Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha (2021)

experiences and learnings. The best thing about life is that it keeps moving forward. No matter what happens in our lives at one point, it keeps going on while letting us learn from it. This is my interpretation about the entire drama.

??? ???, literally, "Seashore Village Cha-Cha-Cha, truly is a story living upto it's title, giving justice to its essence while capturing millions of hearts worldwide. It is a combination of coming of age chapters and healthy, warm as well as healing RomCom, accompanied with numerous life lessons, portrayed in the form of various relationships that also throws light upon uncountable shades of life, love and living. So what does it become? A PERFECT SLICE-OF-LIFE KOREAN DRAMA.

Plot is simple as you know. Oh Hye Jin, a capable and righteous dentists resigns from work and unable to find another clinic decides to open her own in the seashore village of Gongjin, which she had gone to visit on her mother's birthday. There she meets Hong Du Shik, an talented yet unemployed man who willfully does all kinds of odd jobs to help out the villagers and wish to continue his simple life. As they encounter each other multiple times and find each other's presence during respective critical times, the bond between them grows closer making them fall in love. All these happens in the premise where lives of the

Both dramas follow the "big city girl moves to a quirky small town with lots of eccentric neighbors" plot.

I recommend this both drama because , Male lead and Female lead
try to solve problem
In one drama explosion and another student murder/suicide

may not be outrightly similar, but they have similar themes in terms of maturity in characters and their relationships
both the main leads are open with each other and are expressive with their feelings
dinner mate is more mature and talks about moving on from past relationships and is more centered on dating life
whereas HometownCha is more about healing through people and love
both dramas are different in terms of setting but very similar in terms of characters
Hong Banjang is carefree and loving like Kim Hae Kyung
Yoon HyeJin is career oriented and focussed like Woo DoHee, but not as funny or expressive
all in all, both are worth watching!

Countryside
Hometown
Found family
Friendship
Romance
Comedy romcom
Wholesome
Heartwarming
Slice of life
Youth

The FLs in both dramas start working in a new environment where they aren't received with open arms and must prove themselves to the locals before they are accepted. Both also feature leads that don't hit it off too well in the beginning, but by the end of the show they are romantically involved.

Both have feel-good vibes, a slow burn storyline and a wonderful ensemble cast. Both make you feel like your stress is being washed away with each episode..

Both drama are sweet love stories about finding someone that understands and accepts you as you are. Both are comforting and healing drama.

vastly different in terms of plot settings, DAYS being a fantasy-esque slice of life and HC not having any magical elements at all
both are similar in terms of themes of healing, accepting and overcoming hiddena and untold grief with the company of others. While DAYS achieves this with the help of a fantastical setting, HC is a more lowkey, humble hometown backdrop.
what i love in both the dramas, what especially led me to draw similarities between the two was just how cute, wholesome and domestic the two couples are. the way they interact, their comfort amongst themselves is whats truly healing and makes the two healing dramas
both have cute support couples
both have characters rooting for each other and helping eachother grow and move on from grief and trauma

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Other than sharing Lee Sang Yi in both shows, both shows focus on the people's relationships.

Natural, easy going, not much dramatic filled moments.

Slice of life dramas with romance, and filled with colorful supporting cast.

Both share cold and aloof female leads, who both share trauma that makes them that way. Both take a while to thaw out their pain to be happier in the end.

It's the same director-writer duo and handles with the female lead taking a turn in her career. Both of them are perfectionist too, while the male leads are more laid back, though they have their struggles. Both of the dramas center around a neighborhood.

The lead couple from HTCCC gives me the same vibe as that of the lead couple from the MMIC. They are all so pretty, corny, and adorable.

The FL from Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha and the ML from this drama both are from medical field, one a dentist and the other a vet.

Both of them moved to a small town/secluded area from Seoul, one to open a small dental clinic while the other to take care of his grandfather's vet clinic

Both of them are not familiar with the vibe of the village when they first came

Yeah the grandmas! Three grandmas!
No but really
There are many similarities
Feel good romance dramas, with mature characters leaning on each other and healing each other
Female lead who’s good at her job, leaves it.
Meets a guy from the county side who is skilled at many things.
At first both dramas don’t have a clear story direction.
MHOJD was better written, and had more of an existing story line than HCCC.