Vremea Melancoliei (2022)

Both are about family and life's hardships. The sacrifices families have to make to survive in this world.

Both are anthologies. Both have characters and plots and overlap. Both are heartfelt and bittersweet.

Both dramas focus on each character's individual lives, portraying their struggles and emotions beautifully. In the way in which the characters of Reply 1988 live together, rely on each other and cry together; the characters of our blues reside on Jeju island and their various occupations are intertwined. I'll go as far as to say the occupations depend on each other.

For the folksy vibe. Like Our Blues, both focus initially on the negative points of living in a rural village e.g. everyone is in everyone else's business but they later band together to help each other.

both have: (from most to least overlapping)

- teenage/young pregnancy
- depression with mothers
- father breadwinners
- estranged family relations on both sides (mother and father to-be)
- discrimination at school due to pregnancy news
- cheating/love triangles among the older characters

Ordinary people struggle to face reality. Problem & conflict come along human life. Can we freely choose between happiness & misery?

i want to say that the vibe is overall same
country side based story
jeju island
social lifestyle and friendships
old ajhummas