The Spirealm (2024)

It's a bromance obv. And also this jitd give you massive heartbreak so you gotta cure it with some pure bromance ?

I am surprised nobody put this drama in rec section yet! Love For Love's Sake is another drama where the main character enters a game (taking place in a school), meets the love of his life. Both dramas have apparently confusing endings....

Both dramas are about a group of people starting out in a virtual reality game and then involuntarily get sent back to the game without the headset. If they die in the game, their bodies in real life will also suffer dire consequences.

Although Serendipity is more on the romance side and lacks the bromance that Spirealm has, both of the story bases are similar - in both shows they visit different worlds (VR games/books) with different settings, solve problems and find out about mysteries.

Both dramas see the main character enter VR death games, solving puzzles and mysteries along the way.

TBH watching The Spirerealm has made me want to re-watch Die Now lol, it's a great drama.

Both dramas are similar as both main leads need to accomplish the mission in each story to get to the next story and eventually getting to the main goal (12th door/changing fate). The main lead in The Journey time-travels to the different times & places in her past lifetimes to help others resolve their past conflicts collecting a drop of tears from certain person (moving closer to changing her fate) whereas the main lead in The Spirealm enters the different doors with different stories/games to accomplish mission obtaining the key and clue to the next door (until they reach the final door).

Both of these are BL of the "Unlimited Flow" (continuous horror games) Genre.

In Earth is Online, the main character is cold/calculative while the male lead is very strong and strategic.

In Kaleidoscope of Death, the main character is very adaptable and the male lead is a survivor.

While Earth is Online is a bit more on the comedic side, Kaleidoscope of Death is very raw with its characters and you can truly feel their despair in every world.

Both of these are BL of the "Unlimited Flow" (continuous horror games) Genre.

The MC and ML of both stories are really similar. And, in both stories, the two have a backstory with one another.

Earth is Online focuses a bit more on the arcs and what exactly the towers are/do.

Global University focuses a bit more on the inner turmoil and character relationships.

I've been looking forward to this ever since I heard it would have a drama adaptation cause the novel is one of my favourite. I almost had a heart attack when I heard it was released ( for one hour). The drama did justice to the arcs and characters; the actors were perfectly cast and had great chemistry. However, they changed some things ( added some characters / removed some) and removed my favourite line, which made me a little upset. One thing I didn’t like was the change in the plot for the last doors. I was looking forward to seeing the plot twist from the novel, but because of censorship, they changed the concept to gaming, which also altered the plot twist. Nonetheless, the actors, actresses, and crew all did an excellent job. The songs were also great, and the script was very well done. I'm glad I lived long enough to watch this