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The FLs are very similar:
*Both are 'illegitimate daughters' who joined their families around 7-10 years & caused a lot of tension & heartache to their stepmothers
*Both FLs are sharp, successful, no-nonsense, attention-loving business women admired, feared, & respected by all
*Both FLs outshine their brothers, against all stereotypes, and are obviously better candidates to take over their families' business empires
*Both FLs put in work on their 'forbidden' relationships, & end up with tall, handsome guys who are totally crazy about them

Same themes covered, many situations in common: both protagonists play rental fathers

•Makjang (affairs(deep revenge only) , accident, fake identity, fake death)
•Fake Identity (glass mask - name and identity change , deep revenge - plastic surgery, name and identity change)
•Plot twist is predictable
•Missing sibling
•Revenge (glass mask - stronger elements of revenge ; deep revenge - normal)
•Setting (glass mask - just a regular girl, deep revenge- just a regular girl but daughter of a rich man)
•Acting skills - Glass Mask (Superb) , Deep Revenge (Needs improvement, the villain doesn’t look suitable for the role)

Love Upon A Time and To Sir, With Love both explore the societal pressure to conform to a heternormative existence and the intense agony experienced by those who must deny who they love for "duty" and "normalcy".

Similarities:
- internalized homophobia is intense in both (mainly Jom in LUAT and Tian in TSWL)
- both have main characters who (initially) sacrifice their queer love to please their families through an arranged marriage to a woman (Phop in LUAT and Tian in TSWL)
- both reveal tragic stories of queer couples (that took place prior to the story) that characters use to reinforce internal (and external) homophobia

Differences:
- LUAT involves time travel and reincarnation
- TSWL is decidedly more soap opera/lakorn-ish with exceedingly high stakes as characters try to thwart the main characters' relationship
- TSWL features a wholesome (and tearjerking (in a good way)) brotherly bond between half-brothers Tian and Yang
- set in different time periods

Love Upon a Time and Love in the Moonlight both deal with the pressures of a homophobic society and the tension between love and duty.

Similarities:
- both deal with one of the two main characters being engaged to a woman as part of their "duty" to their family (and/or country)
- intense internalized homophobia (specifically from Saenkaew in LITM and Jom in LUAT)
- both have very heartwarming friendships between the main characters
- YEARNING--THE YEARNING IS CRAZY
- both will make you BAWL be prepared to CRY

Differences:
- LUAT is set in the Ayutthaya period while LITM is set between 1964-1965
- LUAT involves time travel and reincarnation
- LITM focuses on one mlm couple whereas LUAT features two

I recommend both of them they are MASTERPIECES, just absolutely EXCELLENT BLs you will not regret watching <3

Mr Heart and the movie Feel the Wind which is adapted from the novel, anime Kazetsuyo (Run with the Wind) has same promise. Running, diffuculties which a runner has, bromance/romance through the friendship etc

Both main characters travel back in time (though to vastly different time periods) and fall in love with someone of that era.

Both drama (in short) about running and relationship, dynamics between two men and how they support each other

Run to Live is a variety show about real life runners and the diffuculties in their life. It has also a second season. So, if you are interested in running, sport and more, you can check it also

Run to Live is a variety show about real life runners and the diffuculties in their life. It has also a second season. So, if you are interested in running, sport and more, you can check it also

Main leads in both are known for exploiting loopholes, bending rules, and using any tactic necessary to win

Main leads in both are known for exploiting loopholes, bending rules, and using any tactic necessary to win

Both are short japanese shows about a gay couple that has actually split already a while ago but has to pretend to still be in a relationship. In 100 days its for the sake of a documentary about their love life, in Jack O Frost due to amnesia the MC does not know he and the Love Interest have broken up.

Another Korean gay historical romance. It's a very short film, about 15 min long, but poignant. I think it was the first of it's kind.

Although Cabbage Your Life is a much more modest series in every respect, it shares some of the spirit of Racket Boys. In both series from the first episode, we see how a city family moves to a small town and has to adapt to life there. The villagers play a significant role in these dramas. They are endearing characters with their own life stories. In Racket Boys, everything revolves around badminton, while in Cabbage Your Life, agriculture and nutrition are the central themes, along with the search for one's calling.