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A unique task force forms by blending law enforcement and criminals, targeting tax evaders. Con artists, skilled in fraud and deception, will aid in capturing these wealthy tax-dodgers who employ elaborate schemes to avoid paying their fair share. Baek Sung Il, a dedicated civil servant, becomes determined to bring justice and hold tax evaders accountable, especially the elusive Ma Jin Seok. When his efforts face resistance and humiliation, he enlists the assistance of a professional scammer, Yang Jung Do, to outwit the corrupt elite and accomplish their mission.

"Special Affairs Team TEN" is a criminal investigation unit in South Korea, focused on solving violent crimes with low arrest rates. The team pursues notorious killers aiming for the perfect crime.

Yeo Ji Hoon, a former top detective turned professor, leads the team. Nam Ye Ri, a detective with strong psychological reasoning, joins the team. Baek Do Sik, a seasoned detective with sharp intuition, brings decades of experience. Park Min Ho, a new detective, impresses Yeo Ji Hoon with his reasoning skills.

Both dramas blend military action and government corruption with personal revenge arcs. If you liked Vagabond’s mix of high-stakes tension and stylish production, Military Prosecutor Doberman offers a similar setup—but with less emotional grounding. Where Vagabond feels raw and urgent, Doberman often feels polished but distant, missing that sense of true danger and heart.

A historical cooking drama with romance. The story is focused on the culinary arts, family, and achieving your dreams featuring a girl that loves to cook and her loyal male lead.

Gong Jun as lead: In both dramas, his roles are distinctly male-centric, placing him at the heart of the narrative.

Wuxia / martial / historical setting: Both series involve martial-arts style fighting, political intrigue, betrayal, and high stakes.

Themes of revenge / loyalty / power: Blade of Vengeance has revenge at its core; Blood River has loyalty, betrayal, and duty (especially to a fragile hierarchy in the assassin world).

Moral ambiguity: Likely both will explore shades of grey — in Blood River with assassins and loyalty among killer clans, in Blade of Vengeance with revenge, impersonation.

they are similar since its on a plain but the Korean one is more about hijacking the plain and leading it to a specific destination {north Korea }

both about airplane terrorist attack one in Chinese the other Korean
and the suspenseful landing of the plain

In both dramas FL has revenge theme plot to get her inheritance/family business back.
So she is at war against her enemies in both dramas.

ML is her stepping stone in getting to her goal, both ML are willing to be her swords against her enemies, but get heartbroken when they realize she used them from the start.

Both have known each other in the past, mainleads in Stealing Pet had a sadder past since they were young teens.

Both dramas have terrific passion between mainleads,like wow!

Some of the basic scenes are the same, other wise the plot is different in that there are "save myself" theme for both FL, just that FL in Stealing Pet gets married in name only to a friend which the deadly gorgeous ML sees.

Both ML are willing swords for the FL to use towards her enemies, but the negative catch was the FL was using him from the start all along. So this breaks ML´s hearts in both stories.

Same actors portraying mainleads!

Both ML are madly and possessively in love with FL.

Both couples have mad passion about them,like the kissess are FIRE!

Youthfull romance with music as the underlying premise.
Set in high school life of the characters
Second chances to the main characters

Elements of the supernatural and mystery following each apparition that must be uncovered
Similar themes of friendship and support.

They both contain romance and a mystery that needs to be solved.
Both have an investigative side where the plot must be uncovered.

Both female leads came from the future and love food.

Both male leads are king or crown prince with bad reputation as a tyrant, they both have a condition that makes them turn violent, they both fall in love with a woman from the future and they listen to every word she says.

Both couples have iris flower as a symbol of love. The female leads are intelligent and able to solve problems for themselves and the male leads.

Both dramas are romantic comedy with palace politics.

Both female leads came from the future and found themselves as side characters in a book. They both meet and fall in love with a prince who has a bad reputation as a tyrant.