My Stand-In: Uncut (2024)

The dynamics of main leads r very similar and the character portrayal and psychology match heavily , ray drove me crazy when he tried to own sand but loved mew just like ming loves tong but considers joe as a replace.
Also the chemistry is just solid GOOD ( in Only friends ), they truelly deliver LUST during their fun time

Ps. Only friends is the harem of kissing everybody so avoide shipping any couple with too much craze.

Both series have a story about people who are madly in love, despite knowing better. Both series are made by the same team (director, screenwriter, cinematographer). The cinematography gives a similar vibe and the storytelling is good enough to make you sympathise with the supposed bad guy.

Let have my time to explain why I choose Secret Garden flr the recommendation… For sure most of you might thought of ‘The Shipper’, ‘KinnPorsche’, ‘Only Friends’, and some other series with similar vibes but let’s try to widen the perspective…
All of the ‘Stuntman concept’ and soul ‘traveling’… begins with Secret Garden (at least for me yes…)… We have both the main lead as a stuntman and the partner as this ‘freakin’ rich dude… one exchange soul and here we have Joe’s soul to enter another ‘Joe’… Both are probably pretty much the same till here… we know that the who’s fallin first and who loves even deeper…

If you need a straight drama with similar theme I might recommend this one^^

- MC gets into an accident and gets transmigrated into the body of another person
- MC was betrayed by 'their lover' before accident but is forced to meet them again after transmigration
- Difference is that in My Stand-In is not a revenge story but Game Rak Patihan (Past Life, Present Love) is about the MC seeking revenge
- My Stand-In is a BL/Gay Drama where Past Life, Present Love isn’t.