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- FL actress is the same BUT ALSO, the overall story and vibe of the FL is similar and both dramas finished in the beginning of 2022
- ML is CEO (overbearing CEO vibes) manipulative, likes FL first
- FL is kind-hearted, positive/optimistic, has a sister (whom she loves and always helps), a little more on the less-smart side
- ML and FL are initially together by "contract", then slowly develop feelings (although in NBY, ML liked FL for a long time)

Similar concept - participants live together in a house but Love Actually participants are older - most of them are in their 30s, while Heart Signal participants are much younger.

Michieda Shunsuke, Ubu Love. Need I say more.

Ok, fine. MDL synopisis:
Aoki has a crush on Hashimoto, the girl in the seat next to him in class. But he despairs when he borrows her eraser and sees she's written the name of another boy—Ida—on it. To make matters more confusing, Ida sees Aoki holding that very eraser and thinks Aoki has a crush on him!

A Collaboration between J-storm and Fuji TV. Cameras work closely with an artist or the staff who creates a concert. It is a program that digs deeper into the theme as a "continuous documentary" that covers the same theme for a span of 4 weeks.
Yamashita Tatsuro's "RIDE ON TIME" has been selected as the theme song for this program.
Season one follows King & Prince, Hey! Say! JUMP, KAT-TUN, NEWS, Kansai Johnny's Jr and Snow Man. (from MDL lol)

Both Romcoms on the surface, but really is about mental health/psychology and are DEEP dramas.

If you like one, you must watch the other!
Actually even if neither is familiar...Watch them! Really good dramas!!

Similar: - Alpha male! Who doesn't love or fantasies about an alpha male?
-Innocent and pure FL. She stands true to her feelings.

She does a lot of the chasing, which I love love love! and finally got her man.

He is cold, smart, determine, strong and rich. Perfect!!

I also love how each side kick couple have their own love story line. Bonus!

Looking for more such drama!!

Both of them include office romance and have a love triangle. In both the web series, the boy bestfriend falls for the female lead and has been liking them for awhile. the difference between HBA and PMD is that in PMD the fl was already dating the ml when the boy bestfriend decides to confess and in HBA the ml is fl's first love (vice versa) and they meet again.

Both are shows made by Giga that parody big Toei Toku franchises. Also, they both start off as a show meant for all ages but have extra content made by Giga that is 18+

Both are shows made by Giga that parody big Toei Toku franchises. Also, they both start off as a show meant for all ages but have extra content made by Giga that is 18+

Both are shows made by Giga that parody big Toei Toku franchises. Also, they both start off as a show meant for all ages but have extra content made by Giga that is 18+

Mahou Bishoujo Senshi Fontaine is a show meant to parody magical girl tokusatsu. The suits are heavily inspired by Toei's Bishoujo Kamen Poitrine.

The storyline is probably different but as far ad it concerned… The characters are quite similar and the background should be similar as well… not sure tho

a female lead who was employed to be in a new variety program with the male lead, filming a project called "freezing human for 24 hrs". After waking up they realized that 20 years have passed by, while they were frozen. Then the story continues when the two relied on each other and fall in love. It was all because of the program that brought the two together

MAJOR SPOILER !!!!!!!! BE WARNED



Its related to love food and the corporate world....... kinda. Its about making friends family the grandmother of two of the fl also gets a love interest and thank the lords was i happy that two fl left the guys that they were in a relationship with (they were trash). Powerful rich fl so one of them is i think an investor. She seems like a nice person like xia meng. The male leads well IMO were done very well the writing too but i wont forgive what they did to Brother dai ( he died?) but i really did not understand the need for si mengs character..... i know i m being a bit mean tbh i m just lazy.... ENJOY??

Both are love letter for filmmaking but more importantly shows how good Japan can be when they decide to think outside the box and get those creative juice flowing.