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Both have similar comedy craziness and characters that pull a role to achieve their goal/revenge. Both are also underrated gems that deserve more views.

This also takes us back to Pa and Ink from Bad Buddy and Korn and Win from Cupid's Last Wish. Although these are an extended product placement ads, but at the core it does feel satisfactory to see these characters again.

Both of these short films feature a very young male lead who ventures on to gay dating apps to confirm/act on his sexuality away from the people in his life that he thinks will judge him for it.

Both of these Thai BLs are more on the crass side of discussions about intimacy as the two male leads start looking at relationships and sexuality.

Both of these 2016 Thai BL titles involve middle/high school students coming into their sexuality. Directed by the same team, some scenes feel like replicas of each other: for instance Than and Palm (Right Man) and Book and Frame (Make It Right)’s first time being intimate together.

> Two best friends. Check!!
> One dude. Check!!
> Love triangle(??). Check!!
> Tragic fate. Check!!

the difference is the relationship in August Never End is more defined while in Soul Mate the relationship is more vague

Kiki Inoue works part-time at a convenience store, spending the better part of her day lazing about or reviewing sweets on her social media account. One day at work, she is introduced to the chain’s CEO, Takumi Asaba, who, as it turns out, is familiar with Inoue’s online reviews. Asaba asks Inoue to develop new desserts to sell chain-wide.
As CEO, Asaba is tasked with turning around the chain’s fortunes, as it is now ranked the lowest among its competitors. Close collaboration leads Inoue and Asaba to become sweet on each other.

College student Arisawa Ichika is indifferent to romance and crazy about the online game 'Tenkyo'. Her avatar Vivi is in a virtual relationship with top player Leon. Upon meeting Leon in person, he turns out to be the campus prince, Onoda Asahi. He’s popular, athletic, and even owns a gaming company. Attracted to each other, they start dating. Trouble looms when a co-worker and the campus belle enter the picture.
Arisawa even becomes the target of slander, courtesy of those who are jealous of her.

College student Arisawa Ichika is indifferent to romance and crazy about the online game 'Tenkyo'. Her avatar Vivi is in a virtual relationship with top player Leon. Upon meeting Leon in person, he turns out to be the campus prince, Onoda Asahi. He’s popular, athletic, and even owns a gaming company. Attracted to each other, they start dating. Trouble looms when a co-worker and the campus belle enter the picture.
Arisawa even becomes the target of slander, courtesy of those who are jealous of her.

College student Arisawa Ichika is indifferent to romance and crazy about the online game 'Tenkyo'. Her avatar Vivi is in a virtual relationship with top player Leon. Upon meeting Leon in person, he turns out to be the campus prince, Onoda Asahi. He’s popular, athletic, and even owns a gaming company. Attracted to each other, they start dating. Trouble looms when a co-worker and the campus belle enter the picture.
Arisawa even becomes the target of slander, courtesy of those who are jealous of her.

College student Arisawa Ichika is indifferent to romance and crazy about the online game 'Tenkyo'. Her avatar Vivi is in a virtual relationship with top player Leon. Upon meeting Leon in person, he turns out to be the campus prince, Onoda Asahi. He’s popular, athletic, and even owns a gaming company. Attracted to each other, they start dating. Trouble looms when a co-worker and the campus belle enter the picture.
Arisawa even becomes the target of slander, courtesy of those who are jealous of her.

College student Arisawa Ichika is indifferent to romance and crazy about the online game 'Tenkyo'. Her avatar Vivi is in a virtual relationship with top player Leon. Upon meeting Leon in person, he turns out to be the campus prince, Onoda Asahi. He’s popular, athletic, and even owns a gaming company. Attracted to each other, they start dating. Trouble looms when a co-worker and the campus belle enter the picture.
Arisawa even becomes the target of slander, courtesy of those who are jealous of her.

These two variety shows are about opening a cafe/ restaurant by Korean celebrities. Both are relating to food and cooking.

Both the variety shows are about Korean celebrities opening a korean restaurant abroad. Lee Seo Jin is cast in both shows.

Satoshi Onoe is a reporter for the weekly gossip magazine Dash!. The magazine is a hit among readers, often containing juicy details about the latest celebrity scandals. Its success is largely down to its so-called stakeout crews—teams of journalists and photographers who follow celebrities in the hope of catching them getting up to no good.

One day, the magazine’s senior staff decided to reshuffle the stakeout teams—and pair Satoshi Onoe with the photographer Motoharu Kaburagi. Satoshi Onoe secretly resents Motoharu Kaburagi and thinks of him as a rival of sorts. Furthermore, while Satoshi Onoe prides himself on his writing skills and his sense of ethics, Motoharu Kaburagi is very different. The photographer has poor manners and takes a haphazard approach to work. The two clash as they begin their joint assignments, resentful that they have to work together. But as they try to catch the ultimate scoop, they unexpectedly begin to develop feelings for one another.