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The cinematography of both is realistic, with a documentary feel.
They are free from typical Chinese drama clichés.
Poority and rural life in focus.
They have minority Muslims, and we can see their customs.
The male characters are quite naive.
They are free from typical Chinese drama clichés.
Poority and rural life in focus.
They have minority Muslims, and we can see their customs.
The male characters are quite naive.
This drama also has a similar premise of an experienced audit manager mentoring the newbie or inexperienced junior auditor. Instead of legal cases, the drama tackled audit cases about the company corruption. The male lead is strong and principled like the FL in Good partner, but the newbies give them a bit of the human touch.
Divorce attorney Shin is a legal kdrama where the Male lead is also a divorce attorney. Each episode tackled various high profile divorce cases. Attorney Shin has different ways to find solutions to win his cases.
Both dramas have the same actor and actress paired as the main couple, so if you enjoyed their chemistry in one, you will enjoy it in the other.
Both are romance dramas set in high school.
+ love triangles with intense rivalry between ML and SML
+ second lead syndrome
+ tragic friends-to-enemies backstory (btw FL and ML in OS, btw ML & SML in TB)
+ FL is a more reserved character who doesn't want attention
+ love triangles with intense rivalry between ML and SML
+ second lead syndrome
+ tragic friends-to-enemies backstory (btw FL and ML in OS, btw ML & SML in TB)
+ FL is a more reserved character who doesn't want attention
Both are mini-series that take place in high school and follow a low-key FL who is more an avenue to explore the ML and SML's characters than a strong character in her own right.
+ love triangle, both ML and SML fall first
+ both ML and SML help/protect the FL in various situations
+ intense rivalry between MLs; one is known as a troublemaker while the other is more reserved and laid back
Orange Soda has a more serious tone while Best Mistake stays light and surface-level.
+ love triangle, both ML and SML fall first
+ both ML and SML help/protect the FL in various situations
+ intense rivalry between MLs; one is known as a troublemaker while the other is more reserved and laid back
Orange Soda has a more serious tone while Best Mistake stays light and surface-level.
Both are romance dramas about high school students with more serious/melodrama vibes.
+ two MLs pursue the FL
+ ML is more rough around the edges and aggressive while the SML is reserved, kind, soft
+ [SPOILER] FL ends up with the reserved ML
Orange Soda is a purely contemporary drama while Love Alarm has a sci-fi aspect.
+ two MLs pursue the FL
+ ML is more rough around the edges and aggressive while the SML is reserved, kind, soft
+ [SPOILER] FL ends up with the reserved ML
Orange Soda is a purely contemporary drama while Love Alarm has a sci-fi aspect.
Same mysterious and manipulative husband. Relationship seems perfect but the wife soon begins to suspect the husband of keeping a dark secret. Both also have loving husbands to the wife, but Dear Liar's husband is also pretty mean to her while FOE's husband is only nice to his wife and nobody else really.
Both series take place in the palace with the main female character working as a maid in the royal kitchen. The preparation and serving of food is a major component.
What does a “mature” kdrama rom-com look like? Both dramas attempt to answer the question in flawed but interesting ways.
Yuge Daisuke is a tour guide studying astronomy in his free time and a playboy who only gets involved in relationships with no strings attached. He meets Fujishima Rui on Oahu in early summer and falls in love with her at first sight. The two begin a romance; however, as the result of an accident, she suffers from amnesia and her memory gets reset every night. Daisuke has to woo Rui every day as she keeps forgetting him.
Both are cdramas about hard-working people in the fashion business.
+ successful, well-off FL
+ ML falls first (though in Dusk Love the FL chases first)
+ successful, well-off FL
+ ML falls first (though in Dusk Love the FL chases first)
About ML who is a dancer & join forces with all his friends to join dance competition to help his friend who is sick. A friendship bromance dance movie. Dance & music genre is 1 of my favorite.
Both are mini-series rom-coms in the business world.
+ leads are childhood friends/sweethearts separated by circumstance
+ ML pursues FL when they meet again as adults
+ ML helps FL behind the scenes
In Dusk Love, the FL is a rich business woman who seeks out the ML for a contract relationship. In Ex-Boyfriend & Boss, the ML is the FL's boss.
+ leads are childhood friends/sweethearts separated by circumstance
+ ML pursues FL when they meet again as adults
+ ML helps FL behind the scenes
In Dusk Love, the FL is a rich business woman who seeks out the ML for a contract relationship. In Ex-Boyfriend & Boss, the ML is the FL's boss.
Both are mini-series in the rom-com and business genre with a lot of classic cliches.
+ contract relationship
+ ML falls first (in NML he chases first, in DL she chases first)
+ domineering/aggressive ML
+ contract relationship
+ ML is a rich CEO (in DL the FL is too)
+ cohabitation
+ love triangle with SML
+ contract relationship
+ ML falls first (in NML he chases first, in DL she chases first)
+ domineering/aggressive ML
+ contract relationship
+ ML is a rich CEO (in DL the FL is too)
+ cohabitation
+ love triangle with SML




