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One female lead's best friend in Because This is My First Life is also a career-driven woman who is single by choice. If you enjoyed the authoritative powerful women in Search WWW, you will like this character as well. Her story delves into a lot of the ingrained patriarchal views that Korea has and some other issues kind of like sexism and what it really means to be like a primary breadwinner especially if you're a woman. Also, her romance subplot is just like super cute.

The story is about two guys meeting and falling in love while living in different timelines. They meet a couple of times at midnight in room 609. There is a lot more to this story than that. But that is what links it to this story.

Both are Japanese dramas with a ML who is emotionally withdrawn, somewhat reclusive, draws manga for a living, and wears a black hoodie. The other lead (ML vs. FL) is upbeat but has personal problems. Both have a colorful and loveable group of supporting characters.

The formation of the love between the main couple is a slow burn but once it happens they're a true power couple. In both dramas, the male lead likes the female lead first too.

- Strong & Smart ML+FL who support each other
- Engaging story with satisfying ending and good chemistry btw the leads
- Involve some politics and have good battle/war scene
- Have a character seeking revenge (FL is TLB vs Villain in Destined)

The main difference is the FL in TLB has good fighting skills, but the FL in Destined is more business savvy.

even so the stories are so different but both have the same male leads , and they are both cinematically beautiful .

even so the atmosphere in josee is sadder but the story of both of them are sad , there are beautiful nature scenes in both , the cinematography of both of them is so beautiful .

They both are time travelling themed drama with both sweet and angsty and painful moments. Also in both drama there are palace/political plots.

The gritty crime element, the star-crossed opposites-attract romance, the body count along the way...

Also, if you want to see Organ in more shows, I have to recommend checking both of these out. She's a brilliant actress that steals every scene in which she appears.

The same screenwriters worked on both shows and it's pretty obvious. Both shows have simple premises that are cleverly written.

Similarities
- enemies to lovers
- boss-employee relationship
- bl

Differences
- Step by step is Thai ROP 304 is Korean
- ROP 304 has the tenant-landlord relationship trope

Both have Boss-employee relationship and workplace romance .
Both are romcom but TDWBMD has fantasy elements .
Step by step is Thai BL and TDWBMD is Korean BL.

This movie is an inspirational underdog story, but the training the kids had to go through and the vibe of someone coming in and shaping up a ragtag team is similar. Nicely written and worth every minute to watch!

Yae, an unremarkable girl working in a café and living with a friend, finds herself unable to afford rent when her friend suddenly gets married, and she loses her job in the same day! It’s only when her boyfriend dumps her that she finally hits rock bottom.

She’s at her wits’ end when her childhood friend Takumi suddenly reappears into her life. Takumi suggests that Yae take on a part-time job as his “fake wife” for the next six months. He has his reasons for wanting people to think he’s married. Yae has no other choice but to accept his proposal, and in return receives housing and living expenses for playing the role of his “fake wife.”

So begins a “fake marriage” with a time limit. Unbeknownst to Yae, she was Takumi’s first love, even though she thinks of him as nothing more than a childhood friend. Takumi struggles awkwardly but earnestly to win Yae’s heart and find true love. Even though their marriage starts as a sham, will the day come when this couple can become something more?

Yae, an unremarkable girl working in a café and living with a friend, finds herself unable to afford rent when her friend suddenly gets married, and she loses her job in the same day! It’s only when her boyfriend dumps her that she finally hits rock bottom.

She’s at her wits’ end when her childhood friend Takumi suddenly reappears into her life. Takumi suggests that Yae take on a part-time job as his “fake wife” for the next six months. He has his reasons for wanting people to think he’s married. Yae has no other choice but to accept his proposal, and in return receives housing and living expenses for playing the role of his “fake wife.”

So begins a “fake marriage” with a time limit. Unbeknownst to Yae, she was Takumi’s first love, even though she thinks of him as nothing more than a childhood friend. Takumi struggles awkwardly but earnestly to win Yae’s heart and find true love. Even though their marriage starts as a sham, will the day come when this couple can become something more?