Both are dark fantasy dramas about an immortal man and a woman with a traumatic past. The male leads learn about their pasts and their connection to the female lead. Both MLs are initially cold and focused on a mission but find themselves caring about the people around them. Both are tragic stories that involve a lot of death.

- xianxias with rebirth and lots of action
- FL and ML are both very powerful
- FL is not as responsible as the ML
- entertaining side characters
- 2FL starts out naive and becomes protective of the FL
- tragic side romances
- FLs are unfairly targeted by authority figures
- ML is incredibly sweet once you get to know him
- the main plot takes a while to get started
- FL spends a lot of time no knowing the MLs feelings

both feature a martial artist trying to atone for their past by protect a boy who is being targeted because of his identity. both have conspiracies occurring in the background and a heavy focus on the past. Seirei no Moribito is more serious and slower paced, while Word of Honor is more comedic and focuses more on relationships.

Both are mini historical dramas that have intrigue and are a bit dark. They are well-produced and have some action scenes. Both have a reserved but proactive FL who gets the plot going. Unlike Dong Lan Xue, the romance in Legend of Yunze is between two women and is downplayed.

Both are tragic romances between two characters who trapped by circumstances and are forced to act against their better natures. While Bloody Romance has the kind FL trapped with the powerful ML who decides to help her, The Blue Whisper has the kind ML as the one who gets trapped at the start with the powerful FL helping him. The characters are forced into conflicts that they would rather avoid and work against those in power who are mostly villainous. There are betrayals and misunderstandings, but the leads end up growing as people. Both explore the complexities of morality.

It takes some serious imagination to view the relationship between the MLs as purely platonic. They express their love for one another is many different ways and are ready to die for one another. One ML is incredibly powerful and viewed as a villain because of something he has no control over, while the other ML is colder and more reserved and figures out the secret identity of the other ML. There is a lot of action and sacrifice, and the leads have a lot of fun banter with one another.

Both are dark fantasy dramas. The MLs have a condition that makes them consider themselves to be monsters and have to suppress their violent tendencies. They start out hating the FLs, who are normal humans, before getting to know them better and deciding to work together. The villains act like they want to be friends with the MLs and see themselves as more than humans. Both dramas have some humorous moments but are overall tragedies.

Both are sci fi movies with multinational casts that have people from the working class trying to protect children. The protagonists aren't traditional heroes but are pushed into that role. Both show the importance of building relationships with people that are initially a bit antagonistic.

Both are mystery thrillers with no romance, interesting visuals, and a great soundtrack. The leads work in different professions and are initially antagonistic towards one another but slowly form a close bond, and they try to solve a mystery involving their pasts. Most of them don't know how to fight and have to trap their enemies instead, though there still are plenty of action scenes. Also, there is an element of revenge in both. The Guest is a supernatural horror story while A League of Nobleman is more magical realism and involves some court politics.

Both are lighthearted dramas that discuss heavy topics like abuse and mental illness. Both MLs have experienced past trauma that continues to effect them and their ability to work. They both are protective of victims of domestic violence and no longer have a biological family. They bicker a lot with the 2ML about how to do their jobs. There is action and comedy that counterbalance the darker portions. Also, both show why going to therapy is important.

Both are mini dramas that have a romance between the MLs, one of whom has traveled to the past and wants to save the other from an early death. The love interests are both good-natured and have a friend who is very protective of them. Once Again is written as a tragedy with the ML trying to prevent the event that traumatized him as a child, while Tinted with You is more humorous and romantic.

Both feature a relationship between two women, one of whom is a bit insecure, and they both involve ghosts. Otherwise, they are very different. Legend of Yunze is a mystery adventure with some darker moment, while My Fairy Ghost has a more slice-of-life feel, following an author trying to write a book, and it is also more explicit about the romance. Both are short-length dramas with relatively simple plots that are heartwarming at times.