A psychological drama about unhealthy interpersonal relationships explained often through elaborate flashbacks. Takanako Mayuko, who grew up in an idyllic mansion with the perfect loving family, blames her childhood best friend for everything that has gone wrong in her life. While maintaining the façade of friendship, Mayuko finalizes the revenge she’s been secretly plotting for decades.
well, so many people have given out recommendations and i am surprised that no one is yet to recommend Voice season 2 and 3 when the male lead character there is so similar to the one in Flower of Evil. in fact Voice series are OCN dramas so they are meant to be a lot darker and with less emphasis on romance which could be a plus for a genre like this. there is a good reason why the Voice series keep getting season's extension, you gotta watch it to know. enjoy!
Both dramas feature a psychopath who tried to pursue a life that others may deem to not suit them due to the fact that they had an inability to feel any emotions or emphatize with other people. Both dramas had the main character ending up misdiagnosed while still young and growing up having traits of psychopathy inside them. Both dramas had the presumed psychopath character trying their best to break away from the stigma people had of psychopaths in general as they try to lead a normal life.
Both dramas are dark thriller/mysteries in which the main characters are a couple and their young daughter and (one of) the SML(s) is a newspaper reporter. Both dramas have a lot of misdirection/red-herring which keep you guessing what's happening/who the villain is, and both have common plot elements of a killer in a raincoat, a car accident, and amnesia.
Both dramas feature the characters lives being torn apart through a traumatic past and multiple killings. The main focus of both this dramas is on two characters, one a detective, and the other who is a psychopath. In both of these dramas, the psychopath and detective have a familial relationship.
Flower of the Evil and Blood and Ties are both very dark and brutal dramas. Both deal about families where one member has a secret past tied to a crime and another member finding out about it. In both dramas this crime revolves around a murder.
In Blood and Ties it is however the daughter that is suspicious of her kind father, whereas in Flower of the Evil it is the wife that doubts her husband more and more.
Both dramas feel very similar.
In Blood and Ties it is however the daughter that is suspicious of her kind father, whereas in Flower of the Evil it is the wife that doubts her husband more and more.
Both dramas feel very similar.
They are both projects that are full of suspense and also contain the genre "crime and mystery".
The main characters from "You Are My Spring" both have a painful past and they are both growing up trying to cope and heal, one of the "antidotes" is companionship, trust, and love.
In "Flower of Evil" the main male character also has a painful past and secrets, and his story also develops in such a way in which he learns about trust, he learns what it means to truly connect to someone and how unconditional love works.
Both projects also contain a hint of romance, and the general feel/vibe of both series it's similar, they also have interesting twists and surprising story developement.
The main characters from "You Are My Spring" both have a painful past and they are both growing up trying to cope and heal, one of the "antidotes" is companionship, trust, and love.
In "Flower of Evil" the main male character also has a painful past and secrets, and his story also develops in such a way in which he learns about trust, he learns what it means to truly connect to someone and how unconditional love works.
Both projects also contain a hint of romance, and the general feel/vibe of both series it's similar, they also have interesting twists and surprising story developement.
Disclaimer: FOE is heavier than MLM in terms of a thriller and suspense. When I started watching FOE, I had to read some spoilers because I couldn't stand being in the dark, but it wasn't necessary for me when I started MLM.
In both dramas FLs are smart, resistant, kind-hearted, understanding and trusting. They are trying to help MLs.
MLs are morally gray, calm, cold and really good at hiding their true identities, past, reasonings and goals.
I couldn't get rid of the felling that ML from MLM is similar to ML from FOE. Something like deja ví, maybe? Their (handsome) looks and personality were kinda familiar, but at the same time I thought these MLs are somehow different.
Also their love and chemistry. In both dramas I saw the love that can overcome everything. Also major 'touch her and you'll see what I'm capable of' vibes from the MLs hahah
I think the biggest differences between these dramas are that there is no doppelganger in FOE and in MLM main leads weren't married.
In both dramas FLs are smart, resistant, kind-hearted, understanding and trusting. They are trying to help MLs.
MLs are morally gray, calm, cold and really good at hiding their true identities, past, reasonings and goals.
I couldn't get rid of the felling that ML from MLM is similar to ML from FOE. Something like deja ví, maybe? Their (handsome) looks and personality were kinda familiar, but at the same time I thought these MLs are somehow different.
Also their love and chemistry. In both dramas I saw the love that can overcome everything. Also major 'touch her and you'll see what I'm capable of' vibes from the MLs hahah
I think the biggest differences between these dramas are that there is no doppelganger in FOE and in MLM main leads weren't married.
