese audiences. Both have a clique of wealthy students (F4/Platinum 8), who bully the other students out of boredom.
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They both involve "forbidden"/"frowned-upon" relationships.
And Matsumoto Jun does a GREAT job in both dramas!! I highly recommend if you're a MatsuJun fan!
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I personally think that they both are really funny. And Hana Yori Dango is super sweet and adorable, just like Mischievious Kiss.
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Characters of Both the ML and FL are same though Hana yori dango is a bit over the top ... it features high school love ...
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Akabane Yu moves to a dormitory room after her father's transfer from work. She is excited that she will live in the same dorm as Shirakawa Takumi aka "White Prince." Yet, Kurosaki Haruto aka "Black Devil" kisses her as punishment for going against him. It is Yu’s first kiss. Since then, she becomes obedient to Kurosaki Haruto.Akabane Yu moves to a dormitory room after her father's transfer from work. She is excited that she will live in the same dorm as Shirakawa Takumi aka "White Prince." Yet, Kurosaki Haruto aka "Black Devil" kisses her as punishment for going against him. It is Yu’s first kiss. Since then, she becomes obedient to Kurosaki Haruto.
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Both have bad boy MLs who bully the FL at first. The MLs have at least one close male friend they're always with who develops a crush on the FL, and both are set in a school with the FL a poorer more fish out of water character.
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basically it's the same story, and the drama is an extended version ! (in two seasons)
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They both give off a similar feeling. I find resemblances between ji woon and hanazawa rui, but also between hyun min and domyouji. The storyline is somewhat similar as well.
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Just an Encore is more slice of life and Hana Yori Dango is a little more "unreal" because students are too much rich lol.
But both are great in their own way and female lead doesn't prefer the most perfect, quiet , serious and sweet guy, but the one with whom she quarrels more!
At first they don't get along very well, but as time goes by, the guy conquers her heart little by little.
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Without giving anything away, there's at least one scene that is near identical to HanaDan as well as certain scenarios/situations that feel similar.
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