He's Expecting (2022)

Reverse gender roles. Both dramas revolve around the idea of what it would mean if men where confronted with situations women face. While Hiyama Kentaro no Ninshin deals around the idea that male pregnancy was as likely to happen as female pregnancy, Ooku emphasises on what it would mean if males where put into the roles women faced in ancient historic times.
Both are very bizarre productions but make one question about societal standards and norms.

The other half of me and you is set in a world where all the gender roles are reversed (however, the women still are the ones getting pregnant)

While very different plots, both explore gender roles in a semi-futuristic society in which some event (male pregnancy vs. almost no males) has occurred. Both are offbeat dramas with a heartwarming vibe.

Both MLs get pregnant and give birth (one supernaturally, the other more realistically). Both FLs are strong and hard-working.

- Social commentary, specifically about feminism and gender roles
- Male focused
- Healthy male friendships
- Gender role reversal (househusbands in SM, mpreg in HKnN)
- Both include a place for these unconventional men to congregate and support each other
- ML who's initially opposed to the reversed gender role situation but learns to accept it and ends up liking it.
- Girlboss x Malewife vibes
- Themes of learning, acceptance and gratitude
- Both short japanese dramas

SM is a fluffy episodic-format minidrama while HKnN is a more serious regular formatted drama.