Recommendations

-both drama the female lead male friends are jealous of the female and the male leads
-both male leads are smart and help the female lead with studies
-both female lead are jealous over a girl who is smarter than them and went overseas with the male lead
-both dramas include romance.school life

-Both female lead is aware of themselves
-both lead protect on another
-both drama involves comic
-both drama has happy ending
-both dramas in the middle of the story was sad

Shinnosuke is introduced to Shizu as a prospective wife, but he falls in love with her widowed sister Oyu.

Two geisha sisters lead a hard life in the Gion district of Kyoto. After one of them feels obliged to support a bankrupt businessman, the other sister sets up various schemes to get rid of him.

If you like Xia Zhi Guang, Zhou Lei, Yan Xu Jia or Peng Chu Yue, you can't skip the 'X-Fire' program, which was their debut on tv and thanks to it they became members of XNine.

the story of the main couple give a similar vibe where the wife is very stubborn and fierce and the husband very protective of the wife...both show the sweet bickering of the couples

the period setting is quite similar and the bickering of husband and wife in both drama give the same vibe... both show how the couple support each other in fighting villain

I know these are totally different genre drama and storyline, but:

+ ML are oddly cute with his antics and sarcatic words, while the FL is kind and brave. they are kinda similiar in a different way tho!
+ The relationship between lead is strangely comedic yet romantic.
+ PETS, drama that has pets in the storyline always convice me.
+ Warm friendship. I love the girls friendship in both dramas.

Anyway, those two are my faves ^^

Both portray a mix of character stories (the writers really gave these characters depth) with very similar comedic timing. They deal with some serious themes but also have a bit of the quirky/awkward moments and making them gold. These are the kinds of shows where I'd like to say "Don't judge a book by its cover".

Common ground: Strong female lead, Smart female lead, Revenge, Royalty, Court, Politics, Dark, Historically accurate costumes, Excellent production quality and acting, Deep & multi-layered actors, romance is not the central focus of the drama, huge re-watch value

These two dramas are both masterpieces in their own right. They're one of those works that you must watch before you died. If you liked The Rise of Phoenixes, you will definitely like The story of YanXi Palace.

Both take place in a comic book universe, and both are supporting character or extra's for the story, that want to change their ending for the better

the sufferings of the survivors of Hiroshima. The film takes place during 4 days in the summer of 1948, as the ghost of her father visits Mitsué (Rié Miyama).

Post war Hiroshima: It's been four years since the last time she visited her hometown. Takako faces the after effects of the A-bomb when she travels around the city to call on old friends.

For the trauma after war.

After surviving Japanese colonization, Korea became the first war zone of the Cold War. The legacy of war remains today in this divided country. Three forlorn teenagers, Chank-guk, Jihum and Eunok are figures in the landscape of this story, which highlights the global implications of a very Korean reality. None of them is able to escape the withering pull of tragedy.

They both feature idol trainees on their mission to debut! Each show goes through different episodes full of performances that consist of dancing, singing, rap and also songwriting!