-episodic cases
-a core story
-revenge based plots
-morally grey main leads
-no romance// but a lot of tension teamwork and chemistry
-good team
-badass leads
-really dark storylines
-blood gore and action
-taxi driver explores giving justice outside of the legal framework, whereas voice is very much pro-police (except out guy kangwoo love him sm)
-voice has a more personal and dark storyline than each of the characters in taxi driver, idk I feel more connected to voice characters
-both are thrilling, voice is more focused on uncovering a mystery whereas taxi driver focuses on bringing justice to the wronged, it's less mysterious
-amazing action thrillers both of them, keep you on the edge of your seats!

-episodic cases
-a core story
-revenge based plots
-morally grey main leads
-no romance// but a lot of tension teamwork and chemistry
-good team
-badass leads
-really dark storylines
-blood gore and action
-taxi driver explores giving justice outside of the legal framework, whereas voice is very much pro-police (except out guy kangwoo love him sm)
-voice has a more personal and dark storyline than each of the characters in taxi driver, idk I feel more connected to voice characters
-both are thrilling, voice is more focused on uncovering a mystery whereas taxi driver focuses on bringing justice to the wronged, it's less mysterious
-amazing action thrillers both of them, keep you on the edge of your seats!

-episodic cases
-a core story
-revenge based plots
-morally grey main leads
-no romance// but a lot of tension teamwork and chemistry
-good team
-badass leads
-really dark storylines
-blood gore and action
-taxi driver explores giving justice outside of the legal framework, whereas voice is very much pro-police (except out guy kangwoo love him sm)
-voice has a more personal and dark storyline than each of the characters in taxi driver, idk I feel more connected to voice characters
-both are thrilling, voice is more focused on uncovering a mystery whereas taxi driver focuses on bringing justice to the wronged, it's less mysterious
-amazing action thrillers both of them, keep you on the edge of your seats!

Historical and fantasy themes are similar
Beings other than humana
AATM has a more direct romance
Both have ongoing mysteries of the present and past
BIM has concepts of next lives and reincarnations as a major theme, but it's more of a minor one in AATM
both are fantasy based mysteries, AATM set entirely in the historical Era.

-similar plot about reincarnations and meeting people from your past lives
-romantic plot is more fleshed out in CT
-Bulgasal is a more slow burn mystery of the past than Chicago typewriter, but CT also has a mystery of the past the characters are tying to unveil
-bulgasal is more fleshed out in the fantasy aspect
-CT has similar wholesome character relationships like Bulgasal, but in CT they're more friends based than the found family troupe in BIS
-angsty, aesthetic and bittersweet. The osts in both are amazing, acting and cast and cinematography are great in both.
-Both of them are different in terms of setting and time line, CT is more political and set in 1930s Japanese occupied Korea.

-slow burn romance and love story
-blend of romance in a political/action setting
-spies, military and intelligence, international government driven politics in both
-SD is historical, set in the 1980s whereas Vagabond is modern day
-vagabond is much more action packed and fast paced, SD has a simpler story with more melo themes
-vagabond is more detailed with the plot and story, sd has more feels and emotions!

badass women
action thriller plot
revenge based plot
one is an assassin while the other is an officer

similar themes of a talented girl in an academy (art academy in LOTRS and a swordsman academy in GFB)
similar fantastical elements of boy sharinf a body with a non human being
both have elements of a romantic comedy
GFB can have dark, more serious themes than LOTRS
Both invoke similar emotions, and have similar settings in the drama
GFB has Lee Seunggi as an immortal, so far Ahn HyoSeop is very much mortal in the drama
Both have strong female leads working in male dominant fields
good friendships in both dramas
both are slowburns in terms of romances, with childhood connections. the romance has a similar vibe. really really enjoyable.
emotionally well thought out and well written characters
comedy is so sweet and wholesome!

overall, they have a pretty similar vibe!

vastly different in terms of plot settings, DAYS being a fantasy-esque slice of life and HC not having any magical elements at all
both are similar in terms of themes of healing, accepting and overcoming hiddena and untold grief with the company of others. While DAYS achieves this with the help of a fantastical setting, HC is a more lowkey, humble hometown backdrop.
what i love in both the dramas, what especially led me to draw similarities between the two was just how cute, wholesome and domestic the two couples are. the way they interact, their comfort amongst themselves is whats truly healing and makes the two healing dramas
both have cute support couples
both have characters rooting for each other and helping eachother grow and move on from grief and trauma

similar dramas in terms of themes of healing from past traumas through family, people and love
both involve a small hometown
a bigshot successful FL
a sweet ML with trauma
and both healing through each other
IOTNBO is more dramatic, and deals with mental health in a more direct manner
while HC is more carefree and rom-comy and deals with trauma in a more subtle yet beautiful manner
side characters have their own story lines, with a v cute support couple in both!

family centric
magical, fantastical elements
18 again is more slice of life, MPUB is more fantasy-esque
vastly different yet similar in terms of themes of sacrifice, grief and motherhood, family etc

both are family centric, healing emotional dramas about moving on from grief.
both have themes of motherhood, loss and sacrifice.
both have supernatural elements, whereas MPUB is more focused on the fantasy, HBM is more family and slice of life focussed