Although these dramas are listed as "prequel" and "sequel", the correct term would be "same collection". Both dramas stem from a collection of scripts that depict the story of a group of women and their way to finding "home". In Remembrance of things past they live in Beijing, in There Will be ample time, they are in Chengdu.

Both dramas have a similar vibe and some actors are the same but it's totally different story.
There is life, love, mother-daughter relationships, sismance (four women), death and different careers.

Both dramas have a ML that lives in a small town at the sea and is the all-round guy that shows up and works everywhere. He always tries to make a little money.
The FL is a city girl with an interesting profession who goes to the small town to find healing and she bickers with the ML upon arrival.
They keep running into each other and despite their initial bickering, they also support each other.
Both dramas have many supporting characters that live in the small town.
Different is 'Small Town Stories' also has family plot and unless they’re at the outskirts of the city or by the sea, the area is bigger than HTCCC since it takes place in Weihai, China which has a population of 1.4 million

A God falling in love with a human.

They also use the umbrella/suit type of God, while the FL is younger and has a divine / fatef connection to him.

In Goblin, she blows out a candle/lighter and the ML will appear, in RLIAGL she sings a certain song and he‘ll appear.

Somewhat similar vibe, sweet couple who like each other but it takes time. ML is calm introvert who struggles with social interactions and FL is curious.
FL is college, WIFTY is mostly high school.
Both have more than one couple.

First Love is a bit more average/basic in terms of characters and acting, chemistry takes time but it’s okay too. WIFTY has a score of 9.1, FL has 7.8

Both dramas have stories come to life and although they’re different in plot, they stand out against other dramas with a unique fantasy like plot and overall odd-but-good feel to it.

Dear Diary is more fantasy and has 2 warriors from Babylon come to the modern world, with scenes of Babylon as well. My Marvellous Fable has stories of the FL come to life with supernatural/black mirror type elements, while the leads take a road trip. Most of it’s content is either story telling or voice over with select dialogue.

While MGIAA is definitely more trashy (but fun) than Lost Romance, I feel they are overall similar in terms of the ML and that the FL is out of place. In one drama she’s an alien, in the other she entered a comic book.
Also I feel the couples kinda look similar?

Both Male Leads are in their fourties and become jobless. They experience mid life crisis and try to get rich but end up realizing it doesn’t work that way. Both dramas are short and hyper realistic comedy dramas.

Both dramas are about stage play / theater group and feature what goes on behind the scenes of these groups.

NVF focuses on a popular online celebrity/actor becoming a performer on a theatre stage.
OOTD is about peking opera stage performance + romance.


They’re both about overcoming prejudice, scandals, etc.

Similar in the sense that both the characters and the acting of the male leads are similar and they remind me a lot of each other.

Both are chaotic fun

Have a similar vibe and overall setting.
With older ML and younger FL.
Touch has Romance story tho.

One is a hair salon, one is a make up salon

Both dramas are chinese historical with 2 cunning leads.

The prince that is older and meets in the FL in disguise and the FL that is younger and also in disguise. They secretly work together and have good chemistry.
Both princes pretend to be sick / obedient only to come out stronger in politics.

Overall they have a similar feel although TROP has better cinematography and live recording, whereas TSOG is dubbed.

FL in TSOG is physically stronger than TROP, it also has more romance.

Although Miss Gu is a cdrama that isn’t as dark as the glory, nor does it have high quality cinematography BUT it has the following similarities:

The Glory:
FL plans for many years to take revenge & punish the group of bullies that tortured her in school. She gets close to the husband of the main villain and has a well calculated plan.


Miss Gu:
FL plans revenge for 8 years on the group of bullies that framed and ultimately drove her brother into su1c1de. She also gets close to the partner of one of the bullies (moves in across).
And has a step-by-step plan to ruin the bullies.


In both dramas the revenge is both mental and physical and the FLs are one step ahead.
They both waited until the bullies had achieved or are close to achieving their ideal life, to then begin their revenge. Even in adulthood the bullies are still a (dysfunctional) friend group that are intertwined and have affairs.
There is slight romance and while both FLs are cold and calculated, in The Glory the fl is traumatized and it’s more about physical school violence.

The story telling is different but the female revenge saga was similar:)