- Secret town where most people cannot enter
- Town protected by a supernatural force
- Cults worshipping a god
- Supernatural happenings
- Monsters sent to 'punish' the townsfolks
- Restricted diets for the townsfolk due to religion
- Mystery, thriller vibes
- Military involvement
- Important familiar dynamics
- Historical setting (LtHT is more recent)

LtHT is more melodramatic while TM is more action/thriller.

- Matriarchy setting (all-women setting in LtHT)
- FL is from a matriarchy, ML is from a patriarchy
- Rushed marriage between the leads
- Princess FL
- Girlboss SFL
- Sismance
- Viscous queen mothers
- Discrimination (Misandry in both + Classism in LtHT)
- Slight gender role reversal vibes
- FL chases ML first

The Romance of Tiger and Rose is a parody with social commentary while Laplae the Hidden Town is a serious melodrama.

- Slice of life
- Unconventional family dynamics (found family in TADT, role reversal in SM)
- Slight but prominent parenting arcs
- Friendship
- Girlboss x Malewife dynamics
- Light and fluffy watches
- Both short Jdramas

- Family focused (more found-family in TADT)
- Unconventional families (found-family in TADT, role reversal in SKwLd)
- Writer ML who does household chores
- Prominent child/teen MC
- Girlboss x Malewife dynamic
- Bold FL x Softspoken ML
- Fluffy and heartwarming
- Both short jdramas

SKwLd is a family mystery comedy while TADT is a slice-of-life drama. Both are adorable and worth a watch.

- Historical (1930s in GC, Ming Dynasty in TM)
- Survival and adventure
- Investigation
- Finding someone
- Cult vibes (literal cult in TM, culty vibes in GC)
- Military involvement in shady dealings
- Strong FLs who can fight
- Reluctant teaming up
- Humanoid monsters
- Horror themes
- Important parent-child relationship

- Historical periods (1930s in GC, Joseon period in Kingdom)
- Rich ML hunted down on the verge of losing everything (Prince in Kingdom, rich socialite in GC)
- Strong FLs (physically strong in GC, emotionally strong in Kingdom)
- Dark and gritty
- Survival
- Investigation
- Supernatural (big monsters in GC, zombies in Kingdom)
- Similarities between how the monsters come to be
- Power struggles

- Gender role reversal (a matriarchy in Ooku, a male courtesan in Homme Fatale)
- ML is a free spirit, FL is reserved
- Very slight romance
- ML hangs out with women often (as a courtesan in HF and as a 'lover' in Ooku (it's more of a favor than a paid service if you catch my drift...))
- Jealous men sabotage ML
- Kinda bittersweet, melancholic vibes

Homme Fatale is more comedy focused while Ooku is darker and somber.

- Matriarchies (few men due to sickness in Ooku, no men due to law in Laplae)
- Important plot point related to pregnancy
- Royalty FL (Shogun in Ooku, Queen's daughter in Laplae)
- Reluctant, free-spirit and kind MLs
- Gender role reversal themes

Laplae is lighter, more romance focused and more fantastical than Ooku.

- Disease that affects only males, making men a rare commodity
- Unconventional and quirky leads
- Story takes place in a safe location where men are kept
- Gender role reversal
- Queer rep
- Social commentary

The stories are vastly different in tone and setting. RSL is a light romcom while Ooku is much darker and melancholic

- All men/women group (In Kuragehime they're all-female housemates, in SnH they're all-male co-workers)
- A place important to said group is about to be bought off and they're poor/in debt (in Kuragehime it's their home, in SnH it's their club/work place)
- Unconventional lead comes in to save the day (ML in Kuragehime, FL in SnH) by making the group grow and mature as people
- Extremely shy secondary lead with social anxiety that can't make eye contact and interacts mostly with nature (FL in Kuragehime, ML in SnH)
- Supporting characters each with their own quirks
- Themes of friendship, healing, finding your place and appreciating life
- Love triangle (subtle in SnH)
- Shady rich businessman in the same industry wanting to get with FL
- Kinda campy
- Gender role reversal elements
- Japanese comedies

- Househusband ML
- Both MLs are writers
- Family focused
- Comedy
- Both are short-length Jdramas

- Social commentary, specifically about feminism and gender roles
- Male focused
- Healthy male friendships
- Gender role reversal (househusbands in SM, mpreg in HKnN)
- Both include a place for these unconventional men to congregate and support each other
- ML who's initially opposed to the reversed gender role situation but learns to accept it and ends up liking it.
- Girlboss x Malewife vibes
- Themes of learning, acceptance and gratitude
- Both short japanese dramas

SM is a fluffy episodic-format minidrama while HKnN is a more serious regular formatted drama.