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If you love cooking competitions where the best chefs battle, then follow Chef Choi as he is a Korean Representative Team Member who travels around the world to compete against foreign chefs as he strives to do his best as a team member for his team to win.

In Culinary Class War, Chef Choi is one of the 100 contestants to compete in the Netflix series, where he also takes part in a team challenge competition and don't have to travel in order to compete as all of the competitors are at one venue.

Watch Korea's best chefs cook within 15 minutes in a cooking competition with your favorite hosts Kim Sung Joo & Ahn Jung Hwan. The Korean chefs are on both shows but National Chef Team (or Cook Representative) is a show where Korean chefs fight in a team and travel to various restaurants around the world and battle against foreign chefs.

In both After Sundown and Don’t Sleep, the main characters are dealing with a curse and malevolent ghosts. Both also involve sleep as an aid for the curse. Both are suspenseful and have intense scenes. Don’t Sleep is darker and grittier than After Sundown but both have very ominous vibes when watching. After Sundown has romance involved in its plot. Both movies are also Thai productions.

Subsequently, Kim Ji Yong begins living two entirely different lives. On weekdays, he's a model student at the police university. During the weekends, he punishes criminals who'd received light sentences and continue to commit criminal acts. Now called Vigilante, Ji Yong receives help from admirer Cho Kang Ok. Meanwhile, Detective Cho Heon chases after the man called Vigilante. (Source: AsianWiki; edited by MyDramaList)

Both are about couples who get back together after a breakup.
Both reveal intense emotions that remain deep inside through interviews.

Lee Ra El was a girl who idolized her loving parents – a highly intelligent father and a strikingly beautiful mother. But when cruel forces beyond their control cause her father’s death, her family crumbles. Embittered by this terrible experience, she vows revenge on the super-rich people who orchestrated this terrible tragedy. Her prime target is Kang Yoon Kyum, the CEO of the lucrative LY Group business empire, and one of the ringleaders of the plot that ultimately destroyed her family. Lee Ra El’s weapon of choice is divorce. By placing herself at the center of a legal battle worth a staggering USD 1.6 billion, she hopes to bring Kang Yoon Kyum and LY Group down once and for all. But in order to do so, she will need to wage a bitter legal struggle and fight powerful forces both inside and outside the courtroom. However, this plan has been in the pipelines for 13 years for Lee Ra El, who believes she will use all of her guile to catch Kang Yoon Kyum out when he least expects it. Can revenge bring her the satisfaction she craves – or will it end up consuming her?

If you like The Immortal Ascension, you might like Shui Long Yin. Both are fantasy wuxia (martial arts) dramas that centers on a male lead's spiritual and cultivation journey and heroism through the world.

If you like Fangs of Fortune, you might like Shui Long Yin.

Both are wuxia fantasy dramas featuring a strong male lead who is morally ambiguous, cold and aloof.

Both feature nuanced characters with multiple ambiguous relationships and complex motivations.

If you like Dashing Youth, you might like Shui Long Yin.

Both are wuxia (martial arts) dramas that were directed by the same director, Chen Zhou Fei.

Both feature strong leads with martial arts prowess and brash temperament.

Both have multiple emotion lines between multiple characters.

If you like Mysterious Lotus Casebook, you might like Shui Long Yin.

Both dramas are adaptations from works written by the same author, Teng PIng.

Both are wuxia (martial arts) adventure dramas featuring strong male leads with ambiguous morals and motivations.

Both have character configurations and themes that highlight martial arts prowess, honor/ chivalry, as well as teamwork, friendships, and brotherhood.

Both somewhat belong to the mystery / detective genre, although these elements may not present as the core of the story or plot.

Not The Monkey King 3 in particular, but if you like any of the Journey to the West or Monkey King adaptations or the classic story, you might like Shui Long Yin.

It's the story about the spiritual growth of one male protagonist as he journeys through the world, learning the value of friendships, life, and suffering.

Share underlying Buddhist and Taoist philosophy and tenets throughout.

Have some artistic and creative elements inspired from the religion and philosophy that is reminiscent of Journey to the West and the Monkey King adaptations.

-Both movies are about a teenager who has a passion/hobby
- Both are teenagers facing difficulties of becoming an adult
- They both have family issues (in both cases the topic is not that explicit or relevant in the story)
- They both are helped by an adult
- The adults care about them more than their own parents
- The adults support the teenager's passion
- Both are set in a school
- In both movies the teenagers have a strong bond with the adults (in "My heart leaps up" the girl has a crush for the teacher; in "Karaoke Iko" the boy's feeling can be considered slightly romantic)

-Both dramas captivate with their unique take on romance and ambition.

-In both shows the female leads (FL) strategically brings the male leads (ML) onto her variety show.

-The dynamic sparks chemistry and conflict in this setup creates fun and tension, helping the FL and ML grow and bringing them closer.

Both are BLs where one dude has an abusive dad.

A modern girl is in a "book"/"game"/"fake world" in a historical setting and works her way to getting out. Along the way, she struggles to leave the bonds she made and her loved ones.