Similarities:
- Brothers liking the FL
- Hidden identity
• Questioning of whose who
- Flashbacks from the past
- Mysterious
- First Loves
- Childhood connection
- FL is in the entertainment industry
- Reunion
Differences:
- ATWL is more based on the high school lifestyle while CD is more based on the view of being a singer
- CD has a more serious tone while ATWL has a brighter tone
- Brothers liking the FL
- Hidden identity
• Questioning of whose who
- Flashbacks from the past
- Mysterious
- First Loves
- Childhood connection
- FL is in the entertainment industry
- Reunion
Differences:
- ATWL is more based on the high school lifestyle while CD is more based on the view of being a singer
- CD has a more serious tone while ATWL has a brighter tone
Similarities:
- FL has a passion for their sport
- FL struggles during the process (training & academics), therefore ML helps
-ML is some sort of sports god/prince
- ML is smart
Differences:
- In SIL, the ML and Fl are childhood friends
- In JD it focuses on dance as a sport while SIL focuses on hockey, speed skating, and figure skating.
- FL has a passion for their sport
- FL struggles during the process (training & academics), therefore ML helps
-ML is some sort of sports god/prince
- ML is smart
Differences:
- In SIL, the ML and Fl are childhood friends
- In JD it focuses on dance as a sport while SIL focuses on hockey, speed skating, and figure skating.
Similarities:
- Male Actor, Chen Zhe Yuan
- Both were adapted from Novels
- First Love
- Meets Again after few of years
- Family Friends (been acquainted for a long time)
- School-based
• High school to College
- Secret Crush
- ML's family issue holds him up in his relationship with the FL, therefore causing misunderstanding and holdback
- ML pursues/does programming
- Hardworking & caring ML
Differences:
- In "Hidden Love" the ML is 5 years older than the FL
- In "Our Secrets" the FL's family and ML's family are family friends while in "Hidden Love" the ML is friends with the FL's brother.
- In "Hidden Love" the ML realizes his feelings later on due to the age gap
- Male Actor, Chen Zhe Yuan
- Both were adapted from Novels
- First Love
- Meets Again after few of years
- Family Friends (been acquainted for a long time)
- School-based
• High school to College
- Secret Crush
- ML's family issue holds him up in his relationship with the FL, therefore causing misunderstanding and holdback
- ML pursues/does programming
- Hardworking & caring ML
Differences:
- In "Hidden Love" the ML is 5 years older than the FL
- In "Our Secrets" the FL's family and ML's family are family friends while in "Hidden Love" the ML is friends with the FL's brother.
- In "Hidden Love" the ML realizes his feelings later on due to the age gap
Similarities:
- Both are BL's
-One of the ML's (2) has had a long-time crush on the other ML (1)
• That ML (2) tries to get closer to the other ML (1)
- One of the ML's (1) has like no friends, while ML (2) has friends that support them
- Love triangles
Differences:
- "La Pluie" is a Thai drama while "Light on Me" is a Korean drama
- "Light on Me" episode length is quite shorter (1/2x) than "La Pluie"
- "La Pluie" has a mixture of the work life and school life hence the multiple couples, while "Light on Me" is mainly on school life
• "La Pluie" - College setting; "Light on Me" - High school setting
- "La Pluie" seems more down-to-earth and realistic but the story is mainly about believing in a soulmate or not, while "Light on Me" is about finding first love.
- "Light on Me" is rated PG-13, while "La Pluie" is more for rated R
- Both are BL's
-One of the ML's (2) has had a long-time crush on the other ML (1)
• That ML (2) tries to get closer to the other ML (1)
- One of the ML's (1) has like no friends, while ML (2) has friends that support them
- Love triangles
Differences:
- "La Pluie" is a Thai drama while "Light on Me" is a Korean drama
- "Light on Me" episode length is quite shorter (1/2x) than "La Pluie"
- "La Pluie" has a mixture of the work life and school life hence the multiple couples, while "Light on Me" is mainly on school life
• "La Pluie" - College setting; "Light on Me" - High school setting
- "La Pluie" seems more down-to-earth and realistic but the story is mainly about believing in a soulmate or not, while "Light on Me" is about finding first love.
