First Love: Hatsukoi (2022)

I'd say it's quite similar. It's about first love, family, even songs. Yes, songs do have that magic which brings us back to the past even for a moment..

Childhood romance, first love romance. The characters were together in high school but circumstances forced them to separate. As adults, they reunite.

First love. As simple and as complicated. This is about first love, about friendship. Well orange is a fantasy and time travel, but i believe if you're looking for first love movies, then it is great.

First love and time. Past and present.
Between the time when two people first met and fall in love, life kicks in, dreams crushed. Then comes goodbye. After separation, will a chance to meet again change two person?

Main characters are separated and find each other again after a long time. We follow their story in the present while learning more about their past and what fate separated them and then brought them together again.

Both dramas look back at past relationships, there is a constant switch between the present and the past. In both dramas, the leads started their relationship in high school. However, since then they have moved on and gone their separate ways, finding new paths in life. By coincidence they meet again years later and restart their relationship.

Both dramas have similar genres (melodrama and romance).

Min Ho, a music producer who is struggling to write a new song because of the lack of inspiration. He is told by his manager that he has to find love so he would have emotions to write a new melody. He then meets a Chinese tourist named Ling Ling. Min Ho is inspired by Ling Ling but due to their language barrier he decides to adds her as a friend on the mobile messenger app LINE to communicate with one another.

A drama about young adults and the importance of text messaging on their love lives. In the drama, Han Seung Ho is a Korean foreign student who moves in with, Miu, his friend. Han Seung Ho wants to send a message to his first love in Japanese, but because his Japanese is weak, he enlists the help of Miu to write the texts. Through this relationship, the two end up in love.

How do you woo a woman in a library where talking is frowned upon? Jim begins to frequent his local library after he becomes smitten with the beautiful librarian, Ann, who works there. Unable to talk freely, Jim tries to woo her by leaving her notes inside of the library books he borrows. But when Ann finds the notes only after Jim stops coming to the library, will it be too late?

* Second chance romance
* Lots of insightful moments with amazing writing
* Top notch chemistry between the leads
* Amazing cinematography
* Mature romance

- Both male leads work in similar fields to protect the country
- Both female and male leads met during high school and reconciled a decade later
- Both dramas go back and forth present and past moments
- Both dramas are not just about relationships but also dive into the roles' respective careers
- There is a kid in between the FL and ML helping to rekindle their romance
- Both dramas have snowy settings and cinematic feel

Well they are stories of two people deeply in love but the obstacles are put on their path by the closest people to them! They keep missing each other, the timing is always wrong! So they throw in a nice time skip (3 to 5 years) and magically everything is sorted out i the last minutes of the last episode!
If you are in the mood for a misery ride with incredible chemistry between the leads, watch this!

The couple met the first time in their youth and have a second chance at love but by going back in time.

The couple met the first time in their youth and things didn't work out but even though they've moved on, they now have a second chance at love.

A show about growing up. A girl is unable to fully experience growing up due to a sad circumstance but now has the chance to experience her teenage years at the ripe old age of 30.