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This story tells a boy's life in Tokyo for 20 years. Shota attended a famous private university in Tokyo. After he learned that his girlfriend was cheating on him with rich older men, he said, "Woman only care about money after all", and swore he will raise his status in Tokyo. Graduated, Shota found a job at a leading trading company and lived a life with no shortage of money and love. However, his values ??gradually change throughout his fight for success with his co-worker Kojima and his relationship with Minami, who wants to marry a man with an annual income of more than 30 million. It wasn't until Shota reunited with his classmate, Kazuma, a CEO of a venture company, and his subordinate, Ruriko, does he start to find new meaning in his life...

They are both romantic C-Dramas where the main people are either doctors or lawyers. They both seem to have met before the beginning of the drama.

Four men in their forties go through love, breakup, success and failure. The story includes the romantic relationship between Kim Do Jin, an architect with a scathing tongue, and strict high school teacher Seo Yi Soo, who moonlights as an umpire at amateur baseball games.

Ishibashi Taro is 38-years-old, single and works for a big bank. Miyoshi Reiya is 37 years old, divorced and works as a dentist. Iwakura Kazuhiko is 45-years-old, single and works as a lawyer. These three men are close friends and they enjoy their lives as single men, but they begin to think about marriage.

Four men in their forties go through love, breakup, success and failure. The story includes the romantic relationship between Kim Do Jin, an architect with a scathing tongue, and strict high school teacher Seo Yi Soo, who moonlights as an umpire at amateur baseball games.

Four men in their forties go through love, breakup, success and failure. The story includes the romantic relationship between Kim Do Jin, an architect with a scathing tongue, and strict high school teacher Seo Yi Soo, who moonlights as an umpire at amateur baseball games.

This story tells a boy's life in Tokyo for 20 years. Shota attended a famous private university in Tokyo. After he learned that his girlfriend was cheating on him with rich older men, he said, "Woman only care about money after all", and swore he will raise his status in Tokyo. Graduated, Shota found a job at a leading trading company and lived a life with no shortage of money and love. However, his values ??gradually change throughout his fight for success with his co-worker Kojima and his relationship with Minami, who wants to marry a man with an annual income of more than 30 million. It wasn't until Shota reunited with his classmate, Kazuma, a CEO of a venture company, and his subordinate, Ruriko, does he start to find new meaning in his life...

One is a fake marriage and the other is an arranged marriage.
Both couples fall in love as the story goes.
Both have shy female leads.
When I was watching Kekkon surutte, Hontou desu ka? it reminded me of Marry me!
I do prefer Marry Me! over Kekkon surutte, Hontou desu ka? though.

Both slowly build up the story. Main characters are similar. The characters are grey. It's a bunch of small crimes and cases that all blend into a big one.

Both are considered healing dramas as the main character struggles to get over their past and regrets through their blooming love for each other and matured.

Both series are focused on a high school cheerleading team from Japan winning a competition in the USA.

Ml is Doctor in both
ML falls in love with FL (although there is a childhood element in LisD - not integral to the story
Not as slow paced as OoL but still fun watch
2FL is obsessive as 2Fl in OoL
fun watch after watching something serious like OoL

If you already watched Koi Desu, What She Likes could be a better or an alternative ending for the story for Shishio & Izumi. To be honest, I am torn with the ending they had whether it is even a good or a bad one.

On the other hand, if you already watched What She Likes, Koi Desu features a story similar to Jun but has a different reason why they want a relationship. I was struck with the conversation they had in the laboratory (the one Ono overheard/eavesdropped) and I feel like there is a similar conversation in Koi Desu. If you like watching people with such depth about getting into relationships, you'll probably want to watch Koi Desu.

Like The Power Source, The Ideal City is workplace setting with great cast and an interesting story. Both give an insight of the workings of Chinese companies

Amamiya, Nakauchi, and Kobayashi were once high school classmates. The former was class president and an honors student, Nakauchi was quiet and reserved with a penchant for cooking, and Kobayashi was a womanizing charmer. Ten years after their graduation, fate reunites them. Nakauchi has gone on to become a budding chef, but he had to quit his job after losing his sense of taste. He runs into Amamiya, works as a bartender in a quiet establishment called the Three Star Bar in Tokyo’s Nishi Ogikubo District. Kobayashi who became an overnight sensation as a writer with his debut novel, but has been in a slump ever since, was bequeathed the bar from his grandfather, the previous owner, with the agreement that he would keep the place running until he and Amamiya finished all of the canned food that was left stocked in the pantry. Kobayashi and Amamiya convince Nakauchi to join them as their canned food “chef.” The trio is a great success: Amamiya is always ready to lift the mood with a cocktail, the barfly-like Kobayashi is always on hand with sage words of advice, and Nakauchi cooks up a storm in the kitchen. The place becomes a hit with appreciative customers who come with problems, but usually leave with them solved, thanks to these remarkable men. But what will happen when the canned food begins to run out?