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detective/police plotline, one of the main villains being related to ice, the collectables being part of a museum, the strong bromance between the leads:- lupat is the perfect sentai counterpart to kamen rider w.

The dorama is also about the dark side of Korea: drug use, prostitution (including teenage prostitution), sexual slavery, rape, murder, gangsters....

In both, one of the leads has very bad luck and discovers by getting close to the other lead who has very good luck, their luck improves. This results in them pretending to be in love with this other lead.

Both dramas are live action from popular anime.

Both dramas are live action from Wuxia/historical anime.

Both dramas are live action from popular anime.

As a flower girl, Su Xiao Wan never really imagined her simple life would ever be anything other than ordinary. But when an accidental mixup lands her in a sibling contract with Gu Yan Xi, the young master of the well-known Gu family, her simple life is flipped upside down. Now obligated to play the part of Gu Yan Xi’s younger sister, Xiao Wan finds herself tangled in the affairs of one of the most prominent business families in the land.

The series tells the story of Yun Wei Shan, a spy longing for freedom, who infiltrates the Gong residence to complete a mission. In the eerie and treacherous Gong residence, she encounters love and friendship, embarks on a journey of self-discovery, and finds the determination to move forward. Together with the rebellious nobleman Gong Zi Yu, they grow and mature through their shared experiences.

A story that follows the quirky female investigator Tian San Qi as she searches for her long lost 'brother' and cracks many cases along the way.

Growing up, Tian San Qi had a strange liking for performing autopsies. She had an older 'brother' who would always be by her side, and they spent many good years together. One day, he mysteriously disappears. San Qi, as a child, promises to find her true love and vows never to marry unless it's him.

Yue Jin Zhao and Yue Qi spent three years in Wuyan Village, unaware of each other's pasts but bonded by a mysterious connection. As they venture outside to recover lost memories, they get caught up in the chaos of the Qihun Holy Sect’s rebellion and the Blood Sacrifice of Luojiabao. Along the way, Yue Qi’s sealed memories resurface. Meeting a range of powerful figures, including the wolf demon Xian Qing and others, they uncover their true identities while uncovering a tangled web of conspiracies. The question remains—who's the real mastermind behind it all?

According to legend, in order to obtain terrible power, Dongfang Qing Cang of the Moon Tribe became an emotionless monster. He killed his father, seized the position of Moon Supreme and led an army of 100,000 Moon Tribe soldiers on a path of devastation. Shuiyuntian (the immortal fairy realm), Cangyan Sea (the Moon Tribe), and Yunmeng Lake (the mortal world) were in grave danger.

To save the world and stop Dongfang Qing Cang and his army, the first God of War of Shuiyuntian destroyed her primordial spirit. Dongfang Qing Cang’s army and primordial spirit were sealed and his body was locked away in Haotian Tower under the immortal bonds of the Haotian Matrix. However, if his primordial spirit was restored and Dongfang Qing Cang were to break free from his tower, the world would be in danger once more. Legend says that only the Goddess of Xishan can prevent this catastrophe, but she vanished without a trace.

The mischievous girl, Ling Miao Miao, accidentally enters the mission system of the novel Monster Hunting and becomes a villainous supporting character. To return to the real world, she must complete the system's task—winning over the mysterious and twisted young man, Mu Sheng.

Along the way, they team up with Mu Yao, a member of a monster-hunting family, and Liu Fu Yi, a monster hunter. Together, they fight monsters and level up. As the missions progress, they gradually resolve the animosity between humans and monsters, rewrite the fated ending, and save the world.

Aoki has a crush on Hashimoto, the girl in the seat next to him in class. But he despairs when he borrows her eraser and sees she's written the name of another boy—Ida—on it. To make matters more confusing, Ida sees Aoki holding that very eraser and thinks Aoki has a crush on him!

Lee Gon is the third Korean emperor of his generation. His citizens regard him as the perfect leader. But behind this flawless appearance, hides a deep wound. When he was eight years old, his father was murdered before his eyes following a coup. Today, instead of respecting his filial duty, he prefers to escape the palace to attend university conferences. During one of his escapades, he sees himself propelled into a parallel world where he meets Jeong Tae Eul, an inspector with whom he teams up with to defeat the criminals but also close the door between their two worlds

Kang Su Hyun is a star producer, who trains idols with her own philosophy and intuition. For an unknown reason, she gets fired from Pandora Entertainment. At home, Kang Su Hyun is the breadwinner of her family. Her husband, Sim Jun Seok, is a full time homemaker and takes care of their son Sim Jin U. Prior to becoming the homemaker, Sim Jun Seok worked as a music producer, but, after his son lost his hearing in a childhood car accident, he quit his job to take care of him and their home full time.

To get back on her feet, Kang Su Hyun begins a new project to create a star. She picks Yoo Jin U as her trainee. Yoo Jin U has trained to become an idol for the past 10 years and he carries all sorts of baggage with him like his parents' debt and his past career. Right when Yoo Jin U was about give up on his dream, Kang Su Hyun selected him as her trainee. Yoo Jin U now restarts his training in earnest. While, Sim Jun Seok's desire to return to his job as a music producer grows, Kang Su Hyun tells him to work as Yoo Jin U's producer.