Recommendations

The guys in both tv shows helped to makeover their female protagonists from gloomy and spooky characters into the opposite personalities and outlook.

This has the Vampire storyline that everyone needed to be satisfied with what hapened to Gwi.

This drama has the execution that SWWTN lacked.

The Male lead can see a person's moments right before they die, and he also thinks it's unalterable until the Female lead proves she can change one's fate. Both are also related to each other in some way (past and future).

Both have similar plot where male lead takes full responsibility for female lead's wellbeing. Both also have subject of corruption and other illegal activities.

Both Memorist and Tell me what you saw revolve around crime investigation.
Also both have one of the leads with a special ability and one is a profiler.
In Memorist the ML has psychic powers and he is helped by a FL profiler, in TMWYS the FL has a photographic memory and she is helped by ML profile.

Both main leads dislike each other at first but fall in love later on. Both main leads encourage each other to work hard towards their dreams, overcome obstacles and struggles and eventually achieved their dreams together.

Similar dynamic between the main leads. The main male character is the boss, the main female lead is a subordinate. They have real trust between them, and when they finally get together, they don't break up.
Lucky's First Love is maybe a bit more light-hearted, but Refresh Man is also quite light.

Similar in a way that both dramas are about a group of wealthy and powerful people who would do anything to stay in power and get away from their crimes by committing murder, betraying their own, and never ending scheming. Both plot also has those victimized trying to seek revenge against the elite class. Lastly, both dramas are created by the same director and has Shin Sung Rok as a main character.

However, The Last Empress has more cute and comedic scenes and is a family oriented drama compared to Return which is more on the darker side and friendship oriented.

Both focus on Sankin Kotai and how it drains out Local Clan financial. If you're interested in this old Japanese samurai tradition, Ichiro will tells more on what is needed for a Sankin Kotai. Although there are differences between the two, where the time-line for Choukosaku was during the early implementation, while Ichiro was at a more later date.

Both dramas are expertly crafted so that the investigation slowly unfurls throughout the series until all the pieces start falling perfectly into place, making them even more enjoyable on second watching as you notice the subtle clues you missed.
Both tackle social issues.
To me it feels like they have a similar atmosphere.
Both will glue you to your seat.

While it's a different culture and time-period it still has some similar elements. Both male leads suffer from being unable to control their bodies for periods of time (sleepwalking and possession). During this time their character is completely different from their usual colder demeanor. They both don't want to be with the female lead at first but they need her to solve some personal problems related to their memories.

Both stories are adaptated from the same manga: Nodame Cantabile.


If you enjoy one check another ^^

VERY SIMILAR! both have evil family members, the girl in Mia Tuean is just doing as she's told vs the girl in Bark Rak Ta Lay Fun is also doing a she's told , both trying to get away from their wicked family members, both very good dramas.

Round-table style discussion by Korean celebs over concerns written in by the audience.

I only watched an episode because the translator accidentally uploaded GM rather than 7.7, so not sure if all episodes are about love, but at least one episode would fit in with 7.7's theme as well.

Both dramas has the same production team and it’s very familiar the studio and costume , both deserve to be watched