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Both of these BL dramas center around male leads who love music. One of the MLs is looking to pursue music as a career and is part of a band. His role model is his deceased father who was also a musician, and is supported unconditionally by his loving restaurant-owner mother.

The other lead comes from a very high-performing family and feels pressure to impress others and run for student council president (although the source of that pressure differs between the dramas), and is supported by his #BestWingMan best friend.

The romance also presents as very similar, with one of the male leads having a long standing crush on the other throughout high school, after he was comforted by the other during a low point - a simple moment that the other lead doesnt even remember. He then proceeds to show his affection to him in secret actions. What proceeds is a very fluffy romance plotline.

in my life of kdramas ive only watched a few relatively long ones, these 2 I started thinking they might get boring and then ill drop them but they were both sooo good! if u like one i'd rec to try the other.
both have a very pitiful main lead in the beginning. In ugly alert its the ml and in my golden life its the fl. Both go from rich lives to poor ;-;
Personally, I liked ugly alert better. pls don't get intimidated by the episode count! i cant believe no one told me abt this gem before bc I ended up loving it sm!! if u think u wouldn't wanna watch smth over 100 eps, just trust me and first watch the first 10 eps and then decide if u wanna cont or not (I bet u will)

Same basic story outline!! The only exception so far is in Plot Love, FL took her child with her. And in Mommy’s Counterattack, FL was told her child died at childbirth.

the main leads are both bodyguards. There is a fun romance. Now the difference is in bodyguard SAO it;s the female lead who is the bodyguard. Where in the Charming Stepmom its the male lead. I liked both of them, Hint: don't analyze for credibility just enjoy it.

both series tackle the topics of finding your true home, being lonely and try to overcome trauma + lovely cinematography, teenagers being stubborn and kind and stubborn, unrequited crush on your long time friend, little towns by the sea, puppy love

Idol Producer is a chinese survival show from Iqiyi.
It's the first chinese of produce 101 and was a big hit at the time.

This one has a lot of trainees that became extremely famous in China due to it.

Produce Camp (also called Chuang) is the chinese version of Mnet's Produce 101 series. More precisely, the 2019 version is the 1st season with boys.

Very similar to BP, same flows, tasks, evaluation, etc.

Also, it's very high budget so the sets are stunning.

A must watch for all survival shows fan.

Produce Camp (also called Chuang) is the chinese version of Mnet's Produce 101 series. More precisely, the 2021 version is the 2nd season with boys.

Very similar to BP but emphasises more on friendship between trainees than competition. Has tons of very interesting side content (english subbed!).

Also, it's very high budget so the sets are stunning.

A must watch for all survival shows fan.

4th Season of Mnet's Produce 101.

Can be considered the previous season of BP.

Boys Planet is way more similar to this one than to Girl Planet 999 (male trainees, no cell system, typical A, B, C, D,F ranking but with stars instead, same tasks).

So if you like Boys Planet, you'll like this one too.

They just changed the logo from a triangle to a circle, the name and the "center" role in "killing part".

Both are historical mini dramas with the same actor and actress as the leads.
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Both are historical/fantasy dramas centered around a trio of leads - a powerful, violent tempered emperor/prince who is obsessed with the FL and threatens to destroy those close to her, his powerless yet loving younger brother, and the FL who tries to protect those she loves but is often a victim of fate.

Divorced couple
Another chance
Working in same place
The leads divorced un the first few episodes then they met again in the same work place , and there is another couple beside them in their work place and there's second male lead was choosing the female lead

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Masataka works as a freelance writer. He has been married to Yukie for the past 7 years. Yukie works as a school teacher. Masataka and Yuki are not in love with each other. They just haven't gotten divorced. Meanwhile, Masataka is having an affair with a young woman who delivers newspapers. This leads to a shocking situation.

The story happens in the near future of Japan, where sexual activity is forbidden by law. Inuda Hikaru is an honor student whose father is an executive at Setori (Sexual Misconduct Control Bureau of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare). Hikaru aspires to become like his father and finds sex unpleasant. Minase Yu is Hikaru's childhood friend who has a sharp tongue but excels in her grades. Yu is also a big fan of nationally known actress Uchu Misora, commonly known as Uchura. One day, Hikaru is invited by a classmate to a shady members-only club where he witnesses men and women engaging in illegal sexual acts. He is also surprised to see Uchura, who claims to be "pure" there with a man. Before he realised, Hikaru finds himself being caught in an "underworld organization" where sexual activity is performed.