Both reincarnation dramas involve a past-life romance of ill-fated love, curses, and a betrayal that leads to death at the hands of the other. In the present, they find each other again, but are plagued by the remnant of their past magical actions.

Both of these sapphic mirco-productions focus in on a female lead driven to madness in a quest for revenge.

Both of these sapphic productions tell of a couple of women, and how their dynamic of fondness shifted with pain, betrayal, and madness.

Both of these Thai productions feature a couple who almost immediately feels attracted to each other, but finds their relationship complicated by their work being competitors of each other. As a result, similar hijinking comedy is used throughout both, interrupted by some really touching romantic moments where they forget that theyre rivals.

In both dramas, one of the leads is an adult story creator in need of a muse - which the other lead (and subsequent love interest) serves as.

Both of these japanese romance dramas center around a writer/artist female lead who has no experience in love. Due to her interactions with the male lead and love interest, her work gets better and she finds herself inspired.

Call it odd, but these two japanese BL dramas both display very unhealthy relationships bogged down intense insecurities. Over the course of the dramas and their sequels, we get to watch the slow character development of the leads and, as a result, their relationships with each other. In both, the leads live together and find it difficult to confess their relationship to others - which causes tension in their relationship.

Both of these independent GL miniseries are centered around a female lead taking a relationships course, in which a major project involved dating.

Both dramas center around a male lead who gets murdered and wakes up in the body of someone else who appears to be involved with the people behind his murder.

Both of these BLs are centered around lifelong friends who gradually find themselves falling into a couple-y dynamic and becoming lovers. The plot conflict for these couples is also very similar, as one of the male leads attempts to sacrifice his happiness for the other and his family (which has been like a family to him as well). These conflict-related scenes play out very similarly to each other.

Both of these mystery-thriller dramas center around a female lead, and those around her, who doesn't believe that her twin's deathly fall was a suicide.

In both dramas, the leads have a shared past with sinister implications and high-ranking involved parties. After growing up, they both pursue different paths of justice and information, with one lead entering law enforcement and the other delving into the underworld. Even the promise of a better life holds but a dim flame to the commitment of a decades-old mission.