Both dramas start off by one of the main characters moving from a big city to a town for work. At the beginning of both dramas, the main leads meet several times because one of them has multiple jobs, which is something that confuses the other. In both shows, the characters' relationship doesn't start off too positively.
Meeting each other in an unusual place. In HomeCha the FL has taken the risk of starting up her business in a small town she was not familiar with. In the Package the FL also took the risk of moving to France and work as a Tour Guide. Both Drama has multiple couples with different story. Both are healing drama.
One of the best dramas Shin Min Ah has starred in.
HCCC is lighter and easier to watch while TWY requires more effort because of the time travel theme, nevertheless, both are worth the watch.
Soft-Spoiler-Alert:
HCCC has issues with their past (ML's mystery), while TWY unravels issues of the future.
HCCC is lighter and easier to watch while TWY requires more effort because of the time travel theme, nevertheless, both are worth the watch.
Soft-Spoiler-Alert:
HCCC has issues with their past (ML's mystery), while TWY unravels issues of the future.
Both tell of stories where the main character is thrust into new (slightly remote) environments where they learn to get along with people different from those they've met before. They tell stories of self-discovery, growth, and emotional healing.
Hyejin is a city girl dentist who moves to a small rural town to start her own practice. "Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha" tells the story of how she adjust to her new neighbours and their country-side way of life, which is completely different from what she's used to.
"If You Wish Upon Me" tells the story of GyeoRe, an ex-convict with not much reason to live. His life becomes entangled with a hospice (palliative care center) and is forced to become a volunteer driver for their patients. he is surrounded by dying patients who are fighting to make the most of their last moments, and hospice volunteers trying their best to grant wishes to those in their last moments.
Hyejin is a city girl dentist who moves to a small rural town to start her own practice. "Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha" tells the story of how she adjust to her new neighbours and their country-side way of life, which is completely different from what she's used to.
"If You Wish Upon Me" tells the story of GyeoRe, an ex-convict with not much reason to live. His life becomes entangled with a hospice (palliative care center) and is forced to become a volunteer driver for their patients. he is surrounded by dying patients who are fighting to make the most of their last moments, and hospice volunteers trying their best to grant wishes to those in their last moments.
As much as both the drama titles appear to be poles apart, the beginning of both the romances are similar in nature. The female leads in both the drama have a tendency to escape from their city lives when the going gets tough and move away to remote areas where they find their future love interests.
Bonus: both the male leads know how to surf and look fine while at it!
Bonus: both the male leads know how to surf and look fine while at it!
Andante is more bittersweet and slower paced than Hometown, but both drama's deal with loss and grief and healing. The male lead in Andante is a teenager who needs to grow and mature while the male lead in Hometown is an adult in need of healing from past trauma. The female lead in Andante is a struggling young woman needing help with carrying her burdens while the female lead in Hometown is a bit selfish and self-absorbed and needing to grow as a person. Both dramas portray romantic relationships that grow the people in them in different ways.
