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30 year-old working woman Li An Sheng's life in Shanghai is suddenly disrupted by the publication of a novel, entitled "Qi Yue and An Sheng", a chronicle of her friendship with Qi Yue during her youth. Coupled with an accidental encounter with Su Jia Ming, her long repressed memories are unleashed with the force of a tsunami. The two girls seemed destined to become friends from the moment they entered high school. Though they were inseparable and believed that their bond would last for the rest of their lives, the cruelty of youth eventually led them to separate paths. Even more shocking is the discovery of a long buried secret shared by the women - a secret that serves as an emblem of their youth and the proof of their friendship.

Korean language BLs about employee/boss and teacher/student relationship. Hot and cold behaviour, ups and downs, and a protective seme....

Falling in love in a workplace setting. Both Korean language BLs. Boss/employee relationship.

-LGBTQ+
-Lack of communication
-Deteriorating long-term relationship
-Mistrust

BL korean language stories where one of the ML's incessantly pursues the other, who is cold and dismissive of his feelings.

SPOILER ALERT

BL where male leads end up having a huge falling out. They love eachother very much but one does something that the other thinks is unforgivable.

-LGBTQ+
-Korean language
-Hot and cold behaviour
-Protective and considerate ML

Both BL films show the consequences of not expressing one's true feelings to the one they love. They both take sad and happy turns on the road to love.

-LGBTQ+
-Love triangle of sorts between two guys and a girl
-One guy follows/tries to win over the other
-Elusive male lead who hides his true feelings/is confused

Korean language BL's about one guy who has confused feelings and doesn't know if he wants to be in a relationship with the other guy. Mental health issues in both, as well.

I feel they have very similar plots:
- lovers who broke up due to misunderstanding
- father doesn’t know that he has a child
- second chance type of romance

While these shows are very different, I think there are still some similarities worth checking out.

1. The male lead of both of these shows is a badass who at first has a bit of a bad reputation.
2. Ths male lead is pretty upbeat and loves to tease the female lead
3. The male lead falls first and fully devotes himself to her once he falls
4. The male lead is extremely smart and saves fhe female lead multiple times
5. The female leads are both pretty cool but in different ways. In Story of Ming Lan, she can't fight, but she can scheme and battle indirectly while in Arsenal Military Academy, she can and does fight
6. The male lead gets jealous easily (if your into that)


My favorite part of both shows js the male lead and how he is cool, smart, badass, and most of all, fun. He isn't stiff and boring like so many male leads are. He also genuibly loves the female lead and isnt afraid to show it.

-Same subject matter of working with women at a clinic dealing with reproductive issues.
-Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Difference is from the nurse perspective vs Dr's perspective.

Both couples work in a hospital, with the ML older and already established in his profession at the beginning of the drama. Both FLs are younger than the ML and fall in love with them first, openly expressing their love, but the MLs are colder personalities who take much longer to reciprocate.

Both are sweet and fluffy youth dramas with a school setting and little to no angst.
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