Both Dramas centre around a young woman, who finds herself amidst the struggel to refom a clan and the intrigue and strife for power that's accompanied by. The two heroines both work as a housemaid in a samurai household. While "Hotarugusa" focusses more on revenge, "48-ninme no Chuushin"s plot revolves around loyalty. "Hotarugusa" is also a ltittle bit more lighthearted and has some comic relief through the side characters, "48-ninme no Chuushin" is more on the sincere an melancholic side.
