Bloody Heart (2022)

First parallel is the setting, both are set in the Joseon era. Next is the very political plot, with many plot twists and love rivalry. Yet, the main leads try to find how they could be able to love each other despite their obstacles.


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Another parallel though is that the main girl enters the palace as the male lead's concubine.

BH is basically a darker version of QLAW, both about a childhood meeting between the prince and a noble girl, his determination to select her as his queen, and the palace scheming, intrigue, and assassinations that result in the FL losing her family and living a commoner's life before eventually ending up as the queen. The love/hate relationship between the main couple is similar, as is the FL's personality.

Having come out only 2 episodes of captivating the king i can already tell that they are very much alike. From the male lead being the king ,being weak and the female lead coming to the palace for the purpose of avenging her family .Loving the King at the start and then be heartbroken by the same person.

Both are darker, more intricate historical dramas with a similar tone and pacing. In both the FL's is originally the king's bride, but circumstances and political scheming result in her leaving the palace/being presumed dead. Eventually years later, she returns to the palace and returns to her position as queen. The ML in both is struggling against powerful people in the palace, all while trying to protect the woman he loves. Both stories have shamans.

Genres: Historical, Drama, Political
Tags: Power Struggle, Strong Female Lead, Royalty, Joseon Dynasty, Palace Setting, Concubine Female Lead, King Male Lead, Historical Fiction, Revenge, Government Official Male Lead

=> Both are good dramas for lovers of political angle in historical dramas
=> Jang Hyuk is in both dramas, the relationship between him and the kings in both dramas and how he considers them are very important and very instrumental in both dramas

the court politics are relentless. If you like the constant thrill of court politics in under the queen's umbrella then bloody heart would suit you as its similar but also carries a romance plotline alongside it.

Synopsis of Scarlet Heart:
When a total eclipse of the sun takes place, Go Ha Jin is transported back in time to the start of the Goryeo Dynasty of Korea during King Taejo's rule. She wakes up in the body of the 16-year-old Hae Soo and finds herself living in the house of the 8th Prince Wang Wook, who is married to Hae Soo's cousin. She soon befriends several of the princes and meets the ostracized 4th Prince, Wang So. Although knowing she should not get involved in palace intrigues over the succession to the throne, she inadvertently becomes a pawn in the struggle, as several of the Princes fall in love with her.

Scarlet heart and Bloody heart is both historical drama that is also a romance drama. Both main lead becomes the king.

The main actress is also in Scarlet heart too!

Both are very intense historical dramas that will keep you hooked.
Also, Jang Hyuk plays a main role in both

Both are slower paced historical dramas . In both, the ML was poisoned when young and has built up a tolerance to it so he's able to survive a poison attempt as an adult.

During the Joseon Dynasty, a young woman named Hong Chun Ki is a painter – a true rarity in Joseon Korea, where Confucian values dictate that such pursuits are unsuitable for a woman. She was born blind but somehow managed to acquire a sense of vision. And now she has been accepted to the most prestigious art college in the land. One day, she meets Ha Ram, an astrologer whose fate is the polar opposite of her own: Although he was born sighted, he lost his vision in a childhood accident. Regardless, he is also in possession of an astounding talent that allows him to read the future by tracing the movement of the sky at night despite the fact that he is blind. The duo is sucked into the machinations of the royal court, particularly those involving two princes, the free-spirited Prince Yang Myung and the cruel, scheming Prince Joo Hyang – a man who longs to become the next Joseon king.

Suspense , agony , phycological pressure , palace politics and battling to survive inside the palace and save your soulmate from death....
Those 2 dramas are identical. Action , suspense and romance all combined.
In both dramas the Emperor is a kindhearted young man who tries his best to be a good ruler but the corrupted officials try to bring him down /kill him.
In both dramas the emperor does everything in his power to save female lead whom he loves deeply.
Great cinematography in both dramas.
Every episode ends with a cliffhanger and leaves you wanting more.

Star crossed lovers and wanting yet cannot be together. Good looking cast and political court intrigue.

Star crossed lovers who cannot be together due to reasons beyond their control. The kings secretly plot to disrupt the plans of crafty prime ministers who have exalted them to their royal positions and who hold all the de facto power.

While very different in tone (TLLOQL is more comedic, BH more darkly tragic), both are about a battle of wits between an intelligent king/emperor and his crafty advisor who marries a member of his family (estranged daughter vs. adopted niece) to the king/emperor in order to try to control him. However the FL cares about the king/emperor and sides with him against her father/adopted uncle.