The plots and settings are completely different, but if you like to see women supporting women and healthy relationships, these are the shows to see. The FLs have had hard lives but find support in the women around them, while the MLs are used as weapons and have rocky relationships with their fathers. Both dramas call out abuse and show how people can help each other heal.
Both are dark revenge dramas with determined FLs from lower-class backgrounds who are forced to fight against powerful figures. Both show the struggles that women face and have very close relationships between the main female characters.
Both are historical mysteries that can be characterized as magical realism and are very stylish. The leads are are smart and determined and get drawn into a conspiracy that involves some of the most powerful people in the nation. Both show the lives of ordinary citizens while also including political drama.
Both are dark mystery dramas about a wealthy young man from a family that he doesn't get along with who is in love with a woman with a mysterious past. There are plot twists and suspense, and a lot of attention when into making these dramas look good.
calm and more grounded xianxias that feature powerful demon FLs with ordinary human MLs who quickly fall in love with the FLs
Both are mini-dramas that focus on the complicated friendship between two men and the mysteries that they become involved in. Both are the rare mini-dramas that don't focus on romance.
Both FLs are old and powerful and initially antagonistic towards the ML. Both have a bad attitude a lot of the time but genuinely care about the people who work for them. The MLs are kind and generous people without any inherent power. Hotel del Luna is darker and more serious, while Scent of Love is more comedic and character-driven.
two beautiful short GLs that incorporate a forbidden romance between female cultivators that make the most of the little time they take up
both are dark comedies about trauma, death, and mental illness. both have leads that can't be trusted and who are afraid of something in their past. Bad and Crazy has a lot of action and is a mystery drama, while Our D-Day is about a group of friends on a road trip.
both are BLs that are a bit dark and have university settings. both deal with trauma and have a main character struggling with depression.
Both are dark romance dramas with amoral and possessive MLs, and the FLs are very focused on their respective missions, which involve using the ML. Neither are the most healthy relationships, though the MLs get significant character development. There's a lot of suffering and manipulation, as the leads are not always in positions in which they are powerful. The FLs are a bit like mentors for the prince MLs, though they have their own trauma to deal with. Both are good shows if you want an intense story without black/white morality and romance between two troubled people.
Both are intense political action thrillers that take place in the context of an internal conflict. Both focus on a core group of characters, some of whom have complicated relationships with one another. There is a bromance that becomes complicated, and the characters struggle to survive. The fight scenes are intense and frequent, and the setting is gritty and depicts the lower classes as well. Both are dark stories in which the characters are constantly being challenged, both physically and morally, and the main character is forced to become a leader of a ragtag bunch of misfits.