- "Light on Me" is rated PG-13, while "La Pluie" is more for rated R
Similarities:
- FL has had a crush on the cold ML (during school years)
- ML develops a secret crush on FL (after school years)
- ML is very smart
- ML is cold at first (private)
- Reunion many years later
- High School to Working Life
- ML is interested in aerospace technology
- Time jump ending (Happy Ending)
- The "breakup" is them arguing over something
Differences:
- In HWMA (Here We Meet Again) the FL was friends with the ML, but in YAMG (You Are My Glory) they were not friends at all
- In YAMG the main leads are in different fields of work, although they do collaborate
- In HWMA the story plot is a bit more realistic and serious than in YAMG
- FL has had a crush on the cold ML (during school years)
- ML develops a secret crush on FL (after school years)
- ML is very smart
- ML is cold at first (private)
- Reunion many years later
- High School to Working Life
- ML is interested in aerospace technology
- Time jump ending (Happy Ending)
- The "breakup" is them arguing over something
Differences:
- In HWMA (Here We Meet Again) the FL was friends with the ML, but in YAMG (You Are My Glory) they were not friends at all
- In YAMG the main leads are in different fields of work, although they do collaborate
- In HWMA the story plot is a bit more realistic and serious than in YAMG
Similarities:
- FL has had a crush on the cold ML (during school years)
- ML develops a secret crush on FL (after school years)
- ML has a younger brother (child age)
• The younger brother doesn't like the FL in the beginning
- ML is very smart
- Reunion many years later
- High School to Working Life
-FL & ML work in the same field
• Eventually both work in the same place
Differences:
- In HWMA (Here We Meet Again) the FL was friends with the ML, but in AROTLF (YA Romance of the Little Forest) they were not friends at all
- FL has had a crush on the cold ML (during school years)
- ML develops a secret crush on FL (after school years)
- ML has a younger brother (child age)
• The younger brother doesn't like the FL in the beginning
- ML is very smart
- Reunion many years later
- High School to Working Life
-FL & ML work in the same field
• Eventually both work in the same place
Differences:
- In HWMA (Here We Meet Again) the FL was friends with the ML, but in AROTLF (YA Romance of the Little Forest) they were not friends at all
Similarities:
- Ryan Ding stars in both historical dramas
- ML starts out cold-hearted
- FL has a sister who is tough (cold-hearted)
- FL family has a military background
- FL sister is in love with ML; ML falls in love with the “wrong” FL
- ML has a secret agenda
- ML is smart and calculative
- ML is powerful
- Both entangled with marriage
- ML can do swordsmanship
Differences:
- In “Romance of a Twin Flower”, it is in one world, while “The Romance of Tiger and Rose” is two worlds
- In “Romance of a Twin Flower”, one sister has disappeared, while in "The Romance of Tiger and Rose” both sisters are present
- Ryan Ding stars in both historical dramas
- ML starts out cold-hearted
- FL has a sister who is tough (cold-hearted)
- FL family has a military background
- FL sister is in love with ML; ML falls in love with the “wrong” FL
- ML has a secret agenda
- ML is smart and calculative
- ML is powerful
- Both entangled with marriage
- ML can do swordsmanship
Differences:
- In “Romance of a Twin Flower”, it is in one world, while “The Romance of Tiger and Rose” is two worlds
- In “Romance of a Twin Flower”, one sister has disappeared, while in "The Romance of Tiger and Rose” both sisters are present
Similarities:
- FL has had a crush on the cold ML since high school
- First Love
- A child (not their own child) helps them bring them together
- ML is very focused and hardworking in their work
- FL is very smart, they can do multiple things
- Reunion many years later
- High School to Working Life
Differences:
- In "Road Home", the ML does know the FL during childhood, while in "A Romance of the Little Forest" they do not
- In "A Romance of the Little Forest", the themes are fashion and university, while "Road Home" is more about the police force and the work area.
