Both have a Boss-Employee relationship.
Smart Male leads.
Great Romance and Chemistry (from HPL since WWSK Thai is not out at the time of this recommendation).
Both MLs have some childhood trauma.
Both FLs have some sort of amnesia/memory loss from a childhood trauma/traumatic experience.
Leads meet again.
Smart Male leads.
Great Romance and Chemistry (from HPL since WWSK Thai is not out at the time of this recommendation).
Both MLs have some childhood trauma.
Both FLs have some sort of amnesia/memory loss from a childhood trauma/traumatic experience.
Leads meet again.
Similarities:
-The female leads are trying to deal with nasty gossip spread about them.
-Both male leads get into a relationship in order to protect the female leads from the rumors.. (Also how they eventually fall for the female leads)
-Both male and female leads technically meet at the airport.
-Both are centered around celebrities.
-Both are comedies.
Differences:
-In Her Private Life, the female lead is an obsessive fan of a local celebrity and is desperately trying to keep life her fan girl life private in order to keep her job. In Fluttering Warning, the main female lead is the celebrity trying to keep away from scandal in order to keep her job.
-In Fluttering Warning, the male lead gets into the relationship to avoid an arrange marriage and in Her Private Life the male lead gets into a relationship out of a misunderstanding.
Out of the two, just stick to Her Private Life but if the plot for Fluttering Warning sounds interesting, give it a shot!!
-The female leads are trying to deal with nasty gossip spread about them.
-Both male leads get into a relationship in order to protect the female leads from the rumors.. (Also how they eventually fall for the female leads)
-Both male and female leads technically meet at the airport.
-Both are centered around celebrities.
-Both are comedies.
Differences:
-In Her Private Life, the female lead is an obsessive fan of a local celebrity and is desperately trying to keep life her fan girl life private in order to keep her job. In Fluttering Warning, the main female lead is the celebrity trying to keep away from scandal in order to keep her job.
-In Fluttering Warning, the male lead gets into the relationship to avoid an arrange marriage and in Her Private Life the male lead gets into a relationship out of a misunderstanding.
Out of the two, just stick to Her Private Life but if the plot for Fluttering Warning sounds interesting, give it a shot!!
Yae, an unremarkable girl working in a café and living with a friend, finds herself unable to afford rent when her friend suddenly gets married, and she loses her job in the same day! It’s only when her boyfriend dumps her that she finally hits rock bottom.
She’s at her wits’ end when her childhood friend Takumi suddenly reappears into her life. Takumi suggests that Yae take on a part-time job as his “fake wife” for the next six months. He has his reasons for wanting people to think he’s married. Yae has no other choice but to accept his proposal, and in return receives housing and living expenses for playing the role of his “fake wife.”
So begins a “fake marriage” with a time limit. Unbeknownst to Yae, she was Takumi’s first love, even though she thinks of him as nothing more than a childhood friend. Takumi struggles awkwardly but earnestly to win Yae’s heart and find true love. Even though their marriage starts as a sham, will the day come when this couple can become something more?
She’s at her wits’ end when her childhood friend Takumi suddenly reappears into her life. Takumi suggests that Yae take on a part-time job as his “fake wife” for the next six months. He has his reasons for wanting people to think he’s married. Yae has no other choice but to accept his proposal, and in return receives housing and living expenses for playing the role of his “fake wife.”
So begins a “fake marriage” with a time limit. Unbeknownst to Yae, she was Takumi’s first love, even though she thinks of him as nothing more than a childhood friend. Takumi struggles awkwardly but earnestly to win Yae’s heart and find true love. Even though their marriage starts as a sham, will the day come when this couple can become something more?
A dedicated professional, Sung Deok Mi lives for her work as an art gallery curator. Devoting herself to her work, she is exceptional in every way, save one. Beneath that cool, professional facade, Deok Mi carries a dark secret. A secret she desperately wants to keep from the world. A secret that has driven lovers away. A secret that rules every moment of her personal life...
Sung Deok Mi is the ultimate Cha Shi An fangirl. The devoted manager of a Shi An fansite, Deok Mi eats, breathes, and sleeps for Shi An. He is her sun, her moon. Her entire universe revolves around him. This is the secret Deok Mi must hide from the world. And hide it she does. At least until Ryan Gold, the art gallery’s new director, saunters into her life. A once famous painter, the former artist turned director considers himself an indifferent being, unconcerned with the lives of others. But when he uncovers Deok Mi’s secret, everything changes.
Sung Deok Mi is the ultimate Cha Shi An fangirl. The devoted manager of a Shi An fansite, Deok Mi eats, breathes, and sleeps for Shi An. He is her sun, her moon. Her entire universe revolves around him. This is the secret Deok Mi must hide from the world. And hide it she does. At least until Ryan Gold, the art gallery’s new director, saunters into her life. A once famous painter, the former artist turned director considers himself an indifferent being, unconcerned with the lives of others. But when he uncovers Deok Mi’s secret, everything changes.
In both dramas, one of the leads (who is straight) has a very close relationship with a friend of the same gender, which creates a misunderstanding that the lead in question is gay. That lead then gets put in a position where they are suffering harsh consequences from getting on the wrong side of idol fans. The leads end up in a fake dating arrangement to protect the lead in question from this situation.
In both dramas: (1) the leads are relatively competent and successful in their careers; (2) the ML's have a certain celebrity status (a famous painter vs. a famous actor); (3) the ML's each have emotional trauma and complexes (which are at least partly touch-based) that impact their careers, thanks to the actions of certain women from their past (e.g., their moms); (4) there is something about the FL (her sexual history or personal interests) that society would judge harshly but that the ML doesn't judge or hold against her; (5) the leads start off on the wrong foot and misjudge each other, but soon get past that and develop strong chemistry; and (6) both leads have people around them who have romantic interest in them - but it's totally one-sided.
In both dramas: (1) the leads are relatively competent and successful in their careers; (2) the ML's have a certain celebrity status (a famous painter vs. a famous actor); (3) the ML's each have emotional trauma and complexes (which are at least partly touch-based) that impact their careers, thanks to the actions of certain women from their past (e.g., their moms); (4) there is something about the FL (her sexual history or personal interests) that society would judge harshly but that the ML doesn't judge or hold against her; (5) the leads start off on the wrong foot and misjudge each other, but soon get past that and develop strong chemistry; and (6) both leads have people around them who have romantic interest in them - but it's totally one-sided.
Jang Joon Hyun is a talented and popular musician. He looks down upon the traditional trot music genre. Meanwhile, Choi Chun Hee works multiple jobs as the breadwinner to support her father and younger sister. Her mother was a trot singer and she inherited the voice, along with hopes of being a trot singer herself someday. A romantic relationship begins between these two individuals.
Both have Kim Jaewook as one of the main leads where their character is a PRO at their particular field. Also both use a filming style of having hyper stylized scenes, often where a character is imaging things/day dreaming. Antique is a little bit darker in theme/topic but both have light hearted moments and have characters who learn to open up to others and trust a bit, especially when it comes to confronting their past and their traumas. OH! and they are both fairly LGTBQ+ positive. In Antique there is a gay main character and in Her Private Life there is a situation in which a character is misunderstood as being in a gay relationship and the main character is supportive about it and even though they laugh about it later its never looked down on!
