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From best friends to something more, this drama beautifully explores the delicate line between deep friendship and romantic love. It tells the story of two individuals whose bond runs so deep, it almost feels like brotherhood. But could their feelings be more than just friendly affection? Will they take the leap and embrace a new chapter together, or will they choose to stay within the safety of the relationship they've always known?

Both dramas have investigation & crime genre and good action scenes. The chemistry of both leads are off the chart…One of the leads is a cop. They are both censored BL with serious tone. Really worth watching!

- Both are censored adaptation of BL novels
- Both have investigation/mystery & many cases that will eventually connect into bigger plot
- Both have sizzling chemistry btw the leads…You can tell that it’s more than bromance & there’s definitely something there just by how they look at each other
- Both have rich & smart leads
- Both ML have good fighting skills
- No annoying characters in the investigation team

The main difference: JITD has a much darker tone…

Chinese costume drama


Perfect Marriage Revenge (2023) - Korean drama
Genres: Business, Romance, Drama, Fantasy
Tags: Revenge, Time Travel, Male Chases Female First, Contract Relationship, Second Chance, Fake To Real Lovers, Adapted From A Webtoon, Supportive Male Lead, Family Relationship, Adopted Female Lead

- a deity is attached to a mortal girl
- they are trying to save as many ghosts as they can
- the ML is both cold and arrogantly funny
- the FL is serious and has a tragic past

but I hope THP has a happy ending, unlike Korean Odyssey

- female lead disguised as a male and becomes a ruler.
- love interest between fl and close male subject. In King’s affection he is the tutor and in Dominion and Devotion he is the “eneuch”.
- both historical dramas

Plot: A newlywed couple gets wrapped up in a serial killing game where each resident writes down someone they want dead.

Vibe: Paranoid, suspenseful, cleverly twisted.

Why: Every character is suspicious. Every clue is part of a bigger puzzle.

Both dramas feature identical twins with different personalities. In this drama(ugly beauty) the younger sister pretends to be the older one for a while (I won't reveal why, that’s the main plot!). In both dramas (as per description of our unknown Seoul) after the switch, both sisters end up finding their true love.

the plot just thr chinese version of marry my husband nothing much changed about from the language , country of production and the actresss it is stilll ongoing

Both shows focus on adjusting to living in a different country. In My Name is Gabriel, the participants live someone else’s life in all respects. In Busan Boys, the participants live together and are trained to take on different jobs while also having some fun as if on a working holiday.

It's not too similar but i kind of get the psycho vibe of both jin and jaemin being like "im the only one that can have him and stuff" but i think from how far i am in secret love its more toned down than secret relationships but they are both amazing BL's in my opinion (edit: it gets past the possessive bit fast but they are both still a bit similar)

If you like this type of show, then you will definitely like Iron Family too. The settings and the overall storyline is very similar between these two dramas

Although AD is more of an investigation style and Agatha Christie vibe but there are some similarities. (But Ancient Detective is better on those in my opinion.)

•The male lead who can't fight but uses his intelligence.
•The relatively more cheerful 2nd male lead who fights alongside ML and protects him (And they become friends right away).
•The female lead who knows how to fight and protects the male lead.
•The love between the 2nd male lead and the 2nd female lead is similar to the love between Lei Wu Jie and Ruo Yin.

- Royal MC that's low-ranking and unfavored (emperor FL in DaD, prince ML in DLX)
- Other MC is a palace servant (eunuch in DaD, head maid in DLX)
- MC's mentor and love interest is jaded and cruel but deep down kinder than they appear (ML in DaD, FL is DLX)
- Master x Servant dynamic
- Smart and strong power couple
- "Us against the world"
- Intense and kinda melancholic chemistry
- Revenge
- Palace setting & politics
- Intense and thrilling
- Very beautiful and well-crafted miniseries

DLX is kinda like if DaD had the roles reversed, the royal lead actually *wanted* to rule, and they were in it together since the get-go.

- Emperor MC (FL in DaD, ML in SoTK)
- Secret related to the emperor (twin replacement in SoTK, gender secret in DaD)
- Kind and compassionate emperor (FL in DaD, ML in SoTK)
- Emperor's mentor and love interest is jaded and cruel but deep down kinder than they appear (ML in DaD, FL is SoTK)
- Smart and strong power couple
- "Us against the world"
- Emperor is a puppet ruler with little to no actual power
- Troubling times for the empire (one at the start of a new dynasty, the other at the end of a dynasty)
- Palace setting & politics
- Intense and thrilling
- Beautifully shot with lovely music

Main differences are obviously the fact that DaD's emperor is a woman cross-dressing as a man who takes up the throne while in SoTK ML is the emperor's twin who takes his place. In SoTK, the leads are emperor and empress while in DaD, the leads are emperor/ess and eunuch.