Mystery Thriller created by the same pair of writer/director. One of the leads is a law practitioner. Leads join forces to unveil secrets behind the death of someone dear.

Eccentric lawyer character who is one of the most skilled lawyers. He has a female partner in his firm and they are always bickering with each other.

Both Melancholia and Lost are TVN's 15th and JTBC's 10th aniversary projects, respectively. Leads have overflowing chemistry and share a special bond, portrayed over a beautiful story with amazing cinematography. FL and ML have a similar age gap. Both are slow burns where leads deal with alot of suffering and heal each other.

Both dramas share a backstory and consequent revenge plotline where the lead characters have around a 10 year age gap and unite to fight against a stronger entity, and fall in love after a 4 year time skip. Characters share some noticeable similarities (spoilers):

Baek Seung Yoo/Jo Yi Seo - Genius, Falls in Love First, Prioritizes love over career, Helps other lead in getting revenge, Wants Yoon Soo/Saero Yi to live happily, Confesses despite being heartbroken, Character Development
Ji Yoon Soo/Park Saero Yi - Tragic Event, Incriminated unfairly, Stubborn, Values People more than money or power, Follows the father's steps (math/opening a pub)
Ryu Dong Jae/Oh Soo Ah - Prioritizes career over love, Coward, Never stood beside Ji Yoon Soo's/Park Saero Yi's side during difficult times, Condescending towards Seung Yoo/Yi Seo, Joins the enemy, Exposes Corruption
Sung Ye Rin/Jang Geun Soo & Jang Geun Won - Has a crush on Seung Yoo/Yi Seo, Turns Evil to get what she/he wants & Influenced by principal/chairman and surroundings, Main Responsible for Ji Yoon Su's/Park Saero Yi's tragic event, feels no remorse, dumb and impulsive
Noh Jung Ah/Jang Dae Hee- Main Antagonist, Values money or power over people, Incriminates Ji Yoon Su/Park Saero Yi to protect Ye Rin/Geun Won. Does not have a good relationship with her/his family

Both leads are leading painful lives. They help each other to get through tough times.
Very strong script. Explores heavy themes. There is romance but it is not the main focus.

- Same Production Team
- Fantasy/Mystery Romance with multiple layers
- Very Good OST's (the two OST's from SOOD are to this day the best use of music in a drama I have ever seen)
- Ke Jiayan (Alice Ke) is in both (in SOOD she's the lead, in RLGL she's one of the gods)
- Both have a non-linear plot structure

- Same production team (director and screenwriter)
- Very good production value
- Old feels. Our times happens during the 90's while Hikaru no Go in the early 2000's
- Overcoming struggles
- Strong Friendship
- Both are adaptations (Our times is adapted from a novel while Hikaru no Go is adapted from a manga)

- ML is a war general with strong rooted principles he goes by
- FL is a noble from a high-ranked family
- FL had an arranged marriage
- Well-written characters
- Slow burn
- Beautiful Cinematography, Costumes and Action scenes
- Great ost
- No kiss scenes but meaningful eye contact
- Political Conspiracy Plot
- Tragic Ending