- Both deal with girls who are unfamiliar with the modern world trying to live in it: in LotBS FL is a mermaid, in MFaMR the female lead is a queen of a tribe in a forest
- Both are enjoyable series and have comedic aspects
- Both have male leads that do some undercover bad boy stuff
- Both have oblivious female leads who learn to adapt to the world in a comedic way
- Both have likeable second lead females
- Both have cute chemistry between leads