Ning An Ru Meng (2023)

- Second life
- Female lead tries to run away and break free from the first life
- Female lead trying to mend their mistakes

- Both have FLs that travel back in time after leading a treacherous life where they were the villain.
- Both have FLs that become better women after they go back in time and try to lead a good honest life.
- ML in Story of Kunning Palace is more violent than the ML from Scent of Time.
- Overall Scent of Time has a lesser-known FL, but is DEFINITELY worth a watch.

With a colossal background, the two performers are very compatible and have good chemistry. The story is political, revenge, but also very funny.

Both have time travel to the past and the FL trying to change events that happened in the future. Both have an antihero ML with a revenge plan who begins as the FL's enemy and ultimately becomes her love interest.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MANY XIANXIA AND WUXIA NEEDED TO COMPLETE THEIR ENDS. I HOPE IN FUTURE SCREENWRITERS COULD LEARN THIS ND IMPLEMENT IN THEIR OWN SERIES IF NEEDED

BOTH SERIES HAVE MANIPULATIVE, SCHEMING, RUTHLESS MALE LEADS.
BOTH MLS RISE IN HIGH POSITION IN ROYAL POLITICS TO ACHIEVE REVENGE FOR THEIR PAST GRUDGES..
BOTH FLS GO BACK IN TIME TO FIX PAST ISSUES THAT LED TO FUTURE TRAGEDIES
BOTH SERIES HAVE FL BEING CAREFUL REGARDING MLS PLOTTING ND ALSO THEY EVENTUALLY COULDN'T HELP BUT FALL FOR THEM DESPITE THEM HAVING ALMOST DIFFERENT OBJECTIVES.
IN BOTH SERIES MLS HAVE VERY GOOD TRUSTWORTHY PEOPLE AROUND HIM..
BOTH FLS TRY TO CHANGE PAST BY THEMSELVES BUT EVENTUALLY END UP ALIGNING WITH MLS OBJECTIVES TO FIX ALL PROBLEMS

MAIN COMMON PART IS ROYAL POLITICS / SCHEMING MANIPULATION ARE THE THE MAIN THEMES
MLS REVENGE - BOTH MLS RUTHLESS TO THEIR ENEMIES
THE WHOLE STORY IS ALMOST A CHESS BOARD BY MALE LEADS AGAINST SOMEONE IN RESPECTIVE ARCS
FLS ND MLS ARE ARCH ENEMIES BUT FATES LEADS THEM TO WORK TOGETHER
FLS ARE NOT SOMEONE WHO WOULD BE EASILY BULLIED
BOTH FLS ARE VERY ELOQUENT

- Both the ML’s are cunning, schemey, deliciously wicked anti-heroes who are soft only for their girl.
- Both have smart FL’s who hold their own, strategise and scheme alongside.
- Political dramas with themes of revenge, betrayals, palace politics, loyalty and brotherhood
- Male chases female first - dark love story + obsessive love from the male
- Characters have secrets and hidden agendas
- (SPOILER) TROP is heavier and a tragedy whereas while SOKP is also dark, it’s a happy ending.
- While TROP is the more well-developed drama with more complex characters, SOKP can be counted as its little daughter and has the ending that TROP should have had.
Fans of one will definitely enjoy the other.

The fact that both of them are probably one of the best costume drama of 2023!
The costume and cinematography of MJTY is just fabulous! It has lots, like a lots of martial arts. The plot of both drama are dark and intriguing!
Most importantly spy × target troupe! That is a must for, like so many romance lovers!
If you are fan of black bellied characters, mystery, scheming and witty character, this one's a must watch! None of the characters are witty and dumb, in fact every single character is so scheming! And that whole thing is so satisfying!
Coming to similarities,
- same male lead
- both have great plots ( dark, mysterious, scheming and intriguing)
- slow burn romance
- unveiling twists and turns
- your hormones gonna be at their peak due to anticipation for next episode!

Just like LYF... This drama is also an reverse harem drama... Both features great actresses and handsome men... SOKP is a must watch drama....

Going back to the past, trying to fix their mistake in the past. Its a slow pace, but the character development was worth the wait.

-The make has two personalities
-Possessive Male Lead
-Obsessive Male Lead
-Both MLs are royal
-Revenge plot
-Hidden Identity

The female character is very smart just like our female lead in SOKP. The story is very well paced and ending is satisfactory. Moreover, we get to see the male lead support his wife and all of her schemes.

Duan Mu Cui desce ao reino mortal e estabelece sua própria seita com a intenção de derrotar as forças demoníacas que procuram prejudicar os humanos.

similarities:
both have a good balance of comedy and drama
plot twists and schemes
both MC are intelligent (in SOKP the FL went back in time and in JOL the ML have modern world knowledge)
power struggle between a lot of factors
differentials:
SOKP have more romance while in JOL it's more about ML dealing with schemes and stuff

-they're not that similar but in my opinion if you like one you will like the other