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Both are historical romance dramas,

- Both have a tragic undercurrent to them
- Both feature a romance between an older, cynical character and a younger more optimistic one
- Both cover many miles, and many years as the characters try to be together
- Both have high production values and epic battles

The Rise of the Phoenixes is more political drama first, romance second than My Dearest

Both are historical romantic dramas:
- both feature a more rebel hardworn character and a more spoiled noble character
- both feature a war between two fronts one more 'barbarian' and one overly spoiled, and indulgent
- both have an epic sweep to them with events occurring many miles apart over a long period of time
- both have a tragic undercurrent/fate separating aspect to them
- both have some thrilling action scenes

The Long Ballad does not have the same sophistication in themes and execution as My Dearest, it's much more action and cliffhanger centric.

Both dramas are historical romantic dramas:
- about the tug between responsibilities, honor, fate and doing what would make you happy
- have a tragic undercurrent
- have high production values

Red Sleeve is quieter, slower and more about internal palace politics, whilst My Dearest is more epic, grand and sweeping with more war/action elements.

The similarity is that they're centred on abuse of children. Breathless is on difficulties and recovery post-trauma, A Girl at My Door is focused on a girl currently going through it.

Original

Both are about a group of friends who have different love stories. The plot also includes their professional adventures, but this is not an overwhelming part of these dramas. In both, the characters make important life decisions. Both dramas have a rather positive overtone, they are not depressing.
"Koi Nante, Honki de Yatte Do Suru no?" it's about some older characters than those in "Manatsu no Cinderella".

In "Twinkling Watermelon " the main male character accidentally travels in time and meets his parents.
In "Can You Deliver Time? 2002" the main female character accidentally travels through time and meets her parents.
Both dramas have love stories set in the past.

Both revolve around a skilled swordsman/woman known to be the best and have their own fighting style.

Both leads want to let go of their past, keep their identity a secret and live a normal life but end up getting involved in the drama to protect the ones around them.

MLC is a bit more light-hearted, comedic and revolves around solving mysteries while RoA has more action, swordplay and martial arts - but both have similar premises

While the crux of the plot was purely romance in Someday or One Day, it is the father-daughter relationship in The Heart of Genius, not that there isn't enough romance regardless.

Both are about solving cases to minimise further damages (done by the baddies) to the society and good people.

These are crime investigation dramas with psychological thriller aspect where police trying to solve the cases and uncover the truth behind the murders.

- Crime/ Investigation dramas
- Psychological crime thrillers
- Unpredictable plot with plenty of twists and turns
- Polices trying to solve the cases

These are crime investigation dramas where police trying to uncover the truth behind the murders, dealing with the killers.

Genres: Comedy, Youth, Drama
Tags: Yakuza, Student Supporting Character, Student Male Lead, School Setting, MDL Remake, Gang Leader Male Lead, Teenager Supporting Character, Disguised As High Schooler, Teamwork, Mafia

Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime
Tags: Student Male Lead, School Setting, Gang Leader Male Lead, Disguised As High Schooler, Hidden Identity, High School, Sexual Innuendo, School Bullying