Recommendations

1. Both male leads are warriors/generals, I.e always have to go to war
2. An uncommon thing in dramas is ML and FL don’t have that much screen time together
3. Main reason why they don’t have much screen time together is because both have to serve their own fate…. They were born with heavy responsibilities. I.e it is clear that they have a greater purpose in life regardless of male or female.

I've recently been rewatching FIYS and found myself finding the shows extremely similar. The storyline itself is quite different but it's more about the actual vibe of the show that makes them so attractive.
- both a workplace (FIYS is a gaming show tho)
- side characters very entertaining (ABP ppl who work there and FIYS the other ppl on the zgdx)
- very addictive
+ FIYS is definitely slower paced than ABP but it builds up nicely and don't get bored quick

I rec you sit through abt 6 eps before you try and drop the show, ofc it's not everyone's taste but it's a nice exciting watch :)

the same movie but this is part 1 :)

They both have "different" characters as the main theme.
In this case, Woo Young Woo is an attorney with ASD (autism spectrum disorder).
I think that both in this drama and the one I'm recommending the peculiarities of their conditions are well represented.
I also feel like the storytelling is refreshing and different from the other shows^^

Both drama has Ueno Juri and Tanaka Kei in it.
They both focus on the main leads with no intention to marry.
Female lead is living one of her parent and the story focuses on how they living with their parents.
Both focuses on the family aspect and marriage ideology.
Jizoku Kanona Koi Desuka focuses more on romance, but Kazoku no Katachi focuses more on family.

The husband cheated with the wife’s cousin and in the end wanted to go back to the wife but the wife did not take him back. In both dramas, the female lead became strong women in the end. Highly recommended.

Both are about assassins trying to get back their lives. Also, they similarly condense the boundaries between the concept of hero and villain within the protagonist. However, Ichi the Killer is much more violent and explicit.

Both are wealthy protagonists living in the city who end up learning how it is to live in a rural area and to get accustomed to the people in the village. The romantic interests are both people who are stern and some sort of military officer, but they are caring and sweet underneath. Similar conflicts of circumstances that won't allow them to be together at first. Also, there are the funny side characters that are very similar to each other.

Both of these stories feature an unlucky female lead that struggles surviving within her upstart family. We get to know these smart and cunning female leads through childhood until her marriage. Both female leads fall for the 2nd male lead and almost marry but get separated by schemes. The cunning male leads scheme to marry the female leads and eventually are to be wed and have their fair share of a scheming family. Both of the mls are scheming and brought honor through war merits rather than the scholarly men we typically see. But war and unloyal subjects keep the leads on their toes. While these dramas have a very similar pacing LLTG is my more my style. The ml is work driven man with no time for females except for the girl he fell for at first sight. The female lead is a different kind of smart she is skilled in architecture and is not so great at studying literature. While in TSML the male lead already has children with another woman and eventually falls for the fl because she sets him on the right track. The fl is more of a book smart kind of girl with some schemes to help her in the family. This drama also puts way more emphasis on the true treatment of daughters during this time period. Both dramas have an excellent cast and are worth the watch.

Both of these stories feature an unlucky female lead that struggles surviving within her upstart family. We get to know these smart and cunning female leads through childhood until her marriage. Both female leads fall for the 2nd male lead and almost marry but get separated by schemes. The cunning male leads scheme to marry the female leads and eventually are to be wed and have their fair share of a scheming family. Both of the mls are scheming and brought honor through war merits rather than the scholarly men we typically see. But war and unloyal subjects keep the leads on their toes. While these dramas have a very similar pacing LLTG is my more my style. The ml is work driven man with no time for females except for the girl he fell for at first sight. The female lead is a different kind of smart she is skilled in architecture and is not so great at studying literature. While in TSML the male lead already has children with another woman and eventually falls for the fl because she sets him on the right track. The fl is more of a book smart kind of girl with some schemes to help her in the family. This drama also puts way more emphasis on the true treatment of daughters during this time period. Both dramas have an excellent cast and are worth the watch.

