Both shows are about fermale leads with unique interests - architecture for Meikenchiku and trains/train stations for Tetsu ota michiko. Both productions will take you on a journey and share trivia about trains/buildings

Both productions focus on male leads who keep cheating on their partners and get involved in male-male relationships with unequal power dynamics

The end of the world is nearing and an unlikely couple embarks on an impromptu roadtrip and a journey to discover themselves

Both movies have a similar premise - a lonely old woman takes in a suspicious young man with shady past

Both movies have the same premise - private investigator gets hired to spy on ML and his... endeavours and gets involved with him

Both productions feature Joseph Chang who investigates a case related to his personal life; both are full of plottwists and illusions

Both productions feature male leads who are lost in their lives and spend their time looking for women they once loved. Both productions feature a narrator voiced by someone who's not the ML; both have a similar vibe and great soundtrack

Both shows feature a young woman who's passionate about art and visits new places to eat delicious food. In Meikenchiku de Chushoku wo FL visits buildings to learn about history and architecture, while in Shitsuren Meshi FL looks for romance stories she can use as a plot for her comic.

First of all both of these movies share the same main cast (Kobayashi Satomi and Motai Masako) and feature a similar topic of women who go on (prolonged) vacation to find their place in life. While some of the details (and overall vibe) vary, these two productions are really similar

Both shows have the same screenwriter and the same heavy feeling to them; both shows are fairly simple on the surface but a layered mystery lies underneath. Both dramas play with your mind and show you exactly what you want to see. Both shows feature an underprivileged/poor lead - Yan Liang and Yue Pu in The Bad Kids and Chen Youxi in Homesick

Both dramas feature a similar scenario where ML suddenly has to take care of two wives and two sets of children - ones from his "current" identity and ones from his "previous" identity. The difference lies in how the situation came about - Miracle That We Met he reincarnated and in New Face he had his identity changed (against his will).

Both productions feature a similar way of investigating that involves tailing a suspect, Cold Eyes focuses more on blending in, while Nusumareta Kao on straight-up following