A Irmã da Cinderela (2010)

This drama follow the lives of two young sisters as they grow from children to adults. They each face many twists and turns before achieving true happiness.

They have some common points (i.e. love triangles or one character come from a poor family) and their genre is the same ("Will it Snow at Christmas?" is especially melodramatic)

-Both female leads have strong personalities (they don't care if you like them or not), are somehow lonely and carry wounds because of their mother
-Both male leads have a sad past because of their family
-Both second female leads are jealous of the female lead

+ ‘Ruthless’ strong female lead character (whose cold exterior hides a lot of vulnerability due to her past).
+ Warm and patient male lead (but who isn’t afraid to call out the FL).

Although with completely different plots, they have similar lead characters and main couple dynamics.

This drama follow the lives of two young sisters as they grow from children to adults. They each face many twists and turns before achieving true happiness.

A modern day adaptation of Cinderella with a twist as our Cinderella, Goo Hyo Sun, is loved by everyone whereas her stepsister, Eun Jo, has a dark past and struggles with the fact that her mother starts to care more for Hyo Sun than her.

This drama is about the lives of Tae Hee and Yun Hee, two sisters whose mother died while giving birth to Yun Hee. Their father, who loves them dearly, married their mother without their paternal grandfather's consent, and deprived of any familial support, the sisters and their father struggle to make ends meet even as their father faces a life-threatening illness. This drama follows Tae Hee and Yun Hee into adulthood as, separated by a cruel twist of fate, the girls come to lead very different lives, oblivious of one another.

The fact that these 2 dramas have pretty much nothing in common. The only thing in common is that no matter how despicable the main female is I just can't seem to hate her. And same goes for 2nd female lead too. In both dramas I also dislike the male cast except that one cutie. In CS it's Taecyeon's chara and in MR it's Micky's chara. They're the reason why you just want to finish the drama.

Plus the dramas itself are quite similar in the aspect that they're so difficult to marathon. At least for me.

This drama is about two girls, Jin Sun Mi and Heo Young Mi. Sun Mi had a nice childhood and grew up with lots of love from her father. Young Mi's mother left her when she was young and her father was a drunk who recently died. She had a hard childhood but never gave up and made it into college.

Cinderella's sister is a K drama
Return of the heiress is a C drama
Both are sad stories
I liked them both, though I did enjoy watching return of the heiress more
If you liked return of the heiress then you should try watching Cinderella's sister

Rika is a high school senior with no self esteem. She thinks she is an iguana. Why? Her mother claims that whenever she sees Rika she sees an iguana instead of a real human. Because of this, Rika has never received or was shown any love by her mother. Rika's younger sister, Mami, has been getting all of the love and attention by the mother. Rika likes Noboru a lot but can't tell him her feelings. Kaori is jealous of Rika and refuses to let Noboru go out with her. Nobuko is Rika's friend and is always encouraging her. Will Rika end up with Noboru? Will he turn her away if he finds out she is an iguana?

>Both female leads are cold hearted because of their tragic past
>Both of their parents get remarried
>The second female leads are kind but they are hated by the cold blooded stepsister
>Both female leads want to steal the guy likes of that second female lead
>The male lead falls in love with the cold female lead

both leads had a dark past and is living with revenge/hatred.. both leads are doing a very good job portraying their roles too!

If you like melodramatic sequence, and much of tears caused by the relationship of each characters (like ones in Padam Padam), you're going to love this drama.

What I like the most when watching Padam Padam is when I try to understand the emotion of each characther, their wonderful acting, and the amazing dialogues. You're going to find those value too in Cinderella's Sister, although maybe this drama is less cinematic.

Both dramas have their own version of the Cinderella story. In Shining Inheritance the story sympathizes with "Cinderella" where as in Cinderella's sister the story sympathizes with Cinderella's stepsister.