Mars (2004)

Both dramas feature introverted, poor female leads that have to deal with sexual harassement, and both are helped by the male lead.

Mars is one of my all time favourites. Bad boy x Good girl trope. Motorsicles play a big role and the mothers of the female protoganists wont win best parent anytime soon. Epic romance feel.

both dramas star Barbie Hsu and Vic Zhou

Han Qi Luo, an extremely shy art student went to the same college as Chen Ling, a popular play boy. By chance one day they met at a park when Chen Ling asked Qi Luo for direction to a hospital to visit his friend who was injured in a bike racing incident. Hurriedly Qi Luo drew him a map, unknowing that she was drawing on the back of one of her sketches. She ran off before he could thank her. He then noticed the sketch of a mother holding a baby and was touched. In school Qi Luo was sexually harassed by a teacher and Chen Ling came to her rescue. They began to grow fond of each other but each of them had a secret past that needed to be addressed and overcome before they could accept and love one another freely.

I was trying to look for a drama like Mars for ages ! and this one did it for me, it explores the same themes and contains deep issues.

If you like Vic Zhou and story about how true love wins over hard life..

Very similar in that they both have had past trauma that is keeping them from truly loving someone and how they deal with that trauma.

Both drama associated with two main lead who had their dark and tragic past then met each other. While discovering some gruesome things from the past, they found love between them and helped each other to overcome life's trials.

Both are:
-set in early 2000's
-the main female lead is the same in both dramas, the second male lead in Meteor garden is the main lead in Mars
-romance is involved

Both dramas have are similar wistful tone and are dealing with overcoming and healing emotional trauma after a tragedy through love and understanding.

Another High School romance. MARS is slightly more angsty (but nothing too bad) and the feel is similar. And I would swear the filming location is identical.

Once a time racer got into a car crash where he lost his best friend. He then ends up stealing cars, while trying to discover the real reason behind the accident.

Plot is similar, at least at first - bad boy that never slept with same girl twice meets a serious no-nonsense girl and they help each other resolve their psychological issues. MARS is much deeper, more serious, and obviously longer with more plot lines.

Codependent lovers (for lack of better term) that just want to be there for one and other no matter the adversity. There is that spark between the main characters that convinces you that they cant be with anyone else but that one person. Chaotic, mad, sad but pure first love.

The racing sport does form the background. Along with that the painful pasts of both the ML and the FL.
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