Forest

- Both Main Leads move to the rural area
- Both Main Leads have a connection to the rural area
- Acquaintances from earlier on
- In both dramas, one of the main leads is a doctor
- Both ML's come from a "high" status (worked for their title)

"Forest" is more of a serious drama that focuses on what the Main Lead's problem is, while in "Once Upon a Small Town" has a more slice-of-life feel.

They have the same feeling for me. It's slice of life, really developing a lot of townspeople characters. A main through line is slowly healing from repeated trauma in the countryside, Both also deal with hidden pasts.

In both shows the leads are socially awkward outcasts. They also idolize their popular love interest.

In both dramas the male lead is a fire fighter, and in both dramas there is romance between leads. (: