Dad get's to go to school with his kids in his teenage body here also.

After nearly twenty years of marriage, Jung Da Jung and Hong Dae Young seem to be well settled in their domestic lives. The proud parents of a pair of eighteen year old twins, the devoted couple have worked hard to build a happy home together. But what seems like an ideal life on the outside is really anything but. Fed up with Dae Young’s incessant nonsense, Da Jung is at her wits’ end. When Dae Young announces that he’s been fired, Da Jung gives up completely. Convinced life would be better without her husband in it, Da Jung wastes no time in filing for divorce. Shaken by his wife’s decision to leave him and utterly disappointed in where life has taken him, Dae Young takes a hard look at his life. It doesn’t take him long to see all the places where things went wrong, and soon he finds himself regretting absolutely everything about his life. The moment the thoughts of regret enter his head, his body is instantly transformed into that of an eighteen year old, while his thirty-seven year old mind remains intact. Suddenly given the chance to re-do his entire life, Dae Young changes his name to Ko Woo Young and enrolls himself in his children's’ school. Seeing life from an entirely different perspective, Dae Young soon finds that despite keeping his middle-aged brain, he still has a lot to learn.
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I haven’t watch it yet but I have a feeling it’s similar to this.
Perfume is about a fat lady who was once a young beautiful lady about to go into modeling but unfortunately something happen so modeling wasn’t an option anymore. As she grew older she gain lots of weight. The husband kept fat shaming her until the point she wanted to die. Right before she was about to die she received this mystery package that had a perfume in it. She did a drop on her wrist to smell it and BAMN she was her young self again. So she decided to leave and rewrite pass again but not everything is permanent.
Recommended by ADNA OSOBLE
- Both deal with a relationship that has lasted since high school

- Both deal with poverty and its effects on a relationship. 18 Again couple have the additional responsibility of children.

- Very realistic portrayal of the struggles and how they overcome them.
Recommended by vivi_1485
- Both dramas are about married couples who are going through a divorce.
- Both dramas are about one lead becoming younger version. But in 18 again the ML really transformed to a younger by the fantasy element, but in 18 Vs 29 FL lost all the memories of her adulthood because of an accident and become younger in her mind.
- Both focus on finding lost love and second chance romance.
Recommended by jaseemharry
family centric
magical, fantastical elements
18 again is more slice of life, MPUB is more fantasy-esque
vastly different yet similar in terms of themes of sacrifice, grief and motherhood, family etc
Recommended by sakina rizvi
The main genre of these two dramas are a bit different because MPS has a murder mystery going on but these two have the ff in common:
- both made the main character see their family beyond as their role in their family so this can make you appreciate your family members better
- interactions between daughter(and or) son and the father in their teens (well in18 again, just physically)
Recommended by gCell at Work
Just gives similar vibes as that one as in 18 again he transforms back to his past form. But, here her past comes to the future.
Recommended by caspleo_svt
- messed up family relationships being resolved
- fatherly love
- similar character growth
- wholesome, precious and lovely
- comfort and healing aspects in the most subtle ways
- has a few similar themes that were shown in some of the episodes as side stories
Recommended by Fatooz
After nearly twenty years of marriage, Jung Da Jung and Hong Dae Young seem to be well settled in their domestic lives. The proud parents of a pair of eighteen year old twins, the devoted couple have worked hard to build a happy home together. But what seems like an ideal life on the outside is really anything but. Fed up with Dae Young’s incessant nonsense, Da Jung is at her wits’ end. When Dae Young announces that he’s been fired, Da Jung gives up completely. Convinced life would be better without her husband in it, Da Jung wastes no time in filing for divorce. Shaken by his wife’s decision to leave him and utterly disappointed in where life has taken him, Dae Young takes a hard look at his life. It doesn’t take him long to see all the places where things went wrong, and soon he finds himself regretting absolutely everything about his life. The moment the thoughts of regret enter his head, his body is instantly transformed into that of an eighteen year old, while his thirty-seven year old mind remains intact. Suddenly given the chance to re-do his entire life, Dae Young changes his name to Ko Woo Young and enrolls himself in his children's’ school. Seeing life from an entirely different perspective, Dae Young soon finds that despite keeping his middle-aged brain, he still has a lot to learn.
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Similarities
- Both dramas revolve around family, sacrifice and regrets especially the relationship between parents and children + spouses.
- Both dramas have a warm feeling to it.
- Both dramas are have a parent as the protagonist - father in 18 again, mother in Hi Bye Mama.
- There is no real villain
- Both dramas highlight some social issues. 18 again: women empowerment, teen pregnancy, bias in society, etc. Hi Bye Mama: bias against step moms.

Differences:
- While 18 again revolves around love and hurt on a daily basis within a family, hi bye mama is themed around the pain when one is lost to death.
- 18 again is a lot more realistic and relatable and has only one fantasy element to it while Hi Bye Mama has more fantasy elements to it compared to 18 again
- 18 again's driving regret revolves around what could have been done if family wasn't there while Hi bye mama's regret revolves around what could be done for the family.
Recommended by dreamer
Both are second chance romance stories where a divorced couple learns to see each other in a new light and begins to heal old wounds.
Recommended by bearuth9
The male lead (28 years old) goes back to his younger body (18 years old) out of nowhere to find why the girl he liked commited suicide.
SIMILARITIES: Age, Younger Body
Recommended by toomasu

The two stories are very different, but they also have points in common: the male protagonist is torn between a love for basketball and a love for family.
Recommended by alis89
Both:
Deliver in-depth messages relating to life, marriage, relationships (similar themes)
Focus on being true to their emotions
Focus on character development
Involve different relationships
Recommended by Ruyi
- warm family vibes;
- touching moments almost in every episode;
- good-looking MLs;
- hard-working MLs
Recommended by Linh Le
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