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Also adapted from the manga " Mystery to Iunakare", Kunou Totono finds himself caught up in a mystery surrounding a time capsule. Meet old characters from the original series and new ones. Totono remains Totono.

Both are slice of life, the main character finds their confidence throughout the story, the main couples have the same vibes.

- similar premise of an unlikely pair looking after a child and creating an unconventional family and "found family".
-in both, the brothers (Uncles to the kid) step up to help their sister and take in their niece. They show their niece love and care, and while society tries to frame them as a "bad family" (gay/transgender) they do a great job.

Both reflects prison life with a good mix of comedy and interesting plot.

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Part 2 for a revenge!!

-Both stories involve prison settings where key parts of the plot unfold.
-In both, they are suddenly accused of murder, turning their ordinary lives upside down.
- They both dive deep into the criminal justice system.

Two MLs got their faces swapped and their fates changed as a result. Similar to how the two FLs in Ruby Ring got their faces swapped and their fates changed.

LESBIAN F4 YESYESYES
It's not out yet, I just want you all to watch the trailer and see the potential lol. These young girls are so talented, I can't wait. This was truly the year of remaking Boys Over Flowers, but making it queer, and I feel like we all deserved to grow up watching something like this, it just makes me so happy.

YET AGAIN ANOTHER HEARTWARMING HIGHSCOOL BL :3 MSP is adorable, though a lot more comedy based. Also if you don't enjoy musicals you MIGHT not like it because they sing a lot, but the songs are amazing anyway, just give it a try idk. It's a silly show about the nerd school president being secretly in love with the member of a school band and having to pretend he's trying his best to get their club cancelled if they don't raise their grades enough, because his mom the principal might shut it down for real since there's not enough budget. He offers to tutor them and does his best to convince his mom to give them a chance because he only cares about his crush's happiness and nothing else, just like watarai. Tsundere but make it cute, am I right? hehe the show is available on Youtube, entirely for free! subs in many languages as well. Their love is just as cute.

Same universe as First Frost + Sang Zhi's story (Sang Yan's little sister with his best friend) + Brother's best friend trope + She falls first, he falls harder + softer/fluffier for those who can't handle darker stories + adorable Zhao Lusi + great chemistry

THE CATEGORY IS HEARTWARMING HIGHSCOOL BL !
The beach trip alone reminded me of Light On Me, the romance is so adorable and well done despite the love triangle, I just couldn't recommend it enough.

Lowkey freak4freak main couples (give it time to marinate). The younger ML shows psychopathic or sociopathic tendencies while the older ML is manipulated and drawn into his world. Hua Yong and Fan Xiao really take the cake for red flag—or probably black flag—behavior.

-amazing mls/fls
-all characters are smart
-the couples are cute
-both thrillers
-fantastic ratings for the both of them

Old cases that seemed solved turn out to be cold cases. Same eerie small-town atmosphere, where everybody knows everybody else's business but at the same time murders were committed and people were blamed when they were not guilty, based on how the town perceives them.

Also - personal hurt and obsession / drive to solve the murders for the leads. Nice plot pacing (though slow).

Police stories featuring life at its most frustrating part. Both present very long cold cases, with slowly addictive characters, driven by obsession and stubborness. The mysteries aren't revealed all at once, it takes a very long time in both dramas to find out whodunnit. Kind of a similar atmosphere of weighty expectation for the leads to finally solve it and be done with it in order to live the rest of their lives freely.

... And lots of missed chances (that's the frustrating part).