Recommendations

Both are similar genres: fantasy + comedy + life philosophy (or slice-of-life) + romance. And they are from the same production company ;)

I'm recommending this as I recognised a few veteran actors and actresses from The Story of Ming Lan. ???

I feel like it’s similar because they give off the same feeling. Although it doesn’t really have the same concept people still might want to watch something that gives the same sweet mindful vibe. That’s why I think they would make great recommendations . :)

Both the MLs suffer trauma and are poor where as the FLs would be considered rich and I find that the vibe of both dramas are similar enough except they’re both heart breaking in their own way

Both of these shows include star crossed lovers who just couldn't end of together. They also both had tragic endings.

Both dramas are about a mysterious and cruel survival game with money prizes. Die Now is more sci-fi themed.

Both are really soft and cute to watch, and they're advertisements for the collaboration between TwoTuckGom and Monsta X.

Both have a similar vibe and are advertisements for the collaboration between TwoTuckGom and Monsta X.

Investigation about a murder case related to a female ghost, political conspiracy with nice and smart male lead.

Investigation of a murder case, martial arts, explosives, smart male lead. Slight comedy. Sleuth in both.

A japanese drama with a different vibe but same setting! Without trying to spoil too much of the plot, similar to police university it has its own balance of funny moments and dramatic moments! I would say the main difference is that it has alot more characters and focues on some issues outside the main character (but are still relavent to the main characters development). For example a female police officer dealing with her feelings about the prejiduces she experienced as a women in the police force. There is also another character that deals with turning a new leaf (was a yankee before) after getting his friend involved in a crime he commited in the past. All in all, lots of intresting sub plots and exploration into why these characters chose to be police officers and wanted to go to school for it! Would recommend if you need more police dramas to watch after Police Universoty is done!

[Minor spoiler] Both couples find comfort with each other in a special way. Both ML have a dark history of their childhood regarding their mom and both FL have their own psychological issue. Wonderful cinematography in both dramas, piano elements, great OSTs and a lot of green sceneries. You will find both of the dramas appreciate sound a lot. Both are the types of dramas you will enjoy watching while drinking coffee on raining days.

similar themes of a talented girl in an academy (art academy in LOTRS and a swordsman academy in GFB)
similar fantastical elements of boy sharinf a body with a non human being
both have elements of a romantic comedy
GFB can have dark, more serious themes than LOTRS
Both invoke similar emotions, and have similar settings in the drama
GFB has Lee Seunggi as an immortal, so far Ahn HyoSeop is very much mortal in the drama
Both have strong female leads working in male dominant fields
good friendships in both dramas
both are slowburns in terms of romances, with childhood connections. the romance has a similar vibe. really really enjoyable.
emotionally well thought out and well written characters
comedy is so sweet and wholesome!

overall, they have a pretty similar vibe!

Both explored married woman’s mind, and showed that no one should limit her on taking other roles other than being a wife or mother. They’ve tackled realistic problems many wives are experiencing, and both have deep subjects and dark tone. Red is focused on one story, while Saka no Tochuu no Ie has multiple characters intertwined by one story.

Both are historical dramas.
The female lead pretends to be a eunuch (disguised herself as a man).