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Atm, Serious About Marriage (SAM) hasn't been aired, but just reading from the description, this show reminds me of Love is Blind: Japan (LIB:J). Both dating shows have the end goal of marriage and after liking the endgame couple(s) for LIB:J, I am excited for SAM.

They differ in the format and duration since LIB:J has 10 days to know their partners blindly (through a pod with a wall blocking them from seeing the other person) and after the proposal, the formed engaged pair will get to know more of each other by living together for 3 weeks. Then after that, they can get married. So in contrast to LIB:J which had a duration of month for the participants to date, I think SAM would be less rushed but tbh, it is still kinda rushed?. But I'm here for the journey.

Both stories feature a trio of close friends, a minor/relatively un-angsty love triangle, and the concerns of the MCs as they return, years later, to their friends (and first love) after ftm sexually transitioning upon realizing they were intersex.

These are both epic love stories that are understated but implicitly understood by viewers. The characters experience developments throughout the series while aiding in world building. You’ll meet many side characters they you’ll grow to love or hate. Don’t let the amount of episodes scare you, you’ll love this.

Both are botany horticulture related. Bio Homme has no romance and is fairly short, and revolves around how plants can help with mood therapy. However, both dramas feature cold and handsome MLs who are mostly married to their work. I was hoping one day there would be a full, longer drama projecting the themes of Bio Homme and I believe Romance of the Little Forest comes pretty close to it. Both are really nice watches if you like plants and nature.

In both, the leads live in apartments across from each other with side-by-side balconies. Both stories have the leads bickering and they're super cute together. The plot for both dramas is haters to friends to lovers. Both follow FL who start working in a new company and how they succeed in the workplace. Both stories have a main couple and side couple, all couples are pretty cute. Nice amount of comedy, and romance, and overall healthy relationship.

It's a romance between two people who knew each other in school and then met years later and fell in love.

Both of these movies offer a satirical take on the film industry and what goes on behind the scenes.

Same writer, some scenes also focus on high school and main characters who are quite troublemakers (not that this is a bad thing).

I enjoy the way that woman are portrayed in both of these dramas.

I think both dramas are healing to watch, break our hearts at times, but fix them right back up.

Both incredibly suitable for the summer-time.

Both stories are told from a very character-centric standpoint, rather than plot-centric, if that makes sense. We see a lot of sides of each character, their emotions, and perspectives.

5 years ago, a ballerina Xu Hai Lin accidently saved Lu Xi Wei from the fire, and they fell in love. 5 years later, Hai Lin becomes an international ballet actress. One day she fainted on the stage and she found out that she’s pregnant. Xi Wei proposed marriage to her and she accepted. They planned to call their child Bliss, which means a blessing from heaven. While both immersed in bliss, Hai Lin and Xi Wei got into an accident which causes Hai Lin to miscarriage, Xi Wei has lost his life in this accident. Hai Lin decided to have her last dance and to die for love, so she jumped off the bridge. Hai Lin thought she’ll be in eternal sleep, but she woke up at a mysterious valley. She ran into people with mysterious powers, who let Hai Lin to re-choose her life, but she must pay the most precious things in consideration. Hai Lin wholeheartedly wants Xi Wei to live, so she decided to go back to 5 years ago, back to the time when she first met the person she love the most.

Cha Joo Hyuk works at a bank and has been married to Seo Woo Jin for five years. When a strange incident happens one day, Joo Hyuk makes a decision that impacts his life and those around him in unexpected ways. Suddenly, the life he had with Woo Jin and his best friend, Yoon Joong Hoo are gone and he is leading a very different life. How will his first love, Lee Hee Won, factor into his new life? And will it be possible to get his old life back?

Motoharu travels back in time, only to learn that he is unhappily married to another woman and discovers his love for his original wife.

38-years-old married couple, Choi Ban Do and Ma Jin Joo, were in love when they got married but now, hate each other and regret marrying at such a young age. Choi Ban Do has been burdened with being the breadwinner, and Ma Jin Joo is a housewife with low self-esteem. The couple travels through time and finds themselves as 20-year-old university students when they met for the first time.

A husband who's lacking in many ways finds himself stuck in another dimension. Can he make it back to his wife to fix their marriage?

Da Le messed up his wedding anniversary again! It is their sixth year as a married couple. Yong Qi has enough to deal with after discovering that she is pregnant while facing the pressures of being up for promotion. She is done tolerating her husband. At this time, a mysterious cab driver arrives and transports Da Le into another dimension where Da Le must make up for his mistakes in order to go home.

Jane and Win are lovers and one day they were involved in an accident that killed Win. Jane receives a miracle when Win is resurrected but she discovers that he has no memory of her. Based on the Taiwan drama of the same title.