Both are centred around school violence and protagonists who use their wits to manoeuvre out of tricky situations, both based on Webtoons with casts of predominantly the same gender.

They each share a sense of melancholy, as two people find liberation in each other from their circumstances, with an outspoken FL, and a more sensitive, burdened father ML. Both are in the slice of life genre, featuring more mature characters and stories.

They both make you feel like you're taking an intimate stroll through South Korean backstreets.

A bold, outspoken FL in desperate circumstances encounters a principled, lonely man with the weight on his shoulders in her workplace as a temporary worker.

There is a sense of slowly unwinding melancholy in both, each falling into slice-of-life; they share a direction style, and a sense of steadily building emotional intimacy and loyalty.

Lonely people trapped in their circumstances, finding love with a spring backdrop define both of these.

The subtlety and intentionality in direction, the framing, and in acting as feelings unfold between the leads feels reminiscent in each.

The FL is also bold and outspoken in comparison to a more subdued and reserved ML in both.

Action in a male-dominated setting, with a strong emotional through-line. Both have strong themes of abuse and bullying.