The second couple is a noona romance in both dramas, with the SFL being a grumpy girl boss and the SML being a nice guy who manages to make her smile. If you liked one, you'd probably like the other.
The main couple in the two dramas have some similarities too. One of the leads is a public figure (ML in Run On is an athlete and FL in Beauty Inside is an actress). ML is the rich one in both cases. The ML and FL meet through work. They understand each other deeply and help each other deal with their emotional baggage.
The main couple in the two dramas have some similarities too. One of the leads is a public figure (ML in Run On is an athlete and FL in Beauty Inside is an actress). ML is the rich one in both cases. The ML and FL meet through work. They understand each other deeply and help each other deal with their emotional baggage.
True for both dramas: ML has a history with FL's dead sister. Because of this, the ML feels responsible for the FL's well being. ML becomes FL's boss and romance occurs between the two characters despite ML's past history
FL is a singer destined for greatness. But she comes from a poor family and has to work very hard to support them. She gets her voice from her singer mother. ML is a part of the music industry and wants to help her advance her career. All of this is true for both dramas.
FL thinks ML is gay at the beginning, but eventually the truth comes out and they get together. Both are light dramas with comedy and romance
Same director. Both are workplace romances with lots of comedy. ML and FL start as enemies but get closer as the show goes on.
In both dramas, the MLs used to date someone close to the FLs but now that person is dead. In My Lovely Girl, this is the FL's older sister. In Find Me In Your Memory, this is the FL's best friend. The FLs do not know out about this connection, but the MLs are aware. MLs struggle with their feelings toward the FLs because of this. So that's the internal conflict. Externally, the MLs and FLs are all in the entertainment/news industry and deal with similar issues that come with being public figures.
Showing the behind-the-scenes lives of celebrities and the people around them. ML is the celebrity in both dramas. In Nice to Not Meet You, FL is an entertainment reporter that crosses paths with ML due to her job. In Sh**ting Stars, FL works at the agency that manages the ML and she writes press releases about him etc.
Entertainment reporter FL + public figure ML (politician in Prime Minister and I, actor in Nice to Not Meet You). Age gap romance.
Both of the FLs come from the sea and begin living among humans in disguise. Surplus princess was cancelled early, so it has a rushed ending.
A town full of suspicious people, each protecting their own secret. Small mysteries connecting to a big mystery. Female lead is an outsider, trying to get to the bottom of things.
Popular but snobby teacher (ML) at a special training center falls in love with female lead, who doesn't have the same high status. FL is another teacher in drinking solo, while FL owns a shop in Crash Course in romance
Male Lead and Female Lead are close in their youth but unfortunate events occur to the ML, ruining his life and separating him from the FL. When they are adults, ML goes back to high school as a student where FL becomes one of his teachers.
