One of the main leads is riding a parachute as a hobby to escape family problems. The wind directed them and have them crash landed to an environment very unfamiliar to them. In this strange new environment is where our main lead met his/her future lover and where he/she develops a close relationship with not only his/her lover but the whole townsfolk living in that new environment. One half of the lead couple also each happened to be engaged to marry another person his family members wants him to marry which he did not love, main difference being that the one engaged in CLOY is the person who lives in the new environment while the one engaged in Forevermore is the guy who crash landed to the environment. The political situation of the two Koreas in CLOY is also another obvious difference.
It's also interesting that the actors playing the couples in both dramas are real life couples and that these two dramas are not the first time each of the two couples acted together. Each couple did a movie together (Forevermore couple - She's the One 2013 movie; CLOY couple - The Negotiation 2018 movie) where they did not play couples before these two dramas. Before the two movies, both couples also did projects where one-half of the couple is an important character in the project while the other one was a cameo in that project (Forevermore couple - Xander actor did a cameo in Must Be Love 2013 movie that featured Agnes actress as the third wheel; CLOY couple - Yoon Se Ri actress did a cameo in Secret Garden 2010 drama that featured Captain Ri actor as the main male character).
It's also interesting that the actors playing the couples in both dramas are real life couples and that these two dramas are not the first time each of the two couples acted together. Each couple did a movie together (Forevermore couple - She's the One 2013 movie; CLOY couple - The Negotiation 2018 movie) where they did not play couples before these two dramas. Before the two movies, both couples also did projects where one-half of the couple is an important character in the project while the other one was a cameo in that project (Forevermore couple - Xander actor did a cameo in Must Be Love 2013 movie that featured Agnes actress as the third wheel; CLOY couple - Yoon Se Ri actress did a cameo in Secret Garden 2010 drama that featured Captain Ri actor as the main male character).
En las historias de romance pueden existir muchas cosas en comun, pero la manera en como se desarrollan las historias entre los protagonistas hace que cada una tenga su esencia. Hemos visto como en algunas historias los protagonistas rompen la barrera de la distancia o de los países por hacer realidad su amor. LOVE IS LIKE A CAT, puede ser similar, pero en su historia, Pi Uno y Dae Byeol deberán romper la barrera del idioma, enfrentar diversas adversidades de quienes no quieren verlo felices, pero será el amor quien les dé el coraje y valentía para enfrentarse a todos los obstáculos.
Nam Sang-mi plays widowed police officer Lee Sun-ae who finds herself suddenly immersed into international espionage by Han Yoo-il (Dennis Oh), an undercover agent. Lee Joo-hyun plays Kang-Jun, who's recently transferred to the Criminal Investigation Department. He opens an old case involving Sun-ae's past that leads him to an entanglement between the current political/economic powers and their secrets. One of them, oddly enough, being Han Yoo-il. Who is this man? Why is he here?
The shows are similar in the following themes:
> The Female Lead must navigate a world that feels different from her own and, therefore, she ends up relying on the Male Lead's help and guidance.
> Both leads grow up in a rich family.
> The Male Lead isn't as honest with his feelings towards the Female Lead at first. Though in both cases, their actions are more honest than their words.
> The Male Lead chases the Female Lead first.
> One of the leads is a successful piano player. In CL, it's the ML while in DDSSLLS it's the Female Lead.
> The Female Lead is a bit spoiled but in a fun way.
> The Female Lead is betrayed by someone close to her.
> The Leads met each other prior to the start of the show, with the ML remembering that encounter before the FL does.
> The ML lost someone really important before the start of the drama, which still causes him pain.
> The FL lost her birthmother when they were young.
> The Female Lead must navigate a world that feels different from her own and, therefore, she ends up relying on the Male Lead's help and guidance.
> Both leads grow up in a rich family.
> The Male Lead isn't as honest with his feelings towards the Female Lead at first. Though in both cases, their actions are more honest than their words.
> The Male Lead chases the Female Lead first.
> One of the leads is a successful piano player. In CL, it's the ML while in DDSSLLS it's the Female Lead.
> The Female Lead is a bit spoiled but in a fun way.
> The Female Lead is betrayed by someone close to her.
> The Leads met each other prior to the start of the show, with the ML remembering that encounter before the FL does.
> The ML lost someone really important before the start of the drama, which still causes him pain.
> The FL lost her birthmother when they were young.
The only similar thing is that both korean dramas show relations between South and North Korea.
Otherwise the plot is completely different cause CLonY is romantic story about woman from SK and male soldier from NK.
Search is thriller, mystery, horror drama about virus.
But I believe that you'll love both since they're both unique dramas with interesting plot. Plus you can watch CLonY after Search if you need something similar but a little bit lighter and cutter (I guess?)
Otherwise the plot is completely different cause CLonY is romantic story about woman from SK and male soldier from NK.
Search is thriller, mystery, horror drama about virus.
But I believe that you'll love both since they're both unique dramas with interesting plot. Plus you can watch CLonY after Search if you need something similar but a little bit lighter and cutter (I guess?)
The King and CLOY are similar in sense that they are 2 completely different worlds, but still similar...I am redundant, I know.
In The King, there are 2 parallel worlds or universes...and the "King" himself is a king in his world, while on the other world, he is just as ordinary as you can get, not special at all.
This reminds me of the situation in CLOY where Seri is a very rich and respected woman in her "world" aka SoKor, while in NoKor, she is just a nobody and just plain lost, like the "king" felt in The King, Eternal Monarch.
In The King, there are 2 parallel worlds or universes...and the "King" himself is a king in his world, while on the other world, he is just as ordinary as you can get, not special at all.
This reminds me of the situation in CLOY where Seri is a very rich and respected woman in her "world" aka SoKor, while in NoKor, she is just a nobody and just plain lost, like the "king" felt in The King, Eternal Monarch.
Both female leads find themselves in a difficult situation until they meet a man that will supposedly save them. They find themselves in situations where they end up faking their love (DAYS - so that he will die) (CLOY - So that she doesn't die or get caught as a South Korean). Through this, they both bicker quite a bit but eventually gain feelings for each other. Although they start to like each other, they both do not realise. The male leads have both made the promise to keep her safe but when she sacrifices herself, they become quite frustrated and realise they may have feelings.
Both are fish out of water love stories. Both are about opposites attracting and having to overcome insurmountable odds in a dangerous world to be together. Both are fictionalizations of real worlds. Both are top 5 highest rated TVN shows & top 10 highest rated cable shows of all time at the time this recommendation was written.
