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Native Title: ?????
Also Known As: Izu no Odoriko
Screenwriter: Tanaka Sumie
Tags: Adapted From A Novel

Native Title: ????? ?????
Also Known As: Koi no Hanasaku: Izu no Odoriko
Director: Gosho Heinosuke
Genres: Youth, Drama
Tags: Student Male Lead, School Setting, Dancer Female Lead, Young Adult Male Lead, Travelling Troupe, Adapted From A Short Story, University, Dance, First Love, Romance

Native Title: ?????
Also Known As: Love Comes with Youth , Izu no Odoriko
Screenwriter: Miki Katsumi
Genres: Romance, Drama
Tags: Adapted From A Novel

Overall same vibe of friendship and heroism. Both MCs are smart and cunning. Both shows have several unique characters who become comrades.

Same Same but different ???
If you need You Are My Secret summarised, dumb downed and sugar-coated, the n watch this.

- Both dramas have the fake marriage plot where they uphold the image of a married couple for professional reasons.
- Both ML are successful CEOs who propose the idea of a contractual/fake marriage
- Both FL are very cute when trying to deny their eventual love for the ML
- Both ML are whipped for the FL

Overall a very cute drama and the development between the ML and FL is adorable.

Both dramas:
- are about moving back to their hometown after working in Seoul
- have MLs who love staying in their hometown
- are set in a seaside village
- have healing and romance
- have leads that had a connection when they were young

Coming-of-age theme
Strong interpersonal relationships
Group of friends
Pursuit of dreams
Time jumps

Both SMLs are morally gray and were in love with the FL since childhood but end up marrying her to the ML for personal reasons. Both FLs struggle with trusting the ML, and at one point stab him. Both dramas are historical and have a similar tone and pacing.

In both of these Thai BLs, one of the male leads claims to be the other male lead’s boyfriend from another universe.

Same leading actors
When I finished Manner of Death, I needed more Max and Tul and this show delivered just that

A romance Set in the company of a bank, a female employee that can’t get an full time contract.
Both realistic in tone though one is more mature and sad.

Both are an easy watch and feature a Male Boss and female subordinate living together with a blossoming romance

Both series are similar to each other, as both of them are based on time-travel, crime, mystery and detective.

These two are bl series from Thailand with similar dynamics. The main character has no previous experience when it comes to love. When he finally finds love late, he becomes awkward with showing love.