- Both films are about terminal illness
- Hospital setting
- Bittersweet romance
- Heartbreaking stories that will make you appreciate life

- High School setting
- Student-teacher relationship
- CORRUPT SCHOOL
- Both romance and mystery genres (but My Strange Hero is much more light-hearted)
- Evil parents and people in charge
- Revenge plot
- ML is a simp for the FL

- High School setting
- Bullying is a big theme
- Romance
- Hidden past of FL
- Rich and pretentious FL
- Live On has a minor mystery plot even though it's not listed. As the plot progresses we get closer to unraveling the fl's secret. However, keep in mind Live On is more of a light-hearted and comedic drama compared to Hierarchy

- High school setting
- A student gets murdered by another student and they try to cover it up
- Corrupt school with a rich and elite group of kids
- Both are thrillers/mysteries