The MLs in Time of Fever grew up together and develop feelings for each other in high school. They eventually separate when one of the ML goes off to college in Seoul. The continuation of their story picks up in the sequel, Unintentional Love Story.
Our Dating Sim starts very similarly. One of the MLs believes he has an unrequited love. They separate when high school ends and they meet again as adults, in the workplace.
Our Dating Sim starts very similarly. One of the MLs believes he has an unrequited love. They separate when high school ends and they meet again as adults, in the workplace.
They are both coming-of-age narratives that focus on two young people who have known each other all their lives and have a fraught relationship (are we friends, brothers, or competitors?) told in similar tones and with a similar level of simmering eroticism. Both have excellent camerawork and make interesting stylistic choices, both have convincing performances that showcase the actors' chemistry together, both are bittersweet, and both are continued in later installments of their respective franchises.
In the series cut of ATOF, there's the added punch of emotion that comes from the epilogue scenes of each episode that additionally match well with the ITSAY-esque tone.
In the series cut of ATOF, there's the added punch of emotion that comes from the epilogue scenes of each episode that additionally match well with the ITSAY-esque tone.
