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- Both are historical dramas that start off really happy. All the characters are really close at the start and are friends/family.
- Several episodes into the dramas all these relationships break apart and everyone starts to betray one another. The FL is unexpectedly stabbed in the back by a close friend of hers.
- In both dramas the main characters brother is behind all the death and destruction.
- Both dramas have a lot of death where several of the main characters die, especially a lot of the good guys.
- The FL in both dramas has to go through a lot of hardship, mostly because of all the men in her life. She goes from a happy and carefree teenager in love, with friends and family, to a person that loses everything and everyone at one point.
- The ML in both dramas is from a high position but doesn't hold much power compared to many of the other characters. He also falls for the FL first.
- SH has an open ending whilst CMARS has a closed, bittersweet ending.
- Several episodes into the dramas all these relationships break apart and everyone starts to betray one another. The FL is unexpectedly stabbed in the back by a close friend of hers.
- In both dramas the main characters brother is behind all the death and destruction.
- Both dramas have a lot of death where several of the main characters die, especially a lot of the good guys.
- The FL in both dramas has to go through a lot of hardship, mostly because of all the men in her life. She goes from a happy and carefree teenager in love, with friends and family, to a person that loses everything and everyone at one point.
- The ML in both dramas is from a high position but doesn't hold much power compared to many of the other characters. He also falls for the FL first.
- SH has an open ending whilst CMARS has a closed, bittersweet ending.
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