Both are set in historical times, with an entertainer ML of low birth who ends up in a forbidden romance with the royal FL who is marrying/married to someone else.

- set on a fishing boat
- the crew turns on one another after a horrible event
- women at risk onboard
- mutiny
- good guy vs bad guys

Both films are set on a boat and shows a crew that descends into madness for one reason or another while turning on each other.

Kyoichi Suzuki is an average college student in his junior year. Although he's not in one of the top universities, he's satisfied with his college life studying architecture. Kyoichi left home and is finally on his own, living in a beat-up apartment in Tokyo. However, this apartment building is home to some out-of-the-ordinary residents, who are always bugging Kyoichi. His next-door neighbor hits Kyoichi up for a loan when he finds out that Kyoichi just got paid. His other next-door neighbor who works at a nightclub, always calls Kyoichi, demanding him to come pick her up because she's so drunk. Other than that, Kyoichi is satisfied with his normal life until he meets a girl one day. Kyoichi comes home from his part-time job as a night-time security guard. He returns to his room to find a girl sleeping on his bed - a girl he has never seen before. She looks a bit older than Kyoichi and is quite beautiful. Kyoichi can't believe his eyes. Kyoichi closes the door and goes outside to the entrance of the apartment, to make sure he's in the right apartment and room. There's no mistake. He returns inside, but the girl is gone. There's nobody in his room. Was it just his imagination? Was he hallucinating? Kyoichi can't understand what just happened. Later, he discovers that something is missing from his grocery bag - the Chinese noodles he was looking forward to eating are gone. This is how Kyoichi first meets Surumi Kataoka. After they meet, Surumi continues living in Kyoichi's room. She points to an apartment visible from Kyoichi's room and says that the guy living there dumped her for another girl. Surumi says that she's waiting to check out the girl she was dumped for. Kyoichi doesn't know if he ought to believe her or not. All Kyoichi knows is that while Surumi is such a charming girl, the expression on her face is sad at times. Kyoichi is not that disappointed about sharing his room with a cute girl. He starts to think that this lifestyle may go on forever, until one day, Surumi suddenly disappears-just like the day she suddenly appeared. All she leaves for Kyoichi are unanswered questions.

Kyoichi Suzuki is an average college student in his junior year. Although he's not in one of the top universities, he's satisfied with his college life studying architecture. Kyoichi left home and is finally on his own, living in a beat-up apartment in Tokyo. However, this apartment building is home to some out-of-the-ordinary residents, who are always bugging Kyoichi. His next-door neighbor hits Kyoichi up for a loan when he finds out that Kyoichi just got paid. His other next-door neighbor who works at a nightclub, always calls Kyoichi, demanding him to come pick her up because she's so drunk. Other than that, Kyoichi is satisfied with his normal life until he meets a girl one day. Kyoichi comes home from his part-time job as a night-time security guard. He returns to his room to find a girl sleeping on his bed - a girl he has never seen before. She looks a bit older than Kyoichi and is quite beautiful. Kyoichi can't believe his eyes. Kyoichi closes the door and goes outside to the entrance of the apartment, to make sure he's in the right apartment and room. There's no mistake. He returns inside, but the girl is gone. There's nobody in his room. Was it just his imagination? Was he hallucinating? Kyoichi can't understand what just happened. Later, he discovers that something is missing from his grocery bag - the Chinese noodles he was looking forward to eating are gone. This is how Kyoichi first meets Surumi Kataoka. After they meet, Surumi continues living in Kyoichi's room. She points to an apartment visible from Kyoichi's room and says that the guy living there dumped her for another girl. Surumi says that she's waiting to check out the girl she was dumped for. Kyoichi doesn't know if he ought to believe her or not. All Kyoichi knows is that while Surumi is such a charming girl, the expression on her face is sad at times. Kyoichi is not that disappointed about sharing his room with a cute girl. He starts to think that this lifestyle may go on forever, until one day, Surumi suddenly disappears-just like the day she suddenly appeared. All she leaves for Kyoichi are unanswered questions.