Nagao Kanji works for an advertising agency in his hometown of Ehime Prefecture. He is assigned to the Tokyo sales department where his colleague Akana Rika takes care of his work. One day, Kanji is invited to drinks by Mikami Kenichi, a former classmate from his hometown who is now in Tokyo, and he is also reunited with Sekiguchi Satomi who has feelings for him. However, Rika ends up joining them when she delivers Kanji’s wallet which he had left in office. On the way back, Rika tells him, “Kanchi, shall we kiss?” and he is rattled. There have been rumours in office that Rika is in a relationship with their boss Waga Natsuki.
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Similar type of drama with betrayal, cheating & love affairs is the main theme. Hirugao movie is the continuation from the drama. I really like both drama & movie. Saito Takumi juz too adorable.
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You'll definitely enjoy "The world of the Married"! Han So Hee plays in it aswell and let me tell you... she's such a good actress that you'll truly dislike her character in this drama! Just Wow, the acting is a 11/10 and the story already starts to go crazy from the first episode! This is definitely a must watch. :)
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- Married couple trope where the husband cheats on wife with a mistress
- Messy revenge plot (as in a lot of things happen and reputations are ruined)
- Dinner with husband's parents and a fight breaks out

Both dramas include genres of revenge, mystery, drama, romance, and infidelity. The characters featured also similar in the sense that we have a strong female lead, a cheating + lying husband, and an evil mistress.

The World of the Married is a bit more explicit in skin-ship and has a dark vibe overall with the FL being overly obsessed with the revenge aspect. It's more of a thriller and definitely not for the faint of heart cause it leaves a lasting impression even after finished the series.

Overall, it's a great watch but WILL leave you traumatized since the characters are so well developed and you get a chance to connect with them and sympathize.
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Masataka works as a freelance writer. He has been married to Yukie for the past 7 years. Yukie works as a school teacher. Masataka and Yuki are not in love with each other. They just haven't gotten divorced. Meanwhile, Masataka is having an affair with a young woman who delivers newspapers. This leads to a shocking situation.
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Suzuki Mitsu is a talented contract engineer working for an IT company, but it wasn't their benefits package that attracted her. She's working for the company that drove her late husband to suicide, and she won't rest until she exacts her revenge on each and every person responsible.
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A love story affair with a bit different storyline & plot with mature sexual content but both is worth watching drama. If you like mature love affairs story I definitely recommend this drama.

When Tamaki Rei was a child, her parents died in an airplane accident in France. She grew up in a difficult environment, and money was always hard to come by. Now in her thirties, Rei visits the accident site where her parents died for the first time in twenty-three years. There she meets Shibusawa Kazunari who lost his wife in the same accident. Kazunari is a budget director for the Ministry of Finance. They fall in love and get married.

Kazunari has two sons now grown. His first son, Hitoshi, follows in his footsteps and works in the Ministry of Finance. His second son, Kenji, graduated from law school and is now preparing for the bar exam. Because of Rei, who tries to get close to Hitoshi and Kenji, and her beautiful appearance, the Shibusawa family begins to have friction. Hitoshi is attracted to Rei. Rei begins to realize that what she wants from Kazunari is not love, but her late father's shadow.
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Set towards the end of the Joseon Dynasty period, Madam Jo lives as a devoted wife, but secretly she resents the restrictions placed upon her by society. Madam Jo has held many discrete relationships with other men. Jo Won is an accomplished scholar and skilled in martial arts. His real passion though is seducing other women. Madam Jo is his first love. Since that time they have engaged in high stake games of seduction and love. They both hide their true feelings for each other. Madam Jo then sets Jo Won upon the innocent So Ok, who will become her husband's concubine.
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Ai Ni has been a beautiful lady in Shanghai. When time passes, she is getting old, and her properties are only her husband, children and a dilapidated house. Hwa’s salon becomes a shell for her. Hwa has been Ai Ni’s stylist for ten years, and an intimate relationship is developed between them. Hwa’s salon is going to close down, and that makes Ai Ni feel worried. The closing of the salon shall represent an end of their relationship, but desire among them is releasing and growing. Just like a final answer to their relationship, they have the first but also the last sex in the vacant salon.
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Both drama theme is the same about cheating, betrayal & love affairs. The ML himself in real life cheat on his wife & having love affairs for three years eventhough he already have three kids still can't stop his affairs. His wife divorce him after she knew that he betrayed her trust & love for him after many years of marriage.
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Narita Misao is a rookie employee at a company. She doesn’t like Ichikawa Kazuya, who works in the same department. He is brutally honest when he talks to other people. Nevertheless, an incident leads to Narita Misao developing feelings for him. Ichikawa Kazuya also becomes attracted to her. The couple soon enter into an intimate relationship, but Narita Misao learns afterwards that Ichikawa Kazuya is engaged to his girlfriend. Narita Misao is confused by the situation and wonders what he is thinking.
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Independent and strong woman lead
Carrier oriented woman
Story about married couples
Infidelity of partners
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+ both stories are revolved around cheating and marriage problems
+ the FL started to breakfree from her comfort zone, and meet someone to start warmed her up
+ i thought OWM is a POV of YDK in TWOM, because the wife of the man she is seeing is successful and has strong aura
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A love story affair with a bit different storyline & plot with mature sexual content but both is worth watching drama. If you like mature love affairs story I definitely recommend this drama.

Michi, a 26-year-old high school math teacher, tentatively accepts her boyfriend's proposal of marriage, uncertain of her love for him, but feeling pressure from her father and society to do what is expected of her.

Hikaru is a 17-year-old boy frustrated by his home life with his single mother. After being expelled from many high schools for bad behaviour, he enters Michi's class as a new transfer student.

As their relationship grows, they realize they both feel they've lost themselves to the pressures of those around them, and it is this common bond that draws them dangerously close. What follows is a heart-wrenching story of forbidden love where Michi must face society's judgement for corrupting a minor, abandoning her fiance, and disappointing her parents and co-workers.
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Lok is a recovering schizophrenic who yearns for love. One day, he encounters the young and beautiful Yan and quickly falls in love with her. Just when he struggles whether to tell her about his illness, he has a relapse and becomes delusional. Little does he know that she's a psychological counselor who has a hidden agenda. The pair develops a relationship that is beyond their wildest dreams.
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