Oboreru Naifu (2016)

On both movies, Suda and Komatsu played lead. They're both awesome actors. And they're dating? I kindda forgot how Drowning Love ended.. but I remember some painful scenes. Anyway, I cried a lot watching Ito. It's just beautiful. And all-star cast.

As soon as I watched this movie it reminded me of drowning love. Firstly the classic blonde hair. Also the story is a nice romance but also brings some dark genres into the mix too. I think they are both very good and would definitely recommend

They fell the saaaame. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

In both stories Nana Komatsu plays a model that goes through trauma. Yume Wo Ataeru is more focused on the way to fame, while Oboreru Knife is more focused on romance.

Both are somehow romance stories, but pretty different than normally (main characters are kind of similiar too).
While Drowning Love is about two of the same age but a different "kind of life" and focuses more on the path the main girl takes (after moving to the country side),
Hot Road focuses on a kind of "forbidden" love story between a 14 and a 16 year old. It's more about the difficulties they have together.

Fifteen-year-old Sei Saotome is the type of person who tends to fail at the most crucial times. After nearly becoming a high school drop-out, she enrolls into a school that is overambitious for her. There she meets the bold and popular Taiyou Udagawa; and the dreamy and stars obsessed, Mizuki Ootaka. After being asked by Mizuki to join the two guys in the Astronomy Club, it turns out high school life isn't as bad as she had expected.

written and directed by the same person, so it has similar vibes and aesthetic.
imo drowning love have a better plot, even though its just as weird.

They are both stories of dark and mysterious romances that have amazing actors and great cinematography.

Both deal heavily with drama. Slightly complex yet simple storylines
Both fall under the genres of Life, Manga, and Romance

Both deal heavily with drama. Slightly complex yet simple storylines
Both fall under the genres of Life, Manga, and Romance

Miyu and Shuya are high school students. They have dated for 2 years. Miyu and Shuya have a promise that no matter what, they will watch a movie together on the first day of each new month. When Miyu and Shuya are on their way to the movie theater, Shuya suddenly cancels their date. Shuya seems like he is hiding something and he acts nervous. Later, Miyu goes to the place where she is supposed to meet Shuya, but she witnesses Shuya getting into a car accident. She panics, but when she wakes up she finds herself on the morning of the accident. Miyu keeps waking up on the day when Shuya got into an accident.