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Both has grim reaper. Both has story showing person before death. Some humor, some bittersweet. Both showing the spirit wondering in between the two world.

Both involve the main female lead dead but spirit still wondering around. Both showing how a person life was before dead and time come. Both has grim reapers.

They have exactly the same story. Not sure which was the original. Both are bitter sweet. I like the Chinese one for some reason

Both movies has grim reaper. Life person before time come to enter another world. The spirit of the dead, the wondering spirit

Both about grim reapers. Life person, dead spirit still wonder around. The world in between. Story of the person before they die

The similarity here is that both involves cooking. The involvement of characters with the kitchen, dishes and food is very much prominent in both the dramas. The main plot revolves around the dedication of the mains for their profession, cooking.

A love/hate relationship .In both the dramas, a commoner gets involved with a public figure. gradually the romance begins.

Both intensely focuses on Chinese Military training, operations and various other aspects. The army prospect is well portrayed in both of them.

Both focus on crime solving using psychological methods. Plus, both has romance plots with yet with more focus on crime.

Both are high school where the male leads seem to be unapproachable due to their respective appearances, yet they are very gentle as a person.

Eyes of Dawn focuses on the Japenese side of the Sino-Japanese war from 1938 onward. It adds another perspective to what was going on at the time.
This drama also touchs on the fighting after the sino-Japanese war in China.

Want to see a love story before the Korean pennisula got divided? Well Eyes of Dawn has just that. And later cross border and idology divide are shown in the drama.

Same director and writer. The 2nd lead in Sandglass is the same actor as the main in Eyes of Dawn. There is also a lot of actor sharing in the casting.

Theres is subplot in Eyes of Dawn about government spys. There are also a lot of action scenes and explosives. Both also feature foriegn locations.

if mu ze was you favorite character in make my heart smile you should definitely watch! heyi (the actor for mu ze) is the lead and his characters best friend has a similar personality to mu ze. plus heyis character and the fl also have to change themselves a bit in order to keep big secrets about themselves just like wei mian. its a cute romance between best friends and has lots of cute moments like in this show <3 but also some drama w jealous classmates and old friends coming back into the picture.