Recommendations

“Legend of Yunze” is a Chinese censored GL (but with a lot of chemistry and glances and mini touches lol) wuxia series whereas “Couple of Mirrors” is a Chinese censored GL romance too! :)

- Female lead travels back in time in both
- Both FLs go back to school days
- Friendships are explored
- Everyone notices a change in the female lead
- There is mystery surrounding a death
- Uncannily similar vibes but Shining For One Thing is lighter
- Proactive male leads

It has the same enemies to lover trope, as long as the same concept of how one person "bets" that they'd make the other fall for them. It also has the similar shy but sharp tongued uke and the flirty but gentlemen like seme who tease the uke to no end

These 2 dramas has beautiful filmography. The vibes is like a warm winter (I know it sounds weird but if u watch it, u might understand what i meant TT TT)

On top of that, these 2 dramas mentioned about falling in love with their childhood best friends that is so close to siblings.

- Murder committed due to love
- Two people who couldn't be together
- Tragic, compelling tale of 2 broken souls
- Backstories of abuse

- age gap romance
- female lead goes through a series of struggles with no one by her side to give her support
- although one is more to sport while the other is more to idol + makeup; these drama gives off similar vibes
- cute loveline between the leads
- feel good drama + healing drama

Both featuring badass and acomplished 80s actresses - Jeon In Hwa and Kim Hye Soo respectively - as badass queens controlling the court at the tip of their fingers while protecting their bloodline's life and throne rights. LOTP is more authentic in terms of speech and happenings, as it follows the life of a real person that lived, and is 150 episodes long, while UTQU is on a more dramaticised and fictional storyline.

Both has a main lead that at first reluctant to stay . He or she eventually not just stay but loving the village. They became dedicate, and contribute to the children education

Both Korean films has a man that mess up in lif. Was put in a spot that he refused to stay first. He refused to teach first too, but the young kids slowly earned his attention and melted his heart. Good watch

Both Korean movie are about a mess up man somehow in a school that desperately need a coach, a mentor and a friend. By staying and fall in love with the kids, it help the man to heal as well. Both have tag - mute… chalenges

Both Korean movies are Bout a young man somehow in a rural area teaching and loving the young students. One is comedy the other one is war time true story

Both are about a reluctant teacher to go to rural area to teach at the beginning. The story developed and he became liking the students and cutely loving the job and people

Both of these Thai stories take place in high school and present a nostalgic, simple tone to viewers. Specifically, I believe episode 7 of the 7 Project anthology to bear a tonal and stylistic resemblance to Smile of Tomorrow. However, while 7 Project focuses on romance, Smile of Tomorrow focuses on friendship.

- BL
- Same leads

Poongduck: Better story, Better production value, Better everything. Better BL over-all
Kissable Lips: Better chemistry

Although cancelled, Joseon Exorcist and Kingdom: Ashin of the North feel very similar. They both have zombie beings hunting humans, and a dark historical atmosphere set in the Joseon period. They're both of similar length too, and while Joseon exorcist was unfortunately cut short, it can still be watched as a "what if" 2 hour long special.