- FL is a single mother and business owner
- ML is a well-known persona within the town
- Small town setting with a murder mystery side plot
- Generally lighthearted and comedic tone containing heartwarming central theme of family

- Both dramas explore first love and dreams from youth through nonlinear storytelling
- Flashbacks from the 90s with a present day plot
- Notable real world events weaved into the story

- A key trio that works together, featuring a cynical ML that undergoes major character growth
- Similar comforting premises of examining a person’s life and final moments

- Both dramas are set in high school with various coming-of-age narratives
- Similar cinematography, slow-paced storytelling, and melodrama-esque vibe

- Both are slow-paced + centered around police officers and the crime/injustices that they confront
- While BE is darker and deals with a key plotline throughout, Live explores multiple cases thoroughly with a comparable level of grit and realism
- The MLs organically transition from a forced, clashing partnership to a trusting bromance

- Both dramas are romcoms centered around a magazine-based workplace
- In both, the ML is the FL's boss and they've met each other previously
- The ML is a tsundere to the compassionate, persevering (and endearingly quirky, lol) FL
- The SML is a more bubbly character who also works with the FL

Edit: The wrap-up of MMH was disappointing. Nowhere near as wholesome as SWP, which I now feel certain in saying is superior of the two.

- Both dramas are hyperreal workplace comedies with hilarious antics that ensue
- Eccentric characters dealing with a power struggle due to corruption/politics

- The main theme in both dramas is attempting to change the future through shifts in behavior/actions for expected events
- Everyone’s fate seems to be at the whim of a greater power (SoOD - time travel, EY - the writer)
- Both couples have an epic, “star-crossed lovers” feel
- The main characters for both dramas are high schoolers

- Both dramas center around a FL in her 30s attempting to adjust to a new environment (academia, the workforce) after years of being a homemaker
- The FL is a mother and has a troubled marriage (leading her to eventually be with the ML)
- The leads knew each other prior and are just getting reacquainted