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Both are epic jidaigeki samurai movies set in the warring states period. Both are directed by Keishi Otomo.

In both Kimura Takuya stars as Oda Nobunaga. Both are very similar.......................................

Both are about the lives of Nouhime and Nobunaga. Both are very similar.....................................

- The plot events are a little different
- Female body guards who eventually fall in love with the ML
- strong female lead

Both are historical/fantasy dramas, both FLs are plant fairies. Both dramas have a similar vibe/feel to them.

Both are historical/fantasy low budget dramas that are mostly light and fluffy. Both FLs are plant fairies, both MLs suffer from an illness and seem sort of cold/aloof.

Three equally successful women will prove to be the unraveling of each of their so-called 'happy marriages.'

Song Won is divorced, a skilled literary translator of Chinese, and lawyer Sa Hyun's mature gym partner.

A Mi is single in her twenties and has spent the last two years shuttling between South Korea and the US in order to complete her studies. A shared airplane seat and a love of horses bring her and the doctor together. Add into the mix Yoo Shin's unusual relationship with his father's new wife, a classy, well-kept woman who raised him from childhood.

Dean Hae Ryoon hires the beloved actress Nam Ga Bin, whose career he has followed, to teach at the university, bringing the two in welcomed routine contact.

Mistresses aside, each couple has an Achilles heel that brings about much unhappiness, could trigger divorce proceedings, and leave them all wondering just how much happiness are we entitled to in life?

Both dramas approach slice of life from a gritty/ unpolished perspective. Life is not always sunshine and rainbows, and these drama doesn't shy away from depicting the tough times. but it's not the typical overdramatic tragedies with the white truck of death. The art of these stories are told in a way where you truly feel like you're taking a peek into the day in a life of the characters.

Both are historical dramas in which the members of a family are all fated to die young and trying to avoid their fate.

Both dramas have a lead with a fatal illness and another lead who may hold the cure for their illness.

Both dramas are historical fantasies with a mystery aspect in which people are being killed in order to try to cure/save someone's life. Both MLs have the power of the cure.

Both FLs have a genetic illness that will cause them to have a short life and are searching for a cure, both MLs have a supernatural power.

Both are historical dramas in which the FL has an illness that will cause her to die young but she lives life to the fullest.

Both are historical dramas in which the FL has a genetic illness that will cause her to die young so she spends her days searching for a man (either to fall in love before she dies or to cure her). Both dramas have a mystery/investigation aspect (HDRA more so) and a mix of humor and sadness.

- strong FL;
- ML and FL are rulers;
- bickering relationship;
- similar costumes;
- FL does not know her identity