Recommendations

-Male sex worker
-Host club
-Explicit sexual content
-Guy who is shy working as a prostitute at first but then finds a rhythm

Both involve FL traveling back in time to a historical period. Lighthearted series, not too much drama.

Both films explore gay love that is set in a historical time period.

Both are Chinese language films that explore gay love set in a historical time period.

Both are Chinese language films that explore gay love set in a historical time period. They both also feature a modern day camera crew as a part of the plot (Mermaid's Jade to a much lesser degree).

- ML is a medical eximiner
- ML is pretty dark, hard to read
- ML & FL work together to solve cases
- ML is expected to be the culprit in a criminal case

- in PFJ the FL is a proscecutor // in TL the FL is a policewoman
- TL involves romance between the leads // PFJ doesn't
- PFJ is korean // TL is chinese

Pretty people solving mysteries and falling in love. There are secret and false identities, parting then reuniting couples but it is easily and quickly handled. The actors have exceptional chemistry.
Happy endings with possible season 2!

beautiful cinematography, effects of the tragic past, healing, slice of life, poetic story, deep character development

Both have:
- Women-centred plot-line
- Love interests that are flawed and aren't perfect, as well as the women's characters being the same
- Characters that aren't one-dimensional
- Beautiful cinematography

Ancient detective is a Chinese drama but it's too similar to this one ,, Both have cases in Historical time to investigate ,, Both have good Bromance between the intelligent royal or high class detective and his friend who is lesser than him ignorant and more of a subordinate to him
Both dramas have lots of comedic scenes and good laughs
Both dramas have slight Romantic stories not the main focus but the Brotherhood or the friendship is clearer in them both

They are similar from the friendship point of view ,,, Both dramas have good Bromance presence between the male leads and their good relation ship protecting each other may be one more than the other also Both has that Boss and subordinate relationship but they care about each other deeply

both are funny especially the female leads, fantasy elements in both drama, sizzling chemistry between the leads.

These two dramas are Thai BL drama. Both drama show a few similar storyline. For instance, one character likes the other character but it is unrequited love until that character tries many possible ways to make the love happens!

Both shows about female leads who are insecure about their looks but the male leads help them to be more self confident:
-In true beauty the female lead has a problem with her appearance, so she put makeup to be accepted in society.
-In weightlifting, the female lead thinks that she lost her femininity by lifting barbells.
In both main male leads have dark secrets past but are nice.
Both include love triangle, friendship and college/school theme.

1) Both are censored same-sex dramas
2) Both are of the xianxia genre
3) Both have two males as leads
4) Both have a bit of mystery and wuxia
5) Both are adapted from boys' love novels.