This is a remake of the original Kdrama Sky Castle.
This is a remake of the original Kdrama Sky Castle.
This is a remake of the original Kdrama Sky Castle.

It has the exact same feeling as this drama: a forbidden relationship with the whole world against them, continual pain for the leads but they keep wanting to be together above all, several timespans (starting during high school days, then adulthood). The cinematography is also beautiful in the same style that makes old-school J-dramas so great (alternance of saturated and dull colors, etc.), and the OST is of the same quality level as Chugakusei Nikki. This drama will leave you totally empty and destroyed too at the end.

Same vibe, both feature virtual world where protagonists have to survive by playing death games.

Very close story (brothers loving each other).
Strongly recommend both.

In both cases, a child experiences some traumatic events (rape leadingg to death in Higashino Keigo'Samayou Yaiba' and being pushed off a roof and paralyzed in 'Beautiful World'), and the parents are seeking justice.
Both are heartbreaking but Higashino is way darker.

In both a parent take revenge on the persons who assaulted their daughter because the law and police are powerless.

Students locked in a mysterious place and forced to kill each other.
Gore and mysterious. One is a drama, the other a movie.

Very similar, male leads go through extremely difficult times (loosing legs and being in a wheelchair for SWK, jail and death of a parent in LP ) and have to reject and push away the female leads due to this. But the female leads don't give up.

Both have a melodrama aspect and can be very sad (especially SWK).

In both drama, students are forced to play a death game against their will with a mysterious admin controlling everything. Eerie and suspensful setting.

Same "Mafia Game" type drama. Students locked up to play the game. Mystery vibes.

Same "Mafia Game" type drama. Students locked up to play the game. Mystery vibes.

Similar plot, students forced to play a death game.

Towards the end of their summer holiday, a group of high school students’ peaceful lives are disrupted. Someone named “Admin” adds them to a chat group and forces them to play a killing game. Before they find and remove “the target”, whose identity is unknown, anyone in the chat group who does not reply to other members’ messages will die instantly. Panic strikes as students in the class suddenly die one by one. Ho Hei Yin, a gentle and simple student, fights with “Admin” to protect his precious friends.