- "Road Home" is a melodrama romance, while "A Romance of the Little Forest" is more comedy romance
- "A Romance of the Little Forest" is a slow-burn romance, while "Road Home" has a passionate and fast romance
- FL has had a crush on the cold ML since high school
- First Love
- A child (not their own child) helps them bring them together
- ML is very focused and hardworking in their work
- FL is very smart, they can do multiple things
- Reunion many years later
- High School to Working Life
Differences:
- In "Road Home", the ML does know the FL during childhood, while in "A Romance of the Little Forest" they do not
- In "A Romance of the Little Forest", the themes are fashion and university, while "Road Home" is more about the police force and the work area.
- "Road Home" is a melodrama romance, while "A Romance of the Little Forest" is more comedy romance
- "A Romance of the Little Forest" is a slow-burn romance, while "Road Home" has a passionate and fast romance
Similarities:
- Historical fantasy fiction dramas
- The leads sacrifice themselves for their people
- FL is like nothing (weak) but grows to become powerful
- Immortals, Demons, and Mortals [World]
- ML reincarnates
- Marriage
- Cold ML turning to Warm ML after falling in love with FL
Differences:
- In "The Starry Love", there are two princesses while in "Ancient Love Poetry" there are no princesses
• Therefore, there are two female leads in "The Starry Love"
- "Ancient Love Poetry" focuses more on the immortal world side while "The Starry Love" focuses on all worlds equally
- "The Starry Love" has multiple couples
- "Ancient Love Poetry" has 49 episodes while "The Starry Love" has 40 episodes.
- Historical fantasy fiction dramas
- The leads sacrifice themselves for their people
- FL is like nothing (weak) but grows to become powerful
- Immortals, Demons, and Mortals [World]
- ML reincarnates
- Marriage
- Cold ML turning to Warm ML after falling in love with FL
Differences:
- In "The Starry Love", there are two princesses while in "Ancient Love Poetry" there are no princesses
• Therefore, there are two female leads in "The Starry Love"
- "Ancient Love Poetry" focuses more on the immortal world side while "The Starry Love" focuses on all worlds equally
- "The Starry Love" has multiple couples
- "Ancient Love Poetry" has 49 episodes while "The Starry Love" has 40 episodes.
Similarities:
- Secret crushes
- Both school-related plots
- The "nerd" ML gets a makeover
- Each ML helps the other ML in some way (secretly)
• Tries to become their friend too
- The ML's friend helps the ML get their crush
Differences:
- FUTS ("Fish Upon the Sky") is university-based while MSP ("My School President") is high school-based
- MSP is more about music than school, while FUTS is more about dentistry and health sciences (medicine)
- Secret crushes
- Both school-related plots
- The "nerd" ML gets a makeover
- Each ML helps the other ML in some way (secretly)
• Tries to become their friend too
- The ML's friend helps the ML get their crush
Differences:
- FUTS ("Fish Upon the Sky") is university-based while MSP ("My School President") is high school-based
- MSP is more about music than school, while FUTS is more about dentistry and health sciences (medicine)
If you liked watching Dylan Wang & Chen Yu Qi together then here’s another drama just for you!
Unchained Love:
- Historical
- More serious (revenge, disguise)
- Romance
Never Give Up:
- Modern (office work)
- Silly, funny
- Friendship
Unchained Love:
- Historical
- More serious (revenge, disguise)
- Romance
Never Give Up:
- Modern (office work)
- Silly, funny
- Friendship
Similarities:
- BUTS & TT are both university and sports themed
- Each has a rich ML
- One of the ML's are trying to find out who they are
- Starts our with FWB (Friends with Benefits)
Differences:
- BUTS is swimming themed while TT is soccer themed
- BUTS is more sports based while TT is more university life
- BUTS has an age difference while TT is same year
- TT is more based on one couple while BUTS has multiple
- BUTS & TT are both university and sports themed
- Each has a rich ML
- One of the ML's are trying to find out who they are
- Starts our with FWB (Friends with Benefits)
Differences:
- BUTS is swimming themed while TT is soccer themed
- BUTS is more sports based while TT is more university life
- BUTS has an age difference while TT is same year
- TT is more based on one couple while BUTS has multiple