Tientsin Mystic (2017)

Both are crime solving natured dramas and a lot of plot twists and turns are buried in the stories! Equally enjoyable and some bromance too!

Both dramas uses double male leads and are of crime solving/ conspiracy genre. Though background are set in different era, overall story plot are similar

Similarities:
•Set in The republican era (1930s Tianjin)
•a group of 2 guys and 2 girls investigating cases (and no the girls aren’t annoying ! )
•Both IQIYI dramas

What’s different:
•this one is more on the fantasy type

Bromance between 2 male leads. Detective type scenarios.
Even though it's not a wuxia, the vibe of this show is the same as MLC.

Both are crime-solving dramas.
Both have a smart, intelligent, handsome male leads.
Both have female leads that are extremely good at fighting.

Both shows share these following aspects:
* They both happen during Republican Era, same clothes, same atmosphere, same aura.
* They both dealing with mysterious/murder cases, revolving around one main case.
* One of the male lead uses some kinds of ritual practice to hindsight little bit of what happened to the victim.
* The other male lead is medical examiner, who can perform autopsy.
* The bromance is very strong and lighthearted.
* There is also female lead helping to solve the case together.

- both dramas are set in the republic period
- both dramas arguably feature a bromance
- both dramas deal with mysteries

however, Tientsin mystic has supernatural elements in it, and imo the mysteries are more interesting because of that. both dramas have lots of smaller mysteries and a bigger conspiracy behind the events.

Tientsin Mystic is a bit of a darker drama though.

Police officer Pang Hong Mei amid the many obstacles created by U.S. and Jiang spy agents, rescued Ji Danyang, a patriotic scientist who returned from the United States from the enemy spy. She accompanied Ji Danyang to Lumen City to participate in the "Water Drop Project". Enemy special forces formulated a sabotage plan codenamed "Operation Rock" and concentrated their forces and tried to destroy the "Water Drop Project." Pang Hongmei and Ji Dan Yang fought a life-and-death battle with enemy agents in Lumen, thwarted the enemy's conspiracy, protected the "Water Drop Project" and finally achieved the expected success. The couple who went through the test of life and death, also realized their dreams and firm ideals.

Both dramas deal around a mysterious Buddha statue that sets off multiple strange occurrences. Superstition, Shamanism, curses, zombies. These things offer both dramas and make a compelling watch.

While Tientsin Mystic is more on the supernatural side of things, it does share a similar ambiance to that of AMA.

Both have:
- well-written and developed characters
- eye candy...lots of eye candy, people
- a thrilling and cohesive storyline/plot
- strong friendships/camaraderie/squad goals for days
- slight romance (more like the subplot)
- production value is top-tier/cinematography is aesthetic asf
- fantastic chemistry between the cast
- both take place in the 1930s/1940s
- great action sequences/fun antics