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Both are based on true love stories of people who live in Fukuoka prefecture, which is located on the south-western island of Kyushu, Japan. Both involve overcoming hurdles which separate the respective couples. They are both short, cute, and romantic. And you can listen to various actors and actresses try their hand at the local dialects in and around Fukuoka!

Both are based on true love stories of people who live in Fukuoka prefecture, which is located on the south-western island of Kyushu, Japan. Both involve overcoming hurdles which separate the respective couples. They are both short, cute, and romantic. And you can listen to various actors and actresses try their hand at the local dialects in and around Fukuoka!

Both are based on true love stories of people who live in Fukuoka prefecture, which is located on the south-western island of Kyushu, Japan. Both involve overcoming hurdles which separate the respective couples. They are both short, cute, and romantic. And you can listen to various actors and actresses try their hand at the local dialects in and around Fukuoka!

Both are based on true love stories of people who live in Fukuoka prefecture, which is located on the south-western island of Kyushu, Japan. Both involve overcoming hurdles which separate the respective couples. They are both short, cute, and romantic. And you can listen to various actors and actresses try their hand at the local dialects in and around Fukuoka!

Both are based on true love stories of people who live in Fukuoka prefecture, which is located on the south-western island of Kyushu, Japan. Both involve overcoming hurdles which separate the respective couples. They are both short, cute, and romantic. And you can listen to various actors and actresses try their hand at the local dialects in and around Fukuoka!

Both are based on true love stories of people who live in Fukuoka prefecture, which is located on the south-western island of Kyushu, Japan. Both involve overcoming hurdles which separate the respective couples. They are both short, cute, and romantic. And you can listen to various actors and actresses try their hand at the local dialects in and around Fukuoka!

One of the main actors is in both the dramas.
The cinematography and the colours kinda remind me of the first shot
No romance in both instead focusing on brotherhood and friendships

Main lead Shimasaki Toa and support role Yamanaka Itsuki are in both dramas. The style is very similar, with short cut scenes. Both involve cute, innocent romantic themes.

-the stresses of work and adult life.
-a person that loves to cook and whose love language is taking care of others through food.
-characters knew each other as students.
-the difference is the other is a BL/while the other seems to be a group of friends.

Assim que eu terminei WTPR me lembrei de Suspicious Partner, a atmosfera dos doramas é diferente já que em Suspicious Partner equilibra muito bem os crimes e o humor, e WTPR é uma vibe mais tensa, mas nos dois doramas temos mistérios, crimes do passado agora assombrando o presente, psicopatas perseguindo os protagonistas e muita química envolvendo o casal.

Both of these series are dark gritty crime murder mystery dramas without a lick of romance. Just lots of suspense! Lies Never Lie is a female-centric drama with the main cops being female and The Embers is a male-centric drama with the main cops being male.

•both female leads were suffered due to bullying and have scarred past
•both female leads believed that their friend will never betray them but they ended up being betrayed
•villains easily trusted the female lead and ends up being infiltrated
•both villains get what they wanted but they will end up doomed

To be honest, I am not really sure why both dramas seem to give similar vibes. One deals with a genius artist joining the police (and has strong bromance), the other deals with someone who doesn't even like most of the police (and there definitely is no actual bromance). UtS spends a lot of time on separate cases, while TE seems to concentrate on a long-running over-arching plot.

And yet, there's just something really similar in the atmosphere they both project - like a dream state where things are what they seem to be but at the same time, very much different. If you've watched UtS (and watching TE), you might "get" what I mean.

Also, both have good soundtracks. At least that's an obvious common thing.

ETA Ah, there it is, the thing that made me feel there's a similarity (eventual reveal in ep 9). Both of these dramas aren't afraid to touch on VERY sensitive topics for mainland audiences. UtS did it more openly, but the police were capable there and no corruption in sight. TE decided to make it darker and not hide the rot under the pretty surface.

both feature an eerie apartment complex in which people die or disappear, and the main character who has no idea what is happenning/just wants to survive. strangers from hell is certainly more explicit, as it has graphic violence, and it's more about the monsters hiding within people, while the grotesque mansion features the supernatural; though, in grotesque mansion, most, if not all, characters are also flawed in some way and are morally grey.

the cure might be much more unsettling, but both movies are good at maintaining the tension throughout. the cure is about a detective investigating a wave of murders and coming across a strange man, while in grotesque mansion, the main character wants to investigate the paranormal mansion for his webtoon.