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It also stars Seo YeJi and deals with mental health. A girl is trying to save her family from a cult. It deals with PTSD and brainwashing

They basically have the same purpose, which is to find clues and escape but in my opinion Escape Idols is slightly less interesting.

The two drama have the same female lead and are both light-hearted dramas. Both dramas also tackles the premises of dating 3Bs.

1) Both have two males as leads
2) Both are danmei or BL.
3) Both are adaptations of same sex novels
5) Both are period dramas
6) Both have censored same sex romance

both revolve around a royal family and both main characters were raised by wolves and got power from them.

Both dramas feature scenes shot in European cities.
their character development is well written.
The problems of old people are included.
Problems regarding human relations are well addressed.

although the theming is quite different, i noticed some clear similarities between the two as i was watching.
• political corruption
• antagonists neglect the community (contaminated water in tuc, food poisoning in tfp)
which causes a child's illness
• group of skilled people work together to get justice served
• satisfying endings with the antagonists finally getting what they deserve, after constant
failure
• comedy, investigation theme

• cute romance that blossoms through school, university and eventually to adulthood
• starts with female lead's unrequited love to the male lead (male leads' feelings are quite
obvious by the halfway point in both dramas tho)
• second male lead syndrome :( however one difference in a little thing called first love, is
that he actually finds love through the second female lead towards the end
• youth, school and slice of life theme
• slow burner romance

1987 deals with similar themes of civil unrest and the important role both students and journalists played in the struggle for democratization under the authoritarian regime of the time by focusing on the historical event now known as the "June Struggle".

Both films are about South Korean Politics in the 80's during the last dictatorship and the transition to Democracy.

Both films are about massive nationwide protests lead primarily by University Students who risked their lives for a freer and fairer democracy in South Korea in the 80's.

they're both very similar imo, the only difference being the mom at school and the cheerleading

• school corruption (justice is served in both dramas)
• comedy and school genre
• 2nd gen idol actors (baro and lizzy in angry mom, eunji and n in sassy go go)
• character development for most main characters
• enemies to lovers (sang tae and ah ran, yeon du and yeol)
• shows students' mental health and how it deteriorates due to their parents'/teachers'
actions.

both focus on sports and the main couples both go from enemies to lovers. also, it focuses on the university life, as well as the leads' roommates and families. they're both similar in good ways

both pf them are Japanese and give a fairly similar vibe .They both talk about different otakus and how they live their lives finding friendship and bonding with people who like the same things as them.

Both are dystopian world kind of stories and the survival based plots. But many seem to Compare the shows to one another and diss each others personally i found both to be interesting and engaging. While sweet home isnt exactly a cliche kdrama but has the top notch korean production touch to it AiB seems really different from usual J Dramas (maybe because its a netflix series idk). I really enjoyed both.